"...the Black gang member (who gets lynched by other poor, probably-Irish, ghetto dwellers) seems to be able to join the Dead Rabbits simply because he chooses to."
Yeah, I noticed that. Seemed like an obvious attempt to get Pretty Boy off the hook. Sure, the hero is a violent thug, but at least he isn't (actively) participating in a lynch mob! Why, some of his dead best friends are black!
Um, yeah.
Still: the film had a lot of eye candy. Sometimes eye candy really goes a long way.
It's funny you would mention "the fountains of blood and flying teeth." The film wasn't nearly as bloody as I expected it to be. I was expecting to be totally sick to my stomach. I think the worst of it was fuzzed-over in all the blurry slow mo... amazing what you can do with 10 gallons of red food coloring and a strobe effect.
If you're willing to overlook the fact that this long disjointed sprawling mess of film is being held together by the threads of a typical Hollywood revenge fantasy worthy of Inigo Montoya, or that Cameron Diaz's performance makes even "Fetus Face" look good, 'Gangs is definitely worth seeing. Not a GOOD movie, by any stretch of the imagination, but then again, neither was Star Wars.
As much as I enjoyed the spectacle of rabidly nationalistic non-assimilated white people behaving like total animals... er... What was the question? "Race Traitor"? -God, what a horrible magazine! Don't ever let Noel Ignatiev see Gangs of New York. The poor guy would probably wet his pants.
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Date: 2003-04-07 02:55 pm (UTC)Yeah, I noticed that. Seemed like an obvious attempt to get Pretty Boy off the hook. Sure, the hero is a violent thug, but at least he isn't (actively) participating in a lynch mob! Why, some of his dead best friends are black!
Um, yeah.
Still: the film had a lot of eye candy. Sometimes eye candy really goes a long way.
It's funny you would mention "the fountains of blood and flying teeth." The film wasn't nearly as bloody as I expected it to be. I was expecting to be totally sick to my stomach. I think the worst of it was fuzzed-over in all the blurry slow mo... amazing what you can do with 10 gallons of red food coloring and a strobe effect.
If you're willing to overlook the fact that this long disjointed sprawling mess of film is being held together by the threads of a typical Hollywood revenge fantasy worthy of Inigo Montoya, or that Cameron Diaz's performance makes even "Fetus Face" look good, 'Gangs is definitely worth seeing. Not a GOOD movie, by any stretch of the imagination, but then again, neither was Star Wars.
As much as I enjoyed the spectacle of rabidly nationalistic non-assimilated white people behaving like total animals... er... What was the question? "Race Traitor"? -God, what a horrible magazine! Don't ever let Noel Ignatiev see Gangs of New York. The poor guy would probably wet his pants.