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Last night I saw The Departed, a US remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.

I really loved Infernal Affairs when I saw it a couple of months ago and have since bought the sequel and loved that too, so it was with some trepidation that I went to see The Departed.

The Departed sticks fairly close to the story line of Infernal Affairs, however there are some new characters and, of course, it is now set in Boston.

( Spoilers )

So, it’s probably quite clear from all this that I don’t think this film is as good as the original but is it a bad film? No. It’s not even a bad remake. Liberties were taken but I’ve seen worse. I enjoyed the original more but I still had a fun time watching this.

Current Mood: nostalgic

Previously, I wrote about the film Infernal Affairs.

Because Andy Lau and Tony Leung are so very, very pretty, I bring you icons. I tried hard to focus on Tony's soulful eyes for

koalathebear ;-)

( Click the for pretty )

Current Mood: rushed
Current Music: Donnie Darko OST

Alternative subject line could be:

koalathebear made me do it.

The first thing she made me do was watch the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. She has professed her love for this film on numerous occasions, saying that if you only ever see one film from Hong Kong, it should be this one.

And as usual, she was right. Despite the language barrier and thus the whole have-to-read-subtitles-thing this was one of the most enjoyable films I have seen in a long time. It's smart, tightly paced, beautifully shot and well acted.

( Pics and more under the cut )

Secondly,

koalathebear directed me towards these gorgeous caps of the film Finding Nemo. I'm not really a fan of complete CGI kids movies but I love Finding Nemo. It's beautiful but that is secondary to the story. Soooooooo icons! Use them as such or for bases - I don't mind ;-) When my computer isn't acting so funky, I might edit them a bit more.