{"id":661,"date":"2010-07-17T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-17T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=661"},"modified":"2010-07-17T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-17T15:43:00","slug":"gangs-of-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=661","title":{"rendered":"Gangs of New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Underwhelming, and I’ve been trying to put my finger on why.<\/p>\n

Suspect number one has to be Leonardo di Caprio. I know that the little girls love him, and I actually think that he _can_ act… he just didn’t have the weight for this part. Too pretty? Too blond? Didn’t help that he was up against Day-Lewis.<\/p>\n

Suspect number two, though, is that very same performance from Day-Lewis. Every so often he seemed to be impersonating Robert de Niro, which I guess was deliberate, but was veryoff putting. I kept expecting him to say something about milkshake to little Leo.<\/p>\n

Suspect number three has to be studio interference, which apparently was extensive. Yet even with a further half hour or so of coverage, it’s not as if the film was too short – more like the opposite. Is it simply that Scorcese need to be reined in? Don’t know. <\/p>\n

Some great moments, mainly involving Day-Lewis, but I finished it feeling ‘so what?’ Not a good sign. At some point I’ll watch it again with the Director’s commentary, and see if that reveals anything useful.<\/p>\n

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