Flawed greatness

[JonFromMaplewood]

"The Departed" is a great film.   But that last shot with the rat? Ew buoy.

Talking Heads put out seven great studio albums....and "True Stories."

Any others come to mind?

[erechoveraker]

Darjeeling Limited. It has things I like about it even, but it's the first Wes Anderson movie I don't flat out love or have a lot of respect for. In fact, I've only been able to sit through about half of it since I saw it in the theater the first time, just doesn't do it for me for some reason. 

[todd]

"The Departed" is a great film.   But that last shot with the rat? Ew buoy.

Talking Heads put out seven great studio albums....and "True Stories."

Any others come to mind?

I would hardly call The Departed a "GREAT" film. It was alright. But you're right, that last shot of the rat was way off.

I think this would be a cool on-air topic. has it come up before?

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Another glaring flaw regarding The Departed is simply the embarassment of the Academy of having waited until this one.

[Come on, Jason]

And Jack Nicholson.

[Partymouth]

Another glaring flaw regarding The Departed is simply the embarrassment of the Academy of having waited until this one.

Yeah, they should have shown the stories of the three uneventful academy classes before that one. 

[Chris L]

2001: A Space Odyssey.  One of the most transcendent movies ever made, yet at times a bit too... contemplative. 

[erika]

Jose Saramago - he wrote Blindness, which is absolutely one of my favorite books of all time. It's detailed, personal, creepy and poetic. But in reading many of his other books, I see he gets lost in the details... there's just so much there you lose the personality of the stories and it just feels like rambling. Like he smothered his stories.

Either way, everyone should read Blindness. (Especially if you plan on seeing the movie)

[Andy]

The television show Dinosaurs.  Everything fit well, but it could have been totally pushed into greatness if the baby dinosaur had a catchphrase.

[Sarah]

You mean the show that inspired The Flintstones?

[Emily]

You're all a bunch of critics!

[JonFromMaplewood]

Another glaring flaw regarding The Departed is simply the embarrassment of the Academy of having waited until this one.

Fair enough. It is not a great movie. A solid movie perhaps?  Whatever it was, the rat brought it down several notches.

[Chris L]

Emily's posts are usually great but sometimes she really misses the mark.  

[Wes]

Can we agree that, had the rat turned and winked at the audience (with an audible winking noise, you know, that *ting* sound), that last shot would have actually improved the movie?

[Come on, Jason]

Wall-E could have used some boobs.  Still a good movie, though.