Quote Originally Posted by SlumpBuster
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I consider Julianne Moore to be an "A" lister. She's one of my all time favorites that gets even sexier with age.

It is a special kind of film making where an "A" lister is willing to get shot dead in a gruesome manner in the first 20 minutes. There you are getting set up to have a great chase movie with Clive an Julianna rekindling their romance, when... BLAMMO!.

Hell, we had to wait until the last 10 minutes of the Departed. I'm sure their are other examples, but I'm drawing a blank on any that wouldn't qualify as a goofy set up cameo.
Exactly the type of thing I was talking about when I was saying the movie smashes convention. After that sequence I was TOTALLY nailed to the story because it was SO shocking, unexpected and heartbreaking.

I finally saw Departed last weekend. Man, great movie too. The media saying it's "Scorsesse's worst film to be nominated for best picture" is WAY off the mark. It was his best film since Casino (which I personally liked more than Goodfellas because I find the whole historical Vegas milieu more interesting) or Goodfellas.