Best Movie of the Year

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2003)

This is a great movie. I don't know why many people bash this movie, but this is a great American movie about how our country was born. This movie is chock full of memorable moments, memorable characters, memorable images and much more. Daniel Day-Lewis deserves the Best Actor Oscar for his role as Bill the Butcher. He has single handedly created one of the greatest film characters of all time. This film shows us that America wasn't born completely from good people, but that scoundrels and criminals helped create the country we live in. This is definately one of the best movies I have ever seen. This movie is far better than the Best Picture winners for the past 5 years at least. Martin Scorsese's direction is great. Everything in this film paints a wonderful picture of New York city. *Minor Spoilers* The end of this film is great, because we see the irony of it all. Amsterdam was right...nobody even remembers how New York and our great country was born. This is a great film.