personally its The Departed and it’s not particularly close

This is The Friends of Eddie Coyle erasure and I won’t stand for it.

The departed is technically a better movie but the town is more fun

Best Boston crime movie ever? Celtic Pride, no contest.

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Given that The Departed is actually a good movie, it’s an easy choice. Also, The Friends of Eddie Coyle beats em all.

Departed because its a far better film with a better cast and better writing and better cinematography 

The Town > The Departed for me.

As much as I love The Departed, since it was a remake, I thought the original, Infernal Affairs, was better.

That said The Town is just much more rewatchable for me

I fucking love The Departed

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The Town is just Heat with a Boston accent

Quality wise, The Departed… but The Town has better accents 

Both are great but departed is in a tier with goodfellas

FWIW the Town has a bunch of people actually from Boston / Charlestown in it.

I wasn’t friends with him or anything, but I remember Owen Burke from growing up in Charlestown around the same time - was crazy to see some townie kid playing a townie kid. The barber in the film was the unquestioned best barber in Charlestown IRL & was my barber growing up too.

I love the Departed but its more Hollywood making a movie on Boston to me, whereas the Town is more Boston making a Hollywood movie about themselves, if that makes any sense?

Both good movies, but The Town is much more Boston authentic in my opinion.

The town is just so rewatchable. You can jump in at any moment and get right into it. It’s one of my go to’s like Joe for that reason

The departed is so much better.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle is the ultimate Boston crime movie.

The Town and it’s not close

Real OG’s know you should just read the Prince of Thieves as it is way better than the movie

I like parts of “The Departed,” but more parts of “Mystic River.”

I love Scorsese but the movie doesn’t feel like Boston at all. Nicholson, the extras, the story, how it’s filmed, etc. having lived in the city my whole life it kinda takes me out of it.

The town is made by Affleck who’s actually from here so it feels like the city is an actual character in the movie. Also, Renner gives the best “Boston guy” performance ever in a movie.

Good Will Hunting. I’ll die on this hill.

The Town. Rebecca Hall.

I won’t choose. You can’t make me!

The original Chinese movie (Internal Affairs) that Departed is a remake of is far better than it tbh.

Man i can not tell you how many times i have watched the town. If it’s on i’m watching it and it is on ALL THE TIME. Same with Furiosa but i digress. The departed is great but idk maybe too much intrigue or something? The town is one of my top favorite movies ever.

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The Town for Joe, The Departed for Jaylen.

I watched The Departed for the first time recently and checked halfway through to see if it was a Coen Brothers film just because some of the violence was almost comical. The part with Martin Sheen falling from the building was like Wile E. Coyote. Also as others have said the accents are bad. Alec Baldwin in particular cracked me up.

Having said that, Jack absolutely kills it.

The Town for me, love both, the Town nudges

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The Town felt like a more realistic depiction of early 90’s Charlestown. I thought Black Mass was better than both. I was living in Winthrop when Whitey went on the lam.

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I prefer The Town. The Departed insists upon itself.

The Departed is a good movie that takes place in Boston, but The Town is a great Boston movie. Anyone that prefers the Departed is a transplant.

Fight me kid.

The Departed is honestly way better and one of Scorsese’s best imo. Leo, Damon, Mark, Martin Sheen, fucking Jack Nicholson it’s so good. The Town is more Boston but that’s it

I think on first watch I enjoyed The Departed a little more, but if I had to watch one of them multiple times I’m going with The Town.

Celtic Pride

The Departed and The Town aren’t even in the same league. But The Town invokes a different emotion so it’s got that.

The departed easily

As a movie, Departed is just in a class of its own

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Which one of you is the loser downvoting every single comment that says The Departed?

The Departed is not a great movie. It’s the reaction to a feeling of despair Scorsese felt after ⁹⁄₁₁, taking place in a “moral ground zero” where no morality exists.  It’s not set in a real world, it’s not a serious movie. Scorsese himself called the violence in the movie “absurd” and it’s clear this is the case. 

The characters are likewise absurd, not to be taken seriously, yet the entire movie acts with this inflated sense of seriousness, because no one is in on the joke.  

Scorsese explains his predilection for violence merely as the result of his experience growing up in a New York working class neighborhood in which organized crime operated. “That’s part of what and who I am and somehow it channels itself into my films. I see it as almost absurd, sometimes, but that’s just the absurdity of being alive,” he quoted.

Serious artists have more responsibility to make a statement more than “I feel despair” and Scorsese doesn’t seem to care that much for being serious.  Casino and Goodfellas fall into the same category.  He blames his penchant for violence for growing up in New York during violent times, yet instead of taking a stance against it he seems to elevate violence as if he wishes he were part of it. 

Also, The Town has a higher rating on rotten tomatoes, so suck it.  

The departed is an iconic, but deeply flawed movie. When I watch it, I have to not think too much about the accents, Nicholson’s incoherent performance, those weird sped up scenes, how it makes no sense that no one in Costigan’s crew suspect the former police cadet might be UC, including Damon’s character.

The Town is a much more cohesive movie, better made, better acting and plot. But Scorcese and Leo and all the stars make departed seem better than it iz

The Town is way more entertaining overall IMO, but The Departed is super cerebral and the performances are awesome across the board. Truly a tossup, but I lean Town just because I don’t feel like there’s a lull throughout

The town

Mount Rushmore of MA Movies:

1. The Friends of Eddie Coyle
2. Billy in the Lowlands
3. The Fighter
4. Manchester by the Sea

Jack Nicholson and Leonardo in the same film?? That alone elevates it. Then you have Scorsese directing it. Sprinkle on some Matt Damon and it’s no contest. I say this agreeing that The Town is a phenomenal film itself. I love it!

The Departed for sure. The Town is fantastic, but The Departed is on another level. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out Gone Baby Gone. I think it’s a better Boston crime movie than The Town and a better Ben Affleck-directed movie, as well. :)

The Departed for me, but The Town is a banger.

Departed is a far superior movie

Honorable mention to The Fighter. I know it’s Lowell, but damn, some great verisimilitude.

Never seen either one.

Yes.

The Town all day

Definitely the Town. Both movies are so incredible, and I’m a big Scorsese fan, but I love the Town so much.

The town is entertaining and rewatchable.

Not a huge fan of the departed. It’s a good film, but it’s fine. Don’t want to rewatch it

Celtic Pride > both movies

It’s the Departed. I’ve seen it 3 times. It took me 3 sittings to make it through most of The Town

The Departed is a WAY better movie.

The Depahted

The Departed is the better film. The Town is more exciting. It’s a phenomenal movie and arguably more rewatchable than The Departed. And Jeremy Renner does the best Boston accent I’ve heard from an actor not from the area. The Departed is fucking iconic tho and every performance in it is incredible.

Infernal Affairs > The Departed >>> The Town

The Departed aaalllllll day

The Departed is an objectively better film, but I get it The Town is good, too.

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