52in52: The Departed
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This is a movie that needs a spoiler-free section and a spoiler section. The spoiler section will be below the movie list!
This is an amazing movie, there I say “Goddamn Cinema”. I was hooked the entire time, although I was confused at the beginning with people’s names and how they were connected. The actors were great, Jack Nicholson plays crazy so well. Leonardo’s fear and desperation to stop being undercover for his own safety felt so real. Mark Whalburg was good comedic relief in the scenes he was in. The score was phenomenal, and added to the suspense. If I had to summarize the movie, it would be the cops and robbers version of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. I did not see the ending coming at all. It was based on an HK movie called Internal Affairs, and I will have to add that to my list. This was a 5/5 movie, next week is La La Land!
- 1/5 - I don't like it and I don't recommend it
- 2/5 - I liked it but I don't recommend it
- 3/5 - I liked it and I recommend it
- 4/5 - I liked it and I would keep a copy in my collection
- 5/5 - A masterpiece
- Bugonia - 4/5
- Philadelphia - 3/5
- Look Back - 5/5
- Drunken Master - 3/5
- When Harry Met Sally - 4/5
- The Grand Budapest Hotel - 4/5
- The Departed - 5/5
- La La Land - 4/5
- La Haine - 3/5
- Dead Poets Society
- Requiem for a Dream
- Apollo 13
- A Few Good Men
- Ghost in the Shell
- American History X
- The Thing
- Clue
- Jojo Rabbit
- Schindler’s List
- 2001: Space Odyssey
- Momento
- Memories and Murder
- Donnie Darko
- Millenium Actress
- Paprika
- Black swan
- Seven Samurai
- Alien
- The Shining
- Cast Away
- Hateful Eight
- Contact
- The Sixth Sense
- Training Day
- The Green Room
- Wild Robot
- Sound of Music
- Nightcrawler
- Bridge on the River Kwai
- V for Vendetta
- Tokyo Grandfathers
- Call me by your name
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Trainspotting
- Hyakuemu.
- In the Mood for Love
- Hard Boiled
- Only Yesterday
- The Cat Returns
- When Marnie was There
- From Up on Poppy Hill
SPOILER SECTION: I can’t reiterate enough how crazy the movie felt after Queenan was killed. After that, the stakes went through the roof, and I was at the edge of my seat. I tried to predict how Sullivan or Costigan was going to be caught, but each time, both managed to lose their suspicion. I felt like that scene from Always Sunny in Philadelphia, where Charlie is piecing together the conspiracy. One thing that irked me about the movie was the therapist subplot. I get it’s supposed to add confusion at the end of the movie, Sullivan is suspicious about her relationship with Costigan, and if the baby is his, the mystery of the envelope that Costigan gives her. But there was no reason for Costigan and Madolyn to become friends. After she transferred him to a different counsellor, it should have been the end of the relationship. Especially when she only knows that Costigan is a criminal and not an undercover agent. She is deceived by him the same way she is by Sullivan. Maybe that’s the point? I was shocked when Barrigan shot Costigan in the elevator. I legitimately didn’t expect there to be another rat working for Costello. Then, when Sullivan shot him, too?! The movie really showed that when in that position, you really can’t trust anyone or what they say. The movie was amazing and highly recommended.