The Departed...WHY O WHY !!!! Can any one ask me why Hoolywod has to scru up every good foreign movie.?????
Why you blood american dircetors can't work something good out by yourself..why do you have to copy all the great foreign films and make s**ty productions of it ?????
I love oryginal "Infernal Affairs"..on of the best thrillers i'v seen in my life- great climat, dark, great acting....and i'm sad that once again Hoolywod is ruining great pice of Cinema....god-damn-u Scorsese !!!

Any other remake I would agree. But this is Scorsese, who has a bit more class then other film directors who remake a film scene for scene. Scorsese is just using the concept, it will be very different to the HK film.

BTW, if you watch other HK films, you'll know that Scorsese's films have been remade in HK and have been a heavy influence on most HK directors. So I think there's nothing wrong with him taking something back from all he has given.

Why does everyone love Infernal Affairs so much? It was a fine little thriller, but what did it do to become such a classic in movie fan's eyes?

How is it? I've been waiting for this one for a very long time. And no, I haven't seen "Internal Affairs".

No one in the history of cinema does gangster/crime drama better than Scorsese. If it was going to be remade (which was a complete given), there would be no director better suited to do so. Also, 99% of John Q. public has never hear of "IF" so, perhaps after seeing that one of the greatest american directors of all time liked the material so much he decided to adapt it himself, they might be more inclined to see the original.

I suppose I'm disappointed in Scorsese for making this film. It kind of feels like Steven Speilberg remaking Mac and Me, only not quite that hyperbolic.

I've thought about it and think that I'd recommend Hard Boiled instead of Infernal Affairs. They're pretty simular, and both star Anthony Wong.

You know, I was going to start a thread about whether we have more tolerance for remakes if they are done with a quality cast and crew and use The Departed as an example.  On of the few really good remakes of recent memory is Ocean's Eleven, also with a good cast and crew.  I don't think remaking movies is necessarily an evil thing.  Let's face it.  There is a large portion of the population that will never see a subtitled movie because they don't want to read a movie.

Well, there is something to be said for that. A viewer is pretty much guaranteed to miss out on the experience of a film while reading subtitles. Perhaps better dubbing, rather than multi-million dollar productions, is in order for the masses?

No, I don't prefer dubbed films.

The US DVD has the cool subtitles and original Russian on the second side.

Trap Door wrote: "The Passion of the Christ" had subtitles and was a hugh success. Other Chinese movies such as Hero and House of Flying daggers were released and did quite well. There is clearly no need to dub or remake them.

You can't really count Passion of the Christ as a subtitled movie.  It had a built in audience that knew the actual story and you could watch the movie without ever reading the subtitles.

Unfortunately a few subtitles movies that do well does not logically lead to the conclusion that there "is clearly no need to dub or remake them."  These movies are the exception and instead of the rule.  Hong Kong/Chinese action movies tend to do well as there is an audience for them.  Outside of that area, I can only think of one subtitled foreign film, "Amelie" that did well in the US.

Hollywood does seem to recognize good story telling from other parts of the world.  They take the ideas and remake them because they know that making a completely americanized version of the film will make more money despite the cost of making a second film than just releasing a subtitled feature.

You only quoted a bit of my statement, and then assumed that you represent the general movie going public.

I don't like watching dubbed films either, and the general public is missing out on a great deal of fantastic films, but subtitles are distracting. I know that if I were a director or a DP who put hours into crafting a particular mise en scene I would be disappointed by the fact that the majority of my world audience would miss half my art because they were reading words at the bottom of the screen.

I'm not saying dubbing is preferable, but lets not pretend that subtitles aren't distracting.

I hate the glut of Hollywood remakes, and see Scorsese's involvement as a step back in creative storytelling.

I am really looking forward to 'The Departed'. I have seen all 3 Infernal Affairs films. I dont think it is a step backwards or an atrocity.

just a chance to have a great film seen by a much bigger audience. If house of flying daggers or hero didnt do that well then they would have been re-made by now as well. luckily they did and were seen by a wide audience.

The re-make of the first ring was actually quite good.

I dont see why some people would get so annoyed about it.

It is, it's awesome, I saw it and a song in it called I'm Shipping Out to Boston is bloody brilliant, Jack Nicholson owned the film

Martin Scorsese's The Departed debuted as the weekend's top movie with US$27 million at the box office.

It was a record opening for Scorsese, whose previous best was $10.3 million with 1991's "Cape Fear."

Marky Mark did have all the best lines, although 'Arrec Bardwin' (to be said in a comedic Kim Jong-il accent) was a close second. Their interplay during the briefing was especially cool.