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FIRST TIME WATCHING: The Departed!!

🕑 Added 2022-01-28 17:01:03 +0000 UTC

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olioli1234

I've always figured that there were two things in the envelope that Billy gives to Maddie. 1) More evidence linking Collin to Costello. Something more concrete that she could deliver to Dignam, and nail Collin in an arrest. We're lead to believe that she opens it after his funeral, and thus gives it to Dignam that same night as he was more than likely also at the funeral or services afterwards. During the investigation however, Dignam probably discovers that it grows cold and more than likely not going anywhere. This is when he just takes matters into his own hands and murders Collin to avenge both Billy, Queenan and all of the other officers that were killed on account of his corruption. 2) ....and this is just me, but I also tend to think that he leaves a love letter behind. Something letting her know how helpful and kind she was during his ordeal... and maybe even a phone number if ever she wanted to reach out. Sadly, she'd never get a chance to call that number.

Shaun Myers

He did that because how Hoaward Hawks and Howard Hughes did that in the movie Scarface the original one from 1932

Eddie

Love her perspective on dramas like this. Wish she did more drama/serious movies.

T.L. Thomas

Did you notice the X in locations where characters got killed * Billy in the airport * Queenan at 344 Wash * Sullivan walking to his apartment(look at the carpet)

AdamBeLike ?

I would also highly recommend "Shutter Island" another one of great Martin Scorsese and Leo DiCarprio pieces.

Ashar Saleem

I joined the Patreon, just so I could see Natalie's unfiltered reactions to Mark Wahlberg's dialogue. Some of the best I've seen

Dylan Wills

Excited to watch this... You definitely need to watch Whiplash though. Easily one of the best films made in recent years

James finneran

You should watch Michael Mann’s 1995 movie Heat. The style, look and characters our just amazing.

Nya

Damn. My favorite movie lost. The departed is still a good one but man i was hoping

Skizane

LOL

XanderWhat

Moicro-prooaw-sessuhs

Robert Haynes

I think it takes an incredibly strong plot to tell a story where the ending is essentially that it was all for nothing. I think too often, it's a cop out just like you said. I really like this movie... right up to the ending where I just throw my hands up. It would have been better to just let the bad guy get away with it, showing us how corrupt everything really is.

Skizane

To my great surprise, I didn't much care for this movie. Or at least its ending. BANG "AH HA! I'm a double agent, with nothing setting up my character but one line of dialogue two and a half hours ago and I haven't been in the movie since!" BANG BANG "AH HAA! I am also a double agent, and I will now kill this other double agent and this cop to make it easier for me to cover my tracks!" BANG "AH HAAA! I'm the avenging angel character, despite despising the character I'm supposed to be avenging! Now everybody's dead and all the twists and turns in the story mean nothing! You might as well have killed the entire cast in a car bomb!" It actually reminds me of Tony Scott's movies. It seems like he can never think of an ending, because almost all of his movies end in a big shootout where everybody dies and there's no point to any of the plot that came before it.

Skizane

I think The Town is better than this was.

Logan Kerlee

xD Also, thanks for the edit Cameron! You rock, man. If it wasn't for you, I prolly wouldn't be subbed here.

Logan Kerlee

What are your first and second?

Logan Kerlee

Ohhhh, I HOPE that she decides to react to Scarface! That's my FAVORITE mob/crime movie. It sets the bar so damn well. Hell, even the soundtrack is amazing in the film. Nat, please consider watching Scarface. :)

Logan Kerlee

Great suggestions all around there! I'd be up for most of those. :)

Logan Kerlee

I've watched it half a dozen times at least and I'm still always on the edge of my seat! This movie's top notch!

Logan Kerlee

I'm glad that you finally watched this! Definitely set the bar for movies for the next good few years after this came out. Hard to believe that this was made in 2006! I graduated that year for crying out loud! Anyway, yeah, great flick! Really happy that you watched it with us and that you enjoyed it. :)

RebRox65

Natalie, I definitely agree, you need to watch it again, there's so much that gets missed on first watch.

RebRox65

Everytime this movie comes up I end up saying the same thing, so here goes A very decent job by Hollywood to reproduce this Hong-Kong cinematic masterpiece, but its no match for the original Andrew Lau movie INFERAL AFFAIRS 1 when it comes to action movies Asian cinema has a lot to offer over its Western counterparts, its a shame Hollywood didn't continue the franchise as I feel INFERNAL AFFAIRS 2 is the better of the 3, I And worthy of tracking down.

MikeLL

I believe Mark's character (Dignam?) had enough reasons to be suspicious of Sullivan to put two and two together without the contents of Billy's envelope. And I don't think Madelyn could have found Dignam anyway. But the contents of the envelope are a mystery.

Wu Sha Ling

Whatever people think of Scorcese, this is another caliber of storytelling. I've seen the Hong Kong original and I really think Scorcese took the right parts and made it his own. Great to see you appreciated it. FYI pastor boys are colloquially known as altar boys

Trish Murphy

Hardest part for Cam will be editing the every other word f-bombs. I love this film. I actually worked in the building that they used as 344 Washington. That was fun. Natalie I definitely recommend seeing it again. It’s so intense that you definitely miss stuff. Or at least I did. If you want a polar opposite film but with your favorite Scarlet Johansson & also Matt Damon try We Bought a Zoo. If you haven’t seen it already. Fun, heart warming & a complete departure from this one and all of the superhero movies. Thanks ✌️☃️

Jon Gascon

10/10 Film! Was great "watching" with you. Love your reactions.

Marc Ammundsen

Glad you enjoyed it Natalie. I hope you check out the original film that inspired this, Infernal Affairs. You may even recognise one of the leads from a recent Marvel film. 😀

Patrick Toscano

Next time you watch look for the X marks found in the background of certain scenes which foreshadows characters marked for death.

Eddie Green

I've never been able to see a scene set in an elevator without being tense since this film.

minuteforce

This was my third time watching "The Departed". The climax is still so riveting

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff

Loved this one, great reaction to a bad ass movie. And I would absolutely love to see more reactions to crime dramas. Lot of great suggestions above. Damn I'm getting old because I'm starting to watch the shows I used to make fun of my parents for watching lol all this detective stuff Anyway, seconding some previous suggestions and adding a few: Heat,Training Day, Gangs of New York, No Country For Old Men, I know was already in a poll, True Romance, Drive might win some day, or just watch it. Then there are crime comedies like, Nice Guys (with Ryan Gosling, so there ya go lol), Snatch, Clue, a lot more choices.

Brian Jones

Great reaction as always Nat, and props to Cameron on the editing job ahead. As many have already mentioned, if you haven't seen Goodfellas it should go on your list immediately and is an absolute must watch. Gangs of New York is also an incredible Scorsese film. Hell, most all his films are. Stay golden.

Jason

Fun fact, in Hong Kong Original, Shang-Chi's father, Tony Leung is the actor played Leo's character

Thomas Richter

Also, it is a movie with a lot of silent long shots, so it's easy to comentate over.

Thomas Richter

Please watch No Country For Old Man next it is such a good movie.

JarHead0351

Good Movie but Godfathers 1 & 2 are better - No country for old man is a good movie but I think it isn't your type of movie - As A Marine, Full Metal Jacket is a great movie Platoon & Apocalypse are other good movies - that my taste and think you would enjoy "Now You See Me" what you saw isn't what you really saw

Robert Haynes

HEAT!

The Golgothan

For like a month after seeing this movie my friends and I would just yell "AH YOU A CAWP" at each other randomly. We definitely gotta throw in some more gritty crime dramas in the mix. The Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino, A Bronx Tale, and maybe some less gritty crime comedies like 29th Street, Stnatch, and Get Shorty

Frankie

You should react to Hacksaw Ridge !

Tom Chan

Would like to see you check out The Town. Another gritty drama

Fostena

What a great movie, that was a fun rewatch! Oh yeah, good luck, Cameron!

Joe Blankenship

And Casino!

Joe Blankenship

This was my first time watching too and yeah, I definitely need to watch it again to fully enjoy it. If you liked this then you gotta add Goodfellas and Casino to your polls.

Ben Wheeler

The last 15 minutes are insane

Tay Schumaker

Are you a cop? ARE YOU A COP?!

Scott Greene

I cannot WAIT to see your reaction to the elevator scene. I saw the Hong Kong original a few years before this movie came out, and despite the fact that pretty much the exact same thing happens in THEIR elevator scene, it was still quite a shock. I saw The Departed on opening weekend...you should've heard the yelp from the audience that night!

Belendor229

If you liked the attention to detail and major themes coming back around in a high stakes drama environment I would highly suggest the show: The Wire. It is a gritty show, that like this movie, doesn't portray cops and robbers in the traditional TV show manner. You feel like the people you are watching on screen could be real. Not the cheesy bad guys who feel zero remorse, blow up a few a cars in a chase, only to inevitably get caught by the shining savior good guy cop. Rather it is designed to give an overview on the inner workings within a major city in America, its politics, its troubles (both with crime and the struggle for some just to survive in the real world), and its people. It is a little dated, mostly from a technology point of view, but IMO I would consider it modern day classic.

john collins

This movie is so good! They never explain what's in the envelope that Billy gives Madelyn but I think that it must have been evidence against Sullivan and something telling her to find Mark Whalbergs character which led to him finding and killing Sullivan at the end of the movie.

Charlie Keeler

Gotta watch Goodfellas if you haven’t …..so much to explore if you do a Marty run thru….Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, After Hours, Aviator, Gangs of New York just a few, truly on my short list of favorite film makers of all time (tho that’s probably a common thing)

dieselbeast

I think this is the first movie you've reacted too under the gangster/Mafia mob movies, you definitely have to keep going down this rabbit hole and watch Scarface, Carlitos way, Goodfellas, and obviously the godfather movies

Darryl Low

First time watching this movie too Nat, and I was aghast at the end like you. So well made, so many plot twists and the cast were all incredible. Thanks for ending the week on such a WOW, with this movie and your Spidey Live too. Thanks as always for all your amazing work this week. Have a great weekend Nat 💛

Dante

This is my 3rd favorite movie! I absolutely love it Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio absolutely killed their roles!

Austin

Cancel your subscription if you're so dissatisfied.

Bob SyerUncle

......................................................guess we'te tryin' to milk more money by making Deadpool next week or WE.... GG I guess.....?

Danishprince

Never actually seen this so interested in seing what it's like!

Trish Murphy

I’ve seen this movie at least 6 times so I thought I could watch along without running the movie as I’m getting ready for an appt. Nope. Gotta come back later to watch along. It’s an intense movie but I think it’s really well done. Can’t wait to see your reaction. Peace

James Tyrrell

Jumped to 2:19 to see how broken you were at that scene, not surprised by the look of mental denial that crossed your face.

Andy Crawley

Definitely one of Scorsese’s best films, looking forward to seeing how you handled the tension haha!

David Dotting

aaaaand now my back hurts

Fostena

Great movie. Blew me away when I watched it years ago. Very interesting exploration of morality

Chris Cooper

"What do you mean a young Matt Damon, this film only came out...shit"

Jason Dolan

This is a great movie. I am looking forward to your reaction!

Ian

Happy Friday nat won't be watching this one besides not having time I have no interest in it but hope those that do enjoy it very much , sadly not about for the live yt movie stream either but hope it goes well and you don't get any selfish people spoiling nwh for you 🤞 hope you have the best weekend and until next time stay golden 💛

Randee Carreno

Happy Friday, Natalie! 😊 Downloading this right now to watch tonight. This is such a great movie with a great cast. Definitely looking forward to watching this reaction this evening. Have a great day & weekend! 😊 Stay Golden! 💛