The Gangs of New York

I did see The Gangs of New York today as well, and, well... it just wasn't really that good. I can't really say it was bad either, there were a few notable things about it, including the performance of Daniel Day-Lewis; but overall the rest of the acting was mediocre, the plot wasn't exceptionally interesting, the love interest wasn't all that believable, and I ended up walking out of the movie wondering what the point of the whole thing was. I really don't understand how it got the number of Oscar nominations that it did, especially since a good number of them were 'artistic' in nature and I found the whole thing to be somewhat convoluted. Anyway, I saw it at a second run theatre, so at least I can say that I sort of got my money's worth. It's certainly not going to make it onto my all time favourite list.