One of my favorite movies for sure. When Arianna said "The way I want Mark Wahlberg to show up outta nowhere and arrest this dude.", I had the biggest smile on my face lol
Spoiler I actually prefer the hypothetical ending where Sullivan doesn't get killed. He just gets away with it. He just packs up and moves into a smaller apartment. Leaves the movie more dramatic and uneasy.
No he didn't. (and in fact, I don't think much of this performance at all, it was a total disappointment to me, and I had way higher expectations from both him and the movie). He had just done "About Schmidt" four years earlier, one of his best and most underrated performances, his last Oscar nomination if I remember rightly, and then he followed it up with a hit comedy, "Anger Management"......then he does this a couple of years later. You think people forgot Jack Nicholson was? He was also really great in a romantic comedy he did with Diane Keaton around this time, I can't remember the name, but that's the last really good Jack performance, although this one does have his indisputably last, decisively iconic line reading......"I"ve got this rat, this TEETHING, gnawing rat...." That's up there with "Here's Johnny" and the Carnal Knowledge monologue and all the rest of it.
@@TTM9691 I go back and forth on his performance in this film. I think tonally it's kinda strange but there are some subtle moments that rock. His opening monologue for example works and doesn't work for me.
I'll always remember the silent theater collectively gasping when Queenan was seen falling from the roof, the one character if any you might want to give a hug to.
This movie definitely deserved the five Oscars it won, including Best Picture and Best Director. One of the rare films where every individual involved was at the top of their game and running on all cylinders.
The guy that shot Billy (Leo) is an underrated actor. You saw him in "The Pacific" he's also in a film called "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" it's worth a watch.
He's been in a few things over the years, plays pretty good bad and good guys. I like seeing him play such a nerdy good guy in Spectral and then an evil scumbag in Ironman 3.
As others have commented, this is based on the Hong Kong film "Internal Affairs." However it is also based on one of the worst law enforcement scandals in American history, the Whitey Bulger investigation. Bulger ran the Winter Hill Mob, the biggest gang in Boston, and literally everyone knew it. His huge slate of murders, extortion, drug selling, etc., etc., etc. was common knowledge. There was more than enough evidence to convict him a hundred times over, and the fact that he wasn't arrested was an ongoing scandal in Boston for years. It turned out he was an FBI informant the whole time, and the FBI not only shielded him from consequences, but abetted his crimes. When the noose finally tightened, an FBI agent tipped Bulger off to allow him to flee and remain at large for years more. The FBI agent in question had been nurtured by Bulger since he was a child, guided him through the police and FBI academies, and Bulger benefited from the man's unswerving loyalty -- basically Matt Damon from this movie. American law enforcement has been involved in a LOT of corrupt, dirty things, but this was among the worst.
It's so crazy how Scorsese just naturally makes at LEAST one iconic classic each and every decade. I don't think The Departed measures up to the heights of his greatest work, but even "lesser" Scorsese is better than most filmmakers great movies. The man truly has cinema in his blood.
I love Scorsese, but the fact he won an Oscar and gets all this praise for The Departed has always irked me as its a remake. He basically followed the same blueprint, made the same movie, and inserted an all-start cast of brilliant actors. Like wouldn't it feel weird if someone just remade a great American film in another country almost scene for scene and won awards for it?
@@LaCheeserie Um, no. For "that decade", it would be Goodfellas. And after that it would be Cape Fear, Casino and Age Of Innocence. And after that it would be Kundun. THEN it would be Gangs Of New York. What a disappointment that one was when it came out. (For all the REAL Scorsese fans). Thank God for Daniel Day Lewis, that's all I can say.
@@arcc4 I mean, people do that all the time lmao. Hollywood movies gets remade in countries like china, India, korea all the fucking time lol It's not like he stole it, it was an official remake with the permission of the director of the movie. And I know this is subjective and highly debated in the film circles but I have seen all the Infernal Affairs and The Departed is a way superior movie to all of them.
Arianna and Maple have really found a groove the last few months with their chemistry. It was a bit rough at first which is to be expected as sometimes they'd talk over each other but it's so amazing now!!!
I absolutely LOVE the tone of violence in Scorsese's movies. It feels cinematic while feeling real, it feels serious while maybe even being a tad funny (in some moments, not always). It is often clumsy, in the way that real violence usually is, and that just adds to the *impact*. And Schoonmaker's editing just adds to it even more.
I saw this movie in theatres when it opened - place was packed. Three hundred people reacted the way you two did when bullets started flying in that elevator
Delahunt didn't say who the rat was because he didn't want Billy killed. He couldn't kill anyone, it just wasn't in him. It's more explained in a deleted scene but Scorsese wanted to leave it ambiguous. There's a UA-cam vid of the full clip and Scorsese saying as much.
One of the best ever. There isn't a bad part of the whole thing. I normally am not a huge fan of Wahlberg, but his delivery of "I'm a guy who does his job, you must be the other guy" has been a personal motivator in my work for almost 20 years now.
What even is a scorsese original, he doesnt write the screenplays or scripts. I dont think its less an original because it uses the same script as previous movie
What's really crazy is that a lot of this also actually happened, and the real story is batshit. If you lived anywhere near Boston in the early 2000s, you might've heard the name Whitey Bulger. He was an Irish crime boss with a brother in the state senate. He also had an old friend from the neighborhood as his FBI handler. In exchange for information about the mafia, Whitey's biggest competition, his handler officially provided him with FBI protection from prosecution as a federal informant, and unofficially provided him with sealed information on other gangs so he could corner pretty much every illegal market in Boston. He operated with impunity for over 30 years, and he was RUTHLESS.
So Maple, at the 23:11, the way they get those two shots in focus at the same time is they use a lense on the camera that does a front focus and a back focus where you can keep the up close shot focused in while keeping the background in focus as well. They use them a lot in Live Event Productions, that’s where I learned it!
The movie was nominated for 5 Academy Awards and won 4/5 Best Picture Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Film Editing Mark Wahlberg was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and he SHOULD'VE won!! So deserving!! This movie was spectacular!
For someone else's work. Scorcese has done some great stuff - there's no doubt about that, Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York. However, this is not a Scorcese original (though he did get permission to use it.)
@@thedarkemissary I think the more interesting question involves what Sullivan thinks about that, since he presumably knows that the baby can't be his.
@@adamwells9352 He doesn't appear too hurt by her leaving with his child. I assume he simply dismisses her cheating by virtue of expecting the worst from everyone as a projection.
@@thedarkemissary I like the take. I feel like he might also be showing that he's willing to use the baby to manipulate her to stay (for the sake of his respectability) maybe assuming she also values that. When I start to think that maybe he suspects it's Costigan's, I get confused. But in a good way.
Yeah, that's a crazy thing to say. As soon as you enter into a relationship you obviously owe each other a lot of things, including being honest and faithful for as long as you are a couple. But there's a general pattern in society where women are not supposed to owe men anything, that's misogyny, whereas men, of course, owe women everything that's demanded of them. In light of that sentiment, Arianna's comment makes perfect sense.
One of my favorite movie theories that I like watching this movie through the lens of is that Matt Damon's character is closeted. There's nothing really definitive to support it and it obviously doesn't have a massive effect on the overall story, but it does make some of his moments more interesting and could play with some of the undercover themes.
46:00 love how she puts the CD on immediately because she thinks Billy is trying to rat her out for the affair. And instead she discovers her bf is a crooked rat cop lol
infernal affairs : The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards but was not nominated. Martin Scorsese remade the film in 2006 as The Departed, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture .infernal affairs was nominated for sixteen awards during the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards, winning seven of those categories. It also won the Best Picture at the 40th Golden Horse Awards, the 8th Golden Bauhinia Awards, and the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Blue Ribbon Awards.
Almost every death in the movie was foreshadowed with an x somewhere on screen at some point or another, but yea Billy at the airport had a bit of extra hinting done.
I recently watched a clip of Jack recollecting about Roger after Corman died. He started legitimately tearing up and sobbing and it was shocking seeing a guy I’ve known on screen all my life being so raw and real.
I watched this when I was like 15 maybe, and for years it was my number 1 movie. I love it so much. The twist and turns from Martin Scorsese are so damn good..
I saw this twice in theaters and the second time someone screamed, when Matt Damon got shot, "LORD THEY KILLIN EVERYBODY" while sounding SO distraught, which immediately broke all tension for everyone lmao
this is one of my all time favorite movies,awesome reaction. I think whether the guy who died on the couch was a cop or not can be left up to interpretation. Maybe he really was undercover and thats why he didnt rat out Leo. Or maybe like Costello said "the cops are saying hes a cop" to throw them off the trail. He was dying anyway, maybe he just liked Leo and didnt want to get a young guy like that killed, maybe he was feeling guilty about the life he led in his final moments
I am sure your state police are doing that. You think of them as highway patrol and ticket writers because that is what is at the forefront and most newly graduated troopers have to serve in patrol for the first few years of their career. State police agencies always have some specialized divisions. Detectives, task forces, gang units, counter terrorism and swat teams.
Black Mass is an interesting movie to watch because its about Whitey Bulger who is the inspiration for the character of Frank Costello and stars Johnny Depp. This movie is basically a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.
I’d highly recommend watching Infernal Affairs, the Cantonese film The Departed was based on. It has the same basic structure, but the tone, style, and thematic conclusions are extremely different. Incredible film in its own right. The Departed is one of my favorite films ever, but I’d have to give it a rewatch to see which one I truly prefer.
the original hong kong version had sequels, but the ending was different so a sequel worked. It wouldnt make sense to have a sequel to the scorsese departed
Fun fact: I had a day off due to the scene with the firecrackers during the "Costello is an FBI informant" scene. It was filmed at my elementary school.
What if, when the credits rolled, "Good Vibrations" song by Marky Mark started? That would have upped the caliber of this movie to platinum if you ask me.
So that final 15-20 minutes of the movie were absolutely insane lol. Matt Damon's character shoots his partner because at the moment he thought that was the only one left alive that knew what he really was and he was trying to get out from under the paranoia of the trouble he was looking at. He just didn't believe ol girl had more info on him than the recordings she heard, and he had no clue she had instructions to go find dignam. Dignam had quit the police force so he couldn't actually arrest Sullivan, plus he wanted that man dead cause he was responsible for the captain dying so that's why he shot him at the very end.
Arianna bringing up "spades" of all things 😆How could I love her any more than I already do? That is a game of my generation, and I know she's not my age! 💛
This is Scorsese's best film, and personally, i think it's the best crime drama film EVER made. The dialogue and script, the pacing, the acting, the screenplay. It is literally a perfect film.
It's not as good as Goodfellas or Casino imo, and I do think that Infernal Affairs is better, but this is probably the best american remake of a foreign film.
I much prefer the original Hong Kong film, but this is an exceptional movie for being a remake. I'm not sure if I'd say it's anywhere close to being my favorite Scorcese movie tho... Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas,. He's got a a lot of great ones.
This is my first time watching a video on this channel - and im embarrassed to say I think i am legit in love with this beautiful Maple girl. As an amateur filmmaker and film buff, when she pointed out the dolly pan i was like 'of course ill probably never get to meet her... the perfect woman..."
@@jerodast As opposed to movies where he's not the bad guy: the martian, good will hunting, saving private ryan, ford v ferrari, true grit, the talented mr. ripley, the bourne identity, the bourne supremacy, the bourne ultimatum, oppenheimer, rounders, invictus, the informant, the rainmaker, bagger vance, ocean's eleven, ocean's twelve, ocean's thirteen, syriana, the brothers grimm, green zone, hereafter, contagion, we bought a zoo, the adjustment bureau, behind the candelabra, elysium, jason bourne, the great wall, the monuments men, downsizing, still water, air, the last duel, promised land etc. Yea, he's rarely the bad guy.
"I've never heard anyone speak like this". . . Ya, I'm from the northeast originally. It's an acquired taste, they don't pull punches, and they always speak their mind. It's alot for some people. I had to adjust when I moved to the Midwest lol
Leo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorcese preceded this with Gangs of New York. I also recommend watching American Gangster and The Sopranos. For a more comedic performance by Jack Nicholson, I recommend watching Anger Management
The comment about the bad screenplay shows they don’t know the real life story of Whitey Bulger whose role was played by Jack with names changed of course. Scorcese took the original film Infernal Affairs and superimposed over the Gang world in Boston making relevant changes and developing the interwoven storylines. It’s actually a brilliantly done adaptation and excellent screenplay.
One interpretation is that Sullivan is gay (and closeted, obviously). This would explain his impotence, the assumptions of the real estate guy, and some of his awkwardness "locker room talking" with the other cops. It also casts a different light on Frank meeting him in the porno theater (is Frank aware?), and adds still another level of deception about identity.
@@watisapples I don't understand why there's this need to project projection. ...There _is_ evidence--at least as much as there is to suggest that his impotence is a product of his stress. Not that it much matters, because the point here was just to suggest one possible way to examine the situation. There is no right answer. Or, rather, the right answer is up to the particular viewer.
"What about the baby?" - It wasn't his baby, but Costigans. The movie also alluded to Damons character possibly being gay. Several comments about issues in the bed were brought up (ED) etc.
Oh, what’s his name? I know him. I know him too. I didn’t know …wait who is…it’s going to drive me crazy if I can’t remember his name. Alex Baldwin! Meanwhile there is dialogue going on, but hey, we’re watching movies so we can pick out the guy who played the president in TV show.
@@ariannaw6858yeah, I've noticed even when you two are talking you rarely miss a beat. Anyone who has or has a partner with ADHD will get it. My wife and I are pausing movies constantly to talk lol.
This is beat for beat from the Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs, except in that there is no Dignam character and Damon's character gets away at the end. Infernal Affairs is a trilogy. Which is good going as everyone but one is dead. Infernal Affairs 2 is a prequel and is one of the best films I have seen and 3 is a sequel. Worth the watch !
Infernal Affairs came up with the structure, but it's not even in the same galaxy of achievement as this. I don't remember a single thing about those characters. Can't forget any of these ones. And the script, good lord.
@@dudermcdudeface3674 Yeah, de gustibus non disputandum est, and no disrespect to those who prefer Infernal Affairs, but I find the argument that the Departed is a copy or in any way inferior to be at a minimum overblown.
Actually, the movie is more than just a re-make. The villian was loosely based on real life Irish-American mob leader Whitey Bulger. Like the character, he was both an FBI informant, as well as the brother of President of the Massachusetts Senate. At the time of the movie's release, Bulger was on the run.
One of my favorite movies for sure. When Arianna said "The way I want Mark Wahlberg to show up outta nowhere and arrest this dude.", I had the biggest smile on my face lol
same dude lmao
Honestly everyone's great but Mark Wahlberg is the protagonist of this movie in my head haha.
@@jerodast”I’m the guy who does his jawb. You must be the otha guy.”
"The way I want Mark Wahlberg to show up outta nowhere and arrest him."
You'll get that and then some, Arianna lol
Spoiler
I actually prefer the hypothetical ending where Sullivan doesn't get killed. He just gets away with it. He just packs up and moves into a smaller apartment. Leaves the movie more dramatic and uneasy.
I think what happens to sullivan in the end doesn't matter. The whole situation is already FUBAR.
@@thedarkemissarylet’s just be thankful you didn’t write it, because that would’ve been dog shit.
I always enjoy Maple's cry of "Arianna" when something upsetting happens, as if she expects her to fix it somehow.
Jack Nicholson had to remind some ppl he still had it
If I really think about, Easy Rider, Shining, and this are probably the only roles of his that I enjoy.
No he didn't. (and in fact, I don't think much of this performance at all, it was a total disappointment to me, and I had way higher expectations from both him and the movie). He had just done "About Schmidt" four years earlier, one of his best and most underrated performances, his last Oscar nomination if I remember rightly, and then he followed it up with a hit comedy, "Anger Management"......then he does this a couple of years later. You think people forgot Jack Nicholson was? He was also really great in a romantic comedy he did with Diane Keaton around this time, I can't remember the name, but that's the last really good Jack performance, although this one does have his indisputably last, decisively iconic line reading......"I"ve got this rat, this TEETHING, gnawing rat...." That's up there with "Here's Johnny" and the Carnal Knowledge monologue and all the rest of it.
@@TTM9691Yeah well, you know, that's just like your opinion, man
@@nickinskeepalways love using this line. There was a lot coke involved in this performance
@@TTM9691 I go back and forth on his performance in this film. I think tonally it's kinda strange but there are some subtle moments that rock. His opening monologue for example works and doesn't work for me.
I'll always remember the silent theater collectively gasping when Queenan was seen falling from the roof, the one character if any you might want to give a hug to.
One of Scorsese's COUNTLESS iconic shots.
My theater ERUPTED during that scene, at everything Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg said 😂😂😂 and it got the biggest reaction during the elevator scene
"I'm the guy who does his job, you must be the other guy" is funny because
Wahlberg ended up starring in the movie "The other guys"
This movie definitely deserved the five Oscars it won, including Best Picture and Best Director. One of the rare films where every individual involved was at the top of their game and running on all cylinders.
The guy that shot Billy (Leo) is an underrated actor. You saw him in "The Pacific" he's also in a film called "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" it's worth a watch.
Holy crap, I never made that connection and I've seen both this movie and The Pacific a dozen times. Thanks!
@@dudermcdudeface3674 No problem!!
James Badge Dale.
He's been in a few things over the years, plays pretty good bad and good guys. I like seeing him play such a nerdy good guy in Spectral and then an evil scumbag in Ironman 3.
@@ThePartisan13 He's kinda like Sean Bean he dies in (mostly) everything he's in lol.
Maple yelling "Ariana!" at 48:00 like it was her fault that happened lol
As others have commented, this is based on the Hong Kong film "Internal Affairs." However it is also based on one of the worst law enforcement scandals in American history, the Whitey Bulger investigation. Bulger ran the Winter Hill Mob, the biggest gang in Boston, and literally everyone knew it. His huge slate of murders, extortion, drug selling, etc., etc., etc. was common knowledge. There was more than enough evidence to convict him a hundred times over, and the fact that he wasn't arrested was an ongoing scandal in Boston for years. It turned out he was an FBI informant the whole time, and the FBI not only shielded him from consequences, but abetted his crimes. When the noose finally tightened, an FBI agent tipped Bulger off to allow him to flee and remain at large for years more. The FBI agent in question had been nurtured by Bulger since he was a child, guided him through the police and FBI academies, and Bulger benefited from the man's unswerving loyalty -- basically Matt Damon from this movie. American law enforcement has been involved in a LOT of corrupt, dirty things, but this was among the worst.
It’s a great melting of two different stories.
It really doesn't get better than Maple and Arianna together on a great movie...thank you for the nice day
Thanks for sharing it with us!
It's so crazy how Scorsese just naturally makes at LEAST one iconic classic each and every decade. I don't think The Departed measures up to the heights of his greatest work, but even "lesser" Scorsese is better than most filmmakers great movies.
The man truly has cinema in his blood.
I love Scorsese, but the fact he won an Oscar and gets all this praise for The Departed has always irked me as its a remake. He basically followed the same blueprint, made the same movie, and inserted an all-start cast of brilliant actors. Like wouldn't it feel weird if someone just remade a great American film in another country almost scene for scene and won awards for it?
Totally agree 100%. b-list Scorsese.....which is better than most people's A-list!
Gangs of New York check that box for that decade
@@LaCheeserie Um, no. For "that decade", it would be Goodfellas. And after that it would be Cape Fear, Casino and Age Of Innocence. And after that it would be Kundun. THEN it would be Gangs Of New York. What a disappointment that one was when it came out. (For all the REAL Scorsese fans). Thank God for Daniel Day Lewis, that's all I can say.
@@arcc4 I mean, people do that all the time lmao. Hollywood movies gets remade in countries like china, India, korea all the fucking time lol
It's not like he stole it, it was an official remake with the permission of the director of the movie.
And I know this is subjective and highly debated in the film circles but I have seen all the Infernal Affairs and The Departed is a way superior movie to all of them.
“I’ve just never heard people talk like this before” Girl, me either til I moved to Boston 😅
Once a black coworker asked me what I thought about Joe Rogan saying the N word.
I just replied:
"Well... he's from Boston..."
Arianna and Maple have really found a groove the last few months with their chemistry. It was a bit rough at first which is to be expected as sometimes they'd talk over each other but it's so amazing now!!!
I absolutely LOVE the tone of violence in Scorsese's movies. It feels cinematic while feeling real, it feels serious while maybe even being a tad funny (in some moments, not always). It is often clumsy, in the way that real violence usually is, and that just adds to the *impact*. And Schoonmaker's editing just adds to it even more.
The editing in this is so brilliant. Thelma's one of the greats.
Also, the Coens are masters at portraying violence as well.
One of my Top 50 movies. Love The Departed. Such great performances.
I saw this movie in theatres when it opened - place was packed.
Three hundred people reacted the way you two did when bullets started flying in that elevator
Delahunt didn't say who the rat was because he didn't want Billy killed. He couldn't kill anyone, it just wasn't in him. It's more explained in a deleted scene but Scorsese wanted to leave it ambiguous. There's a UA-cam vid of the full clip and Scorsese saying as much.
One of the best ever. There isn't a bad part of the whole thing. I normally am not a huge fan of Wahlberg, but his delivery of "I'm a guy who does his job, you must be the other guy" has been a personal motivator in my work for almost 20 years now.
Black Mass is great too, about Whitey Bulger's gang, Nicholson's character was based on Bulger.
This was actually not a Scorsese original, although great, he remade it from the Original movie Infernal Affairs
Gosh, I'd love if they reacted to Infernal Affairs too. And compared them.
What even is a scorsese original, he doesnt write the screenplays or scripts. I dont think its less an original because it uses the same script as previous movie
Infernal Affairs trilogy
One of those rare cases when I enjoyed the remake more than the original.
@@Your_President_Kanye_East The character dynamic between the two lead characters was better though.
“He sees the envelope!! Ten bucks says he sees the f***ing envelope, bro!!!”
38:06 still the most tense scene involving a cell phone of all time… and it’s a flip phone
Maple hard laughing at Jack Nicholson’s coked out face had me laughing just as hard as her 😭😂
"I thought that was his ass! Hhhhhhhhhhhhhh......." 🤣
His character was an asshole 😂
The Departed is an American adaptation of the Chinese/Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs" which had a few sequels. Both are great in their own rights.
Hong Kong film.
What's really crazy is that a lot of this also actually happened, and the real story is batshit. If you lived anywhere near Boston in the early 2000s, you might've heard the name Whitey Bulger. He was an Irish crime boss with a brother in the state senate. He also had an old friend from the neighborhood as his FBI handler. In exchange for information about the mafia, Whitey's biggest competition, his handler officially provided him with FBI protection from prosecution as a federal informant, and unofficially provided him with sealed information on other gangs so he could corner pretty much every illegal market in Boston. He operated with impunity for over 30 years, and he was RUTHLESS.
So Maple, at the 23:11, the way they get those two shots in focus at the same time is they use a lense on the camera that does a front focus and a back focus where you can keep the up close shot focused in while keeping the background in focus as well. They use them a lot in Live Event Productions, that’s where I learned it!
Commonly known as a 'split diopter shot'
One of my favorite movies of all time. Your reaction to "that scene" did not disappoint! 🤣 Great one guys!
"Why'd she just yank the dog away like that?"
"Because he's got murder vibes."
🤣😭😭💀
She pulled the dog away because the little old ladies know his pregnant fiancé moved out.
"I've never heard people talk like this before."
WELCOME TO EVERYDAY IN BOSTON
The movie was nominated for 5 Academy Awards and won 4/5
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Mark Wahlberg was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and he SHOULD'VE won!! So deserving!! This movie was spectacular!
I loved how the girls were craving a romance scene so hilarious haha but i love how they got so into the story also. This movie is freaking awesome.
This is by far my favorite reaction to this movie. Scorsese finally won his long overdue Best Director Oscar for this film.
For someone else's work.
Scorcese has done some great stuff - there's no doubt about that, Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York. However, this is not a Scorcese original (though he did get permission to use it.)
Frank, in the crucifixion position, in the dumpster … one of the best images in a movie full of great images.
Never noticed but Vera Farmiga is holding a banana when she's reassuring Matt Damon that "it happens to all guys".
There's a lot of symbolism used in The Departed.
I have interpreted the film that since Matt Damon's character is impotent; the baby is actually Leo's. Seems like justice to me!
Not really an "interpretation" as it's just what happens in the movie.
@@thedarkemissary I think the more interesting question involves what Sullivan thinks about that, since he presumably knows that the baby can't be his.
@@adamwells9352 He doesn't appear too hurt by her leaving with his child. I assume he simply dismisses her cheating by virtue of expecting the worst from everyone as a projection.
@@thedarkemissary I like the take. I feel like he might also be showing that he's willing to use the baby to manipulate her to stay (for the sake of his respectability) maybe assuming she also values that. When I start to think that maybe he suspects it's Costigan's, I get confused. But in a good way.
22:06 she doesn’t owe him anything????? After four months? And they live together??? 🤣🤣🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ Jesus
Yeah, that's a crazy thing to say. As soon as you enter into a relationship you obviously owe each other a lot of things, including being honest and faithful for as long as you are a couple. But there's a general pattern in society where women are not supposed to owe men anything, that's misogyny, whereas men, of course, owe women everything that's demanded of them. In light of that sentiment, Arianna's comment makes perfect sense.
lol...maple was turned on the entire movie. Good reaction👍
I think most ladies go pretty nuts for Leo in this movie. There's something about a cornered and dangerous train wreck that they can't resist.
One of my favorite movie theories that I like watching this movie through the lens of is that Matt Damon's character is closeted. There's nothing really definitive to support it and it obviously doesn't have a massive effect on the overall story, but it does make some of his moments more interesting and could play with some of the undercover themes.
That's a reading I've picked up on myself more and more on rewatch, but have a hard time identifying the specifics of it.
@@LordVolkovhis overt and blatant male toxicity through excessive locker room talk, is one cue.
@@samanthanickson6478 Never been to Boston before sweethawt?
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat 😉
James Badge Dale was great in the show Rubicon. I wish that show had more seasons.
When the title is The Departed, expect a lot of…departures.
46:00 love how she puts the CD on immediately because she thinks Billy is trying to rat her out for the affair. And instead she discovers her bf is a crooked rat cop lol
Meaning Sullivan would gotten away with it if his girlfriend wasn't cheating on him.
"90s office siren vibe" as soon as you said that I saw Ally McBeal in her - you nailed it.
infernal affairs : The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards but was not nominated. Martin Scorsese remade the film in 2006 as The Departed, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture .infernal affairs was nominated for sixteen awards during the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards, winning seven of those categories. It also won the Best Picture at the 40th Golden Horse Awards, the 8th Golden Bauhinia Awards, and the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Blue Ribbon Awards.
Nice red X edit during that airport scene, editor! I see you lol
Almost every death in the movie was foreshadowed with an x somewhere on screen at some point or another, but yea Billy at the airport had a bit of extra hinting done.
Baldwin and Wahlberger in this are my favorite cussers in all of movie history
47:56 is a movie theater experience I'll never forget
I recently watched a clip of Jack recollecting about Roger after Corman died. He started legitimately tearing up and sobbing and it was shocking seeing a guy I’ve known on screen all my life being so raw and real.
This is such an incredible film.. arguably the best from the 2000s IMO..
I watched this when I was like 15 maybe, and for years it was my number 1 movie. I love it so much. The twist and turns from Martin Scorsese are so damn good..
I saw this twice in theaters and the second time someone screamed, when Matt Damon got shot, "LORD THEY KILLIN EVERYBODY" while sounding SO distraught, which immediately broke all tension for everyone lmao
21:17 😂 “can I talk to you for a second please?” 😂
Anyone else watch this back to back with Hold Down A's Full Metal Jacket reaction have the urge to play Guitar Hero now?
good to see you joan :)
this is one of my all time favorite movies,awesome reaction. I think whether the guy who died on the couch was a cop or not can be left up to interpretation. Maybe he really was undercover and thats why he didnt rat out Leo. Or maybe like Costello said "the cops are saying hes a cop" to throw them off the trail. He was dying anyway, maybe he just liked Leo and didnt want to get a young guy like that killed, maybe he was feeling guilty about the life he led in his final moments
I am sure your state police are doing that. You think of them as highway patrol and ticket writers because that is what is at the forefront and most newly graduated troopers have to serve in patrol for the first few years of their career. State police agencies always have some specialized divisions. Detectives, task forces, gang units, counter terrorism and swat teams.
Jack Nicholson came up with the “she fell funny!”
Every Departed reaction is basically just a countdown to 'that' part.
Black Mass is an interesting movie to watch because its about Whitey Bulger who is the inspiration for the character of Frank Costello and stars Johnny Depp. This movie is basically a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.
I’d highly recommend watching Infernal Affairs, the Cantonese film The Departed was based on. It has the same basic structure, but the tone, style, and thematic conclusions are extremely different. Incredible film in its own right. The Departed is one of my favorite films ever, but I’d have to give it a rewatch to see which one I truly prefer.
the original hong kong version had sequels, but the ending was different so a sequel worked. It wouldnt make sense to have a sequel to the scorsese departed
Fun fact: I had a day off due to the scene with the firecrackers during the "Costello is an FBI informant" scene. It was filmed at my elementary school.
Great reaction! Glad you both enjoyed the Departed. Film that stands over time.
What if, when the credits rolled, "Good Vibrations" song by Marky Mark started? That would have upped the caliber of this movie to platinum if you ask me.
Whoa, I learned something today about camera work. (Split Diopter method at 23:19)
So that final 15-20 minutes of the movie were absolutely insane lol. Matt Damon's character shoots his partner because at the moment he thought that was the only one left alive that knew what he really was and he was trying to get out from under the paranoia of the trouble he was looking at. He just didn't believe ol girl had more info on him than the recordings she heard, and he had no clue she had instructions to go find dignam. Dignam had quit the police force so he couldn't actually arrest Sullivan, plus he wanted that man dead cause he was responsible for the captain dying so that's why he shot him at the very end.
Arianna bringing up "spades" of all things 😆How could I love her any more than I already do? That is a game of my generation, and I know she's not my age! 💛
You may have recognized James Badge Dale from playing the role of Robert 'Peaches' Leckie in 'The Pacific'.
This is Scorsese's best film, and personally, i think it's the best crime drama film EVER made. The dialogue and script, the pacing, the acting, the screenplay. It is literally a perfect film.
It's not as good as Goodfellas or Casino imo, and I do think that Infernal Affairs is better, but this is probably the best american remake of a foreign film.
Its actually based on the movie Infernal Affairs, which went on to develop its own trilogy 👍
I much prefer the original Hong Kong film, but this is an exceptional movie for being a remake. I'm not sure if I'd say it's anywhere close to being my favorite Scorcese movie tho... Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas,. He's got a a lot of great ones.
I’m still emotionally recovering from Leo’s death
Calm down. Just a film.
This is my first time watching a video on this channel - and im embarrassed to say I think i am legit in love with this beautiful Maple girl. As an amateur filmmaker and film buff, when she pointed out the dolly pan i was like 'of course ill probably never get to meet her... the perfect woman..."
The Departed is essentially a remake of an Asian movie called Infernal Affairs 🔥
47:41 _"Why is Matt Damon always the bad guy?"_
He's not. He's very rarely the bad guy.
Lol, wanted to say exactly that. Up to that movie he mostly played the hero or at least the righteous guy.
The Departed, Interstellar, and EuroTrip. I dunno man, seems like a pattern!
@@jerodast As opposed to movies where he's not the bad guy:
the martian, good will hunting, saving private ryan, ford v ferrari, true grit, the talented mr. ripley, the bourne identity, the bourne supremacy, the bourne ultimatum, oppenheimer, rounders, invictus, the informant, the rainmaker, bagger vance, ocean's eleven, ocean's twelve, ocean's thirteen, syriana, the brothers grimm, green zone, hereafter, contagion, we bought a zoo, the adjustment bureau, behind the candelabra, elysium, jason bourne, the great wall, the monuments men, downsizing, still water, air, the last duel, promised land etc.
Yea, he's rarely the bad guy.
All I know is there were two movies about six months apart where Matt Damon played a man trapped in space.
@@rustincohle2135thank you lol
'twins...where have you been?' LOL
"I've never heard anyone speak like this". . . Ya, I'm from the northeast originally. It's an acquired taste, they don't pull punches, and they always speak their mind. It's alot for some people. I had to adjust when I moved to the Midwest lol
Wait there was a movie? I didn't see it because Maple won't put ALL THE CLEAVAGE away.
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Shiet no complaints here
Honestly I find it bothersome because of how distracting it is 😂
Like, lady, I'm trying to watch a movie here.
it is still shocking to me how well they casted kid matt damon
Leo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorcese preceded this with Gangs of New York. I also recommend watching American Gangster and The Sopranos. For a more comedic performance by Jack Nicholson, I recommend watching Anger Management
The Departed is based on Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs
“LIFE IMITATES ARTTT!!!” lmao great reaction
James Badge Dale played "Lucky" Robert Leckie in The Pacific. Arianna
One of my favorite movies of all time! Had a great time with you ladies!
FYI that shot you mentioned uses a split diopter lens to achieve two focal lengths at once. Pretty cool thing to get in camera with no visual effects.
The comment about the bad screenplay shows they don’t know the real life story of Whitey Bulger whose role was played by Jack with names changed of course. Scorcese took the original film Infernal Affairs and superimposed over the Gang world in Boston making relevant changes and developing the interwoven storylines. It’s actually a brilliantly done adaptation and excellent screenplay.
41:36 lol that’s the best reaction to that I’ve ever seen 😂 . Didn’t expect that big of a reaction for that act
Such a fun and wholesome movie! Can't wait to watch the reaction.
One interpretation is that Sullivan is gay (and closeted, obviously). This would explain his impotence, the assumptions of the real estate guy, and some of his awkwardness "locker room talking" with the other cops. It also casts a different light on Frank meeting him in the porno theater (is Frank aware?), and adds still another level of deception about identity.
I think Frank is aware because when he asks "Do others know about me?" "I know about you" I think that was also a double meaning.
@@watisapples I don't understand why there's this need to project projection. ...There _is_ evidence--at least as much as there is to suggest that his impotence is a product of his stress. Not that it much matters, because the point here was just to suggest one possible way to examine the situation. There is no right answer. Or, rather, the right answer is up to the particular viewer.
What an amazing movie. I was stunned when leo got shot, it literally came out of nowhere.
A small hidden gem... Every time an "X" appears in a scene, it's followed by someone being murdered
it's a shame that not many people know that this is based on 'Infernal Affairs' (HK, 2002)
Yea Infernal Affairs is a movie worth watching as well
Seeing as how half of the comments are about that, apparently a lot of people know.
"What about the baby?" - It wasn't his baby, but Costigans. The movie also alluded to Damons character possibly being gay. Several comments about issues in the bed were brought up (ED) etc.
Oh, what’s his name? I know him. I know him too. I didn’t know …wait who is…it’s going to drive me crazy if I can’t remember his name. Alex Baldwin! Meanwhile there is dialogue going on, but hey, we’re watching movies so we can pick out the guy who played the president in TV show.
My ADHD won that round 💁🏽♀️ It’s a common thing. Also, we have subtitles for a reason…..
@@ariannaw6858yeah, I've noticed even when you two are talking you rarely miss a beat. Anyone who has or has a partner with ADHD will get it. My wife and I are pausing movies constantly to talk lol.
It was the beginning of the movie its not like they missed anything substantial
You should really check out Mat Damon’s performance in Team America.😉
Great movie and so true. Every person I have known who went into crime paid a very heavy price. It's just not worth it. At all. Great reaction ladies.
2:31 "that's someone too, right?" -Arianna
they're all someone. 🙂
If anyone is interested in watching a great Irish
mob movie watch 1990s " State of Grace" Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Garry Oldman , Robin Wright.
Yep, actors are in other things too. Wild, right?
"office siren" is such a specific but great word to use lol
This is beat for beat from the Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs, except in that there is no Dignam character and Damon's character gets away at the end. Infernal Affairs is a trilogy. Which is good going as everyone but one is dead. Infernal Affairs 2 is a prequel and is one of the best films I have seen and 3 is a sequel. Worth the watch !
Infernal Affairs came up with the structure, but it's not even in the same galaxy of achievement as this. I don't remember a single thing about those characters. Can't forget any of these ones. And the script, good lord.
@@dudermcdudeface3674 Yeah, de gustibus non disputandum est, and no disrespect to those who prefer Infernal Affairs, but I find the argument that the Departed is a copy or in any way inferior to be at a minimum overblown.
Actually, the movie is more than just a re-make. The villian was loosely based on real life Irish-American mob leader Whitey Bulger. Like the character, he was both an FBI informant, as well as the brother of President of the Massachusetts Senate. At the time of the movie's release, Bulger was on the run.
2:30 he’s from the Pacific.