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Damon and Wahlberg together again, but this time without the guns!

Didn't one kill the other in a movie? by Razorback	Feb 14th, 2007 02:34:29 AM
I am so first.
SPARTANS!!! TONIGHT! WE DINE! IN HELL!!!! by Motoko Kusanagi	Feb 14th, 2007 02:35:38 AM
ooops, wrong thread, hehehe...
One of the most overrated films of recent years by TheDarkKnight	Feb 14th, 2007 02:46:19 AM
was....THE DEPARTED! I can't believe people went nuts over that piece of turd. Some of the dialogue in that film was appaling and Jack Nicholson was just too hammy. But I did think it was Wahlbergs best acting to date and Damon is always worth the money so hopefully their next project will be decent.
Real life boxer by Franklin T Marmoset	Feb 14th, 2007 02:53:36 AM
Any idea which fighter it's based on?
P.S. Marky Mark by Franklin T Marmoset	Feb 14th, 2007 02:54:59 AM
I respectfully submit I Heart Huckabees as Mark Wahlberg's best acting to date. He was funny as hell in that one.
we'll see by BadMrWonka	Feb 14th, 2007 02:55:21 AM
I'll give it a chance, lik I did the Departed...but unless this is a boring remake of an exciting movie from another country...(like The Departed was)...I don't think it's gonna be any good
Hardly Men by PirateEmery	Feb 14th, 2007 03:03:00 AM
No more buddy movies between well-known celebrities. I'm not going to believe the story, just give up.
Love all these New England stories by IndustryKiller!	Feb 14th, 2007 03:12:54 AM
Being from New England myself I love that its becoming the setting for more and more films. New England is just a real down to Earth blue collar place, and im sure it has more than a few interesting stories to tell.
Infernal Affairs had a sequel and prequel. by Monkey_King	Feb 14th, 2007 03:20:48 AM
Diehard fans should check these out, then watch THE DEPARTED. Chinese version is the better one. Sorry Marty Scorcese, but it's true!!!
mark wahlberg by onefatman	Feb 14th, 2007 03:24:57 AM
is awkward in every movie he's in. It was ok in boogie nights 'coz he played an awkward teenager turning into an awkward porn star but it doesn't work anywhere else. Shoulda stuck to music.
monkey king by BadMrWonka	Feb 14th, 2007 03:36:19 AM
see my previous post...
I second that, Franklin by Laserbrain	Feb 14th, 2007 05:43:06 AM
Wahlberg is hilarious in Huckabees. A most underrated actor. I was disappointed he wasn't in The Departed more.
Enough with the "The Chinese original was better" crap by Nivek666	Feb 14th, 2007 05:55:02 AM
Infernal Affairs was good, but I really dont believe these guys saying it was superior to The Departed. The Departed had a better cast, and the changes really seporated the film. Besides, asian cinema is so friggin over-rated and past it's peak.
"Infernal Affairs" sucked by Gozu	Feb 14th, 2007 07:25:18 AM
Time to burst some bubbles. "Infernal Affairs" had a really good concept, but the execution was an absolute mess. Compare it to "The Killer" or better yet, "Hard Boiled." Or any Tsui Hark or Ronny Yu film from about the same time. It pales in comparison. "The Departed" took all the right elements and nothing else and then added the best cast of any recent movie, flawless visuals, and a kickass soundtrack.
Based on the Christina Aguilera song! by Spandau Belly	Feb 14th, 2007 08:16:35 AM
from the producers of Nicky Cage's "Apprentice of the Sorcerer: New York"
the Departed by thefreeagents	Feb 14th, 2007 08:48:03 AM
I have to say, I think the Departed was better than Infernal Affairs imo. Marty combined the original the story of "Whitey" Bulger, a Boston gangster who had an FBI agent on his payroll. He didnt just choose Boston as the setting to show off his actor's accents. He took the original story and made it his own. I loved it and I think its his best since Goodfellas.
I thought they didn't like each other in real life. by Goon Bighead	Feb 14th, 2007 08:55:09 AM
Something about both of them banging Winona Ryder.
I want to bang Winona Ryder by Osmosis Jones	Feb 14th, 2007 09:24:37 AM
I've been crushing on her for almost 20 years now.
The Chinese original was better by Doctor_Sin	Feb 14th, 2007 09:38:32 AM
I'm just sayin'.
Wow you guys sure do know your Chinese movies by supermarch	Feb 14th, 2007 09:38:55 AM
Well...the ones that are already popular in America. Pose somewhere else please. Thanks.
Damon...Wahlberg...Which one plays the gay commando? by Doctor_Sin	Feb 14th, 2007 10:04:59 AM
"I can't quit you!"
Damon's best role: by just pillow talk	Feb 14th, 2007 10:43:44 AM
singer in Euro trip.
Dark Knight, I agree on Jack by Barry Egan	Feb 14th, 2007 10:48:43 AM
There are some scenes in the movie early on where he isn't too bad but as the film goes on he just gets worse and worse. I watched it again yesterday and there are some really bad scenes with him. The scene where he has a severed hand in a ziplock baggie comes to mind.
Damon and Wahlberg by Barry Egan	Feb 14th, 2007 10:56:57 AM
In addition to them working together in The Departed, haven't Damon and Wahlberg been rumored for the same roles a lot? Or taken roles the other turned down? I always thought Wahlberg was supposed to take the role Damon wound up with in Ocean's 11, but there were so many casting rumors/changes as that went along. And I thought Damon was up for Planet of the Apes and Wahlberg wound up doing that.
Not that anyone cares by zer0cool2k2	Feb 14th, 2007 11:14:05 AM
But I got the HD-DVD of "The Departed" yesterday at Best Buy for $22.99, thanks to some pricing snafu on their website. Apparently the HD and special edition DVD had the same sku number. Great deal for you HD-DVD buffs.
Mark Wahlberg is a great actor. by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Feb 14th, 2007 11:21:28 AM
There is not one movie I've seen him in where I have said "wow what a terrible performance". When I first heard he was going to act at all I chalked it up to his shitty music career because lets face it folks the poor guy can't rap himself out of a wet paper bag but the kid can act. Boogie Nights sold me. Still one of my top favorite movies of all time. Everyone shined in the movie but no one shined as much as Wahlberg. This movie sounds like it will be another gem. Can't wait.
The Funky Bunch GOTTA EAT by TheBaxter	Feb 14th, 2007 11:26:54 AM
and so does the rest of NKOTB whose last name isn't Wahlberg
I agree with TheDarkKnight on The Departed by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Feb 14th, 2007 12:31:52 PM
I love LOVE Goodfellas. My favorite movie of all time. The Departed felt forced. It did not have a flow to it. Jack ruined that movie for me. I was pulled out of it every time he was on the screen. I think people wanted to like that movie because it was a return to form for Martin but really the form as I said was forced. It is not deserving of the Oscar IMO.
If anyones interested, here's who its based on: by shaneerich	Feb 14th, 2007 02:13:56 PM
http://www.boxingtalk.com/pag/ article11297.html
A movie base on Mickey Ward?!?!?! by Skankardly	Feb 14th, 2007 04:33:32 PM
that's fuckin' great! the guy's awesome! tough as fuckin' nails. it's nice to see him get his due.
based...based...sound like a Mexican by Skankardly	Feb 14th, 2007 04:36:21 PM
yuh...
I think.. by PaceHorse	Feb 14th, 2007 04:43:54 PM
that it's pretty ridiculous to call it a buddy film because it has two celeb stars in it. Hell, how many big movies out there don't? And yes, infernal affairs was good, good enough to remake for US theatres. But I wouldn't say its better.. it seems like people are just saying that because it's chinese.
Hard Boiled was the SHIT!!! by S-Mart shopper	Feb 14th, 2007 05:12:47 PM
Departed was really good but, did have plot holes.
Best boxing scene in London: Snatch. by CreasyBear	Feb 14th, 2007 06:41:02 PM
Especially when Brad Pitt gets knocked the fuck out in slow-mo, landing in the dark waters of semi-consciousness.
I'd also engage in sexual intercourse with Winona Ryder by wackybantha	Feb 15th, 2007 12:20:41 AM
I am also a member of that 20-year crush-on Winona Club. Anyone else?
The Departed was fun by T 1000 xp professional	Feb 15th, 2007 01:04:51 AM
Enough with the extremism...The whole "love it or hate it" is tiring....The Departed was an exceptionally entertaining movie... yes, walhberg and baldwin were given excellent lines( very quotable), but I feel thats all they were. There wasn't that much range for those guys kind of making them 2D characters but fun characters nonetheless. The oscar nom is a bit hard for me to swallow. dicaprio and damon were fantastic...You just can't help but to recognize how much of a fun movie this was. Doesn't that in itself deserve some recognition.
Thanks, shaneerich by Franklin T Marmoset	Feb 15th, 2007 01:47:08 AM
I loved Micky Ward's fights with Arturo Gatti. He's a proper old-fashioned tough guy, so that could make for a pretty good film.
the problem for me with Departed/Infernal affairs is by speed	Feb 15th, 2007 02:28:14 AM
that I saw IA first. Sitting in the cinema knowing what was going to happen kind of ruined it for me. And I only saw IA last july so I really should have waited. I think watching them the opposite way would have been better.
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Feb 15th, 2007 06:35:41 AM
Damn you Michael Bay

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