i saw the departed on sunday. let me start by saying that i had to gradually become a fan of martin scorsese. i had a bad initial watching of goodfellas and while i loved taxi driver, i kind of shied away from many of his other movies. it wasn't until i went to see bringing out the dead (I THINK one of his underrated flicks), that i started opening up more to some of his previous classics (as well as revisiting goodfellas a couple of times).

i thought he [marty] was robbed with gangs of new york at awards season, but i have to say--i didnt quite enjoy the aviator. i heavily questioned (WHY OH WHY) is leo dicaprio becoming his new bobby deniro?

BUT--now we are at present day, and here i am watching the departed. while i'm still heavily weary of 12-year-old paper-boy dicaprio, i have been definitely stoked for this movie.

right off the bat: i highly recommend the movie, two thumbs up, etc. etc. definite quality acting across the board, from matty to leo to jack to alec to wahlberg to sheen to even vera farmiga (the girl-role)--who reminds me of cate blanchett. the script is really fucking good--the film is actually funny at times and you genuinely fucking care about the characters (pardon the language but we are talking "dirty cop" movie here-so its practically warranted). i found myself caring and rooting for certain characters (leo actually--and partially for jack). plus jack has a fucking rad wardrobe (take note of the leopard print--click the movie tickets for a sneak-peak), and everyone complaining about how jack is always jack--get over it! that's what is so great about him. he's an amazing actor, and how great is it to see two great villains (the joker & jack torrance [the shining]) combined into one character for this flick? well i think it's pretty fucking great. AND let me also say this: leo looked like a MAN in this movie... a real live man. he's all grow'd up--THANK GOD.

and on that note--i highly recommend checking out this movie. to put it simply: it fucking rules.