# Gangs of New York. Great movie! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-great-movie/156631 "2003-02-21T21:13:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-great-movie/156631/1 "2003-02-21T21:13:07Z")
Couldn’t find a thread about liking or not liking _Gangs of New York_ except for one about a hanging scene. Just wanted to add that it’s a terrific movie, but probably not for the little kiddies. Great acting by all. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-great-movie/156631/2 "2003-02-21T21:59:10Z")
I’d have to disagree. Daniel Day-Lewis did a great job, but Leonardo DiCaprio is his normal, wooden self. And it’s WAY too long. Self-indulgently long. It could have done with at least 30 minutes cut from it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-great-movie/156631/3 "2003-02-22T00:04:31Z")
**Violet** , you might want to visit [this Diogenes thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151853&highlight=gangs+york). ---
**Author:** ![schplebordnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-great-movie/156631/4 "2003-02-22T00:16:05Z")
hell, i didn’t even think day-lewis was that good. one of those over the top scenery chewing parts that are oscar bait. although that’s pretty much the only roles that day-lewis tends to pick. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-great-movie/156631/5 "2003-02-22T05:21:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\ ***Violet** , you might want to visit [this Diogenes thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151853&highlight=gangs+york). \*\* Thanks. So much for the search feature…☹ ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@Keith\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith_Berry)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-great-movie/156631/6 "2003-02-22T08:26:48Z")
I just watched GONY for the third time (this time on DVD at home) and found it to be rather more satisfying than the 2 theatrical viewings…it just gives the feeling of a movie cut down way past it’s due, and makes one hope that a official extended DVD version will come out, despite what Scorsese and Miramax Pictures have to say. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-great-movie/156631/7 "2003-02-22T11:56:37Z")
**Turek** Check out DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can. I thought he was great in that film; that character was more interesting than Amsterdam in Gangs. I don’t know why I keep defending DiCaprio; I guess I just feel that he is forever haunted by the Ghost Of Titanic with its written-for-eleven-year-olds script. People will never give him another chance. I agree that GONY was too long. But I loved Day-Lewis, if he was being hammy, well, bring it on. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-great-movie/156631/8 "2003-02-24T14:32:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caprese \* > \*\ ***Turek** > Check out DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can. I thought he was great in that film; that character was more interesting than Amsterdam in Gangs. > I don’t know why I keep defending DiCaprio; I guess I just feel that he is forever haunted by the Ghost Of Titanic with its written-for-eleven-year-olds script. People will never give him another chance. > I agree that GONY was too long. But I loved Day-Lewis, if he was being hammy, well, bring it on. \*\* I’ve avoided CMIYC, specifically because it has LDiC in it. I was avoiding GONY (the very first time I saw a preview of it, several months ago, I rolled my eyes), but, alas, someone I can’t say “no” to talked me into going. For the record, long movies don’t scare me off. My favorite movie of all time is _Lawrence of Arabia_.