Gangs of New York

source: Gangs of New York

good movie 🍿

An overlong, highly episodic excuse for some burlesque and indulgent violence masquerading part-time as a film of historical interest and validity. With Leonardo scowling, Diaz giggling and Day Lewis doing his best De Niro, this film takes itself far too seriously for the leaden-handed and juvenile treatment of a story which seems suspect the moment you think about it. Its a shame to see a director with such a great track-record try so hard to convince us that he's still 'got it'. Couldn't he have left this drekk to Jerry Bruckheimer?

Every review calls this a flawed masterpiece. Well it is flawed, but it's not a masterpiece. It's a great cast, but not even Day-Lewis gets into top gear. Why does Di Caprio keep attempting poor Irish accents. You kept expecting the Titanic to dock at any moment. You can't really take him as a rival for the butcher, but it's still an engrossing tale. The secondary civil war plot suffers from the cuts, and you feel it's resumption is very rushed. An honourable entertaining effort, but we expected so much more.

It appears Mr. Scorsese has reached end of the road. He has nothing to say and thinks bloodbath after bloodbath will hold our interest. His story is poorly set up, and told. The graphic violence is repulsive, and so continuous, boring. The filmmaker manages to involve the civil war so he can intertwine even more deaths. Mr. Scorsese has spent a lot of time thinking about death; he should spend some time thinking about life. Too bad this once talented man can't return to the art of filmmaking.

It's a street-fighting time-piece, and it's amazing. Set in a time when violence, corruption, back-stabbing and lawlessness are the norm... A wet behind the ears boy (DiCaprio) finds himself between the crosshairs of a ruthless kingpin (Daniel Day-Lewis), with a foxy strumpet (Cameron Diaz) thrown right in the middle of it all... it's a recipe for disaster... a beautifully crafted disaster. Another Scorsese masterpiece

Scorsese. DiCaprio. Day-Lewis. Don't really need to say anything else. Even if the story isn't a home run for someone, the acting is superb, the period exploration is fun. It's absolutely worth a watch.

Great movie indeed , performance ,script , screenplay , cinematography ,art direction , music ,direction everything at its peak , Scorsese delivered another unforgettable masterpiece ,this time Daniel day Lewis bring glory by such a stellar performance..

Cameron Diaz kind of killed this didn't she? I mean, I like her. I really do. From The Last Supper to A Life Less Ordinary and all the way through Any Given Sunday, I can come up with a list of films she was really great in... ... but she was not at all right for this one. Daniel Day-Lewis, on the other hand... he lived up to his reputation. He's been in some not so great movies that make you question that reputation... but then he's been in movie like this and, suddenly, his performance is the only thing you really want to talk about. This is a Scorsese film, he's probably one of the greatest directors that has ever lived. Almost ever time he teams up with DiCaprio or Bobby he delivers a masterpiece... but Daniel Day-Lewis just kind of played a role that people are going to remember for centuries. So, in the end it is kind of off balance. Diaz wasn't right for the film so much so that it kind of hurt to watch, and Daniel Day-Lewis nailed it.

Whenever Daniel Day Lewis is on the screen take the first word. Whenever Leo and co are on the screen with their clichéd, painful dialogue, take the second word. Worth watching for Day Lewis and to see the difference between a great actor and mediocrity.