Watching : The Departed

So how much did The Departed depart from Infernal Affairs???

Not really much.
Other than moving the storyline to Boston.
Combining 2 characters into 1 so it can be more focused.
Removing the ingenius portions of undercover to normal in the pocket cellphone communications.


The tightness of Infernal Affairs is replaced with a more indepth view of the characters.
Jack Nicholson is more like a dominating rockstar than a fearless mob boss.
Leonardo DiCaprio is less insecure and always on the titters but not to the sense almost psychotic like Tony Leung's.
As per to Matt Damon, his Colin Sullivan is perhaps on the edge to the extend maybe his sex life is affected. However he seems to be prepared for whatever he had done. Andy Lau's is more of a confident guy until in Part III.

The Departed is more or less a good gangland film if it wasn't a transcript from Infernal Affairs.

The movie is weird in a sense that there's a TOKEN black guy. WTF you need to have a TOKEN and killing him in the END? It makes no sense.

Trying to link the 2 protagonist to a single woman (boyfriend vs the fling) was interesting concept but it didn't boil down to being as intense as it should be. (We never know whose baby it was. Could be Costigan's). It's also interesting to see that an act of guilt (of being discovered) turns out to be quickly recovered as an excuse to block off responsibility of your own action.

The Departed turns out to be relatively funny. I wonder if it's the effect of being a juvenile adult who laughs at every "fuck" uttered on screen.

Should you watch The Departed???
I don't know.
It's a good movie but somehow you just keep thinking about Infernal Affairs.


"Go fuck yourself."
"I am tired from fucking your wife."
"How's your mother?"
"Good. She's tired from fucking my father."

Best piece of dialouge in a meeting room. LOL.