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Vibrant old irish cottage dysfunction
  09/01/14
Cops and gangs won't hesitate to throw u under the bus, but ...
razzle-dazzle dull chapel
  09/01/14
That we're all just sewer rats.
Cocky topaz dingle berry nursing home
  09/01/14
most of Scorsese's movies arent about getting anything
Spectacular pit indirect expression
  09/01/14
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860716&mc=1...
Blue corner
  09/01/14
Eh it's okay, but nothing special. Kinda like most of Scorse...
Talented affirmative action yarmulke
  09/01/14
, he lisped
cyan outnumbered trailer park sandwich
  09/01/14
It's just a good story, a piece of high art, some melodrama ...
Saffron brethren feces
  09/01/14
You're giving Hollywood way too much credit. The Departed is...
vivacious translucent idea he suggested rehab
  09/01/14
the departed is a straight up copycat of hong kong movie &qu...
Yapping Geriatric Office
  09/01/14
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infernal_Affairs They just n...
Saffron brethren feces
  09/01/14
scene where leo yells at matt that he's a FUCKING FAGGOT is ...
Cerise stead kitty cat
  09/01/14
there are a few scenes or plot lines in the departed that ar...
histrionic awkward dopamine national security agency
  09/01/14
why leave out the "marriage" monologue? That's jus...
smoky hairless institution son of senegal
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Galvanic cumskin
  09/01/14
The progression of Scorsese from ground-breaking independent...
vivacious translucent idea he suggested rehab
  09/01/14
That all it takes to score decent pills from a shrink is a m...
insanely creepy box office
  09/01/14


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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:16 PM
Author: Vibrant old irish cottage dysfunction



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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:18 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle dull chapel

Cops and gangs won't hesitate to throw u under the bus, but they will be nice to you if they need something from you.



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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:18 PM
Author: Cocky topaz dingle berry nursing home

That we're all just sewer rats.

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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:20 PM
Author: Spectacular pit indirect expression

most of Scorsese's movies arent about getting anything

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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:21 PM
Author: Blue corner

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860716&mc=196&forum_id=2

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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:22 PM
Author: Talented affirmative action yarmulke

Eh it's okay, but nothing special. Kinda like most of Scorsese's work.

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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:31 PM
Author: cyan outnumbered trailer park sandwich

, he lisped

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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:23 PM
Author: Saffron brethren feces

It's just a good story, a piece of high art, some melodrama in which we can luxuriate to escape from our humdrum lives.

It seems crazy that it took so long for someone to wonder, "What if there was an undercover cop in a mob that had planted a cop in the police force?" And then it took way too long for Hollywood to rip that guy off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2662706&forum_id=2#26247439)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:49 PM
Author: vivacious translucent idea he suggested rehab

You're giving Hollywood way too much credit. The Departed is very loosely based on the events surrounding mob boss "Whitey" Bulger who was both gangster and informant and did indeed have an FBI agent on the inside.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2662706&forum_id=2#26247547)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:51 PM
Author: Yapping Geriatric Office

the departed is a straight up copycat of hong kong movie "infernal affairs"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2662706&forum_id=2#26247551)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:57 PM
Author: Saffron brethren feces

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infernal_Affairs

They just needed an American story that could match and glommed on to Bulger. Highly recommend the original by the way. Much of it was copied verbatim, but the action and acting is really really good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2662706&forum_id=2#26247586)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:25 PM
Author: Cerise stead kitty cat

scene where leo yells at matt that he's a FUCKING FAGGOT is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2662706&forum_id=2#26247446)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:27 PM
Author: histrionic awkward dopamine national security agency

there are a few scenes or plot lines in the departed that are useful as metaphors/examples in casual conversations- the pop bottle assassination scene, nicholson's lieutenant's suicide in the burning car, the elevator scene, and the end. but none are exactly iconic, on the level of the usual suspects or the godfather.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2662706&forum_id=2#26247455)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 2:27 PM
Author: smoky hairless institution son of senegal

why leave out the "marriage" monologue? That's just great advice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2662706&forum_id=2#26247722)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:52 PM
Author: Galvanic cumskin



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Date: September 1st, 2014 1:54 PM
Author: vivacious translucent idea he suggested rehab

The progression of Scorsese from ground-breaking independent filmmaker to mainstream Hollywood director is depressing. He peaked with Raging Bull and since then it's been a slow but steady decline. After Casino, he was fully Hollywoodized.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2662706&forum_id=2#26247566)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 2:23 PM
Author: insanely creepy box office

That all it takes to score decent pills from a shrink is a mention of suicide

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2662706&forum_id=2#26247710)