tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post116169736675940550..comments2023-10-18T05:15:26.428-04:00Comments on Divine Comedy of Errors: Movie Review: The Departedeileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435132755332951836noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-31717001085058581622009-12-26T11:50:54.385-05:002009-12-26T11:50:54.385-05:00Thank you for your help!Thank you for your help!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-1161779436766734622006-10-25T08:30:00.000-04:002006-10-25T08:30:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comments, folks! I think that read...Thanks for the comments, folks! I think that reading the book Black Mass increased my understanding of the movie- which is not to say you won't like the movie if you're not familair with the Whitey Bulger story, because on its own, it's still a kick-ass film. However, all the stuff about Nicholson's character being an FBI informant and thus immune to prosecution is true (that's how Whitey got away- his FBI handler tipped him off), plus, the little stuff like him forcing local buisness owners to pay off his goons is also based in fact.<BR/><BR/>I've never seen Next Stop, Wonderland, but now I'll have to. My parents both really liked it, too.eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435132755332951836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-1161755444781637592006-10-25T01:50:00.000-04:002006-10-25T01:50:00.000-04:00I haven't seen it, but now I have to after reading...I haven't seen it, but now I have to after reading this review. I'd appreciate any other insider info (like the "lace curtain" comment) that might make it more interesting for those not from Boston.<BR/><BR/>Random aside, I never really got the Jack Nicholson love until I finally saw Chinatown (gotta love Netflix). Now I get it.<BR/><BR/>Random aside number two: my favorite movie (as in will watch over and over again) is "Next Stop, Wonderland," which is set in Boston in 1996. I'd love to hear what you think about it.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501803841404865563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-1161746809284909222006-10-24T23:26:00.000-04:002006-10-24T23:26:00.000-04:00Eileen - I loved it, too! I wrote about it last w...Eileen - I loved it, too! I wrote about it last week: http://hodoeporicon.blogspot.com/2006/10/boston-love-baby.html. You've written a great review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-1161739139960287192006-10-24T21:18:00.000-04:002006-10-24T21:18:00.000-04:00i must agree with your review. i saw this movie s...i must agree with your review. i saw this movie sunday and loved it too!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-1161730859110457432006-10-24T19:00:00.000-04:002006-10-24T19:00:00.000-04:00I am so down with the Boston accents thing. Over t...I am so down with the Boston accents thing. Over the years there have been so many bad attempts at it. For instance, Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting. Face it, Hollywood, if you weren't born there, you just can't fake it. Possible exception, Gwineth Paltrow pulled off an amazingly good one on Saturday Night Live a few years ago.<BR/><BR/>Ah fuh crissake, what ah ya, retahdid?<BR/><BR/>Joe C.<BR/><BR/>ps. Born in Boston, raised in Needham.Joe Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604672556560075933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-1161729001271681082006-10-24T18:30:00.000-04:002006-10-24T18:30:00.000-04:00Ooh, I want to see that! Hugh Jackman AND Christia...Ooh, I want to see that! Hugh Jackman AND Christian Bale? Mmmmm....eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435132755332951836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-1161715233744672662006-10-24T14:40:00.000-04:002006-10-24T14:40:00.000-04:00Random but I saw the Prestige this weekend and tha...Random but I saw the Prestige this weekend and that was AMAZING!! You should totally check that out as well. <BR/>I saw Infernal Affairs and thought it was really good. I wonder if I should watch The Departed, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-1161700930716239552006-10-24T10:42:00.000-04:002006-10-24T10:42:00.000-04:00Oh yeah, I guess the phones would have been unregi...Oh yeah, I guess the phones would have been unregistered. I still think they should have suspected Damon, though. Why not start with the cops from Southie when you know there's a leak? And his apartment was clearly out of a detective's normal price range, so that should have raised some eyebrows. Either way, the movie still rocked.eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435132755332951836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15092297.post-1161700354630248102006-10-24T10:32:00.000-04:002006-10-24T10:32:00.000-04:00Two things: The reliance on cell phones is not far...Two things: The reliance on cell phones is not far fetched. Everybody's got 'em. Also, it's wicked easy to hide your recent calls from your mobster boss, or to have the cops block access to phone records. Plus, the phones would be unregistered anyway. <BR/><BR/>Second, they know everything about everybody's past, I'd guess a big percentage of the cops in Boston are from southie or have connections there, Damon's character grew up an orphan, then did everything right in the police force, it's why he was given the job in the first place, moving up, getting things done.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642959051981803805noreply@blogger.com