Gangs of New York

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-05-07 06:07pm

I just survived Gangs of New York.

Did *anyone* like this turd?
It was one of the most boring flicks in my life. And the most annoying thing about it was that it had short bursts of Lord of the Rings soundtrack pop up.
Gah....

*goes off to burn out eyes*

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-07 06:08pm

Yes, yes I did.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-05-07 06:10pm

I heard it was crappy too.

/me adds GoNY to his 'List of Movies to Avoid AT ALL COSTS' which includes, Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky, Titanic, Passion of the Christ, and one or two others...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-07 06:11pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I heard it was crappy too.

/me adds GoNY to his 'List of Movies to Avoid AT ALL COSTS' which includes, Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky, Titanic, Passion of the Christ, and one or two others...

I fail to see how you can pass judgement unless you've seen it.

I don't fancy PotC, but I certainly wouldn't say for certain it was crap unless I saw it.

You never know, you may just like some of these films you cast off with a fleeting friend based review.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-05-07 06:23pm

I thought Gangs of New York was quite good, especially Day-Lewis' performance.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-05-07 06:32pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I heard it was crappy too.

/me adds GoNY to his 'List of Movies to Avoid AT ALL COSTS' which includes, Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky, Titanic, Passion of the Christ, and one or two others...
I fail to see how you can pass judgement unless you've seen it.

I don't fancy PotC, but I certainly wouldn't say for certain it was crap unless I saw it.

You never know, you may just like some of these films you cast off with a fleeting friend based review.

I saw the movie previews a million times. Nine hundred ninety nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine times too many!

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-05-07 06:36pm

Daniel Day Lewis is GOD in GONY

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-07 06:44pm

MKSheppard wrote:Daniel Day Lewis is GOD in GONY

Shep... has spoken.

DDL > *

Reminds me of Solidus from MGS2.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-05-07 07:07pm

I thought it was pretty good.

Though the leads didn't do that great a job, even though they both acted decently, they were overshadowed by New York and especially Bill the Butcher.

I think that for some people, the thought the movie was really crappy because of the hype and what not surrounding the film. Kind of like what happened to Waterworld.

Not a horrible picture, but not as bad as people think it is.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-05-07 08:42pm

Meh, I liked it. The best part was the way the movie ended (SPOILERS [maybe]: With the whole logo showing up, we got to joke, "Well DAMN, that was THE LONGEST intro EVER!"

Oh, and it had balls to show the WTC! )

I thought it was good, and showed one true fact of life, IMO (SPOILERS possibly again: Don't fuck with the military during a riot.

).

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-05-07 08:45pm

The ending of Gangs in New York is incredibly powerful. The Hands that Built America is a great song. And my eyes watered up when they showed you-know-what in the very last shot.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-05-07 10:13pm

I liked it. A lot. Day-Lewis is a god.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-05-07 10:50pm

I loved it, though I thought the DVD release was weak... (you mean I have to switch disks? WTF?) Daniel Day-Lewis puts in a compelling performance, and di Caprio and Diaz--er, well, they perform to the best of their ability. The supporting roles were very well done, and I think that and the direction/cinematography really made the movie.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-05-07 11:25pm

The film had amazing atmosphere, and truly succeeded at creating a tactile, textured world for the viewer. Unfortunately, it didn't really have a story, and didn't really go anywhere. The film exists solely as an exercise in the visualization of 19th century New York.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-05-07 11:33pm

Darth Wong wrote:The film had amazing atmosphere, and truly succeeded at creating a tactile, textured world for the viewer. Unfortunately, it didn't really have a story, and didn't really go anywhere. The film exists solely as an exercise in the visualization of 19th century New York.

Shifting the focus of the movie from a revenge/romance tale for Amsterdam might have helped.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2004-05-08 01:13am

I thought the attention to detail in this movie was amazing. I don't know if thats really how people dressed, those plaid pants look like a 70's nightmare.
But at the end of the show I was wondering what the point was?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-05-08 01:20am

Darth Wong wrote:The film had amazing atmosphere, and truly succeeded at creating a tactile, textured world for the viewer. Unfortunately, it didn't really have a story, and didn't really go anywhere. The film exists solely as an exercise in the visualization of 19th century New York.

Of course it did, it had the story of Priest Vallon, Bill the Butcher, Boss Tweed, and Walter McGinn (BBredan Gleeson's character). It would have been a great movie had it been about them - the old folks - without the stupid DiCaprio story.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-05-08 01:27am

Meh, they stretched it out too long. If they'd have edited it down a bit, time wise, it would have been better. Towards the end, I was just wishing that it would end.

UltraViolence83 · Post by **UltraViolence83** » 2004-05-08 01:28am

I love that movie. I also happen to be half Irish.

Disturbing that Di Caprio looks a little like me in that flick...Just because of similiar ancestry (Irish/Italian I am) and the facial hair. Ugh...

But yeah, that movie would have been average at best without Day-Lewis. I read some shit about him, he listened to an old recording of Walt Whitman to try and get the accent right, and played Eminem to prepare for his role.

I read roughly 1/4 of the book Five Points...Believe it or not, life in 19th century NYC was WRETCHED compared to the movie's portrayal! Let's just say that's not supposed to be mud and dirt you see in the streets!

And that whole romance subplot was shit...

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-08 01:50am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I heard it was crappy too.

/me adds GoNY to his 'List of Movies to Avoid AT ALL COSTS' which includes, Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky, Titanic, Passion of the Christ, and one or two others...

Vanilla Sky was pretty good.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-05-08 02:06am

evilcat4000 wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I heard it was crappy too.

/me adds GoNY to his 'List of Movies to Avoid AT ALL COSTS' which includes, Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky, Titanic, Passion of the Christ, and one or two others...
Vanilla Sky was pretty good.

That movie had no idea what it wanted to be, first it was a murder mystery just shy of film noir, then it got phyco-drama on you, then it turned 'When Harry met Sally' and ended with a sci fi ala Total Recall.

When it was done, I was just confused as to what the hell I just watched. Penelopy Cruz's tits weren't that great to save the show. IMO, naturally.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-05-08 02:31am

I didn't mind GoNY. Had some good violence in it, and made a good recreation of what I'd consider C19th NYC to be like.

I learned this is not a good first date movie.

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2004-05-08 03:02am

Gangs of New York, for me, is in the same catagory as movies like Death to Smoochy: I think I liked them a lot, but I'm not sure if I actually did, or if they just exceeded my expectations.

But yea, I enjoyed it.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-05-08 03:25am

I remember a bunch of friends gathered in another friend's house to watch this on DVD. Up to the point where the young'un tries to kill the bad guy, we were bored to tears, dozing on the couch, until someone said "let's play Tekken instead!"

I jumped and say "Yes! That's a good idea!". And I hate Tekken.