Dear Mr Scorsese,
So, I finally got around to watching the Departed and I wanted to share with you my thoughts.
First off, I thought the premise was great. I was distracted by the pretty lights of my lappy, but I still managed to follow along with the twisted “who did what?” plot line. I can get confused by a Sipmsons episode, so I commend you on being able to keep my thought process in line.
The only real problem I had with the story was the “everyone shoots everyone” conclusion you come to at the end. When Quentin Tarantino did it in Reservoir Dogs I bought it. It made sense to me that a bunch of criminals would wind up shooting each other in a twisted mexican stand-off. However, I just didn’t care for the fact that Marky Mark Wahlberg wound up as the only man standing. I felt like the end fell flat, like you had some loose ends to tie up and you just threw some crap down on the manuscript. I can understand. I tried to write a novel and got so irritated by my characters that I wound up killing them all.
But I digress.
So to recap: plot-A, smokin’ hot use of a disgruntled and angry Leo-A++, everyone dies-D, Alec Baldwin AND Matt Damon in the same movie-A+D…..I’m still torn on that last one.
Thank you for your time,
ErnieBot
