The Deflated

I came down with a fever while I was in class on Tuesday night. I made it through class though, which was stupid of me because I should have gone home. I should have gone home to get some freakin' rest, but instead, I wanted to stay through class. Anyway, B rented 'The Departed' on Sunday night and we finally got to watch it last night since I am sick. If you haven't seen the movie and do not want to know what happens at the end, then don't read this. It was a very long movie. There are some very good actors in it. It took place in Boston. Everyone tried to have a Boston accent. Makeup was pretty good. I was fucking bored out of my fucking mind. This movie won Best Picture? Aya! They could have told the whole thing in 45 minutes! It dragged on and on and on and on. There were some elements that could have made it more interesting, but it just didn't happen. Instead, it was all about shooting people (which we've seen on TV/movies a billion and one times), and well, that was it. I was waiting for over two hours for something I wasn't expecting to happen, happen. And the ending....... oh paaallllleeeeaaaasssse! It's like a Shakespearean plot where he doesn't know what to do with the characters at the end, so he just kills them all. So lame. Basically, it was like, "I don't know what to do with the characters at the end. Hmm... I know! I'll kill all the main characters and that will add shock value because no one will expect that!"

I am so sick of movies that are just plain violent so they can try and shock you. Guess what? Not shocked anymore. If this movie was smart, then the violence wouldn't have bothered me. It only bothers me when it's a cop-out. My favorite character though, was Marky-Mark. He didn't have to say or be in the movie much to accomplish what took everyone else two and a half hours to do.

Maybe I'm just cranky because I have a damn fever. Or, maybe I was just not into movies this past year.