2006's best
The Departed may well have one of the best casts in movie history, and every one of them brings their game. Jack Nicholson is one of the greatest character actors of all time, and ofr thier generation, Damon and DiCaprio are about as good as it gets. Marty sheen and Mark Wahlberg are also great here. The star of this movie, however, is Scorsese. He is undoubtably on of the 3 greatest filmmakers of all time, and thist film marks his return to greatness. The reason this film isn't one of the greatest of all time is the script. Te story is exalent and so are the characters. The problem is the dialoge. Every other line in this movie is some brilliant quote dripping with unrealisticality. Everything that comes out of Nicholsons mouth is so well thought out that it actually comes off as very unreal and very condecending. The script screams "I'm Will Monyhan! Look how smart i am!!!!"