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Wednesday, February 12, 2003
MOVIE REVIEW: GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) * 1/2 (1 and a half stars out of 4).
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I finally saw Gangs of New York, with Rob K. First of all, at 2 hours and 45 minutes, this movie is very self-indulgently over-long. Are you seriously telling me that they couldn't have cut, say, five minutes out of this movie? In fact they could have cut out the whole last half hour and had a much better film, because the ending is ridiculous. One of the main selling points in the movie seemed to be that it offered a view of the way New York looked 150 years ago. But the movie doesn't even offer much of that, as practically all the outdoor action takes place at a single intersection. There are some clever lines of dialogue here and there, though none so memorable that it comes to mind as I write this. And there's a whole lot of violence, if you like that sort of thing. But the story makes little sense, and the feelings and motivations of the characters are difficult to fathom.
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