[SNIP]I think The Departed was the best flick of the year.[/SNIP].
Sorry to disagree but The Departed, in my opinion, was not 'the best flick' in 2006 - it was a rather boring and drawn out adaptation of a more original Hong Kong movie
trilogy 'Internal Affairs'. I don't know how this 're-take' on a brilliant set of films won over 'Babel' or 'Iwa Jima' other than the Academy's sometime trend of awarding Oscars to a member who have been nominated in the past but has yet to win -- I agree Scorsese is a brilliant director, but not for The Departed. I think because he didn't win in the past for some of Hollywood’s classic Scorsese movies (particularly 'Raging Bull' and 'Goodfellas') he got it this time as a 'thanks for all the brilliant stuff you have done in your career -- here is an Oscar in case you don't make another nominated movie that could in all fairness be considered a real winner'
Sorry for the sour grapes -- you would think I lost out to him or something -- but I do not think the Oscars are consistent in rewarding those who do in fact give the best in a given year.
BTW, how many posters here knew The Departed was based on the Hong Kong trilogy 'Internal Affairs'?
EDIT x2
Essentially, the Academy gave Scorsese the Best Director Oscar as a makeup of him not winning for Goodfellas and Raging Bull 16 and 26 years ago.
Agreed
[SNIP]Supposidely, they're working on a sequel, which, IMO, like most sequels, won't be as good as the first. [/SNIP]
The Departed is already 3 movies in one -- I don't see how they can make another one (especially given the ending)?
And the only original element in The Departed was Mark Warlbergs character