A true machist / racist / inadequately violent movie.

Rating: 2/10 (13 September 2003)

Some movies hide very extreme ideologies. This movie is one of them. Some say it is a masterpiece, but it is mostly because they see " by Martin Scorsese" written on the poster. A good director doesn't necessary make a good movie (Boyle's The Beach, Burton's Planet of the Apes,...) When I go to the cinema, I always try to see what is told behind the plot. Because the plot isn't the only story. It often hides the real story. Now, let's try to see what this movie is REALLY about. What do we see on the screen ? Extreme violence, women being raped, more extreme violence, stupid archetypical characters (according to Scorsese, they are supposed to represent true 19th century New-Yorkers, according to me, they are just lost Marvel Super heroes: the "very BAAAD" (so bad that he looks ridiculous), the not really bad, but finally good). We also see black people being insulted, and more black people being hanged up. So, this is supposed to be the birth of a nation ? Very interesting point of view : the problem of this point of view is that it resembles the point of view of the Italian mafia : violence, machism, racism.