According to my expectations..and a little more

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 2006)

I saw the movie couple of times. I go to see a movie more than once very rarely and the main reason is to keep the first impression mostly 'untouched'. This time things were different, not only that I wasn't scared of damage the good feelings that the film left me with after the first seeing, but the desire of doing it again made me think of it even with more delight. I really liked it obviously. First I was attracted by the way it climbed in the IMDb Top 250. I keep my eye on this chart and in the last months I haven't seen such a fast going up-to-the-top . After 'Heat' and 'Mystic River' I don't remember to have been moved that way by a movie in that genre from the latest years.
If I have to be honest, the only thing that bothered me was that DiCaprio is playing the main character. After 'Titanic' I thought nothing can make me go and see him playing again. Well, that's the funniest part - exactly he and his acting are to be thanked for making me see this movie again...and again if you ask me. Sooner or later I think he and Martin Scorsese will have their own Oscar statuettes at home. At the end - why not this time?...