Infernal Affairs star criticises The Departed
Andy Lau is one of the main stars of the film Infernal Affairs, the basis for the excellent remake by Martin Scorsese called The Departed (review to follow), and he's spoken about his feelings for the film after seeing an early screening.
He noted that it does contain several quotes from the original film, that it contained too much bad language, went on for too long and then said that the film combined elements from all three Infernal Affairs films, not just the first one which they had paid the rights for.
Oh dear. That doesn't sound too positive and his comments at the end don't sound very complimentary at all. He does however have some praise for it by scoring it the same as the original, and follows that with another negative comment according to Yahoo HK through KFCCinema
"I would rate both versions 8 out of 10. I thing I don’t like the most is how they made Kelly Chen and Sammi Cheng’s characters into one. I don’t think that the two male characters would like one female. But the remake is ok to watch"
Oh dear. However I have to agree, that instant that you realise both characters have fallen for the same character there's a feeling of disappointment and of "oh no, here we go again", but very quickly you're lost in the characters again and it disappears. You'll have to wait for the full review, but it is a corker of a film and a superb remake, just how remakes should be.
As for Lau's comments, I think this goes back to something Scorsese said before the film came out about remaking an Asian film identically...
...you can't. That's taking our film and their culture and mix everything up together...
Remember The Departed competition is still on. Closing on the 15th. After watching the film you'll realise that the T-Shirt is actually in a critical point in the film, not just a marketing tool.
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