Ending blindly

Macie 2022-03-18 09:01:02

It's a long film, nearly 3 hours. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

The beginning was terrible, terrible, and I almost lost the interest in continuing to watch. Later I learned that this was a pavement for the main story behind, a typical gangster revenge story. What revenge? Of course it is the enemy of killing his father. Everyone can guess.

It is about the chaos in New York during the American Civil War, where gangs were rampant and frequent merging together. In order to avenge his father, Velen, played by Leonardo, lurks beside the enemy boss and becomes his confidant... A familiar plot... "Prince's Revenge"?

The assassination failed, and the enemy boss humiliated him and demanded his revenge. Then he did it after 1 hour (movie time). The final duel was a bit interesting, it was fought in a rain of bullets.

There is another line in the film, that is, politicians rush to death, forcing people from famine-stricken Ireland to go directly to the front line. In the face of resistance from immigrants, the government will not hesitate to send troops to carry out bloody suppression. The film’s position is on the Irish side, that is, against the government and against Lincoln. This also shows that American movies are relatively free politically.

At the end of the film, it’s a bit inexplicable to go up to the new students in New York.

When watching action movies or revenge movies, it's still good.

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Extended Reading
  • Alex 2021-10-20 19:00:40

    Xiao Li's works during the transition period began to cooperate endlessly with Martin + Chongao. . Because I was in New York, I felt a sense of scene at the end. The history of New York is reproduced in the form of gangster movies, but the story is a little scattered (it is always the case...), but Dan Dai Liu + Xiao Li are both good, all big names. . The chopper parties are really cruel. The ending song is nice

  • Beaulah 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    After reading Linda’s book describing the American Civil War and the Black Liberation Movement, I felt a little bit about the description of this film. I found that Linda’s description was still too positive. The society at that time must have been extremely turbulent, just like this movie portrayed Same. But the first half of the film was really brilliant, but the more it became more incomprehensible later, it’s a pity

Gangs of New York quotes

  • [speaking of Bill the Butcher]

    Jenny: When I was twelve years old, my mother was dead, and I was livin' in a doorway. He took me in. Took care of me, in his way. After they cut out the baby... well, he doesn't fancy girls that's scarred up. But you might as well know in your own mind that he never laid a hand on me until I asked him to.

  • [as a man is about to be hung]

    Bill: That's a fine locket. I'll give you a dollar for it.

    Arthur: It was me mother's...

    Bill: Dollar and a half?

    Arthur: Done.