comment #1

Patrick says ...

Nothing more than 'minor' Scorsese! It might be
worth a trip to the bargin cinema in mid-November.

comment #2

Eric. says ...

Try to sound more pompous next time.

"Minor" Scorcese. LOL.

comment #3

Hopscotch says ...

I don't think it looks that interesting.

comment #4

nola says ...

is Scorese going to make every single movie with Leo now?

comment #5

Anonymous says ...

My god, that photo looks like a couple of sissies in a middle-school playground fight. ... Can we please cast actors who don't look 12 for serious roles?

Or send out better publicity stills?

comment #6

Brenda says ...

Looks not that interesting.

comment #7

ArchiveGuy says ...

If I've learned anything, it's that the better the Scorsese movie, typically the lamer the trailer. His best work has a spirit that's hard to capture in a trailer; I'm pretty indifferent about this one, but I look forward to the film since the cast intrigues me (lots of Marty newbies) and I think the story's ripe for a better handling than the not-bad/not-great original.

comment #8

CCA says ...

I'm psyched.

Still, you gotta question (in a minor way) the wisdom of casting Damon and (presumebly) Wahlberg with actors who can't carry a good Boston accent, because it's galringly obvious just from that trailer. Robin Willams near runied GOOD WILL HUNTING with his butchery of the accent.

How hahd is it?

comment #9

Anonymous says ...

Just when you think it's safe to go into the water, some dickhead comes forward to claim that only "HE" knows what the correct accent should be. Pulleeeze. Actually it's hahd to tell from the trailer what accent anyone is using, it goes by so fahst.

comment #10

CCA says ...

I never claimed I was the only one who knows what the correct accent is, dickhead, I said Matt's is obviously superior to the other actor's, because it is. BTW, if you knew what the fuck you were talking about you'd know 'fahst' isn't the right accent, ya fucking cunt.

comment #11

Anonymous says ...

easy boys ... get a room if necessary.

comment #12

kadoogan says ...

CCA was obviously joking. Right? Since Damon and Walhberg are Boston natives.

comment #13

CCA says ...

My point was given that Damon/Wahlberg are locals the OTHER actor's acents are more obviously false.

The best Boston accent I've heard, aside from Matt and Ben in GWH, was Robert Mitchum in THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE. He nailed it. Is that movie ever going to be released on DVD?

comment #14

guy steele says ...

I hope this is good. Scorsese usually delivers with storylines like this. And it has Jack! As A Villian!

That said... It will have to wow me to forget the original Infernal Affairs this is based on.

I know that Scorsese's pic will look better and all... but there is something inherently cool about Hong Kong and Japanese Genre films. Since we don't know the actors we can take the movie and it's plot alot easier and we become more involved because the actors don't carry any baggage with us.

I think this is why John Woo hit it so big with Western Audiences with The Killer and Hard Boiled and others but when he came here and used his style in pics like Hard Target and Face/Off they are not the same because we identify with the actors to much. I know, I know it shouldn't matter but I am only talking about remakes of foreign films. Now I know that Face/Off and Hard Target were not remakes but Woo's themes are very Asian and they don't match up with our known 'Hollywood' actors as well. Especially Face/Off... does that make it a bad movie? No I enjoyed it fine enough... But the same movie/style done in Hong Kong I think would have played better.

Hard Target though was just fun in a drive-in way and suffered from to much of The Muscle From Brussels. But the Villians brought their A game... Lance H. and the totally excellent and very underrated and underused Arnold Vosloo

comment #15

nickc says ...

you're all nuts. this movie looks fucking incredible. just watched the trailer twice and i cannot wait to see this one.

comment #16

L.B. says ...

I'm with nickc. Love the trailer. The music choice has me creaming already. Can't wait to see it. (And let's face it. IA is not that hard to top and if anyone can do it without breaking a sweat, it's Marty.)

comment #17

sandekat says ...

That's it?.....That's what gots the boys frothing?........OK......

Seems DICaprio is working it.....Damon?...not really...he'll always be the ski-nosed Mr. Bland for me.....but,

Jack?....Wooden Nickle.....he seems off somehow.....maybe he's chanelling the Joker....but he's a bit too larger than life.......

I'll probably give it a spin, but I refuse to get drawn in.....that way lies madness....

comment #18

michael says ...

But what's with the music? Gimme Shelter and Comfortably Numb are great songs but they've been played to death for the last few decades. Hasnt Marty heard ANYTHING since 1979 that had him humming along? At least Infernal Affairs was timely enough to use a vaguely contemporary soundtrack (largely borrowed from Heat as i recall...which raises an interesting comparison - Michael Mann may not square up to Scorsese as a director but he sure knows how to score a film)

comment #19

danmo says ...

is it me or is this trailer a little confusing on selling the basic premise of one criminal undercover in the police and one criminal doing vice versa? if i wasn't familiar with infernal affairs i think i'd be lost or just thinking its a straight up cops and robbers deal with no central twist. that said, it does look like big, showy fun--if not the true deep and dark scorsese that is his best work.

comment #20

Nicol D says ...

Imagine this with guys like Cage or Crowe; or a young DeNiro and Keitel.

Instead, Scorsese again gives us playtime in the sandbox.

Sad.

comment #21

Anonymous says ...

Maybe you meant a young Cage and Crowe. The main characters in this film are in their early 20s.

comment #22

BL says ...

Cinematography looks interesting enough to get me into the theater for this one. Some awesome looking widescreen 2 shots.

Strange in the trailer credits they list all sorts of production people but not the cinematographer. Had to go to imdb to find out Michael Ballhaus shot it.

I have been waiting for my Matt Damon summer film fix - but I dunno, that line of his in the trailer "we are an elite unit" sounds like it was written for JAG (the TV show) or something.

I have to think that Scorsese casting three pug nose actors who kind of look alike is intentional - like 3 versions of what the same person could turn out to be in different circumstances?

comment #23

Tim Onosko says ...

I'm surprised that none of HE's elite cinephile readership has yet mentioned that this is a remake of one of the most remarkable films to come from modern Hong Kong, 2002's "Infernal Affairs," by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It spawned two sequels in HK and is frequently compared to "The Godfather" for the Coppola films' structure (the film, a "prequel," followed by a difficult-to-describe story that takes places before, during and after the original.) But "Affairs" isn't like "The Godfather" at all. It's a cat-and-mouse tale of double-cross, betrayal and loyalty, and its real strength -- which I hope the Scorcese film can match -- is its sharp, dynamic and always surprising narrative and its talented cast of both HK matinee idols and character actors. This is one amazing movie (make that three, actually) that you need not wait for until the American remake.

I also think it's criminal that the names of Lau and Mak don't show up anywhere in this trailer, even though I admire screenwriter William Monaghan's work in Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven." I think the original creators deserve credit, even in this little trailer.

By the way, you can see all three "Infernal Affairs" films on DVD. The first was released in the US via Miramax Video. All three are staples in Chinatown video stores in any big city.

comment #24

Anonymous says ...

Lau and Mak? What about Thelma Schoonmaker? Where's her name in the trailer?

comment #25

Terry McCarty says ...

>But what's with the music? Gimme Shelter and >Comfortably Numb are great songs but they've >been played to death for the last few decades. >Hasnt Marty heard ANYTHING since 1979 that had >him humming along?

Scorsese's made it known that he's not down with the later generations of rock music.

comment #26

Rob says ...

What was it Chris Doyle said about Scorsese 'gentrifying himself into mediocrity'? One look at The Departed trailer and you know what he meant.

comment #27

Anonymous says ...

Then Doyle ripped into his second 12-pack of beer and went to work on Lady in the Water.

comment #28

AH says ...

Since when has any trailer given any indication of the quality of the movie?

comment #29

guy steele says ...

Tim Onosko: I guess you didn't read my post somewhere above yours... I not only mention IA but deend it as well. So I guess then that doesn't make me one of the 'elite' HE posters... dang!

comment #30

Nicol D says ...

The use of the Stones 'Gimme Shelter' in this trailer is to use it as a referenve to other Scorsese style classics like Casino or Goodfellas.

Gimme Shelter was the song used in the trailer for Casino 11 years ago.

That way, the studio can promote it as being as a part of his crime world sagas, not one of his fluffy Oscar grab type flicks.

Me, I'm just curious about the scene of Jack with a strap-on.

comment #31

Nicol D says ...

Man, looking at that photo of Dicaprio and Damon.

They both look like such...sissies.

Take a hard look at it, man. It looks like Leo is about to cry before he slaps Damon who has a look on his face like he's about to burst out laughing.

comment #32

Anonymous says ...

"Scorsese's made it known that he's not down with the later generations of rock music"

Which hopefully means that he won't fall prey to Michael Mann syndrome & start filling his soundtracks with shit like Audioslave (even that name makes me wince).

comment #33

nemo says ...

Leo is cringing and threatening to punch Damon because Damon just cut the cheese. Damon is claiming: it wasn't me, it must have been you!

comment #34

Haiku Harry says ...

"Marty is a God"
it was often said by fans
back in the old days.

comment #35

Mark says ...

Mann copied everything he knowsw from Marty; from over-the-top coloring, to excessive external narration. Remember that zoom up after Deniro shoots Van Sandt in Heat, and then we hear De Niro narrate, "every since i can remember, i always wanted to take scores..."

comment #36

BL says ...

Haiku:

Scorcese has always been wildly overrated. I think his only really possibly great film is "Raging Bull". Everything else ranges from very good to mediocre.

Any time there is a voice-over in his films though - that means TROUBLE.

They should release all his films with voice-overs on DVD so you can turn the voice-over track off. "Age of Innocence" may be a great film under all that droning on and on.

comment #37

The King says ...

Looking at that still, what a pair of absolute fairies! We already know that Damon is a limp wrist when it comes to throwing em' as is evidenced by the preposterously edited action sequences in the lame Bourne movies which are clearly cut to mask the fact that he is an unco-ordinated nancy boy who has never been in a stoush in his life. As for Leo, this guy is the lamest hardman ever committed to celluloid! Gimme a break!

I'll cut Wahlberg some slack. He looks like he can handle himself so I'm not going to get cheeky!

comment #38

Alexander says ...

Looks kind of weak... DiCaprio isn't working in this, at least in the trailer. Damon looks all right, but the above poster whos aid the "elite unit" line stinks nailed it.

I don't know; I don't see this topping "Internal Affairs." Especially if Nicholson is as hammy as it appears he might be in this.

comment #39

Gloria says ...

I think the trailer looks good even Leonardo, not too sure about Damon. I love Mark Wahlberg & I read an early review that said he is 'stunning' in this movie. But my problem is that I've seen and absolutely loved Infernal Affairs. It's a great movie and I can't wait to see the two sequels. I hope Marty does the original justice.

comment #40

Anonymous says ...

LEO: You stole my haircut!

MATT: Don't touch it!