Gangs of New York

Last night we watched "Gangs of New York" Staring: Leonardo Dicaprio, Daneil Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz. It was all brought together by Martin Scorsese and hammered into a good, but violent story.

The story involves Irish immigrants and how they are abused by gangs and poverty and most notably, the goverment as they are conscripted into the army to fight the Southern Army durning the Civil War.

The movie depicts the Irish immigrants stepping of the boat and hurdded into the conscription lines. I don't know how realistic this is, but it is ashame to think that it is true. The movie shows us how racist the north really was, even though the North was fighting the South over the issue of slavery.

Overall I would give this movie a C based on the graphic violence. I think I could do without it, but on second thought I don't think this movie would be able to be told without it.