Gangs of New York. Good movie or not?

[Shell Beau]

Just saw it for the first time last night. It was okay. I loved how DiCaprio's accent came and went :eyes:. And Cameron Diaz's accent sucked.

[taterguy]

1. Loved it

Ok, I skipped a lot of it but I really loved the sequences that featured the work of Othar Turner

[derby378]

2. The ending was a bit anti-climactic

Overall, though, not too bad.

Based on actual events, though loosely so. The real story behind the evolution of the first American gangs is fairly interesting.

[Shell Beau]

4. And very violent!

[malta blue]

3. A really bad movie

Unfortunately I sat through it in the theaters because I have always been very intrigued by the whole five points bowery district of NYC.

What a steaming pile that was!

[GalleryGod]

5. Overall it was "Good".....not "Great"

Cameron can't act worth a damn, that's a given; Leo did fall a little short, like he "ran out of gas" or something.

I liked it primarily because it educated the audience on a time & place that has long since disappeared....but that's me..I love history.

:patriot:

[Shell Beau]

6. I agree. It was good. Certainly not great IMO!

Cameron did suck. She needs to stick to romatic comedies.

[cssmall]

7. Yeah, the acting wasn't great, but it relied on a lot of archaeological

work and touched upon the fact that all questions that are being asked now, such as ethnic identity, racism, etc., were asked then. I mean look at the Butcher who hates everyone. It does a good job of really bringing to life the archaeological record of the slums, but the interpretation was a tad over the top, but it was still good.

[Shell Beau]

8. I really thought in the end the butcher would kill DiCaprio's

character like he did his dad's.

[cssmall]

9. It would have been parallelism.

And, perhaps not made the overall stuff in the move tacky!

[rockymountaindem]

10. I'm not squeamish

Not at all. I watched Saving Private Ryan, and I thought the violence was well done and, I suppose you could say, tasteful under the circumstances.

But after I watched that opening fight in Gangs of New York, even I was shocked. To put it more succinctly, I mean like, woah.

That pretty much encapsulates my feelings on that movie.

[William Bloode]

11. The movie was pretty good.

I liked it allright. The book was much better. Very interesting read. The book does not resemble the movie one bit. the book was a history of New York gangs, and not a story. It is actually a pretty old book, it was originally published in the late 20's, and cover gang history in NYC from the 1700's till the 1920's.

[dannofoot]

12. Daniel Day Lewis wuz robbed...

...He should have won best actor for his role...he is frighteningly talented. His performance was the only thing that kept me watching to the end.

[Shell Beau]

13. Wasn't he nominated? Who won that year?

[Beware the Beast Man]

14. I don't like films that take huge liberties with history.

I thought it was decent until I saw the documentary (that came with the DVD, no less) about the real Gangs of New York.

[Shell Beau]

16. Yeah, I wish they would stick with the truth. The

truth is far more interesting anyway. But I haven't seen the documentary on the New York gangs. I want to see it now.

[AlCzervik]

15. i was disappointed in the end and Cameron Diaz was awful in it

i will say though they all looked really dirty, like disease riddled dirty. I think that movie confirmed that i just don't like Diaz.