Gangs of New York

Pros: It has its moments
Cons: They are few and far between

Gangs of New York (2002) This is about the two-disk Special Edition DVD from Miramax. Whenever they mention a director in hushed tones I typically run to get out of the conversation as I know they are soon going to start using words like ...

Pros: Nothing.
Cons: Everything.

I rented Gangs of New York directed by Martin Scorsese today. I've watched the movie and I h ...

Pros: Excellent cast, directing, wardrobe, and cinematography
Cons: Violent and bloody, some scenes hard to watch

I sat stunned in my seat as this movie ended. Not only because I had just witnessed nearly 3 hours of incredible filmmaking, breathtaking cinematography and outstanding acting but the final moments, the final scene, shook me to my core as the camera...

Pros: loads of potential, Day-Lewis deserves Best Supporting Actor
Cons: many

Resembling a colossal gaffe of equal parts James Cameron imitating Martin Scorsese, Michael Bay imitating the same, and the Raging Bull himself pulling an impudent number in the Oliver Stone vein, masquerading as Francis Ford Coppola,...

Pros: Top-notch filmmaking all around. Special props to production designer Dante Ferretti
Cons: Overreaches. Then again, oh but a movie's reach should exceed its grasp...

By all rights, I should be genuinely annoyed by Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York. It renders a script I've been outlining for three years useless for at least a couple years more. It's not the same plot, but the location and time period are the...

Pros: Mostly terrific cast, with Day-Lewis typically amazing, great direction and filmmaking all around
Cons: DiCaprio and Diaz are not good, the plot has got some problems too

There are movies that over the years I've gained an almost unreasonable affection for, and lately I've wanted to go back and explore these films and find out why I like them.  Teen ...

Pros: This film is a well-made film
Cons: A few

Martin Scorsese has done many brilliant films over his illustrious career. These films range from Taxi Driver to Raging Bull to GoodFellas and to Casino. However, these films are all on contemporary New York, as are most of...

Pros: It was violent. Few moments you think the film might actually be going some place.
Cons: Violence. The story. Some of the actors. It was drab, incomplete and dragged on.

I remember when I first saw the previews to this movie. I wasn't really too impressed and had a sinking feeling that the best parts of the movie were being shown in the previews. I should have stuck with my first instinct. My interest was ...

Pros: Terrific production in every regard
Cons: More gore than I like where entertainment is involved.

The original plans last night were to go see a Paula Poundstone comedy show. A friend had bought me a ticket and was driving up with a couple of other folks he had tickets for to Anaheim to see the show. It was only on arriving at the theater that he...

Pros: Day-Lewis, revels in its complexity
Cons: Despite its long running time it skimps on some storypoints

Martin Scorsese's long-awaited "Gangs of New York" opens in the bowels of an underground hideout, as a man methodically shaves his beard with a rusty razor. This is Priest Vallon, a huge and solemn Irishman (Huge and solemn and Irish? I bet it didn't...

Pros: Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill "the Butcher" Cutter. Photography. Settings. The film's thesis.
Cons: The main plot.

Let's stipulate -- since almost everyone who has seen the film does -- that Daniel Day-Lewis, as William "Bill the Butcher" Cutter, is almost a good reason for seeing Martin Scorsese's epic -- 25 year's in the preparation -- GANGS OF NEW YORK.
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Pros: Good portrayal of the hardships of Irish Immigrants and of American society during the 1800s.
Cons: The movie was just a little over-hyped

I have seen many movies about certain ethnic groups like Italians, Mexicans, Jews and Blacks (I’m not sure about Asian-Americans). They were all good, and gave me a good insight on how these ethnic groups were treated at one point in America. One ...

Pros: Daniel Day-Lewis is amazing, interesting take on the time period - true or false
Cons: The love story blows

Funny thing about historical epics -- no matter how good they are, you don't know how historical they are. Because, certainly, some of the story has to be fictional. The main character is either invented or dramatized, and then placed within a historical ...

Pros: Setting, costumes, wonderful portrayal of 1860s New York
Cons: Film tends to drag at times

I just returned from a matinee of Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York. I had been excited to see the movie until my friend told me that he didn't want to see the movie because it was rated "R" for strong violence. After that, I still wanted to see the...

Pros: Superb sets and battles, Daniel Day-Lewis, fascinating story.
Cons: Weak support from DiCaprio and Diaz, a tad overlong.

A couple of years ago I happened on a fairly famous Scottish book entitled "No Mean City". Written in the 1930's, it chronicles the fictionalised account of the brutal razor gangs that ran in the Gorbals slums of Glasgow in the early part of the ...