On 04/27/2010 11:50 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA > <lela...@mail.smvfp.com> wrote: > >> On 04/27/2010 09:39 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Ed Leafe<e...@leafe.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 27, 2010, at 9:53 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thomas Jefferson said that people should regularly take up arms when the >>>>> government becomes suppressive. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I don't know why, but it always amazes me when people totally >>>> miss the point of a thread, and go off on their own personal tangents. >>>> Hardly anyone has commented on the original idea: imagine if the people >>>> calling for armed revolution were black? >>>> >>>> >>> ----------------------- >>> >>> I watched the movie "Gangs of New York" this past weekend and thought >>> of this thread and much of what Ed is talking about now. >>> >>> BTW, not a good movie either. >>> >>> >> I really enjoyed the movie "Gangs of New York (2002)". It won two >> Golden Globe" awards and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including >> best picture. >> >> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/ >> > ------------ > > > I expected Martin Scorsese to keep the burn scar on the face of the > actor for more then 2 min of the movie. I was suposed to be a > compelling moment in building the character. Maybe DiCaprio's > contract said he couldn't look ugly for more then 2 min? > > It had a great amount of comedy. When the fire departments showed up > and it turned into a fight I had to laugh. Then they struck the poor > SOB whose house was next to the one on fire. > > This film is probably one of Scorsese's weakest, but that is my opinion. > >
The theme of the movie was about the conflict between the working class Irish immigrants, "The Rabbits", and the "Natives", (eg regular working class Americans), of New York in the middle 1800s. The two fashion formed gangs to protect themselves and their interests, so the theme fits right in with todays "immigration reform", including religious struggle for power with "The Rabbits" being Catholics, and the "Natives" being protestant. There were also political overtone with each faction trying to elect individual that would best represent their respective gangs. The movie did a good job of depicting the period of the 5 corners of New York in the 1800s, with all its divergence, violence, corruption, and struggle for power. The gangs raged war with crude weapons like bats, knives, bare hands, and other home made weapons, etc; since, firearms, like those used during the civil war, were illegal. It was a good movie. Regards, LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4bd71d9c.2050...@mail.smvfp.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
