Proving once more that I'm out of step with popular culture, we watched this movie tonight -- which won the Academy Award for Best Picture a few weeks ago -- and I didn't like it much at all. I thought the performances were pretty good (although I have trouble taking Jack Nicholson seriously in anything anymore; he always just seems to me like he's doing a Jack Nicholson impression). I generally like movies with twisty, complex plots where nothing is what it seems. And I thought some of the scenes worked pretty well. But it sure didn't add up to much, and it was 'way too long and slow-moving for my taste. I'm not much of a Martin Scorsese fan, when it comes to that, but I liked his last couple of films, GANGS OF NEW YORK and THE AVIATOR, considerably more than I did THE DEPARTED.
5 comments:
I'll probably go see it tonight in a cinema club. I saw the Hongkong original a week ago, but it left me cold. There were good scenes throughout, though, and good music.
Nah, didn't make it - the kids went to sleep too late.
I saw it a few days ago and thought it was godawful. How can a director win for a movies with such a senseless plot? Pfui!
Take of the "s" at the end of "movies" in my previous post.
We knew what you meant, Cap'n. And the more I think about THE DEPARTED, the more "godawful" sums it up. Some of the plot makes no sense at all.
Post a Comment