Gangs of New York / Daniel Day-Lewis

I'm sure there's already a thread or discussion on this, whatever. I just saw it for the first time last week, and wow.. all I have to say is that Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the best actors of our generation, if not THE best.

Without him it's a decent film, maybe a little bit heavy on the cheap/drama school symbolism, but decent. But his performance in this film is so amazing, it makes the film considerably better on its own.

Just throwing that out there.

 

Di caprio's irish accent is terrible, but awesome film

 

Di caprio isnt very good

 

I guess you're right. He was amazing in this, but as a whole I imagine each actor/actress contributed towards the success of the film

 

DiCaprio is good. He just wasn't in this. He's become Scorcese's boy, but was cast about 5 years too early for this role.

Just didn't fit the part. Not sure Cameron Diaz was a great fit for this movie either.

 

I didn't like this. DDL was excellent in a menacing role but Leo was awful in it.

 

Fully agree that DiCaprio was awful in his role, and also think he would've done much better in the same role 5 years later.

 

Agreed on all counts. Leo didn't have much to work with thus he kind of sucked (as much as I hate to admit it). Likewise, Diaz didn't have much to work with, but I thought she did good in the scene when Bill was throwing shit at her and as an actress she had to pretend she was pretending not to be scared while pretending she really was.

And I definitely agree that Bill carried and made an unwatchable movie watchable just off of his performance. Come to think of it how good is "There Will Be Blood" without DDL in that film? Probably not half as good either.

 

i didn't think this movie was much cop and didn't think DDL did anything to make it much better either.

 

I don't think that movie even gets made without him attached to it.

 

DDL should've got the Oscar for this instead of Denzel getting it for Training Day.

 

DiCaprio is the most overrated actor ever. He is decent, nothing more or less.

 

Outstanding performance from Di Caprio.

 

Leo is definitely not overrated at least not anymore. He's more than proven himself as a top flight actor. It's like saying Ed Norton is overrated. At one time maybe but now he's proven. Johnny Depp would be another but he is now dangerously close to the DeNiro/Pacino/Nicholson trap of playing the same character in every movie now.

 

Man alive, I hate Cameron Diaz.

Just needed to get that out.

 

She was hot in Vanilla Sky (loved the doona scene), but she was hot in a lot of films. I just can't stand her as she gets older.

 

LDC was better when he was younger. Now he always plays the 'tortured soul' character. And his 'angry' moments are not very convincing.

Just my opinion.