Firstly everyone loves someone in it. If you don't love Leo, you love Jack. And if for some unknown reason you don't like either of them you must be one of those weirdos who loves Matt Damon. Everyone in the cast does a great job but Leo is really amazing here. I've always thought he was a good actor but wow. Now I know what all those teenagers were on about. He was hot. Mark Wahlberg takes on some of the comic relief. There are a couple great quotes from his character.
The movie is about two and a half hours long. I know some people hate long movies but this one doesn't even feel that long. It's so much edge of your seat stuff that you're so into it you don't even remember there is such a thing as time. The story is pretty complex but still easy to follow. There is a lot of double crossing and it almost has a film noir edge to it. But it's definitely a crime thriller. It's basically about the state police in Massachusetts trying to take down the head of an Irish gang, played by Jack Nicholson. He's great of course but it's amazing to see how well Leonardo does in his scenes with him. Those scenes will be classics.
I wouldn't normally say trust me but this one is really good. I intend to see this as many times as possible. In fact I wish I had the DVD right now. I think we're looking at next's Oscar winner. If not I think we're going to have to take out the Academy. I've never really been a huge fan of Martin Scorsese but I definitely think if he's going to win an Oscar it should be for this movie. The songs in the movie were a little heavy handed. Meaning if someone was "out of it", there'd be a song playing about someone being "out of it". They were a little too obvious. Some thing else I found interesting was the amount of audience participation. Lots of gasps, and "Oh no!"s. If your interested there are plenty of clips over at Youtube or you can go over to the official site to wet your appetite.
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