GLOBES

Giving Scorsese the globe for “best directing” for THE DEPARTED, is like when they gave Pacino the Oscar for that blind “Hoohaw” character, or Paul Newman for the aging “Fast Eddie” in THE COLOR OF MONEY.

It’s meant to make up for not giving it to them for earlier roles that deserved it more. Same with Scorcese.

How can anyone who knows anything about films not see that the director of BABEL deserves all the directing awards this year? It was filmed on 3 continents, in 5 different languages, with an enormous cast not only speaking different languages, but coming from different acting traditions, and everyone was great in it.

Doing another “mob” movie with an Irish slant tops that? I dig almost every movie Scorcese has ever made, but no way he did the “best” directing job this time out.