The Movie:
The Departed
directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring: More stars than you can shake a stick at: Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Sheen, Mark Walbergh, Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin... You get the idea.
I kept hearing that this movie was great, fabulous, amazing, etc, so I was worried going in. Usually when I hear that much about it ahead of time, I expect more than I should. I did my best to not just sit back and wait to be wowed, but I'm not sure it would've mattered. I loved this movie! There were a lot of scenes that made me cringe and would've made me cry, but the movie was fast-paced and injected just the right amount of humor. The ending is where this movie loses a lot of people, but just remember that this *is* a Martin Scorsese picture. About the only star I had trouble seeing as someone other than himself was Alec Baldwin. He reminded me of the characters he's done on SNL. Actually, Matt Damon was a little hard to see as his character too, but once I stopped thinking about it too much, I could see it more.
I highly recommend this movie. Leonardo DiCaprio finally lives up to the hotness hype! That aside, I still give the movie 5 stars.