The Departed vs. No Country For Old Men

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The Departed
Genre: Crime Drama
Director: Matrin Scorsese
Oscar: Best Picture of 2006 (total of 4 wins)

vs.

No Country For Old Men
Genre: Crime Drama
Directors: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Oscar: Best Picture of 2007 (total of 4 wins)

Two crime dramas year apart, to have won 4 Oscars each and the Best Picture. The better movie in your opinion is?

 

[DACrowe]

They're both nihilistic, but The Departed is more of a gangster/crime drama while NCFOM is more of a noir-ish western.

With that said I prefer The Departed by leaps and bounds. Far more compelling, the characters (IMO) are more interesting and it has rewatch value unlike NCFOM whose suspense and intrigue vanishes after the second viewing. It also helps Scorsese is my favorite director.

My opinion, of course.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

No Country For Old Men just feels like a bunch of "stuff" happening than a story I can get involved in.

 

[Drizzle]

The Departed. No question.

 

[Doctor Jones]

****. This is hard. My favorite Coen Bros. film vs. my second favorite Scorsese film.

This is like choosing your favorite child.

No Country is one hell of a film. Both have terrific endings and outcomes to their characters.

 

[Brother Jack]

Kind of an odd, inappropriate comparison, but definitely No Country for Old Men.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

NO Country For Old Men.

 

[Crockett]

Both films are equally good but if I have to choose which one I prefer then it's No Country for Old Men, mainly because I love the book and the Coens did a wonderful job adapting it.

 

[TheFuture]

NCFOM was made in 2007? The years are flying by.

The Departed for me anyway, I just loved the performances from everyone and it was start of me actually respecting DiCaprio as an actor. Highly quotable film too.

 

[Motown Marvel]

departed was a good movie. but it was entirely overrated. its not a great movie. no country for old men, on the other hand, is a great movie.

 

[Sentinel X]

Easily No Country.
Amazing movie.

 

[Tron Bonne]

No Country for Old Men for me, pretty easily. I enjoyed The Departed, but not that much. Outside some standout performances, I was pretty bored with it, and the last thirty or so minutes was spent looking at the clock as much as the film.

 

[DACrowe]

I just wanted to add that The Departed is a movie that gets better, richer and more rewarding withe very viewing I've had. NCFOM gets worse and more tedious with every viewing. I've seen The Departed probably a half dozen times and am still not tired of that movie. I've seen NCFOM three time and I have no interest in ever watching that movie again.

 

[Dark Victory]

No Country for Old Men. No contest for me. I Should watch The Departed again, but I didn't really like it outside of some particular scenes and performances. For me, the shot of Martin Sheen falling is one of the biggest botches of Scorsese's career. With the cut, there's little sense of surprise for the audience, barely any shock. Infernal Affairs hit that key when the lead detective lands on top of the car to everyone's surprise, Departed just about missed it entirely. I don't know why that specific shot and lead up has irritated me so.

 

[Doctor Jones]

The Departed is definitely quotable. Probably one of if not most quotable movie of all time for me. I never get tired of the dialogue. Monahan's script is so damn good. His dialogue is just so damn great. I haven't gotten sick of it yet. I don't plan to. Plus the movie is more fast paced the more times I watch it. Lots of information on the first viewing that may be missed, but it's worth going back and knowing everything, which makes the movie even better. You can't beat the final ten minutes too. Intense, in your face and raw. No ********.

**** it, call me a bad parent, I'll go for The Departed. Both are a couple of my favorite films, but The Departed has more replay value. This also made me love DiCaprio as an actor. I liked him beforehand, but I didn't love him until I watched him as Billy, arguably his best role to date.

Plus it has perhaps my favorite cast in a movie ever. DiCaprio, Damon, Nicholson, Winstone, Sheen, Whalberg, Baldwin. All directed by Scorsese. I mean I **** my pants looking at this.

 

[Sith Scotti]

Departed has better replay value and pacing . It really is one of the fast 2 and half hours films I have seen to date . It just goes by quickly and every scene feels necessary

 

[Siddean]

The Departed. Nicholson...so good.

 

[lime]

Wathed The Departed again today, and will watch No Country For Old Men tomorrow. Then I will give my vote.

 

[Rez]

HOLY **** This is hard.

BOTH films get better and better with each rewatch. I liked Departed more initially, whereas I was just lukewarm on NCFOM at first. I actually felt the movie was a bit slow the first time I sat throught it. I dunno if I was just tired or what, but I guess it failed to hit me that the ENTIRE MOVIE is a giant cat and mouse chase scene.
BOTH films are insanely quotable. The characters, acting, and delivery are all great.
Actually, thinking about it, I do know what tips it in favor for me.

NCFOM skipping the shooting at the hotel. Yeah, bla bla, I know the argument that it's not in the book, but this is an adaptation. It's frustrating seeing some of the greatest, most suspenseful confrontations on film earliar in the film only to be robbed of arguably the most important one in the story. -nothing- would be changed story wise by giving us a final, explosive showdown where Josh Brolin faces off against some Mexicans. I guess the one thing you could argue is that it's "more unexpected" the way it actually unfolds, but you could still manage an "unexpected death" in a shootout.

But because this has always bothered me, and it serves no purpose other than to be 100% faithful to a book(two different mediums people), I will give the edge to the departed- where another totally unexpected death ends a brilliant cat and mouse game.

 

[hugekent]

The Departed. Nicholson...so good.

He was the only thing I didn't like about The Departed.

But there was absolutely nothing I didn't like about NCFOM, therefore it wins easily.

 

[Max J Power]

Both are among my favorites of the last decade but I'm going with NCFOM. I'm in awe of how bold, challenging, and profound it is.

 

[lime]

To be honest, outside Bardem brillaint performance, I don't see anything special in NCFOM. The Departed has the story, and the performances of all the cast. Nicholson's best role in my book.

My vote...The Departed.

 

[Wolfwood]

I love both films, but I think I could watch The Departed more times than I could watch No Country for Old Men.

 

[Bim]

****. This is hard. My favorite Coen Bros. film vs. my second favorite Scorsese film.

This is like choosing your favorite child.

I know what u mean. I've come into this thread three times and i'm still unable to commit to an answer

 

[The Joker]

I enjoyed The Departed more.