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11 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

The Departed. 
 

there’s a rat in the crew! Someone’s a cop!

 Think it is one of the mass murderers or the only guy that doesn’t kill?

 Who’s that?

you know, the one that went to cop school.  

There was at least one other guy that didn’t kill people because there was a second rat in the crew, the guy that got the address wrong on purpose. 

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I missed the first wave of Sinners when it became a bit of a circular, virtous cycle where the hype begat more hype and people were breathlessly impressed, but from what I've gathered as a late to the party guy is the reception has come back to earth a bit. Anyways, to the plot hole:

Or is it a plot hole? But the whole "I guess my brother just couldn't kill me" at the end and how the vampire struck a secret, off camera deal in 5 minutes, that I won't kill you if you promise to leave our cousin alone.

Firstly, everything we saw in the movie and the vampires in that universe is once they turn they aren't governed by any higher order thinking like family, loyalty, honor, making an oath, etc. but they are primal, needing to feed and gain more souls for the hive mind.

Secondly, the idea of brokering this sort of deal in the 5 minutes needed was absurd. 

The non-plothole would have ruined a cute ending and twist.

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The entire film is wildly overrated if that makes you feel any better. 

I dont understand this opinion. Now that Ive seen Infernal Affairs, which was an inspiring, yet flawed original and lost something in translation, I especially dont understand this opinion.

There’s not any aspect of the movie that was not well done and seeing Nicholson act in a thriller with a great director is a rare treat. And I can rewatch this movie a million times.

With respect to the mole hunt, keep in mind moles and informants arent always good guys. That Costello himself was a mole proves the point and adds to the storytelling - irony and shit.
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7 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:


I dont understand this opinion. Now that Ive seen Infernal Affairs, which was an inspiring, yet flawed original and lost something in translation, I especially dont understand this opinion.

There’s not any aspect of the movie that was not well done and seeing Nicholson act in a thriller with a great director is a rare treat. And I can rewatch this movie a million times.

With respect to the mole hunt, keep in mind moles and informants arent always good guys. That Costello himself was a mole proves the point and adds to the storytelling - irony and shit.

My favorite little detail of this movie is how Leo communicates through T9 word predictor without looking.  It sets it to an incredibly short window of time, and anyone who used it can completely understand how plausible that is.

It'll be wild trying to explain that scene to my daughter when I have her watch it someday.

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2 hours ago, Your Mom said:

There was at least one other guy that didn’t kill people because there was a second rat in the crew, the guy that got the address wrong on purpose. 

that's interesting.  you think boggs from shawshank was a rat too?

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19 minutes ago, ImNotMarkinson said:

that's interesting.  you think boggs from shawshank was a rat too?

It’s been a few years since I’ve seen it but I believe the guy who sent them to the wrong address straight up told Leo he was also a cop right before he died.  

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