Gangs of New York DVD

On 07 Jul 2003 15:27:16 GMT, crumb72 RemoveThis @aol.com (Crumb72) wrote:

>Comments?

I was disappointed in the commentary. Marty doesn't keep his comments
tied to the visual, and once he starts a topic, he drones on into the
next scene and the next. In other places he says nothing for up to 10
minutes and just watches. He talks very little about the actors. In
one of the most notable scenes of the movie, he had no comments at
all, because he was still talking about the Irish folk music from a
scene 15 minutes back. Love the movie, love Marty, but he should have
scripted his own commentary before he recorded it to disc.

Daniel Day-Lewis blew me away. Performance of a lifetime and Bill the
Butcher goes down as one of the all-time notable and frightening
characters of the screen.
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Andy Cohen wrote:

> I was disappointed in the commentary. Marty doesn't keep his comments
> tied to the visual, and once he starts a topic, he drones on into the
> next scene and the next. In other places he says nothing for up to 10
> minutes and just watches. He talks very little about the actors. In
> one of the most notable scenes of the movie, he had no comments at
> all, because he was still talking about the Irish folk music from a
> scene 15 minutes back. Love the movie, love Marty, but he should have
> scripted his own commentary before he recorded it to disc.

Hey Andy, are Leela and I a mirage? Where are our drinks?

He didn't record the commentary while watching the movie. He was
answering Terry Gross' questions from an NPR interview.
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