Damn, this is a good movie. For once the Best Picture winner actually deserved it. I got this weeks ago but haven't had the time to sit down and watch it. Now that I am I'm doing it in parts, about half an hour at a time. This may be one of the reasons I'm enjoying it so much.
The acting is superb. I can't think of any modern movie that is better. The writing and the story are incredible and turn what could be an average cop undercover picture into something truly memorable.
Martin Scorcese has always been one of my favorite directors and I doubt anyone could do with this what he has. The cast is filled with some of the greatest actors giving their best.
On top of that I feel like a part of it since much of it was filmed or takes place in the area I lived and worked in. I feel a fondness for the city that I haven't felt in a while.



Don't go any further if you haven't seen the movie....

The story is multilayered. The good guy is bad. The bad guy is good. The really bad guy is incredible and those you're supposed to be behind you hate. Everyone is a dickhead. Marky Mark is the biggest dickhead (no surprise). Leonardo DiCaprio, usually the babyfaced teen idol, is a dirtbag with a drug problem and fits of rage. Despite what he's known for he does it flawlessly. Matt Damon, another fresh faced momma's boy, is charming and likable, but ultimately a criminal.
Alec Baldwin is great as Ellerby, the foul mouthed special forces chief that brings the only respite from the scumbaggery.
Oh yes, DiCaprio and Damon are both seeing the same woman, each unknowingly living the reverse of each other's lives- The bad cop acting sweet seeing a woman the good cop acting like a thug is seeing on the side. What does she do? She's a police psychiatrist...