Oscars Got Departed???

Saw "The Departed" after all the hype and hoopla. First off, does it deserve an Oscar? IMHO (In My Humble Opinion), the answer is Yes and NO!!!!

So why Yes - May be the Oscar panel wanted to do justice to Martin Scorsese and did not want to repeat the shabby treatment it dished out for some genius like Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick. So in that way yes - "The Departed" deserves an Oscar.

So why No - it is an often beaten up story and is equivalent to the run-of-the-mill masalas that Telugu and Tamil industry dish out on a regular basis. There is no major thing in this movie that leaves the viewer stunned!!! It is a plain vanilla cop-going-under-cover story. So in that sense, Nope - "The Departed" doesn’t deserve an Oscar at all.

But what is impressive to note is - our local guy "Ulaga Nayagan" (notice the paradox???) Kamal got inspired by "Internal Affairs" a decade ago and gave a stunner called "Kurudhi Punal". And I would rate "Kurudhi Punal" better than "The Departed" any day any time.

Yes, "The Departed" do have some sequences that have a Scorsese touch and dealt with class. And Learnado's depiction of cop-going-under-cover is A class - and I just couldn't stop but compare it with our Vijay's role in Pokiri and believe me I was in splits. Yeah Pokiri should be watched after keeping your brain at home - so no regrets.

So as you could see, there are lot of things that could be related to our good old Tamil movies. And overall not a great movie watching experience!!!!