one of my favorite movies made during my lifetime.

Rating: 9/10 (26 September 2003)

i liked this movie because it fulfilled something i didn't know i was wanting so bad. i'm 22 and up until this movie i had never really been to such a big movie. the "classic" kind of story. the great acting. the heart put into. the american story in it. just the hugeness of it all. i've never been to a theatre and saw a movie like that when it's just come out (i've seen the godfather in a theatre at re-release which isn't the same to me). like i feel like it's how people are supposed to feel after they go out to the movies. like i'd heard older people talking about movies in the way i talk about this movie and i now understand that they don't make movies like they used to, for better or worse. daniel day lewis is so good to me in this movie. and you don't realize it while he's doing it. you see how much you were into his character after a scene and then you are like "woh!" i can't see this being a best movie ever kind of movie. but i will always remember it as one of my favorites. it's not perfect but that's holding it up to high standards. it's great! and i liked diaz in this movie a lot and wouldn't want anyone else in it (and i am not a huge diaz fan).