The Departed

I've become obsessed with this movie. Not because I think Leonardo is dreamy (man, has he come a long way from that pretty boy in Titanic) but because I'm trying to figure this movie out!

I had seen bits and pieces of the movie before, so I knew how it ended. And then I caught it from the beginning one night on cable and decided to watch the whole thing.

Let me tell you, this is not the kind of movie where you can step out to get a snack, come back, and expect to know what's going on. I missed some pretty important scenes when it was on TV and I was in and out of the room.

So I watched it on DVD. Eyes glued to the screen. Beginning to end. And I think I get about 75% of the movie. Everyone is lying to somebody. But now I'm trying to figure out how people find out who's lying, and who's on their side and who's on the other guy's side. I might have to watch it a couple more times.

It's a really good movie. I usually don't care for cop/gangster movies with dead bodies everywhere, but I do love Goodfellas and I'd put The Departed right up there with it. Although Goodfellas has the better soundtrack, so it still has a slight edge in my book.