[setanta]

i don't agree with the length of the film having anything to do with my enjoyment of the departed: just have a feeling they gave scorsese the oscar cuz they had left him out so often in the past. there was a severe absence of oscar worthy contenders that year but i still think the queen was more deserving of it. sure i would have voted for children of men or the proposition.... now thats more like it. departed was an inferior remake and the work of a director long passed his sell by date.