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Rating: Null/10 (19 September 2004)

I saw this film in theater while my parents went to see The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I initially agreed to see Gangs of New York because of Daniel Day-Lewis, who happens to be one of my favorite actors. In addition, Martin Scorsese had directed it, so I trusted it would be good. Not so. The first few sequences were undoubtedly attention-grabbing, but after the first half hour, things became incredibly boring. About a quarter of the way into the film, I dozed off and didn't wake up until the last quarter of the film. The seats in the theater were particularly comfortable that day, and I couldn't resist the temptation to sleep. Anyway, Amsterdam Vallon wasn't doing much to keep me awake. I've never been a big fan of Leonardo DiCaprio, and I was an even smaller fan after seeing him in this film. What the hell was up with his accent? I was never sure what nationality he was supposed to be, going completely by his accent. Was he Scottish? Maybe southern, or a combination of the two? His attempt at creating an Irish accent was painfully unimpressive. I've heard genuine Irish-speaking people, and let me tell you: Leo cannot do accents. Who was his dialogue coach anyway? That person should be fired. I understand that petty details such as accents shouldn't have all the weight, so I will give some praise to this overblown, overpublicized film: it did give the audience a graphic gore fest complete with severed limbs and other various modes of human execution. Daniel Day-Lewis was about the only tolerable actor, and Cameron Diaz was plain obnoxious, as always. I should have gone to see The Two Towers...