The Departed is a movie that is good to the point of almost being boring. Sure, it is entertaining enough, and has a couple of good performances, and of course it is competently made...but is also easily in Scorsese's bottom 5 movies. And as good as his filmograhy is, that doesn't get it even on a list of top 100 neo noirs in my book.
It's honestly a movie that feels like it should be destined to be forgotten about, not really good enough or interesting enough on any level to stick out enough to be remembered fifty years from now. Sort of like Mystic River, only not stupid and bad.
It's honestly a movie that feels like it should be destined to be forgotten about, not really good enough or interesting enough on any level to stick out enough to be remembered fifty years from now. Sort of like Mystic River, only not stupid and bad.