“The Departed (Widescreen Edition)” (Martin Scorsese)
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise in Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated crime thriller, for which he won a Best Director Golden Globe. While an undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) curries favor with the mob kingpin (Jack Nicholson), a career criminal (Matt Damon) rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Scorsese calls this his B movie, even though it isn't the first in his oeuvre that fits the category (Cape Fear, anyone?). I hope he gets an Oscar before he dies, but this movie doesn't really deserve it. But then did Dances With Kevin Costner deserve an Oscar over GoodFellas? (Apparently, I'm not alone in remembering that).
Anyway, The Departed was a decent little movie, moves rapidly along, nothing too deep, nothing metaphorical. DiCaprio surprisingly good, Nicholson plays the same role he's played for 20 years, Matt Damon was better than I remembered.
The scurrying rat was totally lifted from the BBC mini-series, House of Cards (if not from elsewhere).
Oh, and it really was Van Morrison singing Comfortably Numb
“Comfortably Numb”
Written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters
Performed by Roger Waters, Van Morrison, The Band featuring Rick DiFonzo and Snowy White
Worth seeing? Sure, rent it, enjoy it, forget it.
We we're going to watch it , but it got late. I wanted to finish up my reading here and faire do-do. I am sure you are still working on the lay out, get some rest, please.
I am sure Scorsese will win. Ir's Hollywood's tradition to award longevity awards to those who never get anything.