Lewis----The Only Shining Light-----in Martins Mess

Rating: 2/10 (5 March 2012)

A big mess of a movie. The performance of Daniel Day Lewis saves it from being ..a very bad movie. Its only ..bad. It must have been hell for Leonardo Di Caprio ..trying to "mix it" with a REAL actor. If it was Martin Scorses s plan to make everything appear fake....imitation, he succeeded. The viewer always painfully aware he is watching a movie. Perhaps Mr. Scorsese tried for too much. The big grizzly, bloody opening sequence is ...ridiculously contrived. Almost funny. Any scene with Day Lewis is worth watching. He makes Bill the Butcher a hugely colorful character. His command of the role is brilliant. The less we say about "the others" the better. All of them appeared like lab rats running around big sets----hoping no-one was watching them. Di Caprio must have been praying to be back on the Titanic. Sinking here must have been .. embarrassing. The end sequence was like the Keystone Cops (only funnier) Calling it the end is being nice. It was a............HUGE..............cop out. Don't try one of these again...Mr. Scorsese