the departed review
My Rating: 6.7/10
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91% Metacritics Rating: 86/100 My Favorite Quotes 1. "When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I'm saying to you is this: when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?" - Frank Costello I do not understand how people think this is an amazing film? So I watched this film by myself without any pre determined thoughts of the film other than the rating of it on IMDb and a few friends saying it was "great". So I decided to give it a shot, no pun intended. I am so disappointed with the outcome of this movie. It starts off pretty strong with a cool plot of two rats one on the inside of a crime organization. And another in the Police force as a special investigator. The film follows there back and forth attempts to uncover one another. I was hoping it would have some really clever scenes, but they were just not there. The acting I have to say was very good other than some dirty New Jersey accents. The film in my opinion could have been definitely shortened. The whole label on it being a thriller usually means the film is going to contain a good plot twist. All the ending contained was a large amount of gunfire like a trashy Fast and Furious film. Some scenes left my head in a bit of a mess trying to figure out what had happened, but after a short think over it was actually truly basic. This in no way shape or form deserves a fucking 8.5/10 on IMDb. Sure if your an action movie fan you will probably love this movie. If you like truly genuine films you will hate it much like I did. |
Positives and Negatives
+ Acting
+ Some of the Plot
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- Length
- Ending
- Twist
+ Some of the Plot
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- Length
- Ending
- Twist
Criteria /10
Acting/Characters: 8/10
Plot: 8/10
Originality: 5/10
Pacing: 4/10
Soundtrack: 9/10
Dialogue: 8/10
Special Effect: 7/10
Theme: 2/10
Ending: 3/10
Plot: 8/10
Originality: 5/10
Pacing: 4/10
Soundtrack: 9/10
Dialogue: 8/10
Special Effect: 7/10
Theme: 2/10
Ending: 3/10