Gangs of New York (the movie)

Last night I saw the movie "Gangs of New York" with "S" and "S" and "C". It was pretty good, I really liked it. There were a few gory fight scenes which were kinda cool, but most importantly it made me aware of how New York came to be. Sure the story is fiction, and only very loosely based on real people and real events, but there was a long period of time in New York history where there was a law vacuum and there was racial strife and everything was a mess. This movie is about a small part of that. It is worth seeing, if only to see New York in a different light, and to be thankful for what it managed to turn in to despite the way it was.