oh yeahhhh....good ole Martin S....lotsa rats and dropping bodies (my brother noticed "lotsa close range shots")...The Departed was really good. You try to figure out who know's what and who might be working for whom and that keeps you following the story. In the end, the one left standing was the one who walked away at the right time (and walked back in just in time to make a killing ;) ).
I'd like to think that Vera Farmiga's character had something to do with that last hit. She reminds me of Emmanuel Beart with those big eyes...and her thin body makes me think of her as Beth Orton at times. Jack Nicholson opted to inject his own interpretation during production and while it does come out really well, I'm left to wonder how far he strayed from the real character in the original script. Matt Damon plays the rat, as he did in The Talented Mr. Ripley, to perfection. Playing a character with bones in the closet is becoming a skill for Matt...he uses it repeatedly in playing Jason Bourne. Let's hope this doesn't limit his character choices.
A lot of great supporting performances...enjoyed all the dialogue from Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg (way to go guys).
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