This weekend I was able to go see two great movies: The Departed and The Queen. The Queen was a solid movie, but the performance by Helen Mirren was astounding and brought the picture to a different level. I can't imagine anyone else winning Best Actress this year at the Oscars. Mirren was simply riveting. It one scene she went from sadness, to bewilderment, to awe without saying a word--and none of it felt contrived.
The Departed was probably a better movie than The Queen but I didn't enjoy it as much. It's crazy violent and the plot is a bit too convenient. But the acting in the movie is also superb. Jack Nicholson will be nominated fo an Oscar surely, but my hope is that Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio are nominated as well (or instead?). This is the first DiCaprio performance that I've liked in years. Even Mark Wahlberg managed to wow me in his role.
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