no where near as good as I thought and hoped it would be

Rating: 7/10 (18 November 2014)

This film follows a young boy who watches his farther die in a gang fight over the 'five points area' of New york. After returning in 1863 he seeks vengeance on Bill the Butcher by infiltrating his inner circle.
This film was good but no where near as good as I thought and hoped it would be. What I enjoyed was the directing even tho (for me at least) there's many other Martin Scorsese films done better its still extremely good it won him his first Golden Globe for Best Director. The acting by Daniel Day- Lewis playing Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting was nothing short of incredible you get completely engrossed in his character and he completely steals the show for me. You really believe he's a cold hearted killer willing to do anything to get what he wants. He owns the role! Leo's performance wasn't as good as we are now use to from him but for a film he did in the year 2002 it was still very good and I didn't mind his Irish accent and thought it was pretty good. Cameron Diaz was a pleasant surprise as she was really good at her part as well, one of the best performances iv seen from her. The cinematography was very good as well, at times you really felt you were in 1800's New York. Sadly tho as you would expect from a nearly 3 hour long film it did dip a couple of times and you do lose interest. I thought this was due to the story, it wasn't as intriguing as it should of been and only because of the great acting you wanted to keep watching. Due to not seeing him grow up, at all, which i hate to see in movies makes you not really connect with Leo's the character you still care about him but you should be able to really feel the pain he's in and the emotions thats driving him but annoyingly i couldn't do that. Overall this was a good movie but nothing amazing or extraordinary like a lot of Scorsese's other work. On hindsight its a re-watchable film thanks to the incredible acting but not a lot more. 7/10 from me.