How Cool Is Mark Wahlberg
I have to admit, at one time in my life, I was a Mark Wahlberg hater. Up until about 6 or 7 years ago, I still would only referred to him as Marky Mark. I'm not sure why exactly. I think it was some kind of defense mechanism because I actually bought, and at one time blasted "Good Vibrations" on a regular basis. On top of that, somewhere as a child I must have thought being an underwear model wasn't a cool thing. Now that I have come to terms with my youth, and accepted my past mistakes (if you want to call it that), here is why I now not only envy Mr. Wahlberg, but think he is about as cool as it gets in Hollywood.
- Basketball Diaries
- Boogie Nights
- The Departed
Each is a classic, for different reasons of course. You can say what you want about his other 25 movie credits, which is quite an accomplishment in itself. Some were good, some were decent, and some we would like to forget. But it doesn't stop there. Adding to his stellar career in front of the camera, Wahlberg has hit gold as a producer on "In Treatment," and legendary HBO show "Entourage." He also has two upcoming shows that are destined for greatness in "How to Make It in America" and "Boardwalk Empire." That is how you get it done my friends.
While you soak that up, I have two more words for you... "Cocaine Cowboys" (2011)
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January 9th, 2010 - 21:28
In your opinion those are classics although I agree with Boogie Nights as I enjoyed that movie.
But The Departed is in my opinion the most over-rated movie of that came out that year. Only reason it won most of its awards was because of Scorsese being “due” for them (i.e. Oscars).
The movie is a muddled and bloated remake of the Hong Kong movie “Infernal Affairs”, which is a fact that I love how people fail to mention or even realize.
Infernal Affairs was just one part in a trilogy and it wasn’t even the best part of that trilogy. I feel the second one was. In any case, those who saw The Departed or haven’t seen it yet, go seek out the Infernal Affairs trilogy. It’s available in the US on DVD, but if you can get the Hong Kong DVDs or the ones from England please do, since the first film has made up subtitles in the US thanks to Harvey Weinstein.
January 11th, 2010 - 03:28
I agree that The Departed may be overrated to some degree, especially compared to Scorsese films like Casino and Goodfellas. It was still a great movie, and being in a film that won an Oscar, 100% deserved or not, its a nice accomplishment. Not to mention Wahlberg was nominated for an Oscar of his own for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role . Furthermore, just being asked to be part of a Scorsese project of that scale is impressive…
You have to admit, the guy has come a long way from standing around posing with a bunch of half naked black guys