‘The departed’ (Infiltrados)

Last Saturday I went with some friends to the cinema. We watched ‘The departed’. This is the last Scorsese’s film. Jack Nicholson, Leonardo di Caprio and Matt Damon are the main characters. Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin have a secondary character too.

Leonardo di Caprio and Matt Damon are Bill and Colin. Both of them live in the South of Boston. When Colin was a boy, he knew Mr. Costello, Jack Nicholson, the most dangerous gangster of the neighbourhood. Mr. Costello encouraged Colin to be a policeman and he gets to be a very important investigator. While he is a policeman he helps Mr. Costello in his business.

On the other hand, Billy is a young policeman too but without a successful career. He is a lonely policeman without family or responsibilities. They ask him to introduce himself in the team of Mr. Costello to try to catch him. The story is about how both young men fight to get their goals: one helps Mr Costello and the other to finish with him.

The film is very long, 150 minutes, but it’s very entertaining. It has ingenious dialogues. What’s more all the actors do a perfect work. I enjoyed a lot with the soundtrack too. I think that is the best film that I‘ve watched in the last four or five years. I agree with all the people who say that it’s worth watching this film.

Policy and popular people

On Tuesday Nuria show us a song of Neil Young from the web page youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4kTnP5VJ1k). In this song Neil Young explain different actions and lies from George Bush’s government.

Do you agree that popular people show their opinions? There are a lot of people in USA that have done it recently: Sean Penn, Bruce Springsteen, Susan Sarandon, REM, John Fogerty, … and a lot in the past: Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez… Here there are some too.

I agree that musicians explain their opinions in their songs or in interviews. I think that is good than not only politicians show ideas about wars, racism or terrorism. What’s more, I think that a good song could be better if have a good message.

A lot of people think that they do it to sell more, but I think that for this people could be bad. For example, Columbia received a lot of Bruce Springsteen’s long plays and compact disc when he played in favour of John Kerry some months ago.


In conclusion, I think that is good that popular people take a position in reference with the problems around the world.

Could you change your feelings about an actor or actress because of their opinions?