Even though I'm a huge fan of
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and
Daniel Day-Lewis, when I first saw
Gangs Of New York in the theater on Opening Day, I was kind of disappointed when it was over. It wasn't a dud, far from it. It just didn't live up to my expectations of what I have come to expect from
Scorsese over the years. It actually took me a good 10 times before I really started to warm up to the movie as a whole. Sure, the film always had amazing performances, especially from
Daniel Day-Lewis who owned this movie.
Leo also gave a stellar performance. I thought the Art Direction was amazing. My biggest gripe back then was the story. Over the years I have come to appreciate the movie more and more with each viewing. It's still not a perfect film to me, but it is far from a disappointment to me now compared to my initial reaction to it. Cameron Diaz and Henry Thomas also were great in this.
Definitely worth a
Rent for sure. I own the DVD, but I don't know if I would tell you to Buy it, especially the
Bare Bones Edition I have.