Gangs of New York let down.

Rating: 3/10 (20 January 2003)

About 30 Min. into this movie I thought I was seeing something special, on a grand scale.The opening fight segment was awesome the photography was out standing, the way the music worked the audience in to a tense frenzy awaiting the arrival of the native gang,thrilling! What in the heck happened? After about 1hr and 15min I realized I was seeing a story that has been done at least a dozen times. Boy sees father die. Boy goes to orphanage. Boy wants revenge for fathers death. perhaps the worst thing about this film was the ending which seemed completely out of place. I mean who am I to judge how they want to end their movie but if your going to do a complete 180 at least set it up it come off confusing and out of place. Though visually stunning and very stylish, I wanted more. The one thing other than the opening seen worth watching is Daniel Day Lewis, make a movie called Bill the Butcher and I will be there on opening day. Unfortunately the present film isn't even worth watching a second time on DVD.