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5 | The dark is rising! | tt0484562 | It is adapted from the book. I did not read the book and maybe that is why I still enjoyed the movie. There are recent famous books adapted into movies like Eragon which is an unsuccessful movie compared to the rest but I like it better than The Seeker adaptation, another one is The Chronicles of Narnia: The lion, The ... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/reviews-73 | ur12930537 | 5 | title: The dark is rising!
review: It is adapted from the book. I did not read the book and maybe that is why I still enjoyed the movie. There are recent famous books adapted into movies like Eragon which is an unsuccessful movie compared to the rest but I like it better than The Seeker adaptation, another one is The C... |
5 | Bad attempt by the people that borough us Eragon. | tt0484562 | Ever since Lord of the Rings became a hit and was internationally acclaimed all other studios are trying to do the same thing and I can tell you now we are not getting many successes out of these half hearted attempts. The decent ones are Chronicles of Narnia which Disney snapped up and Harry Potter from Warner Brother... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/reviews-108 | ur15303216 | 5 | title: Bad attempt by the people that borough us Eragon.
review: Ever since Lord of the Rings became a hit and was internationally acclaimed all other studios are trying to do the same thing and I can tell you now we are not getting many successes out of these half hearted attempts. The decent ones are Chronicles of Na... |
3 | fantasy movie lacks magic | tt0484562 | I've not read the novel this movie was based on, but do enjoy fantasy movies, and thought it looked interesting. But after seeing it...... oh dear.An American boy, Will living with his family in a small village somewhere in England, discovers on his 14th birthday that he's The Seeker for a group of old ones, who fight ... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/reviews-60 | ur0680065 | 3 | title: fantasy movie lacks magic
review: I've not read the novel this movie was based on, but do enjoy fantasy movies, and thought it looked interesting. But after seeing it...... oh dear.An American boy, Will living with his family in a small village somewhere in England, discovers on his 14th birthday that he's The S... |
2 | You Just Can't Beat The Lord Of The Rings, Guys | tt0484562 | The Sucker ...I mean THE SEEKER: THE DARK IS RISING is one of those putrid fantasy flicks that tries oh-so-hard to piggyback itself off of other successful fantasy films, but fails terribly in almost all departments.The premise...Dark and light battle. Dark wins. Light survives. Dark falters. Light wins. Darkness may s... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/reviews-136 | ur7704831 | 2 | title: You Just Can't Beat The Lord Of The Rings, Guys
review: The Sucker ...I mean THE SEEKER: THE DARK IS RISING is one of those putrid fantasy flicks that tries oh-so-hard to piggyback itself off of other successful fantasy films, but fails terribly in almost all departments.The premise...Dark and light battle. Dark... |
7 | Not having read the book, I found it average | tt0484562 | I mean, come on, the acting was OK, the effects reasonable and the hybrid American British atmosphere was pretty terrifying :) I haven't read the books, but I have to admit that after seeing the movie, I hardly feel the need to do so. I mean, it had nothing special. Again the lonely boy with the special powers, be them... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/reviews-135 | ur3146136 | 7 | title: Not having read the book, I found it average
review: I mean, come on, the acting was OK, the effects reasonable and the hybrid American British atmosphere was pretty terrifying :) I haven't read the books, but I have to admit that after seeing the movie, I hardly feel the need to do so. I mean, it had nothing sp... |
4 | Journey to Jupiter with Cynthia McKinney | tt0484562 | Sometimes, things are oversold. I remember this movie being promoted like crazy prior to its release in theaters. However, it busted and I wanted to know why. After viewing it, I understand completely. It simply failed to meet any expectations it has going for it.You get to meet a boy that, somehow, is the next 'Seeker... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/reviews-123 | ur18271419 | 4 | title: Journey to Jupiter with Cynthia McKinney
review: Sometimes, things are oversold. I remember this movie being promoted like crazy prior to its release in theaters. However, it busted and I wanted to know why. After viewing it, I understand completely. It simply failed to meet any expectations it has going for it.... |
5 | The Dark is Boring! | tt0484562 | Well, I seem to be in a minority here, as I haven't read the books by Susan Cooper upon which this movie is based. Apparently, having looked at a few of the comments, it is very loosely based on the books.So my review here will be of the movie as purely that. A movie. I had no preconceptions of what to expect going int... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/reviews-169 | ur1980092 | 5 | title: The Dark is Boring!
review: Well, I seem to be in a minority here, as I haven't read the books by Susan Cooper upon which this movie is based. Apparently, having looked at a few of the comments, it is very loosely based on the books.So my review here will be of the movie as purely that. A movie. I had no preconc... |
6 | Potter's Crown is Safe | tt0484562 | Every year we get a new fantasy movie that is supposed to be the "new Lord of the Rings" or the "new Harry Potter", and every year the contenders are shunned aside as they are most clearly not the next big fantasy epics. So far we've had The Chronicles of Narnia, probably the most successful one to date, Brdieg to Tera... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/reviews-61 | ur13849221 | 6 | title: Potter's Crown is Safe
review: Every year we get a new fantasy movie that is supposed to be the "new Lord of the Rings" or the "new Harry Potter", and every year the contenders are shunned aside as they are most clearly not the next big fantasy epics. So far we've had The Chronicles of Narnia, probably the most ... |
8 | Completely Fun | tt0484562 | We viewed this work at Movies on the Parkway in Sevierville, TN; our hometown theater.This film begins with a "folded" feeling not unlike the first Neverending Story in that the boy discovers he is in the story...that, indeed, he IS the story. From that point on, it runs like a younger version of The Covenant, with som... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/reviews-38 | ur2626332 | 8 | title: Completely Fun
review: We viewed this work at Movies on the Parkway in Sevierville, TN; our hometown theater.This film begins with a "folded" feeling not unlike the first Neverending Story in that the boy discovers he is in the story...that, indeed, he IS the story. From that point on, it runs like a younger ver... |
6 | Scorsese Missed the Mark | tt0217505 | Martin Scorsese is working with a subject that suits him to a tee -- gang warfare in the streets of New York -- and the film's got his trademark kinetic style -- something's always happening on screen. So why does the whole film feel so leaden and uninvolving? "Gangs of New York" should have been kick ass. Instead, the... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1180 | ur4532636 | 6 | title: Scorsese Missed the Mark
review: Martin Scorsese is working with a subject that suits him to a tee -- gang warfare in the streets of New York -- and the film's got his trademark kinetic style -- something's always happening on screen. So why does the whole film feel so leaden and uninvolving? "Gangs of New York"... |
1 | Pompous disjointed mess | tt0217505 | I think a lot of people are going easy on this film, as the name Scorcese appears on the credits. People are trying to find something that clearly isn't there.In my opinion, this film has nothing going for it. Everything about it is bad or wrong. The acting, the script, the editing, the sets, everything.A lot of peo... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-552 | ur0382572 | 1 | title: Pompous disjointed mess
review: I think a lot of people are going easy on this film, as the name Scorcese appears on the credits. People are trying to find something that clearly isn't there.In my opinion, this film has nothing going for it. Everything about it is bad or wrong. The acting, the script, the edi... |
4 | Ugly and Overlong | tt0217505 | Gangs engage in turf war in 1860s New York. This is yet another example of Scorsese's disturbing obsession with violence. The film starts and ends with ludicrous battle scenes. In between there are some good moments but there is too much padding, needlessly extending the running time to nearly three hours. It's obvious... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1204 | ur2590596 | 4 | title: Ugly and Overlong
review: Gangs engage in turf war in 1860s New York. This is yet another example of Scorsese's disturbing obsession with violence. The film starts and ends with ludicrous battle scenes. In between there are some good moments but there is too much padding, needlessly extending the running time to... |
9 | Put Scorsese Back on the Map. | tt0217505 | Scorsese was on a hot streak in the 70s, then on-and-off in the 80s and 90s. This 2002 masterpiece caused Scorsese to be on a hot streak again like in the 70s. It was also the first movie he did with Leonardo DiCaprio--the start of a great team. The story isn't very original and the movie is too long. The near three ho... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1261 | ur31261952 | 9 | title: Put Scorsese Back on the Map.
review: Scorsese was on a hot streak in the 70s, then on-and-off in the 80s and 90s. This 2002 masterpiece caused Scorsese to be on a hot streak again like in the 70s. It was also the first movie he did with Leonardo DiCaprio--the start of a great team. The story isn't very original... |
6 | Frankengangs! | tt0217505 | No argument! Martin Scorsese is a wonderful filmmaker, film historian, and a most likable fellow. I like him. I can't help it. Yet, I do not like most of his films. This one is debatably an exception, perhaps saved by inch-fractions primarily by the spellbinding, remorselessly superb acting chops of Daniel Day-Lewis. C... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-85 | ur0028288 | 6 | title: Frankengangs!
review: No argument! Martin Scorsese is a wonderful filmmaker, film historian, and a most likable fellow. I like him. I can't help it. Yet, I do not like most of his films. This one is debatably an exception, perhaps saved by inch-fractions primarily by the spellbinding, remorselessly superb acting... |
7 | Martin Scorcese sure hates short movies | tt0217505 | Daniel Day Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio star in this epic, retelling the early days of the struggle for New York City.Lewis stars as "Bill the Butcher" a patriotic local who runs the Five Points, a treasured piece of local ground. His name is "Bill the Butcher" because he is a butcher, literally, but he doesn't restrict... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1010 | ur7472847 | 7 | title: Martin Scorcese sure hates short movies
review: Daniel Day Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio star in this epic, retelling the early days of the struggle for New York City.Lewis stars as "Bill the Butcher" a patriotic local who runs the Five Points, a treasured piece of local ground. His name is "Bill the Butcher" beca... |
8 | long,but doesn't feel like it | tt0217505 | this is a Martin Scorsese epic,and it certainly has that epic feel.i'm not sure how accurate it is historically,or if things really looked the way they do in the movie.i still liked the look of it.to me,it seems a lot of work went into the whole production and it shows.Daniel Day Lewis is astonishing(nothing new for hi... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1118 | ur11423174 | 8 | title: long,but doesn't feel like it
review: this is a Martin Scorsese epic,and it certainly has that epic feel.i'm not sure how accurate it is historically,or if things really looked the way they do in the movie.i still liked the look of it.to me,it seems a lot of work went into the whole production and it shows.Danie... |
8 | Interesting Piece of New York History | tt0217505 | "Gangs of New York" is an interesting take on the Draft Riots that spanned between 1846-1863. It's high on entertainment, compelling, gratuitously violent but never disappoints you during the two hours and forty five duration. The Draft Riots was an endless feud that occurred at the time when corrupt political activist... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1194 | ur12327230 | 8 | title: Interesting Piece of New York History
review: "Gangs of New York" is an interesting take on the Draft Riots that spanned between 1846-1863. It's high on entertainment, compelling, gratuitously violent but never disappoints you during the two hours and forty five duration. The Draft Riots was an endless feud that... |
7 | Blood without grit | tt0217505 | Martin Scorcese had wanted to make 'Gangs of New York' for many years; but given his exceptional track record as a director, it's a surprisingly middle-brow epic, albeit one that entertains throughout its great length. Like his best movies, it focuses on the criminal underclass, and contains considerable quantities of ... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1020 | ur2082018 | 7 | title: Blood without grit
review: Martin Scorcese had wanted to make 'Gangs of New York' for many years; but given his exceptional track record as a director, it's a surprisingly middle-brow epic, albeit one that entertains throughout its great length. Like his best movies, it focuses on the criminal underclass, and co... |
10 | One great Scorsese epic | tt0217505 | When Martin Scorsese directed his dream American epic about 1860's New York, I expected a masterpiece and got one. With Daniel Day-Lewis leading an outstanding cast that includes Leonardo Dicaprio, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, and John C. Reilly, there's no going wrong. Lewis is spellbindi... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1207 | ur26550510 | 10 | title: One great Scorsese epic
review: When Martin Scorsese directed his dream American epic about 1860's New York, I expected a masterpiece and got one. With Daniel Day-Lewis leading an outstanding cast that includes Leonardo Dicaprio, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, and John C. Reilly, ther... |
9 | A masterpiece of semi-fictional history | tt0217505 | It saddens me that some younger audience members who went to see Gangs of New York have short attention span - constantly fiddling, twentysomething couples making out and getting up in the middle of the movie for restrooms and refreshments. This movie, despite starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is NOT similar to Titanic, anot... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-92 | ur0089164 | 9 | title: A masterpiece of semi-fictional history
review: It saddens me that some younger audience members who went to see Gangs of New York have short attention span - constantly fiddling, twentysomething couples making out and getting up in the middle of the movie for restrooms and refreshments. This movie, despite star... |
8 | Day Lewis on top form in good period drama | tt0217505 | Leonardo Di Caprio (Titanic) stars as Amsterdam Vallon, a young man coming back to New York to find his father's killer, William Cuttings and gain retribution.Nominated for 10 Oscars, Martin Scorsese's period drama brings a tale of vengeance, loyalty and honour to vibrant light with a dramatic tale involving stunning p... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1131 | ur11597946 | 8 | title: Day Lewis on top form in good period drama
review: Leonardo Di Caprio (Titanic) stars as Amsterdam Vallon, a young man coming back to New York to find his father's killer, William Cuttings and gain retribution.Nominated for 10 Oscars, Martin Scorsese's period drama brings a tale of vengeance, loyalty and honour ... |
7 | Good But Not Scorsese Good. | tt0217505 | It's an extremely well done film, but not one of Scorsese's best. His first feature in seven years since "Casino" (1995) is a return to top form, however at 2 hours 40 minutes I find that the movie tends to drag on considerably.Actually this film is the one where I started really enjoying Leonardo DiCaprio as a perform... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1258 | ur48102834 | 7 | title: Good But Not Scorsese Good.
review: It's an extremely well done film, but not one of Scorsese's best. His first feature in seven years since "Casino" (1995) is a return to top form, however at 2 hours 40 minutes I find that the movie tends to drag on considerably.Actually this film is the one where I started rea... |
9 | History class never had been so much cool! | tt0217505 | Gangs of New York, is unlike anything I've ever seen. It is a masterpiece of Scorsece. but can be a show of pure entertainment, with excellent performances. It is a film that is half history, half action, half drama, half crime. The story, as the title says, is about the first gang that existed in New York City before ... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1230 | ur37892465 | 9 | title: History class never had been so much cool!
review: Gangs of New York, is unlike anything I've ever seen. It is a masterpiece of Scorsece. but can be a show of pure entertainment, with excellent performances. It is a film that is half history, half action, half drama, half crime. The story, as the title says, is ... |
7 | Wretched Refuse, Teeming Shores | tt0217505 | There's no need to announce with titles that you're seeing a Scorsese film, any more than, say Kubrick, DePalma, or Adrian Lyne. His trademark is the visual depiction of violent, physical conflict as something palatable.With "Taxi Driver", what mattered was tone...with "Raging Bull", a man who cannot square himself wit... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1068 | ur8708196 | 7 | title: Wretched Refuse, Teeming Shores
review: There's no need to announce with titles that you're seeing a Scorsese film, any more than, say Kubrick, DePalma, or Adrian Lyne. His trademark is the visual depiction of violent, physical conflict as something palatable.With "Taxi Driver", what mattered was tone...with "Ra... |
7 | Watch this for Daniel Day-Lewis | tt0217505 | There are obviously problems with this movie. The story is crappy, Diaz is superfluous and Leo is barely passable. And wow, is it long. They could have cut out huge portions of the thing and it would have been tighter and much more interesting.For the people who say that the behavior of the mobs is unrealistic: Read a ... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1213 | ur30855550 | 7 | title: Watch this for Daniel Day-Lewis
review: There are obviously problems with this movie. The story is crappy, Diaz is superfluous and Leo is barely passable. And wow, is it long. They could have cut out huge portions of the thing and it would have been tighter and much more interesting.For the people who say that t... |
8 | Another brutal masterpiece from the maestro | tt0217505 | Gangs Of New York (2002)Top 5 - 2002Leaving some breathless and stunned and others unsure,Martin Scorsese's last gangster epic of the 90s was Casino (1996). In my opinion a superb film. 6 years later Scorsese gathers his cinematic mastery to create another powerful and brutal period gangster drama about New York (of co... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1107 | ur8564485 | 8 | title: Another brutal masterpiece from the maestro
review: Gangs Of New York (2002)Top 5 - 2002Leaving some breathless and stunned and others unsure,Martin Scorsese's last gangster epic of the 90s was Casino (1996). In my opinion a superb film. 6 years later Scorsese gathers his cinematic mastery to create another powe... |
8 | Should have won the Oscar here... | tt0217505 | Many dub Martin Scorsese is considered a great Director but I've never really seen the magic or creative side of him; after watching Departed I was angered at how messy and rushed Departed was, and then I watched Gangs of New York. Gangs of New York is very stylish and lavish; it tells the tale of New York back in 1863... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1138 | ur8131454 | 8 | title: Should have won the Oscar here...
review: Many dub Martin Scorsese is considered a great Director but I've never really seen the magic or creative side of him; after watching Departed I was angered at how messy and rushed Departed was, and then I watched Gangs of New York. Gangs of New York is very stylish and l... |
1 | waste of talent | tt0217505 | I am bit baffled by some of the comments and reviews about this film. It is almost as if I saw another version of the film or a completely different movie. Every one of the actors in this film wandered around, clueless, never showing any range whatsoever, and lost in a gargantuan production with no heart, sense of lo... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-278 | ur2115026 | 1 | title: waste of talent
review: I am bit baffled by some of the comments and reviews about this film. It is almost as if I saw another version of the film or a completely different movie. Every one of the actors in this film wandered around, clueless, never showing any range whatsoever, and lost in a gargantuan produc... |
8 | Day-Lewis was the master "gang" leader in this one! | tt0217505 | Director Martin Scorcese's assiduous film dramatizations of New York continue with the 19th century epic "Gangs of New York". Leonardo Dicaprio stars as Amsterdam, an Irish immigrant who returns to New York to take vengeance on his father's murderer- Bill the Butcher. Daniel Day-Lewis slices up an electrifying performa... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-84 | ur0489763 | 8 | title: Day-Lewis was the master "gang" leader in this one!
review: Director Martin Scorcese's assiduous film dramatizations of New York continue with the 19th century epic "Gangs of New York". Leonardo Dicaprio stars as Amsterdam, an Irish immigrant who returns to New York to take vengeance on his father's murderer- Bi... |
5 | I don't get it. Maybe I saw a different movie than the rest. | tt0217505 | Many people are praising this movie beyond words.Maybe I went into the wrong theater.I went in expecting to see an epic on the creation of New York City, and the shape it took after hordes of immigrants made it the cosmopolitan place it is now.What I got instead was 2 straight hours of diCaprio wooing Cameron Diaz, and... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-240 | ur0508954 | 5 | title: I don't get it. Maybe I saw a different movie than the rest.
review: Many people are praising this movie beyond words.Maybe I went into the wrong theater.I went in expecting to see an epic on the creation of New York City, and the shape it took after hordes of immigrants made it the cosmopolitan place it is now.... |
9 | A Tremendous Achievement | tt0217505 | I was eleven when this film came out. Of course, I couldn't see it, but I still managed to book tickets for my dad to go, as a late birthday present. When I asked him what he thought, he said that it was brilliant. Since then, I have been incredibly eager to see it.I finally saw it a year ago, and was amazed. Gangs of ... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1120 | ur11541392 | 9 | title: A Tremendous Achievement
review: I was eleven when this film came out. Of course, I couldn't see it, but I still managed to book tickets for my dad to go, as a late birthday present. When I asked him what he thought, he said that it was brilliant. Since then, I have been incredibly eager to see it.I finally saw ... |
8 | Long, but worth it. | tt0217505 | I am not American nor do I know the history of New York, but if this film is anything to go by, I think that the New York of that time period would not have been a very pleasant place to live. This film is very graphic and rather disturbing. But it is worth sitting through for the acting.A lot of people have said that ... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-929 | ur1698056 | 8 | title: Long, but worth it.
review: I am not American nor do I know the history of New York, but if this film is anything to go by, I think that the New York of that time period would not have been a very pleasant place to live. This film is very graphic and rather disturbing. But it is worth sitting through for the act... |
10 | One of my favorite Scorsese films.Daniel Day Lewis gives it momentum. | tt0217505 | It had been years since mob film director had done a film. The film he came back for,Gangs of New York, was nominated for 10 Oscars including best film and best supporting actor.It won 0.And it got mixed reviews with critics.My favorite Scorsese picture,Casino,was his most underrated.Then Gangs of New York would come a... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1176 | ur22881716 | 10 | title: One of my favorite Scorsese films.Daniel Day Lewis gives it momentum.
review: It had been years since mob film director had done a film. The film he came back for,Gangs of New York, was nominated for 10 Oscars including best film and best supporting actor.It won 0.And it got mixed reviews with critics.My favorit... |
9 | Born in the streets | tt0217505 | Gangs of New York takes a fascinating look at a largely forgotten slice of American history. As the film's tagline states, America was born in the streets. This is the tale of the 19th century Irish immigrants who came to New York City to build a new life for themselves and of the "Natives" who tormented them. Put "Nat... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1239 | ur0915482 | 9 | title: Born in the streets
review: Gangs of New York takes a fascinating look at a largely forgotten slice of American history. As the film's tagline states, America was born in the streets. This is the tale of the 19th century Irish immigrants who came to New York City to build a new life for themselves and of the "Na... |
4 | When Daniel Day-Lewis gives a bad performance, you know you're in trouble | tt0217505 | The Plot - sort of a West Side Story for the post-Colonial age, with Irish immigrants fighting their "native" oppressors. One of the ringleaders of the "natives" is a ferocious, cantankerous, and most likely insane fellow with a glass eye known as William Cutting, AKA: Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis); based on a re... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1050 | ur2293681 | 4 | title: When Daniel Day-Lewis gives a bad performance, you know you're in trouble
review: The Plot - sort of a West Side Story for the post-Colonial age, with Irish immigrants fighting their "native" oppressors. One of the ringleaders of the "natives" is a ferocious, cantankerous, and most likely insane fellow with a gl... |
9 | Totally Underrated! | tt0217505 | For me, most of the films in 2002 sucked hard, but this film grasped me completely with a sense of amazement and darkness. i have not seen many Scorsese films, but of the ones I've seen, this is his best! The film is based on the brutal, depressing, and savagery of New York before modernization. It goes back in the 180... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1042 | ur3153189 | 9 | title: Totally Underrated!
review: For me, most of the films in 2002 sucked hard, but this film grasped me completely with a sense of amazement and darkness. i have not seen many Scorsese films, but of the ones I've seen, this is his best! The film is based on the brutal, depressing, and savagery of New York before mod... |
10 | Chicago won The Best Picture over the Gangs Of New York!Can somebody please rewind the time back in 2002 and blow up the Academy!Thank you! | tt0217505 | The 2002 Oscar incident a.k.a Academy votes for Chicago remind's me of another incident back in 1998 when Shakespeare In Love won the best picture over Saving Private Ryan!Back in the 1998 i hoped and prayed that a mistake like that one will never happen again!But,unfortunately,i was wrong!It happened again in 2002 whe... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1153 | ur19275800 | 10 | title: Chicago won The Best Picture over the Gangs Of New York!Can somebody please rewind the time back in 2002 and blow up the Academy!Thank you!
review: The 2002 Oscar incident a.k.a Academy votes for Chicago remind's me of another incident back in 1998 when Shakespeare In Love won the best picture over Saving Privat... |
9 | The earth turns but we don't feel it move | tt0217505 | When I hear people talk about how America is the greatest country in the world, which is increasingly common from all political standpoints as we approach the 2004 election, it has always struck me how staggeringly wrong that statement is (at least since I traveled in Europe and learned firsthand about other countries)... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-928 | ur0562732 | 9 | title: The earth turns but we don't feel it move
review: When I hear people talk about how America is the greatest country in the world, which is increasingly common from all political standpoints as we approach the 2004 election, it has always struck me how staggeringly wrong that statement is (at least since I travel... |
9 | A Compelling Watch! | tt0217505 | Martin Scorsese has delivered classics all through his prolific career & 'Gangs of New York' is amongst his most accomplished works. A Compelling Watch! 'Gangs of New York' Synopsis: In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1224 | ur8503729 | 9 | title: A Compelling Watch!
review: Martin Scorsese has delivered classics all through his prolific career & 'Gangs of New York' is amongst his most accomplished works. A Compelling Watch! 'Gangs of New York' Synopsis: In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bil... |
9 | It'll be talked about for decades to come... | tt0217505 | There is a very good reason why "Gangs of New York" was delayed for a whole year that has nothing to do with its bloated budget and extended shooting schedule. There was a little event called 9/11. With this epic masterpiece that is as brilliant in its flaws as it is in its triumphs (which, by the way, far outnumber th... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-26 | ur1069062 | 9 | title: It'll be talked about for decades to come...
review: There is a very good reason why "Gangs of New York" was delayed for a whole year that has nothing to do with its bloated budget and extended shooting schedule. There was a little event called 9/11. With this epic masterpiece that is as brilliant in its flaws a... |
9 | Grandiose. | tt0217505 | While I do have some complaints with the way that Scorsese handled the film's style I found it to be a very enjoyable film highlighted by one of the finest performances of all time. The editing during the fight scenes happens way too quickly and becomes convoluted, and the way that he introduced us to the era seemed fa... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1113 | ur9521536 | 9 | title: Grandiose.
review: While I do have some complaints with the way that Scorsese handled the film's style I found it to be a very enjoyable film highlighted by one of the finest performances of all time. The editing during the fight scenes happens way too quickly and becomes convoluted, and the way that he introduc... |
8 | Scorsese and Day-Lewis is back with a vengeance | tt0217505 | The world's best living director Martin Scorsese has made this epic, fabulous, dramatic and bloody movie about 19th Centuries New York City.We've got good actors all the way; Daniel Day - Lewis (who rules), Cameron Diaz, John C. Reilly, Liam Neeson, Leo DiCaprio and more. It's excitement and high dramatic on the best l... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-646 | ur1732001 | 8 | title: Scorsese and Day-Lewis is back with a vengeance
review: The world's best living director Martin Scorsese has made this epic, fabulous, dramatic and bloody movie about 19th Centuries New York City.We've got good actors all the way; Daniel Day - Lewis (who rules), Cameron Diaz, John C. Reilly, Liam Neeson, Leo DiC... |
9 | A Bona Fide Gangster Movie | tt0217505 | Gangs of New York is a film that has many of Martin Scorsese's typical trademark flourishes and is a worthy film to add to his legendary filmography.The film follows a young Irish immigrant named Amsterdam as he travels through the cutthroat gangs of New York City in 1862, searching for his father's killer, the untouch... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1161 | ur6136793 | 9 | title: A Bona Fide Gangster Movie
review: Gangs of New York is a film that has many of Martin Scorsese's typical trademark flourishes and is a worthy film to add to his legendary filmography.The film follows a young Irish immigrant named Amsterdam as he travels through the cutthroat gangs of New York City in 1862, sear... |
9 | The urban jungle is a nest for both snakes and pearls | tt0217505 | Strangely enough this film about New York at the time of the Civil War is more about the end of the hellish gate to some kind of lawless and wild wild west it is living through than its real depiction. New York was the immigrating harbor and as such had an enormous and constantly changing population. The turn-over as t... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1069 | ur3836774 | 9 | title: The urban jungle is a nest for both snakes and pearls
review: Strangely enough this film about New York at the time of the Civil War is more about the end of the hellish gate to some kind of lawless and wild wild west it is living through than its real depiction. New York was the immigrating harbor and as such h... |
8 | Nicely told story of mixed elements. | tt0217505 | In the 19th century New York gangs of immigrants and born Americans battle ferociously against each other in order to secure a place for themselves in a golden land of opportunity. "Priest" Vallon (Liam Neeson) is a leader of Dead Rabbits gang, formed of Irish, and Bill "Butcher" Cutting (Danie Day Lewis) is a leader o... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1139 | ur1941835 | 8 | title: Nicely told story of mixed elements.
review: In the 19th century New York gangs of immigrants and born Americans battle ferociously against each other in order to secure a place for themselves in a golden land of opportunity. "Priest" Vallon (Liam Neeson) is a leader of Dead Rabbits gang, formed of Irish, and B... |
8 | personal and Bloody | tt0217505 | An in-depth analysis of war, people and the consequences. Revealing the brutality and control over the 5 points, and delivering spellbinding characters and story. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day Lewis and Cameron Diaz and directed by academy award winning director- Martin Scorsese.This could of been given a 10, ... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1101 | ur12009777 | 8 | title: personal and Bloody
review: An in-depth analysis of war, people and the consequences. Revealing the brutality and control over the 5 points, and delivering spellbinding characters and story. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day Lewis and Cameron Diaz and directed by academy award winning director- Martin Scors... |
2 | too long and pretentious | tt0217505 | This has been the last time i fell for director's story about longing to make a movie. During one of the interviews supporting the release, Mr. Scorsese told a heartwarming tale about a childhood dream come true, the dream being Gangs of New York. Yet, after watching the movie i felt betrayed.The plot actually resemble... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1243 | ur15462771 | 2 | title: too long and pretentious
review: This has been the last time i fell for director's story about longing to make a movie. During one of the interviews supporting the release, Mr. Scorsese told a heartwarming tale about a childhood dream come true, the dream being Gangs of New York. Yet, after watching the movie i ... |
7 | too much of a good thing | tt0217505 | It's 1846 in the Five Point neighborhood in NYC. Bill "the Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his U.S. born gang kill Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) in a mass gang fight. Little Amsterdam Vallon runs away taking the knife that killed his father. Sixteen years later, Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio) returns to the neighb... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-1270 | ur2898520 | 7 | title: too much of a good thing
review: It's 1846 in the Five Point neighborhood in NYC. Bill "the Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his U.S. born gang kill Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) in a mass gang fight. Little Amsterdam Vallon runs away taking the knife that killed his father. Sixteen years later, Amsterdam (... |
9 | Strong and Entertaining | tt0217505 | Martin Scorsese's movie is close to the best American commercial cinema can get. I do not know to what extent the events described in the movie are true, but they come really alive on the screen. A whole world is brought to our eyes - powerful, violent, colorful and you can really philosophize and say that you understa... | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/reviews-847 | ur0547823 | 9 | title: Strong and Entertaining
review: Martin Scorsese's movie is close to the best American commercial cinema can get. I do not know to what extent the events described in the movie are true, but they come really alive on the screen. A whole world is brought to our eyes - powerful, violent, colorful and you can really... |
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