I don't get it!
I just saw the movie, The Departed. What a great film! On the enjoyment scale, I give it a ten! I am still revved up from it!.
However, I don't get the ending. What was in the envelope that Costigan gave the psychiatrist, was it some of the proof from the lawyer? Did the psychiatrist give the envelope to the Marky Mark's character? Or did Costigan tell Marky Mark's character that Sullivan was the rat? Did the psychiatrist ever tell anyone what she knew? Was the baby Costigan's or Sullivan's? Sullivan, as we know, had impotency problems and also seemed very surprised when she told him.
The only thing that detracted for me was the love triangle, which was a bit superfluous to the plot. I think it is fine that they both had interactions with the shrink, but it got confusing having them both in love with her. Also, I just found out that this movie is based on a movie produced in Hong Kong called "Internal Affairs." I have not seen the Hong Kong version, but now I'm curious to compare them.
Leonardo D. blew me away with his acting. Sometimes I feel that he is over-the-top, but I felt that this time he depicted a believable and complex character.
Great movie! I should have waited for it to come out on video because I have so much work to do and I am supposed to go out tonight with friends so I really couldn't afford to give up 2.5 hrs of my day. However, it was worth it. I also LOVED seeing so much of Boston in the film. Often films are shot in Boston but don't show much of the city. This film had solid shots of Charles St., Boston Common/ State House and Government Center area/ Aquarium, not to mention a couple shots of Southy, our new Charles River Bridge and the sky line from Southy!
Also, interesting comment they slipped in the beginning about Boston being a hard place for a black person to succeed. I have heard one or two things referring to this characteristic of Boston society before, do you think this is changing at all or is it still totally true? Sad.
However, I don't get the ending. What was in the envelope that Costigan gave the psychiatrist, was it some of the proof from the lawyer? Did the psychiatrist give the envelope to the Marky Mark's character? Or did Costigan tell Marky Mark's character that Sullivan was the rat? Did the psychiatrist ever tell anyone what she knew? Was the baby Costigan's or Sullivan's? Sullivan, as we know, had impotency problems and also seemed very surprised when she told him.
The only thing that detracted for me was the love triangle, which was a bit superfluous to the plot. I think it is fine that they both had interactions with the shrink, but it got confusing having them both in love with her. Also, I just found out that this movie is based on a movie produced in Hong Kong called "Internal Affairs." I have not seen the Hong Kong version, but now I'm curious to compare them.
Leonardo D. blew me away with his acting. Sometimes I feel that he is over-the-top, but I felt that this time he depicted a believable and complex character.
Great movie! I should have waited for it to come out on video because I have so much work to do and I am supposed to go out tonight with friends so I really couldn't afford to give up 2.5 hrs of my day. However, it was worth it. I also LOVED seeing so much of Boston in the film. Often films are shot in Boston but don't show much of the city. This film had solid shots of Charles St., Boston Common/ State House and Government Center area/ Aquarium, not to mention a couple shots of Southy, our new Charles River Bridge and the sky line from Southy!
Also, interesting comment they slipped in the beginning about Boston being a hard place for a black person to succeed. I have heard one or two things referring to this characteristic of Boston society before, do you think this is changing at all or is it still totally true? Sad.
posted by El @ Saturday, October 07, 2006
4 Comments:
At 11:18 PM, October 07, 2006,
rooroo said…
hi laura, i just got back from seeing the movie too! i can't be sure but i assumed that the envelope was for marky mark. i think that's why they showed madolyn blowing colin off at the funeral, so you knew she'd be able to give him up. if that's wasn't what was in the envelope, how would marky have known about him? can't be sure though.
i LOVED this movie, and i really think i'll probably go see it again. i'd like to see "infernal affairs" too, but i think part of what made me love this movie so much was the boston angle! ;)
At 7:51 AM, October 08, 2006,
El said…
Hmm. . .one of my friends last night said he thought perhaps his personal identification was in the envelope. I hope the DVD gives us some of the cut scenes to shed light on this!
At 7:55 AM, October 08, 2006,
El said…
Oops! Pronoun problem - I meant "he" to refer to my friend and "his" to refer to Costigan, oh well.
At 8:33 AM, October 10, 2006,
MRhé said…
A couple things:
1) I thought it was pretty awesome as well.
2) I actually didn't think about it until you mentioned it in this post, but I think that envelope must have had some evidence about Damon, and clearly Marky Mark found out somehow.
3) I thought the love triangle was pretty superfluous as well.
4) Yeah, Boston has had a reputation as a racist city for a while, but this was mainly true back in the day. I think nowadays it's not really the case.
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