"The Departed" remake of asian movie "Infernal Affair"

[DVS]

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808745378/details
This movie is coming out in 10/06/2006, it look pretty good

'The Departed' is set in South Boston, where the state police force is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Costello (Jack Nicholson). While Billy is quickly gaining Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy -- and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.

[96accordexsedan]

I hope they don't mess it up. The aura of the movie looks completely different from the original. Here's a link btw: http://imdb.com/title/tt0338564/

The first movie cover is almost completely irrelevant to the movie. They just put the girl there to appeal to the US audience. I highly suggest you guys watch the original HK version, and the 2 sequels if you have time. The sequels aren't as great but it adds to, and explains some parts of the original.

[nrsxt]

I hope they don't mess it up. The aura of the movie looks completely different from the original. Here's a link btw: http://imdb.com/title/tt0338564/

The first movie cover is almost completely irrelevant to the movie. They just put the girl there to appeal to the US audience. I highly suggest you guys watch the original HK version, and the 2 sequels if you have time. The sequels aren't as great but it adds to, and explains some parts of the original.

:iamwiths: i hope they dont f it up either. the original was and still is a great movie. i have a feeling that they're going to add a big/significant "twist" to this remake :nervous:

[Azzurri]

this movies is gonna be awesome....they wont fuck it up, but i also dont expect it to be an exact replica of the HK movie....

this cast cant go wrong, ive been waiting all year for this movie:

-damon
-dicaprio
-nicholson
-wahlberg
-sheen
-baldwin
-with scorcese at the helm

thats like the yankees lineup right there....

[Aphex]

gayness if you ask me. we can't think of anything original anymore?

with a cast like that they should write something original and give us something new. remakes and remakes of remakes.

[Azzurri]

i agree originality is a problem in hollywood, and it is sad to see a 4 year old movie already remade, but what are you gonna do....

i'll see this movie regardless because i rarely ever go to the movies (maybe twice a year) and im sure it will be well worth it....

[PacMan]

Infernal Affairs was a great movie that i highly recommend to everyone. I'm hoping The Departed is just as good.

[DVS]

true these are great actors and not some unknown mofos

this movies is gonna be awesome....they wont fuck it up, but i also dont expect it to be an exact replica of the HK movie....

this cast cant go wrong, ive been waiting all year for this movie:

-damon
-dicaprio
-nicholson
-wahlberg
-sheen
-baldwin
-with scorcese at the helm

thats like the yankees lineup right there....

[DVS]

bump, any seen it yet, Imma see it tomorrow

[pinchycm]

just got in from the 11:30 show. good flick... never saw internal affairs though.

seriously, like a yankees lineup.

[*El Ocho Uno*]

seems like a good flick.............cant wait till it comes out on DVD

[crazy]

The reviews this movie is getting are really, really praising this film.

[96accordexsedan]

Its a really good remake, on the same level of its original. The suspense n everything, this had a bit more violence in it though.

[ihatenoobs_lovesu]

The reviews this movie is getting are really, really praising this film.
:iamwiths:

[asdff]

i'm itching to see this...

[ClA]

Spoiler warning.

Just watched it, I like the HK one better. The American one, some parts doesn't really make sense. Example, the sex part. WTF? That came out of no where, was not well developed, and serve no purpose at all. Made the character relationship very confusing. You know the movie is fucked when you have to "plug" a sex scene in there for no reason.

The part where the old cop got thrown off the roof, the HK one was more dramatic, dude landed on a freakin car, totally unexpected. The part where they had a funeral the undercover cop wouldn't attent, that was a great part the US movie took out.

I like the ending of the US one, each cop took turn getting a bullet on the head, very surprising. Matt Damon's acting was amazing, Leonardo DiCaprio was ok. Jack Nicholson was too crazy, seem more crazy than smart for a gang leader. Like the part where he took out a fake penis, wtf? I thought he was playing Joker in batman.

Worth the money.

[ClA]

Oh btw, the bad guys in the HK film drive Skylines. :thumbsup:

[F123456]

yah HK one has more of a gangster feel to it. The development of the mole is more believable too (they start as young kids). the american one was good, but i think i would've liked it more if i didnt watch infernal affairs first.

[ClA]

The part I hate most is, why would they share the same women?? That part was completely dumb. The HK film they each have their own pussy. The US one for some totally unbelieveable reason, they fucked the same girl. That made the plot very confusing, and the female character had no clue what she was doing. The sex scene was out of no where.

The "gang" was pretty dumb too, it consisted of a group of really dumb people it seems. The boss was a crazy brainless penis swinging mofo. The members were all muscle meat heads. The balance of power between cops and evil seem very uneven, because the cops seem very smart and originized.

In the HK film, you could totally feel a war between good and evil, and no side was out smarting the other. Like the scene where they had the drug deal inside the building, each side was listening to the other side's communication through their "rat", and they changed their plans right on the spot, like a little chess game. That was intense! The US film........was dumb, the scene ended with the cop beating up the computer nerd because he didn't set up the camera correct. The cops couldn't see what was going on because of the "blind spot" so the bad guys were able to carry on with the drug deal, whats so entertaining about that? The plot was just not creative. That was supposed to be one of the best scene in the HK film and it was ruined.

The best part of US one was the ending. Each cop got a bullet in his head, it happened so fast it makes you think what the hell was going on, but if you think about it, each shot makes sense. That was intense. POW right on the head, done. Clean and heartless.

[96accordexsedan]

The part I hate most is, why would they share the same women?? That part was completely dumb. The HK film they each have their own pussy. The US one for some totally unbelieveable reason, they fucked the same girl. That made the plot very confusing, and the female character had no clue what she was doing. The sex scene was out of no where.

The "gang" was pretty dumb too, it consisted of a group of really dumb people it seems. The boss was a crazy brainless penis swinging mofo. The members were all muscle meat heads. The balance of power between cops and evil seem very uneven, because the cops seem very smart and originized.

In the HK film, you could totally feel a war between good and evil, and no side was out smarting the other. Like the scene where they had the drug deal inside the building, each side was listening to the other side's communication through their "rat", and they changed their plans right on the spot, like a little chess game. That was intense! The US film........was dumb, the scene ended with the cop beating up the computer nerd because he didn't set up the camera correct. The cops couldn't see what was going on because of the "blind spot" so the bad guys were able to carry on with the drug deal, whats so entertaining about that? The plot was just not creative. That was supposed to be one of the best scene in the HK film and it was ruined.

The best part of US one was the ending. Each cop got a bullet in his head, it happened so fast it makes you think what the hell was going on, but if you think about it, each shot makes sense. That was intense. POW right on the head, done. Clean and heartless.


Yeah, i hate how they put sammi cheng's, and kelly chen's characters into one role, i thought it was pretty pointless. The sex scene was typical of hollywood, it was unecessary, only in the US.

I also agree with the part about the drug deal, it just wasn't suspensful enough. In the HK one you could feel the escalation and anxiety. Also, wtf was up with those Chinese people? Their cantonese was horrible, why couldn't they find people that spoke fluent cantonese? Also, those chose the wrong kind of Chinese, people in southern China don't really care about the situation about taiwan, they should have found people that spoke mandarin, maybe from Beijing?? The whole part with the Chinese and the chips was retarded, they also showed that the chips were made in Taiwan -_-. Oh yeah lets thank the chinese for selling us the movie script by turning them into the bad guys and messing the whole scene up.

[9/11 RSX-s]

I didn't see the HK film, so can't comment on the comparisons to Departed.

I thought Departed was very good. Well told, well acted. An interesting take on the whole Spy vs. Spy game: Is it a game you lose just by playing in the first place?

Yeah, the 2 guys 1 chick thing was sort of silly . . . But I DIG her eyes :o
The sex scenes didn't add anything, typical Hollywood.

Departed is worth seeing. Probably better than 90% of films that came out this year.

I'll have to check out the HK film sometime.

[Msgburner]

awsome movie...Its like watching a 2 1/2 hour fuck you. I reccomend it

[Eagle]

The part I hate most is, why would they share the same women?? That part was completely dumb. The HK film they each have their own pussy. The US one for some totally unbelieveable reason, they fucked the same girl. That made the plot very confusing, and the female character had no clue what she was doing. The sex scene was out of no where.

The "gang" was pretty dumb too, it consisted of a group of really dumb people it seems. The boss was a crazy brainless penis swinging mofo. The members were all muscle meat heads. The balance of power between cops and evil seem very uneven, because the cops seem very smart and originized.

In the HK film, you could totally feel a war between good and evil, and no side was out smarting the other. Like the scene where they had the drug deal inside the building, each side was listening to the other side's communication through their "rat", and they changed their plans right on the spot, like a little chess game. That was intense! The US film........was dumb, the scene ended with the cop beating up the computer nerd because he didn't set up the camera correct. The cops couldn't see what was going on because of the "blind spot" so the bad guys were able to carry on with the drug deal, whats so entertaining about that? The plot was just not creative. That was supposed to be one of the best scene in the HK film and it was ruined.

The best part of US one was the ending. Each cop got a bullet in his head, it happened so fast it makes you think what the hell was going on, but if you think about it, each shot makes sense. That was intense. POW right on the head, done. Clean and heartless.

Hmm... I don't think that was the point of the film.

What I personally got out of it is that they were all (most of them) informants working against each other. It wasn't communicated to them all so none of them knew. Jack Nicolson was an FBI informant, Leo (trooper informant), etc... spy vs spy as mentioned. I think they all got caught up in some other stuff and was trying to protect both their undercover identity and their 'cop' identity.

But I dunno, I'm babbling.

[pinchycm]

I didn't see the HK film, so can't comment on the comparisons to Departed.

I thought Departed was very good. Well told, well acted. An interesting take on the whole Spy vs. Spy game: Is it a game you lose just by playing in the first place?

Yeah, the 2 guys 1 chick thing was sort of silly . . . But I DIG her eyes :o
The sex scenes didn't add anything, typical Hollywood.

Departed is worth seeing. Probably better than 90% of films that came out this year.

I'll have to check out the HK film sometime.

definitely. that girl had some killer eyes.

[ClA]

Also, wtf was up with those Chinese people? Their cantonese was horrible, why couldn't they find people that spoke fluent cantonese? Also, those chose the wrong kind of Chinese, people in southern China don't really care about the situation about taiwan, they should have found people that spoke mandarin, maybe from Beijing?? The whole part with the Chinese and the chips was retarded, they also showed that the chips were made in Taiwan -_-. Oh yeah lets thank the chinese for selling us the movie script by turning them into the bad guys and messing the whole scene up.

Yeah, WTF was a small town drug lord with only 8-10 followers doing trading warfare weapon with China???? Dude! They are only a small time neigborhood gang with only 8-10 members!!! WTF? When did they start from beating up local bullies and collecting protection money from corner stores to selling weapons to China???? Made no sense at all.

[DVS]

they should use infernal affair secret morse code instead of text messages on the cell, but overall the movie was great :thumbsup: but yeah if you already watch infernal affair, then this movie is already a spoiler. I guess no part 2 or 3 :D

[hueman]

i liked this much better than the hk one

[ksquad97]

i thought the movie was awesome gave it a 5/5. Elevator scene had me WTF

[Azzurri]

just saw it, movie was freakin incredible....on the same level as infernal affairs but at the same time kind of different....

i actually like the love triangle angle that they took....it helped give closure to the story IMO....without them sharing the girl damon would have lived and you would have been left with a lot of, "what now's"....the sex scene was not really necessary, but it was there just to show that the girl trusted leo, and i wouldnt even call it a sex scene, it was like 20 seconds long....

someone mentioned that the deal with china was outrageous because they were too small time....while they might seem small time in comparison to china's govt, they had the goods, so as they say, he who has the gold makes the rules....also, nicholson was a boss, and as it seemed, a pretty powerful one....he had power enough to stop the guys from providence from killing leo, and as far as organized crime in the US, providence is/was pretty much the mecca of the mob....

the depiction of the gangster is more real than most movies, as mentioned earlier, dumb meatheads, thats pretty much what they really are, otherwise they'd have safer jobs....donnie brasco is the only other movie i can think of that really shows organized crime in the same light (and coincidentally, its based on actual events)....

overall, its the best movie ive seen in a long time and i will most defnitely be adding it to my dvd collection when it comes out....

[hueman]

the sex scene was not really necessary

she had such nice legs :drool: i'd put a hurting to her

[Aphex]

i actually preferred it over the hk version. this one was funny as well as action packed. good story too.

im not at all for stealing ideas though. hollywood could have made a new movie with all those actors. btw leonardo dicaprio did a great job in this film. baldwin was funny. marky mark was funny too.

[9/11 RSX-s]

Yeah, WTF was a small town drug lord with only 8-10 followers doing trading warfare weapon with China???? Dude! They are only a small time neigborhood gang with only 8-10 members!!! WTF? When did they start from beating up local bullies and collecting protection money from corner stores to selling weapons to China???? Made no sense at all.

One problem with most American movies is that they are made for American viewers. That is to say that everything has to be extremely obvious, so obvious that one can leave one's brain in the car.

The Chinese/Chip/FBI thing was a bit subtle, but not so subtle that it was hiding, so the weapon trading with China makes some sense if you connect the follwoing dots:

We don't see one of his goons steal the chips; it is told to us in the briefing. Are we supposed to believe it is the true story, or just the cover story?
The cops don't trust the FBI guy for some reason.
When the Chinese are leaving in the boat, Jack says "They didn't count on us having a navy." Sort of an odd comment, but it makes sense later.
Our man learns that Jack is a rat for the FBI.
Later we learn that the Chinese got busted . . . by that navy Jack mentioned before . . . and they had fake chips, not real chips.
Real chips were probably never stolen. Good fakes were probably passed to Jack by the FBI along with the whole stolen chip cover story (where would a goon like Jack get fake chips on his own anyway)? The FBI busts the Chinese and saves the world from these guys who are trying to get parts for nuke weapons.


LOL All that considered, one of the best scenes in the movie has to be the "Do you want to be me?" conversation, since our man was on his way to being Jack: A goon that busted heads and killed people for money and style points, but who also did his part to bust those doing even worse things.

[t.vo408]

I liked the HK version better. But the american version is definately worth checking out. I was hoping they would change the scrip so that you know who doesn't you know what.

:crying: :crying:

I also think the love triangle added to the story. Definately check both films out. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[tranquility]

*spoiler alert*
Amazed that so many ppl thought highly of this film. Don’t get me wrong, I thought it was good and better than Infernal Affairs (even though I saw the HK film 1st), but 5/5 stars? I gave it a 3 because the original story to begin w/ was just alright. I think the original was overrated to begin w/. Anyways, the US one was generally better than the HK one because Hollywood simply cannot be matched in production. However, I was surprised that there were actually some scenes in which the HK one were superior.

What I liked about The Departed:
-Mark Walhberg was pretty cool; hard-ass but straightshooter; nice Hollywood touch to invent this character, flowed w/ the film and was essential for the superior Hollywood ending; DiCaprio, Damon, Nicholson, Baldwin, Sheen were all good also
-more background on the 2 main characters and Nicholson’s
-generally better flow than original

What I hated about The Departed:
-like the HK film, the psychiatrist role was quite useless; well, at least they merged the Damon’s girl w/ her into 1 role to lessen the impact; also, dunno what you guys are thinking but she is NOT really that attractive; finally, the sex between her and DiCaprio was really pushing it, doesn’t make much sense
-the whole ‘trade’ scene between Nicholson’s crew and the other baddies involving the cellphones was really messed up, no suspense at all
-half-hearted approach to retain the ‘comical’ gangster guy in Nicholson’s crew
-the African guy did NOT belong at all in the film; he’s usually in comedies and just sticks out like a sore thumb here trying to be in a dramatic role; doesn’t work
-the 2nd mole in the police was annoying here also (but the HK one was more annoying)
-Sheen’s character didn’t put up much of a fight before dying
• -rooftop scene between the 2 mains looked ‘cheap’ and amateurish

[loco_ped]

Great Flick, one of the more entertaining I've seen in recent months if not years.

[TPDuke112]

Awesome movie. Why do you guys watch so many movies from HK???? I dont think I have ever seen one...

[trevor2328]

just saw it...great movie

[NirvanaandTool]

pretty damn good movie - elevator scene was nuts and the rest of the movie was damn entertaining
my only problem was it was alittle longer than most movies but still was a great movie

[tuppuguy]

just saw it today. Movie was freaking awesome until the ending. Ending freaking sucked. I was on the edge of myseat the entire time until the dude gets shot by a person who's only in like 3 shots of the movie. ghey

[SaCH]

Movie was badass

[F123456]

Awesome movie. Why do you guys watch so many movies from HK???? I dont think I have ever seen one...

there are a lot of good asian movies; HK just happens to have a big film industry.

[RyUx]

Just saw it, it was just as great as the original, between the two the dialouge was better in the american version and the ending hurts my head....... 4/5 stars

[Prodani12]

I really liked it.

Awesome acting etc. HIghly Recommended!

[96accordexsedan]

Awesome movie. Why do you guys watch so many movies from HK???? I dont think I have ever seen one...

Not only HK, Korean, and Japanese films are great too, Hollywood is buying so many of their scripts it's not even funny. You're missing out! go rent some asian movies now :thumbsup:

[TPDuke112]

Not only HK, Korean, and Japanese films are great too, Hollywood is buying so many of their scripts it's not even funny. You're missing out! go rent some asian movies now :thumbsup:

If they arent in English, I wouldnt like them. Voiceovers either.

[96accordexsedan]

If they arent in English, I wouldnt like them. Voiceovers either.

Why not? :dontknow:

[loco_ped]

Some are just too low budget to enjoy, they're almost just fun to watch and laugh at.

[TPDuke112]

Why not? :dontknow:

Because I speak english, and I like for the words to match the guys mouth movements:dontknow:

[96accordexsedan]

Because I speak english, and I like for the words to match the guys mouth movements:dontknow:

I speak english, and chinese, but i can enjoy any movie as long as it isn't dubbed. Why is it so hard to enjoy a movie of another language? People in other countries enjoy subbed american movies just fine, i wonder why americans can't enjoy foreign movies. :dontknow:

[Game]

I speak english, and chinese, but i can enjoy any movie as long as it isn't dubbed. Why is it so hard to enjoy a movie of another language? People in other countries enjoy subbed american movies just fine, i wonder why americans can't enjoy foreign movies. :dontknow:

Because it's nice to understand what characters say.

[loco_ped]

I speak english, and chinese, but i can enjoy any movie as long as it isn't dubbed. Why is it so hard to enjoy a movie of another language? People in other countries enjoy subbed american movies just fine, i wonder why americans can't enjoy foreign movies. :dontknow:

Often the translations ruin the film, little double entendres and nuances that you can only understand if you are native to the language. Example the scene in this movie where Jack asks the guy at the bar how his mother is doing, he responds she's on the way out, and jack comes back with, we all are act accordingly. You can't translate that and have it feel the same.

[onebroke240sx]

movie was awesome! I think Im going to watch infernal affairs again.

[RyosukeFC3s]

i just watched the movie and thought it was very entertaining. However the main problems of the film were outlined very well on the first page.

I've seen the original (Infernal Affairs) movie which was and still is an amazing film. I loved the way that everything was played out. The only thing that I feel the US one did better was the end. The US movie ended quickly but it left just enough time for you to think.

The very worst thing that happened in the US movie was when Matt Damon's character was killed my Mark Walburg's character. Markie Mark disappears for half of the film then just randomly shows up and kills Matt Damon, THEN the film just ends. The HK movie however ended extremely well so that it could come up with a sequel. Though the sequels were not as good, they were still very entertaining movies.


BTW, when Jack Nicholson's character died. I really didn't understand his outfit. He's a mob boss and he's wearing a T-shirt that says Irish. Thats great that he has that Irish pride or what ever but I just thought that he'd at least be wearing a nice shirt, maybe even a suit.

[OlieCan]

Out of everything said in this thread... this is the most accurate.


What I hated about The Departed:
-like the HK film, the psychiatrist role was quite useless; well, at least they merged the Damon’s girl w/ her into 1 role to lessen the impact; also, dunno what you guys are thinking but she is NOT really that attractive

That girl was definatly not that good looking... Cute, maybe, but they were both fuckin drooling over her, and if I saw a girl like that walking down the street, I'd not even tilt my head because she was definatly only average.


That being said, I thought the movie was good. I enjoyed it a lot. Sex scene was not needed, but shes got a good body, so, whatever.

I mostly enjoyed all the swearing and how funny all of it was.

[loco_ped]

Out of everything said in this thread... this is the most accurate.



That girl was definatly not that good looking... Cute, maybe, but they were both fuckin drooling over her, and if I saw a girl like that walking down the street, I'd not even tilt my head because she was definatly only average.


That being said, I thought the movie was good. I enjoyed it a lot. Sex scene was not needed, but shes got a good body, so, whatever.

I mostly enjoyed all the swearing and how funny all of it was.

I disagree I think she was an attractive woman.

[tranquility]

I disagree I think she was an attractive woman.

Well, you'd be wrong. :p She's just avg.
http://images.askmen.com/women/celeb_profiles_actress/pictures/vera_farmiga/vera_farmiga.jpg

[Azzurri]

BTW, when Jack Nicholson's character died. I really didn't understand his outfit. He's a mob boss and he's wearing a T-shirt that says Irish. Thats great that he has that Irish pride or what ever but I just thought that he'd at least be wearing a nice shirt, maybe even a suit.

for one, costello and his crew are irish mob, not italian, so there are going to be some differences....if my memory serves me, the two guys from providence (who leo kicked the snot out of) were dressed more like gangsters in the traditional sense, they were also italian mob....

costello is the boss of southie, a neighborhood that houses tough working class irish (not so much anymore, but thats the reputation it has/had)....so you have to look at it like, what would you expect an irish tough guy gangster to wear?

[loco_ped]

Well, you'd be wrong. :p She's just avg.
http://images.askmen.com/women/celeb_profiles_actress/pictures/vera_farmiga/vera_farmiga.jpg

Didn't say she was smoking, but she's attractive.

[bags]

**SPOILERS**

Spoiler warning.

Just watched it, I like the HK one better. The American one, some parts doesn't really make sense. Example, the sex part. WTF? That came out of no where, was not well developed, and serve no purpose at all. Made the character relationship very confusing. You know the movie is fucked when you have to "plug" a sex scene in there for no reason.

The part where the old cop got thrown off the roof, the HK one was more dramatic, dude landed on a freakin car, totally unexpected. The part where they had a funeral the undercover cop wouldn't attent, that was a great part the US movie took out.

I like the ending of the US one, each cop took turn getting a bullet on the head, very surprising. Matt Damon's acting was amazing, Leonardo DiCaprio was ok. Jack Nicholson was too crazy, seem more crazy than smart for a gang leader. Like the part where he took out a fake penis, wtf? I thought he was playing Joker in batman.

Worth the money.
in regards to the sex part - earlier in the movie, Matt Damon was eating cereal and his g/f came in and told him that it was ok - what happened last nite happens to a lot of guys.

basically - matt damon's character is impotent. When he went out to meet alec baldwin on the golf course, he was way over exaggerating his sex life.

SO - the only place that girl could get any cock was Leo.

Which I think was thrown in there to subvertly show Leo's dominance over Matt's character.

[bags]

*spoilers:


i just realized something else.

Everyone pretty much dies from a slug to the head.

in the intro, when they showed them in training classes, there was a lecturer talking about what a hollow-point 9mm does to a human skull.

foreshadowing at its best.

[trevor2328]

true..they coudlve easily set it up for a good sequel

[bags]

can't believe more people haven't watched or commented on this movie...

[bembol]

*spoilers:


i just realized something else.

Everyone pretty much dies from a slug to the head.

in the intro, when they showed them in training classes, there was a lecturer talking about what a hollow-point 9mm does to a human skull.

foreshadowing at its best.

I realized it the first time I saw it! LOL 3x for me now

I also picked up Infernal Affairs on DVD...first time watching Import/Dubbed...can't get into it! :run:

[DVS]

Infernal Affair has some loose scene like Tony Leung old girlfriend with supposely his daughter wtf was that about :dontknow: :confused:

[imarcO]

Infernal Affair has some loose scene like Tony Leung old girlfriend with supposely his daughter wtf was that about :dontknow: :confused:


i think that made more sense to me after watching infernal affairs 2. unless i completely interpreted it wrong

[TypeDre]

watched this movie tonight. I wasn't expecting much, but DAMN. this movie was great. I recommended it to all my friends. They had such great acting and plot was thick. This is the ONLY movie I enjoyed this year and I work for the cable company so Movies are my thing. 9.5/10

[Bson]

I loved the movie...the ending was well put together

[marcster]

saw this yesterday..just as good as the hk version!

loved mark wahlberg's character...he had some awesome lines :)

[DC5BO]

just saw this tonight. Great movie. Now i want to see Internal Affairs. Never seen it before.

[MsFB]

We saw it tonite too. Very good, ending surprised me. I have not seen the original it was based on. I'll see if hubby wants to rent that.

[monsterBEN]

I saw it last night as well. Best movie i've seen in a long while.

[oasisman]

i think that made more sense to me after watching infernal affairs 2. unless i completely interpreted it wrong

The daughter is not Yan (Tony Leung)'s daughter. In Infernal Affairs 2, Yan's girl gets an abortion b/c supposedly she doesn't want the child's dad to be a gangster. Hence in IA1, it was primarily a scene about all the stuff he lost being a mole (like a family).

[oasisman]

I speak english, and chinese, but i can enjoy any movie as long as it isn't dubbed. Why is it so hard to enjoy a movie of another language? People in other countries enjoy subbed american movies just fine, i wonder why americans can't enjoy foreign movies. :dontknow:

Older HK movies are dubbed because of actors from different regions of China often spoke different languages. (EX. Jet Li was active in HK film industry, yet his Cantonese is marginal at best.) In addition, as any film student knows, having "live action sound" drives up the costs exponentially....that's why dubbing to match the mouth is so important.:bow:

[ghb2513]

**SPOILERS**


in regards to the sex part - earlier in the movie, Matt Damon was eating cereal and his g/f came in and told him that it was ok - what happened last nite happens to a lot of guys.

basically - matt damon's character is impotent. When he went out to meet alec baldwin on the golf course, he was way over exaggerating his sex life.

SO - the only place that girl could get any cock was Leo.

Which I think was thrown in there to subvertly show Leo's dominance over Matt's character.


So the baby is Leo's? :laughing: :thumbsup: :giggitygiggity:

Also why did she move in with Matt Damon if he couldn't get it up? :dontknow: :confused:

[Pugz]

saw it tonight :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Dragonmonkeyduck]

saw it yesterday, it was good but infernal affairs > the departed by far

[vortices]

i told my friend about internal affairs, he told his friends and family about the movie and so on. bad ass movie, the part 2 was alright though. watch the HK version first before the hollywood version.

[Smalls]

holy fuck. saw this tonight. best damned movie ive seen in a long time. i'm a pretty big movie buff, but this movie blew me away.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[RyosukeFC3s]

holy fuck. saw this tonight. best damned movie ive seen in a long time. i'm a pretty big movie buff, but this movie blew me away.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

You should watch the HK one. Let me know next time you're at a meet. I'll see if I can get a copy for you.

[Smalls]

woot! definately! thanks!

[IZEROI]

holy fuck. saw this tonight. best damned movie ive seen in a long time. i'm a pretty big movie buff, but this movie blew me away.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Wrd. I've seen a lot of movies this year and I must say this is one of the best. Def. a movie to see.

[FalsifiedProphet]

I caught some of it on the plane back from the UK last weekend and it looked okay..ending was def interesting

[Smalls]

Wow, I was checking fandango cause I might be going to see a movie tonight and "The Departed" is still in theaters!

With 3 damn showing. On a weekend! :whoa:

[Canadian type ../'']

Great movie, but as has been stated infernal affairs ftw

[magnEsium]

I'll be downloading the DVDRip tomorrow, just gotta get my ratio up alittle before I kill it again

:shady:

[vortices]

i saw infernal affairs II again last night, it's about what happened before the first one, their teenage years.

[hamudi]

i'll download internal affairs tonite

[bayareatypes]

Saw the departed the other day. Movie was awesome loved it. It was one of those movies where you don't really what is going to happen next two :thumbsup: :thumbsup:.

[hopupimports]

i thought it was awesome! i want to see it again

[Frequency]

dvd comes out next tues.

[Lakers4Life]

awesome movie.

[Smalls]

ok so the dvd comes out tuesday.

HD-DVD or regular DVD?

would you say that it's a movie that contains extraordinary audio/visual effects?

(I have coupons so either one is relatively cheap)

[birdman]

movies wasnt that great.....


smalls dont get the hd dvd, blu ray ftw :D

[Smalls]

movies wasnt that great.....


smalls dont get the hd dvd, blu ray ftw :D

lol. already own hd drive.

you wanna buy me a blu-ray drive? i'll go blu-ray than. :D

[RSXGYRL04]

I must say it is now one of the best movies I have ever seen in a long time ;o) :thumbsup:

[Lakers4Life]

ok so the dvd comes out tuesday.

HD-DVD or regular DVD?

would you say that it's a movie that contains extraordinary audio/visual effects?

(I have coupons so either one is relatively cheap)

which HD - DVD player did you end up getting?

[Smalls]

the one for the xbox360.

[Lakers4Life]

movies wasnt that great.....


smalls dont get the hd dvd, blu ray ftw :D

refurbed samsung blu-ray for 410 shipped on slickdeals the other day.

woot

[Lakers4Life]

the one for the xbox360.

i remember talking about this on redsux.

refresh my memory, is it nice?

[Smalls]

for the cost. yes.

the unit is really only like $140 cause it comes with the $30 remote and $30 DVD.

It works, it looks good, who cares if it's bottom of the line. Plus it apparently works w/o drivers on Macs :D

I like it.

[Lakers4Life]

nice. it upconverts normal dvds fairly well?

[Smalls]

honestly haven't used it for regular dvds....other than the xbox being a dvd player AND I have a sony dvd stereo system, im prob just going to use the HD drive for HD movies...

I can test it out this weekend if you want?

[birdman]

nice. it upconverts normal dvds fairly well?

would love to know dis answer as well. from earlier chats i didnt get an answer

[Smalls]

i'll check it out this weekend.

[birdman]

god damn fuckin right you will

[birdman]

:lostswimmer:

[Smalls]

god damn fuckin right, I will.

[AndYroX]

Hey guys. I found the FULL movie the departed for free online. usually I wouldn't tell the public about this, but since im so nice..here you guys go.
quality isnt great but it was just free.what do u expect. the title "The Retarded" is just a mask. It really is the departed.
:D enjoy and feel free to +rep

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5656153336514205487&q=the+retarded&hl=en

[Hump]

cool, thanks!

[W1lson]

+rep for a good share

[Daedalus]

:thumbsup:

[mr2guysingh]

Video reported to Google

[iN10Se]

^ lol

[magnEsium]

lol, who ever posted that is going to be contacted by the MPAA or whatever the fuck they are called


Quality is crap on google...

[W1lson]

Video reported to Google

:rotfl:

[mr2guysingh]

Click the link in my sig for more free movies.

[LoneDC5]

Quality is crap on google...

DL it in ipod format for a little better quality. :thumbsup:

[magnEsium]

DL it in ipod format for a little better quality. :thumbsup:

I already have the dvdrip :shady:

:laughing:

[mr2guysingh]

I already have the dvdrip :shady:

:laughing:

Link to torrent?

[LoneDC5]

:iamwiths:

[magnEsium]

Link to torrent?

private torrent site, i had the dvdrip for about half a month now

[dan_nguyen]

Click the link in my sig for more free movies.

Post reported to RIAA

[ChilliBang]

isnt this the movie where they took the same story line as a hk movie? the infernal affairs or something?

[AndYroX]

thanks for the neg rep lol. thats why i didnt want to post. people are gona start reporting it..

[mr2guysingh]

thanks for the neg rep lol. thats why i didnt want to post. people are gona start reporting it..

Dude, I didnt report it. Calm down, check cp for pos rep

[mr2guysingh]

Post reported to RIAA

Thanks a lot, now you cant come to my 7-11

[AndYroX]

Dude, I didnt report it. Calm down, check cp for pos rep

rep back at ya. thanks

[Lakers4Life]

honestly haven't used it for regular dvds....other than the xbox being a dvd player AND I have a sony dvd stereo system, im prob just going to use the HD drive for HD movies...

I can test it out this weekend if you want?

yes please :)

[dan_nguyen]

Thanks a lot, now you cant come to my 7-11

Oh damn :(

[Lakers4Life]

any update on the xbox hd dvd player?

[birdman]

yea

[Smalls]

oh yeah. i tested it out last night with aeon flux. a movie with some bright colors and detail. I took one of the final battle scenes (in that tree grove area).

I used my Sony HTIB DVD player, the 360 player and the HD-DVD player

Overall, my Sony was the clearest. But just slightly.
The HDDVD was actually the tiniest bit clearer than the normal 360 player. But if I wasn't looking for it, I might not have noticed it.

Interestingly enough, swapping the disk from the normal drive to the HD drive didn't cause the movie to restart. it picked up right where it left off.

So over all, they're all similar on a normal DVD, but the clarity between an HD movie and regular movie is where you see the difference.

[birdman]

kthx

[Smalls]

np. :)

[Lakers4Life]

oh yeah. i tested it out last night with aeon flux. a movie with some bright colors and detail. I took one of the final battle scenes (in that tree grove area).

I used my Sony HTIB DVD player, the 360 player and the HD-DVD player

Overall, my Sony was the clearest. But just slightly.
The HDDVD was actually the tiniest bit clearer than the normal 360 player. But if I wasn't looking for it, I might not have noticed it.

Interestingly enough, swapping the disk from the normal drive to the HD drive didn't cause the movie to restart. it picked up right where it left off.

So over all, they're all similar on a normal DVD, but the clarity between an HD movie and regular movie is where you see the difference.

ah ic

cool, thank you

[1gloomyDAY]

I just saw this movie last night.

Pretty intense and it kept me awake for too long.

[BRAISKI]

Saw the movie last night...

Thought it was good!

[PGHDC5]

If you had an idea of what we do here, we would not be good at what we do now would we?
We would be cunts.
Are you calling us cunts?

[MichaelJr1186]

mark wahlberg became a badass at the end of the movie...


< finally just saw it

5 stars

[BLK04INNC]

^^^^ you need to get out much and stop wacking lil white balls around...

[czelaya]

This was a movie I didn't want to see from any of the trailers till I found out Mr.Scorsesie directed it. From the moment this movie begins you know your looking at something special. Movie has no glimmer, blown out of proportion special effects, no eye candy, ect... . It's just story telling and charecter developement at its best. You think the Italian mob is tough. Fuck, the Irish mob is no joke. I'm just pissed of at myself for not watching it earlier nor at the theater.:( I think I'm going to go get a CRANBERRY JUICE.

[ABbazabA]

just saw it, loved the movie.

[BLK04INNC]

congrats on bumping a thread almost a year old.

[iVTEC86]

sorry to bump this thread but just saw this movie today for the first time

so mark wahlberg was working inside for the mob too? lol just wanted to clear things up

[loco_ped]

No. He was one of the only clean cops.

[iVTEC86]

No. He was one of the only clean cops.

ok good, because that other dirty cop made me wonder if mark wahlberg was another dirty cop,too. it got a little confusing a little towards the ending