THE DEPARTED (2006) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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- Hope you all enjoy my reaction as I watch The Departed for the first time.
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Original Movie: The Departed (2006)
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the elevator scene is the biggest “😦”moment in film history
For real!!
I was genuinely pissed at that scene
Have you seen Infernal Affairs as well? First time I watched The Departed I was halfway through like "I feel like I've watched this before" lol.
@@PinkyStyleHS yes! it’s just as good if not better.
@@BrandonLikesMovies Thanks for responding! Love the channel keep it up! (btw it would be cool to see some more foreign films like seven samurai or city of god)
I think this is still one of the best Mark Wahlberg performances, despite being a supporting role, "I'm the guy who does his job, you must be the other guy", 10/10 line
Him being oscar nominated too
Which not many bring up about this film.
Like the critics still barely take him seriously.
I am not a Mark Wahlberg fan but he definitely put in a good performance here.
@@k.delpino1124: He probably doesn't have much range, but with good direction, the roles he can play, he can play the shit out of.
Boogie Nights will IMO always be his greatest role, but this is goddamn close. He’s out of his fucking mind for every line he speaks, in the best possible way. Also I would weirdly put the other guys up there, just for the fact that I had no idea he could do comedy so well and go line for line with ferrell
@@sallyatticum agreed. He’s more miss than hit with me, but he killed it in this movie
Leo’s acting in this movie is actually 10/10. I was so mad when I saw the elevator scene for the first time, he deserved so much more!
Nah, most important is the story.
@@skywillfindyou , Infernal Affairs had a better story.
Most of Leo's acting is 10/10. He should have way more Oscar's then he has. 1. And the one he won for is far inferior from many of his other roles.
@@trumphatesyou nah bro the revenant was so good and we'll acted.
@@saphired02 Yeah but compared to some of his other roles... I would have preferred an Oscar for this... Inception.. Shutter Island... Wolf of Wall Street... There's so much more
In my opinion, this is the best performance of Leonardo DiCaprio, yet it’s one of the few he didn’t actually receive an Oscar nomination for.
I felt the same way. This movie made me realize how good of an actor he is.
This and Wolf r his best
I don't exactly think it's his best, it certainly one of the his best and definitely my favorite of his performances. This just felt so different from all his other roles and really felt like he was maturing as a actor at this point. He should've definitely been nominated for this over Blood Diamond but the Academy likes accents so.
Blood diamond as sad as the film is, is probably my favourite Leo performance.
Once upon a time in Hollywood is his best I think, particularly the western scenes
I miss when Mark Walburg actual did characters. he isnt a bad actor he just needs proper dialog and character development from the director.
"Boogie Nights" I'm dying to see Brandon (or somebody) react to. Mark Wahlberg is incredible in that movie (as is Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Alfred Molina....everyone is great in that movie!) :)
31:34 Oh man the juxtaposition of Matt Damon getting his brains blown out, along with the most gleeful look I've ever seen on Brandons face, is kind of hysterical 😂
I’m so glad Martin Scorsese got an Oscar for this masterpiece!
He deserved it for Goodfellas or Raging Bull more....
@@osmanyousif7849 I meant that he finally won an Oscar
@@osmanyousif7849 and Taxi Driver
@@jvbcb3214 I’m not saying this is his only masterpiece because he has made a lot of them because he is a master filmmaker!
@@jvbcb3214 Yeah he should have won for those films as well
"The Aviator" and "Catch Me If You Can" are worth a watch. (both starring Leonardo DeCappuccino.)
I think the latter is good for a reaction vid, as there are so many sub-plots and things going on.
Catch Me If You Can is such a great movie! I wish I could unwatch it to experience it for the first time again.
Kelly Bills same! Absolutely loved it on Netflix
Interesting fact about the movie:
You can see an ❌on the background when someone is about to die.
Beat me to it, take my Like
A homage to Scarface 1932!
Forshadowing
@@osmanyousif7849 she of these are directly before the death. that's not foreshadowing
ehh...Where is the X for matt damons death?
That opening line “ I don’t want to be a product of my environment, I want my environment to be a product of me.” I used as my senior quote for High School. Such a great film.
This movie is reimagining of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, which is also worth watching. Departed very skillfully takes those movies and puts them into one narrative. I believe the original was about the cat and mouse game, the second was the love story between the "Colin" character "Madolyn" character that takes place concurrently with that first movie, and the third movie I believe was about how the two undercovers got to their respective spots. Departed also won Scorsese his first Oscar win.
Infernal Affairs is honestly way better than The Departed.
@@osmanyousif7849 i still personally prefer the departed but infernal affairs doesn't have Jack Nicholson hamming it up which gives it a major bump over the remake.
@@eb2681 , still even with the cast giving it an A-Plus, I don't think this will go down as a Martin Scorsese masterpiece. Don't get me wrong, The Departed had it's moments, but story-wise and as far execution goes, I have mixed feelings about the 3rd act and climax. Now don't get me wrong, the elevator scene was the most shocking twist that made me dropped my drink when first seeing it
But now when I watch it, the moment doesn't make any sense. Like how is Trooper Barrigan a mole? The movie establishes the Frank Costello met Colin as a kid, but when did Frank met Barrigan? And WHY was Barrigan doing this? Like there's no foreshadowing of Barrigan's motives. And yeah, maybe Frank did this to cover up his bases, and added a few moles in, just in case one mole got outed or didn't progress/make it far enough into the police force to be useful; but WHY does Barrigan know about Colin, but Colin doesn't know about Barrigan? I mean they were in the SAME training class, for crying out loud. Did Barrigan get turned later? I mean IF we the audience are gonna go with the assumption that Barrigan's the mole and knows about what Colin's been doing and maybe Barrigan was only planted just to keep an eye on Colin, HOW does Barrigan know that Frank was an FBI informant? Colin, who has reached one of the HIGHEST RANKS of the State Police, doesn't even know about it and only found out about it due to a single journal entry from Captain Queenan. But that's because Billy told him, and Billy knew because some literal random drugged-up dude knew that he interrogated, because of LITERALLY WHATEVER REASON. I mean what's that dude's story?
Now even if Barrigan WAS assigned by Frank to be a mole and keep tabs on Colin and that somehow he also snuck into the room and found Queenan's journal to learn that Frank's also a rat, in the film, Barrigan literally says, "Costello was gonna sell us to the FBI.". So HOW would Barrigan know that Frank was planning to sell them out? And WHY would even the FBI care? If Frank Costello was the FBI's rat and Colin and Barrigan were helping him, wouldn't Colin want to help Frank? Like would the FBI be psyched that Colin was doing the ground-work for them (I mean he keeps Frank out of trouble so they could keep giving him information.)?
Also, the whole FBI plot with Frank being a rat, is only in The Departed BECAUSE of the whole bases around Whitey Bulger (who Costello's character is based on), which I can understand. But if I'm being honest, it really doesn't add anything to the film and would only make the plot sound more complicated than it needs to be. I guess Martin Scorsese and the writers thought that one of the themes should be what Mr French said, "It's a nation of f***ing rats.", but it really wasn't a smart move to be honest.
Plus, once Barrigan kills Billy, then Brown, and then tell Colin that they have to stick together (But WHY exactly, if they're the only moles left?), Colin kills Barrigan? And for what reason? You see in the original movie Infernal Affairs which The Departed is based on, it makes sense, since (SPOILERS) Chan (who's suppose to be Billy's counterpart) calls the police to meet him at the building where he meets Lau (who's Colin's counterpart), so when Chan brings Lau downstairs, he's literally bringing him into police custody. Lau then kills the character who would be Barrigan's counterpart, because he needs a fall-guy, since Chan already told the cops he has the mole in custody. But in The Departed, Billy hasn't told anyone about Colin, not even Trooper Brown. So now that Billy and Brown are dead, there really is no reason to kill Barrigan. They really could have both gone home and left those two there. Also, if you pay attention to the scene when Colin tries to cover the mess, you have to ask yourself HOW Colin would come up with a story that would explain this to the police. He says Barrigan attacked him, but wouldn't they tell from forensics that Billy punched him? I mean, they don't even give us Colin's complete made-up story to the police for why he was there.
It's just all not coming together.
@@osmanyousif7849 I'm with you my dude. Infernal Affairs is incredible (I like the Departed a lot but the original is superior)
@@osmanyousif7849 agree, its way better
Who else already knows what scene he’s reacting to in the thumbnail😭
Leo's death 😢
Mark Wahlberg is just pure gold in this movie, I love his character
"Tell me why I didn't tell nobody... Tell me why!"
Dude was undercover, too.
How did yall not get that?
wrong, because nobody cared about his death so he figured fuck them too.
It's not conclusively implied that he's an undercover cop. I don't think he was, anyway.
@@StrappinYoungChad the cops are saying he’s a cop so I stop looking for the rat.
@@StrappinYoungChad It's been a while since I saw the movie, but I read someone say that the cops planted that story in the news (or might've planted)
Was blown away to discover this was a remake. Love this movie.
As the kid of a cop, the fact the original is called "Infernal Affairs" hit very hard.
had no idea - have to check out the original now
I couldn't tell the Japanese actors apart often and totally lost the plot when I watched the original. Imagine if you had faceblindness and couldn't tell Matt Damon and DiCaprio apart from each other, watching this would be a mess :D
@@vaahtobileet nice bullshit racism. It's Hong Kong btw.
@@vaahtobileet What a shit take.
Proudly broadcasting your racist prejudices to the world lol
"Who put the f*cking cameras in this place!?"
"Oh! Who the f*ck are you?"
"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy!" 😎🤣
"Is he (Quenin) gonna take the fall for this?"
Really unfortunate but accurate choice of words.
20:55 "Don't tell me that he's gonna take the FALL for it" Spot on choice of words!
This is Leo's most underrated performance! He was excellent yet it flew under the radar in terms of getting award recognition for it.
The Departed is actually one of the few movies he received american and international awards for.
Not the significant ones but who cares..he didn't make campaign for it at the Oscar
Fun fact: they filmed parts of this in my apartment in Charlestown when I was growing up, it’s Jack Nicholson’s place in the movie. We moved out for 2 weeks while they renovated and filmed, then changed everything back exactly the way it was before. We got to meet the cast and Scorsese graffitied his autograph on my sisters bedroom wall, we just left it there obviously. And a weird coincidence my moms last name is Costello
Thats amazing man. Which parts were filmed in you apt.?
@@socraytes every scene in Jack Nicholson’s (Costello’s) apartment, like when he’s on the phone on the balcony, when he’s eating with Leo and takes the severed hand out of the plastic bag lol. It was really cool
@@GhostInPajamas Dude that is such a great memory to have, especially for a movie buff, but even if not. You be grateful haha
I actually got an ad for Castello cheeses in the middle of this video. The TH-cam algorithm must have picked up when you said "Costello" for Jack Nicholsons character. Crazy.
That’s creepy lol.
Its creepy that Ill be having a conversation with someone about something, to then get 30 ads for it in a day.
This movie is actually a remake of a Hong Kong movie called Infernal Affairs, and that movie actually had a different ending and two sequels.
@@chrisfofficial I've thought that. But in truth, both movies have different cultural contexts, because they are different cultural representations of hell.
For Martin Scorsese, hell is Christian: it's hierarchical and linear. In Buddhism, hell is circular. You have to be reincarnated many times in hell in order to escape it. So in The Departed, it makes sense that the two cops can escape the hell they live in by paying for their sins. But in Infernal Affairs, any good karma that the protagonist creates in hell, he has to carry it with him within hell.
So Collin dying can be seen as Catholic penance. But in Infernal Affairs, penance doesn't free you from an infernal fate. You still have to live that fate. Hence Inspector Lau is a better person than Collin. But the consequences of his sins are heavier than those of Collin's.
"Maybe he did give him the wrong name! Or...even worse...I've been calling him the wrong name this whole movie..."
LOL, we love you anyway Brandon you goober
Watching the elevator scene & Martin Sheen's fall in the theater was such an experience. The amount of gasps and cries for disbelief. I think we all walked out rattled and shocked but still such an amazing film.
The Depaaaaarrrrteed. One of my favorites. One of the best lines. "Feds are like mushrooms. Feed em' shit and keep them in the dark." Applies to a lot of different people.
I loved when you were talking about Queenen and said. “Hopefully he doesn’t take the fall for this” Gold.
One of my favorite movies of all time. Cast is STACKED
Every single actor in this movie did such a great job. And Mark Wahlberg getting revenge for Leo and Martin's characters is always a great scene and ending
“I’m the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy.” 😆 One of the best lines in movie history.
The Movie: is called; The Departed. He kills off All the main characters,...
They are All the The Departed.
Genius storyline.
This is my favorite Scorsese movie, for sure.
When leo dies at the end EVERY TIME I still go "awww man". My bf actually makes fun of me cuz I say it Every. Single. Time we watch it.
*Brandon's face lights up*
Me: I know, right? Martin Sheen is a legend.
Brandon: MARK WAHLBERG!
🤦
This movie is so great. I try to watch it once a year. That ending still blows me away.
The absolute shock on your face with the elevator scene and the absolute glee with the final scene is why I love your reactions so much!
Leo really should have gotten his Oscar for this role imo
The Aviator, What's eating Gilbert Grape?, The Departed and Revolutionary Road are the movies I really wanted him to win for and he wasn't nominated for two of them
But The Revenant win was totally fine as well. Finally
20:55 "Oh my gosh don't tell me that he's gonna take the fall for it!"
I don't think you could actually hit the nail on the head any more square than that... ever.
This is my favorite Marty Scorsese movie, one of my top 5 movies of all time, and probably, along with The Fugitive, the most rewatchable movie for me. I've seen it dozens of time. I love it
I´d love to see Brandon react to The Fugitive, I agree, so rewatchable. Would not be surprised if Brandon has only seen Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Indiana Jones.
Yeah the Fugitive, over 30 times seeing it and I still pick out new things.
@@kateofone I've cancelled plans before because I was flipping through the channels and The Fugitive came on. It's like if I see it, I have to keep watching
The shot at the end, where Vera Farmiga just keeps walking past Damon without looking at him, is an homage to The Third Man. Now THAT'S a fantastic movie.
When Vera Farmiga walks on by Matt Damon in the cemetery is a neat nod to “The Third Man”
“Don’t tell me Queenans gonna take the fall for it.”
Great choice of words
I saw this in the theatre and was completely devastated when DiCaprio died like that. He was the hero we were all rooting for at the end and then he's gone just like that.
I will never forget the gasp in the theater..
Jack Nicholson improvised that scene with Leo, him pulling out the gun wasn't apart of the script.
Improvise means he did that without telling the cast and crew. He did come up with the idea on set, and pitched it to the director just before filming the scene.
He did not "imorov" that take
@@JorbyTinky relax Jordy you know what he means
@@JorbyTinky I know it's not the correct term, I just used it because it's the most recognizable term and people would no what I meant when I commented this, the correct term would probably be ad lib.
@@JorbyTinky I think people use the term improvise as in they did something not in the script. Not that they're going in business for themselves and saying stuff in front of cameras without approval. Very few actors that're professionals would just go into an improv class while the cameras are rolling.
What scene?
I love how calm, collective and thoughtfull you are. Its like watching movies with my best buds again, we did that for years, sadly life split us in our late 20's and now we can see each other only around celebratings and vacantions
It's a remake of a Chinese movie called 'Infernal Affairs', which is also brilliant.
Chinese yes but Hong-Kong is more suitable for the movie because of the movement , yes, it's brillant indeed :)
@@LoLDremmah Honk-Kong is a part of China, since the UK gave it back 1997.
Also based on Whitey Bulger
@@LoLDremmah 'Hong-Kong is more suitable for the movie because of the movement', maybe, but was it really worth you pointing it out, considering both are correct. Just seems a little smug, for no reason. Strange use of the word 'suitable' too by the way.
@Uncle Ho That's not a fair comparacent. Hong Kong is a special administrative region of Chinn and maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China.
For some reason when I was younger, my mom and I would randomly pick a movie and we would watch and absolutely love it. Now when I go back to those movies, many of them were Martin's movies that just blew our minds. Also, Shutter Island is a much watch!
Fun fact about this movie, every character who dies in the film has a scene with an “X” behind them at some point while they’re alive.
Martin Scorsese calls The Departed "the first film he's ever done with a plot!"
Yes!! My favourite movie of all time! Keep up the good work Brandon 👏🏻
oh this film is incredible. Every reveal, the acting, the pacing... jsut wonderful... but your reaction to that scene HAHAH. i knew it was coming and it still loved it
This film is near perfection for me. I saw this in the theatre when it came out and the last 30 minutes had me in complete shock 🤯 A Scorsese masterpiece!
What I always loved was the father son dynamics in this film. How when Costello could see Sullivan as his son he trusted him. But when Sullivan was beginning to break away with the lawyer night school. And when he began to see Leo as the new still loyal still moldable son, almost the prodigal son because he said he didn't want to be him, he trusted him the most.
I know you watched Apocalypse now fairly recently, the captain in this movie was the main character in Apocalypse. Martin Sheen. Because there weren't enough stars in the cast already hahaha
@Brett Boller I just checked his channel and it looks like it's gone. Maybe TH-cam just decided it was 'naughty?'
AN also starred a young Harrison Ford and a 15 yo Laurence fishburn
I was going to mention this too. Just as he was mentioning the "stacked cast" he didn't recognize MartinSheen.
@Brett Boller i watched it yesterday so its there , maybe it was removed temporarily
That end scene is so satisfying to watch.
The channel is called "Brandon likes movies". Yet it boggles my mind how many of the greats Brandon hasn't seen. I wonder what kind of movies he did watch beforehand
Check out the 1st video on the channel, I go through hundreds of movies I'd seen
When you figure out they grew up only watching Disney films.
@Uncle Ho it's hard to watch a movie when i don't know what they're saying.
@@walterlippmann6292 I'm gonna blow your mind get ready : SUBTITLES
@@BrandonLikesMovies speaking of that first video just wanted say thanks for putting me onto a film called 'coherence' great little film.
That's the best casting of a child ever just for that transition to Matt Damon
I guess that transition is a subtle reference to Saving Private Ryan, where we get a transition from the older Ryan to the one played by Matt Damon.
The Departed is almost as old now as Goodfellas was when The Departed came out. In other news, I'm getting old.
I absolutely love this movie! My girlfriend and I had just broken up, so I decided to go see a new movie, just to clear my mind. I watched this at midday in midtown NYC. It blew me away. Such a spectacular film.
“A Bronx Tale”! Highly recommend!
Sean/Billy. It took me a half dozen viewing to keep DeCaprio, Damon and Wahlberg straight. These kids all look alike. Now Jack, no one looks like Jack!
One of the best thrillers of ALL TIME.
I watched this film over 33 times across the years. It sat comfortably in my top 10 films of all time since it came out.
Another great film is "Lucky number Slevin", I think you would enjoy
Bruh thanks for reminding me of that movie and hell yeah, Brandon would enjoy it
Every time you see an X. It means that character dying. Citizen was crossed out with an X. As sheen was falling the windows had x in the windows. Also when Leonardo DiCaprio died there was an X in elevator
"There's still somethin about to happen." HERE WE GO!
This movie is so so good. Great acting, great story, amazing twists and turns. That elevator scene stunned everyone the first time.
I think Shutter Island should be next. Im sure you will like it.
Awesome reaction! An underrated film of Scorsese’s is 1999’s Bringing Out the Dead, starring Nicolas Cage and John Goodmen as New York City paramedics.
When Frank says “swear on your mother’s grave you’re not a cop” notice he never does actually swear that he’s not a cop. Very interesting character trait..morals maybe?
I love this movie so much. Hell of a twist at the end
when he said "maybe matt damon gonna get away with it in the end" and then the satisfaction on his face when he saw wahlberg in damon's apartment made my day
Breaking Bad SPOILER
15:10 the song playing in the background is the song they used in the finale of Breaking Bad when the cameras pan away from dead Walt in the lab.
Badfingers - Baby Blue
I'm on season 4 now so thank you
@@scope40k you're welcome
@@scope40k my bad lmao. Report me. 😭
Keep up the great work Brandon! This is such a modern classic!
the original, which is called ‘infernal affairs’ is amazing👏🏼
I prefer the "Infernal Affairs" series to "The Departed"
Yes please show some respect to the original ugh I hate when the remake gets more attention than the original
The departed is a better film but both are good
Yeah! I somehow managed to see it before "The Departed". It came in an Asian cinema DVD box along with "Old Boy". 2 fantastic movies!
The better movie will get more attention PERIOD, a original isn’t more entitled to good views
This is my favorite film. I love that opening scene up to the point where Colin begins to take the test.
Absolutely love this movie!
I love the rat that walks across the ledge at the end of the film.
Jack Nicholson has done so many amazing movies, but this one is really in his top 3. What an amazing bad guy.
I remember showing this movie to my friend and he screamed at the ending moment. He was cheering one moment, then screaming the next.
Just wanted to add a comment that maybe you didn't pick up, but there is a visual X every time someone in the film dies or is about to die. You can see it behind Leo when he's calling Dignam, there are several when Queenan is falling from the roof, and there is some on the floor when Sullivan is walking to his apartment at the end. It's a very cool visual motif that I love. Glad you enjoyed the movie Brandon, great video as always.
Saw this movie a couple of days ago....for me it's a Masterpiece: fantastic acting by all the cast, the ending was really great but in general everything was so good.
If you haven’t seen Sexy Beast, I would definitely recommend. Ray Winstone is phenomenal in that film. Also, completely different genre but by the same guy who directed Sexy Beast, Under The Skin is a masterpiece if you have not seen it.
I was about to sugest the same thing, Sexy Beast is a great movie. Both Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley are amazing in it. Also, if you're reading this Brandon, please consider watching Dead Man's Shoes (2004): a low-budget Shane Meadows movie with a great performace by Paddy Considine.
It was my first Scorsese film! Watched it when I was 12 (and was way too young). From then on Jack Nicholson was known to me exclusively as Costello, lol.
You should check out the movie Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro
Absolutely! I with I could like this comment 100 times.
Yesss he really should see that movie, nothing like it! So original, great and interesting like even just the dialogue alone is great and iconic. Its dark but also funny. Never a dull or typical moment.
The amount of detail in the scenes and backgrounds and on the sets and on the characters themselves is amazing.
@@wantutosigh1117 We can't stop here man, this is BAT COUNTRY! Gary Busey has a priceless cameo that kills me every time hahaha
If anybody here hasn’t read the book of the same title by Hunter S. Thompson you really should. One of my favourites and it’s absolutely hilarious.
I first saw the movie in the theater at the time it came out in 2006. It was the first Scorsese film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, and after so many of his earlier films had been passed over--Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas--it acquired a reputation as a legacy pick, an inferior Scorsese film the Oscars awarded to compensate for failing to give him one earlier.
Over the years, though, I've come to the conclusion that the film is underappreciated and truly one of Scorsese's best. It is, for me, on the most visceral level, his most consistently entertaining film. It's 2.5 hours long but feels extremely tight--not a moment wasted. It is also (as you mention in the video) masterfully edited and features probably the best ensemble cast of any Scorsese film.
The Aviator is one of Scorcese and Leo's best collaborations.
The way of the future.
Show me all the blueprints
And it's the one DiCaprio should have gotten an Oscar for.
@@Luggi83 100%. He absolutely deserved it that year.
Leo should have got an Oscar for this. He totally sold the paranoia and mental toll that duality has on someone especially surrounded by ruthless nut jobs
"Don't tell me he's gonna take the fall for it."
Oh boy...
Bro I was literally scrolling through the comments trying to find this exact thing 😂😂😂
The guy that died abs said he gave bill the wrong address was an undercover FBI agent , not sure if u caught it cause it was cut out but shows there are multiple moles on both sides
One of Scorsese masterpice. Just like Goodfellas and Casino.
Wish to say something. As I saw it, one of the leitmotifs of the film is the funeral theme, which is mentioned several times in the film. Billy's father was buried in a closed coffin, several people attended the funeral of his mother and aunt, etc. All of Billy's relatives, from whom he so wanted to distance himself (a conversation in the hospital with his uncle and the phrase: "after the death of my mother, nothing will connect us anymore") ended up like ordinary bandits that no one cared.
Billy is buried with all the honors, with an honor guard, an orchestra, a huge number of people, etc. The film clearly makes a focus on that in the end, and I believe that despite the sad finale, Billy did get justice for himself in the end.
Something about Martin sheen's death in this film always gets to me
Yeah definitely, he was just the epitome of a good working man of the law who really didn't deserve to die.
Probably reminds you of your father
Is that you R.R.R.? Ha ha
One of my favourite films ever, was also my introduction to the Dropkick Murphys back in the day.
Oh well now, you HAVE to watch “RAGING BULL.”
AND, “This Boy’s Life” with De Niro & Leo DiCaprio (his 1st movie).
Lol! "Or I've been calling him the wrong name the whole movie!" I love your genuine reactions man.
I love how Brandon had Billy’s name confused with his cousin’s name the whole movie lmao 😂
You're a content machine man and I love your reactions. Looking forward to this one. I also wanna check in and say don't ever feel like you can't take a break now and then only because you clearly put a lot of hours in and as much as we appreciate it we all gotta take breaks :)
*A masterpiece, easily one of my fav films of all time. I remember watching this in theaters. This woman sitting next to me jumped and spilled her Sprite all over me when Leo got shot*
Okay, don't get me wrong, the cast was an A-plus, and I enjoyed some of the concepts it brought in, and Martin Scorcese for once created a perfect Macguffin for the film (the micro-processors), and I will say the cellphone scene was probably the best part, but as far as execution goes, I don't think it was that good, especially during the 3rd act and climax. I will give credit for the elevator scene was the most shocking twist that made me drop my drink when I saw it. Like the first time I watched The Departed, I didn't see that coming.
But at the same time, it doesn't make any sense. Like how is Trooper Barrigan a mole? The movie establishes the Frank Costello met Colin as a kid, but when did Frank met Barrigan? And WHY was Barrigan doing this? Like there's no foreshadowing of Barrigan's motives. And yeah, maybe Frank did this to cover up his bases, and added a few moles in, just in case one mole got outed or didn't progress/make it far enough into the police force to be useful; but WHY does Barrigan know about Colin, but Colin doesn't know about Barrigan? I mean they were in the SAME training class, for crying out loud. Did Barrigan get turned later? I mean if we the audience are gonna go with the assumption that Barrigan's the mole and knows about what Colin's been doing and maybe Barrigan was only planted just to keep an eye on Colin, HOW does Barrigan know that Frank was an FBI informant? Colin, who has reached one of the HIGHEST RANKS of the State Police, doesn't even know about it and only found out about it due to a single journal entry from Captain Queenan. But that's because Billy told him, and Billy knew because some literal random drugged-up dude knew that he interrogated, because of LITERALLY WHATEVER REASON. I mean what's that dude's story?
Now even if Barrigan WAS assigned by Frank to be a mole and keep tabs on Colin and that somehow he also snuck into the room and found Queenan's journal to learn that Frank's also a rat, in the film, Barrigan literally says, "Costello was gonna sell us to the FBI.". So HOW would Barrigan know that Frank was planning to sell them out? And WHY would even the FBI care? If Frank Costello was the FBI's rat and Colin and Barrigan were helping him, wouldn't Colin want to help Frank? Like would the FBI be psyched that Colin was doing the ground-work for them (I mean he keeps Frank out of trouble so they could keep giving him information.)?
Also, the whole FBI plot with Frank being a rat, is only in The Departed BECAUSE of the whole bases around Whitey Bulger (who Costello's character is based on), which I can understand. But if I'm being honest, it really doesn't add anything to the film and would only make the plot sound more complicated than it needs to be. I guess Martin Scorsese and the writers thought that one of the themes should be what Mr French said, "It's a nation of f***ing rats.".
Plus, once Barrigan kills Billy, then Brown, and then tell Colin that they have to stick together (But WHY exactly, if they're the only moles left?), Colin kills Barrigan? And for what reason? You see in the original movie Infernal Affairs (SPOILERS), it makes sense, since Chan (who's suppose to be Billy's counterpart) calls the police to meet him at the building where he meets Lau (who's basically Colin's counterpart), so when Chan brings Lau downstairs, he's literally bringing him into police custody. Lau then kills the character who would be Barrigan's counterpart, because he needs a fall-guy, since Chan already told the cops he has the mole in custody. But in The Departed, Billy hasn't told anyone about Colin, not even Trooper Brown. So now that Billy and Brown are dead, there really is no reason to kill Barrigan. They really could have both gone home and left those two there. Also, if you pay attention to the scene when Colin tries to cover the mess, you have to ask yourself HOW Colin would come up with a story that would explain this to the police. He says Barrigan attacked him, but wouldn't they tell from forensics that Billy punched him? I mean, they don't even give us Colin's complete made-up story to the police for why he was there.
It's just all not coming together.
I completed watching this movie yesterday only and today you uploaded your reaction what an co-incidence 😁
Matt Damon flirting;
"This guy definitely has a good personality."
No Brandon. He really, really doesn't.
the pacing in this movie is so tight especially in the beginning with the music perfectly complementing whats happening. sets the tone