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what-if (what-if):
Matt Damon → The Departed.
If Damon had spent the mid-2000s on Avatar he might not have been in The Departed.
“maybe he's not in the departed.”
The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:18:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
The Departed is cited as the Oscar-winner test: with Guy Ritchie directing it would have had no chance; only the Scorseseiness won it.
“It was only the Scorseseiness that did that.”
The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:10:48 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career):
James Badge Dale → The Departed.
Dale is in The Departed as the man who shoots Leo and is revealed to be with Nicholson.
“he's the guy who shoots Leo.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:45:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Something's Gotta Give → The Departed.
Nicholson in this film is partway toward his Departed performance.
“He's like 40% of the way to his departed performance.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:11:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
what-if (Oscar hypothetical):
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → The Departed.
Asking whether Mark Wahlberg in The Departed beats Reilly in Talladega at that year's Oscars.
“Is he actually better in the departed than John C. Riley is in Talladeganites?”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:53:12 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Apollo 13 → The Departed.
Movies break into pop-culture lexicon slowly, 10 to 15 years; The Town and The Departed cited.
“I think it takes like 10 to 15 years.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:19:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (directorial style):
The Color of Money → The Departed.
The fast-cutting montage with a blues soundtrack explosion in the Grady Seasons scene is a Scorsese move they also discussed on The Departed and Wolf of Wall Street.
“This like super fast cutting montage blues soundtrack explosion thing that he does”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them) -
theme (image echo):
Mission: Impossible → The Departed.
The rat in the air duct at Langley recalls The Departed's final shot, the hunt for a betraying rat.
“the rat in the air air duct in Langley, like a little bit of like the departed final shot”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:25:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (audience anticipation):
The Departed → Gangs of New York.
Simmons felt the same big-names anticipation for Gangs of New York as for The Departed.
“the other time I remember feeling it was gangs, gangs of New York in 2002”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:02:01 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
unmapped (too satisfying):
The Departed → No Country for Old Men.
Seeing something that is exactly what you want, like this cast or No Country, can feel weirdly unsatisfying.
“I had it too when I saw No Country for Old Men because I love that book so much.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:02:24 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
The F word and its variations appear 238 times, making it a tough fit for basic cable.
“there's 238 swears or variations of the F word in this movie”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:12 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
career (career peak):
The Departed → Boogie Nights.
1997 was a better year for Leo, Damon, Nicholson and Wahlberg than 2006: Boogie Nights, Good Will Hunting, Titanic, As Good as It Gets.
“Wahlberg had boogie nights.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:04:58 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
unmapped (star clash):
The Departed → Heat.
The Nicholson-DiCaprio scene echoes the Pacino-De Niro anticipation of their Heat scene, though with less weight.
“it was like this anticipation of Pacino and De Niro finally being in a scene together.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:09:47 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them) -
unmapped (greatest hits):
The Departed → Goodfellas.
Ryan says The Departed recycles Scorsese's camera moves from his career like a greatest-hits album, with no single shot to rival the Copacabana tracking shot or the Goodfellas freeze frames.
“there's not one single shot in the departed that you would put up against like the Copacabana tracking shot or any of the slow-mo freeze frame stuff and Goodfellas or Raging Bull”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:11:53 · Chris Ryan (0.75 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
Casting what-ifs: Pitt (producer) was Damon's part, Liotta then Leary for Dignam, Pacino for Costello, De Niro for Sheen's part, Gibson for Baldwin's.
“Brad Pitt was supposed to be Damon's part dropped out, ended up producing the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:14:43 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
Wahlberg and Baldwin were shot first because the production only had them for about four days.
“Mark Wahlberg had to film all the scenes at the beginning of the filming because they only had them for like 4 days.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:14:54 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
The Departed → Dropkick Murphys.
The Dropkick Murphys needle drop over the title sequence is singled out as a high point of the film.
“The title sequence coming in 18 minutes in with Dropkick Murphy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:49 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
The title card arrives 18 minutes in, after a long Nicholson voiceover; Leo pulling up in jail is where the title lands.
“The title sequence coming in 18 minutes in with Dropkick Murphy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:49 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
craft (soundtrack):
The Departed → Goodfellas.
Asked which soundtrack he prefers, Simmons picks Goodfellas.
“Which soundtrack do you prefer this or Goodfellas?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:21:18 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
Worst-aged plot point winner: Damon texting a long message from inside his pocket on a flip phone, the triple crown of texting.
“It's the triple crown of texting.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:23:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
unmapped (repeated song):
The Departed → Casino.
Scorsese used Gimme Shelter a third time here after Goodfellas and Casino, which they find funny and a sign of his Stones fetish.
“Scorsese using Gimme Shelter 3rd time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:24:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
The Departed → Robbie Robertson.
A host says that for the fee a name like Robertson commands, the Departed soundtrack should beat classic-radio picks like Gimme Shelter.
“you could do better than every classic radio station in America”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:24:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
people (that guy):
The Departed → The Wire.
James Badge Dale shows up in lots of things, and they note Black Hawk Down had every actor.
“Every single actor was in Black Hawk Down, so you can just say.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:26:46 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
unmapped (Boston geography):
The Departed → Blown Away.
Blown Away has its own violations of Boston geography, like a downhill chase for fifteen blocks and a Four Seasons view that does not exist.
“Blown away with Jeff Bridges, which has its own just severe violations of Boston.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:39:41 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
Ryan's overarching theory: Leo and Damon are two ways of living in America, compartmentalized ambition vs vulnerability, and America destroys both while guys like Dignam survive.
“either way, even no matter which road you choose, America will destroy you.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:40:56 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
The film's biggest ridiculous plot points: Leo's roof plan, the invented Boston State House apartment view, the rat on the balcony.
“Why didn't anyone talk Scorsese out of the rat on the balcony at the tail end?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:44:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (homage):
The Departed → Scarface.
The film has references to classic gangster films like the original Scarface that feel like pastiche.
“there's a couple of references in this movie to classic gangster films like the original Scarface”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:45:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
Best lines: cranberry juice, 'Maybe, maybe not', 'We all are. Let's act accordingly', and 'The world needs plenty of bartenders. 2 weeks with pay.'
“And then uh, the world needs plenty of bartenders.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:47:01 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them) -
people (same actor, different result):
The Departed → A Few Good Men.
Nicholson nailed every line of Sorkin's watertight script in A Few Good Men but is all over the place in The Departed.
“he nails every line of Sorkin dialogue. It's like watertight script.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:50:13 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them) -
unmapped (Whitey Bulger movie):
The Departed → The Irishman.
Scorsese's next gangster movie with De Niro, Pacino and Pesci would be de-aged digitally and paid for by Netflix.
“It's De Niro Pacino and Joe Pesci.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:52:21 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Departed:
Departed 2 rumors existed; Wahlberg pitched a sequel to Scorsese over dinner.
“There are more stories to tell in this world.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:55:13 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them) -
unmapped (speech):
The Departed → Glengarry Glen Ross.
Wahlberg dressing down Leo is called the Alec Baldwin Glengarry speech.
“he gives him the Alec Baldwin Glengarry speech.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:56:00 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
unmapped (flaws make it rewatchable):
The Departed → Cast Away.
Simmons likes movies with questions to chew on, like Cast Away, which he can talk about for an hour.
“The flaws do make it more rewatchable, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:56:54 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them) -
unmapped (perfect vs rewatchable):
The Departed → No Country for Old Men.
No Country is note perfect but he has watched it far fewer times than The Departed, because flawed movies leave room to check out and ask questions.
“I have watched it 80% less than the departed because the departed, it actually feels like a roller coaster ride when you're on it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:57:06 · Chris Ryan (0.65 sure it was them) -
craft (crafted vs improvised):
The Departed → Heat.
Heat is long and full of huge stars like this, but Mann's decisions were all considered while The Departed feels like flying by the seat of its pants.
“I felt like heat was crafted. Every decision he makes is really well thought out”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:58:26 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them) -
lineage (remake source):
The Departed → Infernal Affairs.
The Departed is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, which is tighter.
“It was called Infernal Affairs, the Hark Kong one?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:59:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)