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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
Only from snobs who like to be that person who have seen a foreign movie that the masses haven't.
Departed has A-list talent across the board and one of the best directors of this era. It's a fantastic film.
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To be fair, I didn't like the original that much either. I thought it was overrated. The setup is just a little too implausible and it's not the type of movie I enjoy.
Scorsese's other films however, have always been excellent as they are more character studies or narratives than the artificial plot device in the cop/undercover cop face off/twist type of thing. The original was more of an exercise in period of cliched "tragedy" movies that were en vogue in Hong Kong at the time where the good guys lose/die and there's no redemption or emotional win.