All civilizations have a tragic and unforgettable past

Payton 2022-04-20 09:01:08

The film directed at Daniel Lewis, indeed, his superb acting skills overshadowed Leonardo and Cameron, and played a brutal but flesh-and-blood gang boss.
If the film ends at an hour and a half, it's just a gangster version of a clichéd Prince's Revengeance, but the next hour elevates it. Let us see Leonardo's forbearance, the sadness of small figures in the torrent of history, and the unbearable past before American liberal democracy.
There is an unknown side behind all halos. All successes are preceded by hard and difficult failures. Human beings are like this, moving forward in constant killing and peaceful alternation. The civilization of a region, a country, and even the entire human race needs to pay a heavy price. The same is true of the United States, a country that claims to be liberal and democratic. There are more interferences in the internal affairs of other countries and accusations of previous attitudes. Sometimes I really feel that it is fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps. In Western terms, is it similar to past-style ridicule? Time? hehe~~

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Extended Reading
  • Mae 2022-03-26 09:01:01

    Some taste of surrealism, although it is actually the way of epic films. The ending paragraph has the flavor of the first episode of Transformers, and also has the flavor of the great Gatsby ending...This kind of perspective from the earth and overlooking the common people, Chinese movies should learn more.

  • Lacy 2022-03-21 09:01:10

    After a lapse of 7 or 8 years, I will revisit it again and feel a lot of thrilling revenge. Combined with the famous New York Riot of 1863 at the time, it describes a story of mutual sorrow between the heroes, even if the hatred is as deep as the sea, in turmoil. In the face of the overall situation of society, it will become insignificant

Gangs of New York quotes

  • Bill: [after stabbing Priest] Look to me! Who is this under my knife!

  • Bill: Everything you see belongs to me, to one degree or another. The beggars and newsboys and quick thieves here in Paradise, the sailor dives and gin mills and blind tigers on the waterfront, the anglers and amusers, the she-hes and the Chinks. Everybody owes, everybody pays. Because that's how you stand up against the rising of the tide.