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Friday, October 17, 2008
I love internet televison
Now I’m not going to be talking about any particular TV show or review here, I’m just going to cover why I’m now a huge fan of internet television. When season 2 of Burn Notice came on the air I was working until 10:30 pm at night. Unfortunately Burn Notice is on from 10pm to 11pm. Instead of trying to find out the next time the replay was on or set my schedule around the show I simply went to the USA Network website and watched it. Fewer commercial interruptions and perfect streaming with my internet connection. I did the same with a lot of episodes of Psych. Youtube is great as well as you can watch Japanese anime in its entirety without having the edits that appear on Adult Swim. I’ve seen a lot of Trigun and Bleach this way. Tivo is old news thanks to internet television.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Departed
I've watched this movie more times than I can count. Martin Scorsese directs this R rated 151 minute long film starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, and Alec Baldwin. Just looking at the director and cast alone you know this is am ust see movie.
So anyway I was flipping through my HBO channels last nigh and saw that The Departed was on. It was just starting so I decided to watch it again. Funny thing is I own the DVD. Basically here's the plot in a nutshell.
Jack Nicholson is Boston crime boss Frank Costello. Matt Damon's character Colin has been training to be a Boston State Trooper and has grown up under Costello's wing. Once Colin becomes a police officer he has someone in the police department who can tip him off as to what the police are up to. DiCaprio's character Billy Costigan grew up in the Irish neighborhoods and was what Wahlberg's undercover police character describes as a "double kid." Costigan went from middle class to poor every week and his family was deep in the Irish mob. So Sheen and Wahlberg tell Costigan that he cannot be a police officer, instead he must go undercover for them and infiltrate Costello's organization.
Both DiCaprio and Damon play police officers and we see their rise and fall simultaneously throughout the film. No one knows DiCaprio is a cop and everyone thinks that Damon is a great cop. The funny part is neither is what they appear. Baldwin stars as Damon's police boss giving him orders to stop Costello.
Well that's pretty much the film, you have an undercover and a crooked cop who are working against each other. Much of this is revealed in the first few minutes of the film so I don't really consider any of this to be a spoiler. The acting and directing are both brilliant in this film, and I can honestly say the only movie I've watched more of in my life was Fight Club.
There are no cons to this film, only pros. Pick up a copy today.
So anyway I was flipping through my HBO channels last nigh and saw that The Departed was on. It was just starting so I decided to watch it again. Funny thing is I own the DVD. Basically here's the plot in a nutshell.
Jack Nicholson is Boston crime boss Frank Costello. Matt Damon's character Colin has been training to be a Boston State Trooper and has grown up under Costello's wing. Once Colin becomes a police officer he has someone in the police department who can tip him off as to what the police are up to. DiCaprio's character Billy Costigan grew up in the Irish neighborhoods and was what Wahlberg's undercover police character describes as a "double kid." Costigan went from middle class to poor every week and his family was deep in the Irish mob. So Sheen and Wahlberg tell Costigan that he cannot be a police officer, instead he must go undercover for them and infiltrate Costello's organization.
Both DiCaprio and Damon play police officers and we see their rise and fall simultaneously throughout the film. No one knows DiCaprio is a cop and everyone thinks that Damon is a great cop. The funny part is neither is what they appear. Baldwin stars as Damon's police boss giving him orders to stop Costello.
Well that's pretty much the film, you have an undercover and a crooked cop who are working against each other. Much of this is revealed in the first few minutes of the film so I don't really consider any of this to be a spoiler. The acting and directing are both brilliant in this film, and I can honestly say the only movie I've watched more of in my life was Fight Club.
There are no cons to this film, only pros. Pick up a copy today.
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