November 13, 2005

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York was critically praised, nominated for dozens of awards, and winner of some of them. But I don't think it deserves nominations other than for costumes and the sets. The acting was decent but not amazing, and the story was unfocused. It's almost certainly a dramatic inaccuracy when it comes to history. Also, I'm not exactly sure how long the movie is, as it spans two discs but is only about three hours long and the copy I received from Netflix had serious playback issues on the first disc. There is a lame attempt at constructing a moral to the story but it is tacked onto the end as an afterthought.

Posted by josuah at November 13, 2005 1:40 AM UTC+00:00