So I am holding the Blu-Ray version of “The Departed” in my hand, look at the back and in bold capitalized letters is the quote: “MARTIN SCORSESE’S BEST FILM SINCE GOODFELLAS.” That’s a fuckin bold statement to make mister Scott Montz from ‘Access Hollywood’

To tell you the truth I haven’t seen one Scorsese movie with DiCaprio but Leo was believable in this picture. Some decent acting by Damon and Nicholson. But to be completely real I was more impressed by the classic Scorsese camera angles/shots and choice of soundtrack music than the actual movie dialogue/acting performances itself.

The plot was really fucked up too. A lot of FBI informant rat backstabbing liar undercover rat fucks so you don’t know who’s really who. And after watching the FBI deal with wires/informants in David Simon’s HBO series “The Wire” the police department depicted in this movie seem laughable.

I don’t even want to mention the ridiculous ending with the fucking rat come on Marty what was that shit? Are you just bowing down to the execs to make generic Hollywood fluff with pretty well shot violence or are you trying to make something spectacular and never experienced before in Cinema like Taxi Driver?

Go back to your Italian Neo-Realism Fellini influenced days with the gritty city settings and realistic dialogue. This is just me venting because a lot of fucking hype was surrounding The Departed, won Oscars, people saying it was a fuckin cinematic masterpiece etc.

I give it a 6.5 out of 10 stars mainly because of the shots Scorsese used but I was completely underwhelmed by this movie. I should of watched it while high maybe that would of bumped the score higher huh?

P.S. I am still looking forward to Scorsese’s and “The Sopranos” Writer Terence Winter’s new HBO television series based on the Atlantic City Casinos starring Steve Buscemi.