Not a masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (14 February 2003)

In spite of all I had secretly hoped for, it was not the masterpiece to be. The plot, about immigrant Irish who flea from prosecution by the English to America where prosecution literally awaits them on the shores of their new homeland, is one I personally feel very much affiliated with. And maybe this is the reason it didn't turn out to be what I had expected. Where my mind was more set upon Braveheart-like battle scenes, it was, in effect, a true Scorcese-movie. And what was I thinking, it wasn't called GANGS of New York for nothing. I still rated it with an 8, because in spite of all my complaining, it was a film certainly worth watching. The setting was beautiful, Daniel Day-Lewis was absolutely fan-tas-tic, and I could watch a 160 minute film any time if it was to feature Cameron Diaz....