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• Re: Gangs of new york - blake 13:48:28 07/14/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Gangs of new york posted by Tom §. on July 07, 2003 at 06:47:13:

  IMO, definitely not one of Scorcese's better works. Too much look, not enough substance and I had very little real interest in any of the characters who all seemed rather one dimensional and uninteresting. And who edited this thing? There were at least half a dozen very wonky edits that totally interupted any flow the movie was trying to get going.
  
  

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• Re: Gangs of new york - townsend 17:04:47 07/13/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Gangs of new york posted by Tom §. on July 07, 2003 at 06:47:13:

  I enjoyed the film, especially the lavish sets and reconstruction of an earlier period. My own main gripe, already made by (many a) reviewers:

  Leonardo DeCaprior was miscast. He's a pretty boy, and not inherently mean enough to constitute a formidable opponent for Daniel Day Lewis' "Bill the Butcher."

  I really think Colin Farrell would have been perfect. As I recall, his offscreen life included barroom brawls, and he's Irish. He can be threatening . . . but De Caprio just isn't menacing or intimidating enough to make a believable opponent for Bill the Butcher.

  To conclude, if they were fightin', who would you bet on? Bill, of course.

  cheers, townsend
  
  

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• Re: Gangs of new york - Ears 15:12:07 07/07/03 (1)
  In Reply to: Gangs of new york posted by Tom §. on July 07, 2003 at 06:47:13:

  I think it should have been a musical. Singing and dancing while they're clubbing and hacking each other to pieces. A show stopper closing number as NYC is being shelled(shelling which didn't happen in real life, btw.) ;-^
  
  

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  • Re: Gangs of new york - Tom §. 09:59:15 07/09/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Gangs of new york posted by Ears on July 07, 2003 at 15:12:07:

    Singing and dancing while they're clubbing and hacking each other to pieces

    Hehe, yeah, I almost expected the first scene to end up a combination of "West Side Story" and Michael Jackson's "Beat It" video.

    Tom §.
    
    

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• Re: Gangs of new york - caa 09:56:45 07/07/03 (3)
  In Reply to: Gangs of new york posted by Tom §. on July 07, 2003 at 06:47:13:

  I felt that this film was half-baked (ok, maybe 3/4-baked). The blame is really on Martin Scorsese, as he had on hand a collection of capable actors, but just didn't manipulate them and the story right. His "micro"-cinemagraphic skills are superb, but he needed a bigger step in this film to make it great. It's a mixture of historical and sensational events that just don't go anywhere. None developed more than skin-deep. Too bad.
  
  

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  • Re: Gangs of new york or commercial versus art... - patrickU 05:25:09 07/08/03 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: Gangs of new york posted by caa on July 07, 2003 at 09:56:45:

    The film was meant to have an 4 hours playing time...now it is 2 1/5...I wonder if we ever will have it....
    
    

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    • I wonder if anyone will watch it! 4 hours of gang-bangers of NY! - albee33 16:23:09 07/08/03 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: Gangs of new york or commercial versus art... posted by patrickU on July 08, 2003 at 05:25:09:

      Five minutes of Leo leaves me queasy. Like those stove pipe hats, though.
      
      

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      • I suppose...no. But it would have been what the director did intend....nt - patrickU 07:33:50 07/09/03 (0)
        In Reply to: I wonder if anyone will watch it! 4 hours of gang-bangers of NY! posted by albee33 on July 08, 2003 at 16:23:09:

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