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re: Which Movie Is Better: Goodfellas Or The Departed? (If You Have To Pick)
Posted on 7/13/16 at 6:46 pm to John Keating
Posted on 7/13/16 at 6:46 pm to John Keating
well that's easy, goodfellas
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 6:55 pm
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Posted on 7/13/16 at 6:47 pm to Large Farva
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You going for a new thread on every board today?
I've made exactly two threads on two boards. Are you cyberstalking me?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 6:54 pm to John Keating
The Departed is a mess
Posted on 7/13/16 at 6:55 pm to Dr RC
Posted on 7/13/16 at 6:59 pm to John Keating
The Departed is a top 10 movie all time for me, with an amazing cast, but Goodfellas was still a better movie. And by a pretty good amount too IMO. That's how awesome Goodfellas is.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 7:01 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 6:59 pm to Kel Varnsen
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Goodfellas for rewatchability, The Departed if you are watching for the first time
I was gonna say the exact opposite.
I can acknowledge how and why Goodfellas is almost certainly an objectively better film, but from a rewatchable standpoint I def go with The Departed.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 7:17 pm to John Keating
This thread is funny.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 7:18 pm to SLafourche07
Funny how? Like a clown? Does it amuse you? How the frick is it funny?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 7:27 pm to lsufan112001
Goodfellas
The Departed
Casino
In that order
The Departed
Casino
In that order
Posted on 7/13/16 at 7:48 pm to John Keating
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I watched Goodfellas again for the first time recently and reacquainted myself with just how it really is a masterpiece of cinema.
Every frame of it is a masterpiece.
I don't care how good folks think his other films are (Taxi Driver was fantastic, Raging Bull changed both sports films and biopics, just as 2 examples), or how rewatchable Casino is (my personal second favorite Marty film), but Goodfellas is the top of the pyramid of Scorcese films.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 7:54 pm to John Keating
Goodfellas
Posted on 7/13/16 at 7:58 pm to John Keating
Goodfellas
Posted on 7/13/16 at 8:02 pm to John Keating
Goodfellas. And it looks like this is a landslide. 
Posted on 7/13/16 at 8:08 pm to John Keating
Both are legit top 50 movies ever IMO, but I like Departed a bit more.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 8:14 pm to Roger Klarvin
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Both are legit top 50 movies ever IMO, but I like Departed a bit more.
The Departed isn't a Top 50 of all time movie. Just no. I like the Departed, but it's hugely overrated. Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth were both released the same year and are far superior in every way imaginable.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 8:19 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 8:20 pm to OMLandshark
I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but I feel Nicholson is overacting so much in this film that it feels like someone else doing an exaggerated impression of him.
His dialogue and mannerisms are just too corny to realistically accept this guy runs shite.
His dialogue and mannerisms are just too corny to realistically accept this guy runs shite.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 8:26 pm to John Keating
Departed.
Not a big fan of Goodfellas.
Not a big fan of Goodfellas.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 8:27 pm to Tactical1
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I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but I feel Nicholson is overacting so much in this film that it feels like someone else doing an exaggerated impression of him.
His dialogue and mannerisms are just too corny to realistically accept this guy runs shite.
I agree. The Departed is flawed. It's great, but slightly flawed. I think they went a little too far in some parts that seemed a bit ridiculous to me and there's overacting across the board save for Martin Sheen.
Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth are truly perfect films and I can't think of a single thing I would change about either of them. Even Apocalypto I think is a better film than the Departed, and would be perfect if it weren't for the very end.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 8:32 pm to OMLandshark
I love Children of Men, Pan's
Labyrinth wasn't my cup of tea.
The Departed is just packed with so many great performances from so many star actors. Nicholson and Sheen are at the top of their games. Some people say it's over acted but I think it fits the overall feel of the movie.
Labyrinth wasn't my cup of tea.
The Departed is just packed with so many great performances from so many star actors. Nicholson and Sheen are at the top of their games. Some people say it's over acted but I think it fits the overall feel of the movie.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 8:37 pm to Roger Klarvin
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The Departed is just packed with so many great performances from so many star actors. Nicholson is at the top of his game.
I mean, only Wahlberg was nominated. I really think it's overacting from just about everyone in the film. There's just no subtlties to the performances and what you see is what you get. I never forget that I'm not watching the actors in this movie. Jack has had a few performances where I forget who he is as an actor. I think both Clive Owen and Ivana Baquero had superior performances that year.
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