half the shit that was funny in that flick wasn't meant to be funny, imo.

Put it like this: The original had almost the exact same plot and kept my ass riveted to the screen.

Departed ended up being slapstick.

Matt Damon was by far the blandest damn villain i've ever seen in a movie, Jack Nicholson played Jack Nicholson, and dicaprio was cool (liked him better in gangs of NY tho)