WorstPreviews.com Previews "The Departed"

[Wilcox242]

I checked out The Departed at http://www.worstpreviews.com/review.php?id=3 and I think that...In response to your statement: "Early reviews have been mostly negative, but that was a while ago, since then some major editing have hopefully helped the film."What is your source that the reviews have been "mostly negative"? It is my understanding that no critics have yet seen the movie (only perhaps members of the cast and crew and execs and Warner Bros.).But if the cut of the film shown is actually poor, then editing will likely not help. There were similar rumors about Miami Vice--that a cut shown to cast, crew and execs was poor; and that only editing could rescue it. Editing didn't rescue the film, even though Michael Mann is a great director.On a $135M dollar budget, Miami Vice is struggling to get past $60M domestically (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=miamivice.htm). WorstPreviews predicted it would make $160M (probably reasoning that if SWAT, a mediocre film directed by a hack could make a similar film that grosses $116M domestically, Miami Vice which is made by a legend should make much more). WorstPreviews forgot that SWAT was rated PG-13, and that Michael Mann films usually don't make too much money: the Insider, arguably his best film, bombed, Heat, the one he's most known for, wasn't a blockbuster, and Collateral, even with Tom Cruise at his peak in box-office, barely made $100M. Substitute Colin Farrell for Tom Cruise, and you have a bigger budget version of Collateral (in the eyes of the public, although the films are very different) without the star-power of Cruise--of course Miami Vice will bomb. Miami Vice and The Departed are similar films in that they are R-rated big-budget remakes made by a great director.Hopefully, The Departed won't share the same fate as Miami Vice. WorstPreviews expects The Departed to make $110M--I'm a Scorsese fan, and I hope it does.But from the trailer, it's hard to tell where the $90M budget went, except to pay the star's salaries.After seeing the trailer, what's to stop the mainstream public from thinking this isn't an episode of The Sopranos; except that it's a bit longer and has bigger stars, due to it's budget?

[dalecarnegie]

I think you might be on to something. I saw "The Departed" trailer, and I think it might be something interesting, but not worth checking out at the theaters. Scorsese films are getting longer and longer, and I'm losing more and more interest. I love every single actor they got, and the story is a winner. It's up to Scorsese now to make the movie 10 hours long, and then try to get his Oscar. $30 million opening weekend is not that bad especially during an October release date. I think it might be right on the mark.

I actually trust WorstPreviews on their predictions. I think they should update the predictions as time goes on, but they are pretty accurate most of the time. Check out their prediction for The Break Up, got it withing 1 thousand dollars with a prediction 5 months in advance. Sure, this one is a bit easier to predict, but there are more examples.

[the joker]

this is the best mob movie ever made. Probably my favorite movie i have ever seen in my life. It has the most suprise ending I have ever seen. I will not spoil nothing.