I just watched "Gangs of New York"

[Catchawave]

Must see for anyone who thinks our world is eff'd up today....we haven't evolved much from 1860's NYC. :scared:

[AlCzervik]

1. oh i wanted to power-wash everyone in that movie and then the set

i know they were supposed to be dirty and diseased looking but it was just a little to real for me, i swear i could smell their B.O.. That being said i did enjoy that movie.

[Catchawave]

5. According to the History Channel, they left out

the piles of animal and human feces in the streets. There was no sanitation system in place at that time ...euwww. Yeah, I've been doing some research, this was based on a true story...which means we were like a third world country only 150 years ago....the gangs were no better, or worse, than the sunni and shi'as of Iraq. And there was our American civil war going on at that time too.

Sorry, I'm going to stick with my romantic comedies from now on :hi:

[AlCzervik]

7. oh yeah, last summer i read "1776" by David McCullough and he spent

time describling the conditions on the ground---:puke:

[Catchawave]

8. I'm getting ready to read that book....

So stuff was still icky 100 years earlier, oh joy :silly:

[Richardo]

10. I love that book

You will appreciate George Washington even more, if that's possible. "Father of our Country" is no exaggeration - that guy pretty much ensured the outcome of the Revolutionary War single-handedly.

[AlCzervik]

12. yup, pretty sticky and smelly but it's a really good book, i love his writing style

and growing up a little outside of Boston made the whole visualization of places and events all the better.

[RoyGBiv]

11. True story ...

Sorry to nitpick. It was based on a compilation of several mostly true stories that took place over a period of some 40 odd years. Some elements were completely invented, however, and the time compression could lead to false conclusions.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Some great trivia... the scene at the end

with the WTC at sunrise was shot at about 6am on 9/11/01

[Catchawave]

4. imdb mentioned Scorsese wanted to keep that shot in the film

even though it wasn't finished until after. Sort of a tribute to those who built the city, not destroyed it.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0217505/trivia

[smtpgirl]

3. I thought that was a great movie

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. That was a great movie!

I kept wondering why I hadn't been exposed to any of that history......

And the fight scene where they were using swords and other nasty looking weapons.......:scared:

It was entirely too realistic!

Still, I enjoyed the sweep of history....

And you're right...we haven't changed much since then......

Just our weapons......

[mcctatas]

9. We watched it in my Social Problems class last year

It was a great movie, the only time I found Leo remotely appealing too, plus the soundtrack is awesome! :toast:

[bigwillq]

14. Leo is actually a pretty good actor

As much as it pains me to say it.

[fishwax]

13. I need to see that movie again

I thought it was great ...