It's great to read all these reviews... Marty hits gold with this one! Too bad I have to wait more than a month to see it (the date is nov. 9 in my country). But, it could be worse I think :roll:

Thanks, arnzilla For a film with so many twists, it looks like it will have many repeat viewers. Frank Torrance, yeah, it could be worse! :(

Arnzilla As to your comment below I don't think she's saying that they weren't Oscar-worthy. She's saying that she may have lost credibility pushing their Oscar-worthiness during their respective Oscar runs, especially The Aviator which she knew wasn't the favorite on the eve of the ceremony, but still picked it to win. So you are saying you felt she wasn't referring to 'quality of film/performances /etc in Gangs/Aviator...but...rather...her ability to correctly predict which films/performances the majority of Academy voters would select ...right ? Also...thanks...for blog excerpt.... :)

Yes. Here are her top tens for 2002 and 2004... http://www.smmirror.com/volume4/issue29/top_ten_films.asp http://www.smmirror.com/volume6/issue31/without_furthur_ado.asp GONY and The Aviator are the highest ranked of the five Best Pic nominees for their respective years.

Arnz Thanks for finding this info in archives and linking it for me :) As you say she was referring to the scenario of what SHOULD win versus what WILL win and how well her site did 'predicting' the WILL outcome

The Peter Travers Rolling Stone review http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/10370647/review/11894453/the_departed **** 4 stars out of 4 Beach Boys AND john Lennon!

Lena Great review...thanks ! :) Of course.....Mr Rat may not think so :roll:

Wow..excellent review..big thanks!!

thanks Lena flaws and all, it still gets four stars :D :D :D :D

he saw flaws??? But we love the rat :lol:

Thanks, Lena :D It's Travers' only 4-star film this year, along with United 93.

Yes...we do LOVE the rat .....Mr Travers just hasn't DISCOVERED his GREATNESS yet ! :) Gee...wonder what Beach Boys/ John Lennon /Nas songs ??? And did he just forget to menton Dropkick Murphy ????

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lena... GRAZIE for the review by Peter Travers. Travers has been one of my FAVORITE reviewers for a long time & I think this is the BEST review I've read thus far. LOVE this: Though DiCaprio and Damon share only one big scene, their climactic rooftop face-off reflects the film's bleak view of a world where nothing is held sacred. Okay...Lennon & NAS. NAS has a BUNCH of GREAT CDs... whoa. It could be any of a number of songs. His CD It Was Written has some AMAZING tracks that pop in my head... "Gave You Power", "Take It in Blood", "The Set Up", ... But...the Beach Boys??? Whoa. That one has me scratchin' my head! What possible BB song would Scorsese use in TD??? And where??? :shock:

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Not a personal favorite critic of mine. Travers seems to kiss ass to some people and his reviews are all over the place.

Thanks for the RS review, Lena. Travers' first line is a direct slap at Jeff Wells. :lol: It's Travers' only 4-star film this year, along with United 93.And Scott Tobias gave only two A's so far this year for the same two films.