I Adore This Movie

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2016)

Martin Scorsese has a bit of a tendency to do gangster films and crime thrillers but there's no denying how good he is at them I mean just look at The Departed, Goodfellas and The Gangs of New York. In case you hadn't already seen I adore this movie, one of the reasons for that is its setting I love the 1800s as a time period for movies because everything just looks as impressive to us now as it did to people back then. The period just makes things look dirty and its characters so hard working. The characters are one of the best things about this movie particularly its villain Bill "The Butcher" Cutting played masterfully by Daniel Day-Lewis in one of the best performance of his career he just so plays the racist, sexist, insane cruel man so well I hated him while still being unimaginably entertained every time he was on screen. Leonardo DiCaprio is great in this movie even if it could be argued that it's not one of his better performances but still great as his motivations are very clear and and he really is inspiring as a leader. This movie is superbly directed by Scorsese as always as there are plenty of tracking shots and close ups even during the action scenes. The ending of this movie at first might seem a bit underwhelming but the more you think about it the more you realise it is perfect for what it needed to be the social events that are being built in the movie all explode onto the screen and portrays the New York draft riots perfectly as there is death and destruction all over the screen and seeing most of the characters we have grown attached to throughout the movie lie dead in the street as the protagonists weep over their bodies. This is without a doubt one of Scorseses best efforts and that is really saying something looking at his filmography. The Gangs of New York did everything right. 10/10 A+ 100%