This is such a great opening sequence. Everything in the tunnels looks outlandish like we’re watching a fantasy movie almost, along with the music, and when McGinn kicks open the door it’s like oh shit, we’re in New York.
This film , for Scorsese , is like his star wars... This is as close to action/sci-fi as Marty will get..... It takes place during the late 1800, but this is probably the cgi he has ever used in a film... And I think this is one of his best!! ....could you imagine if for some miracle Marty agreed to do a comic book hero film!!!! And he reads a comic and takes in his brilliant brain and filters out on film how he sees it!!!! Wow!!! It would be something on the level of Nolans Batman
My favorite part of the whole movie is when he asks his son what did Saint Micheal do. He says cast Satan out of Paradise. Where the battle takes place is Paradise Square. He's alluding to Bill as Satan.
Lots of religious symbolism and I wonder if Bill is not more superstitious than religious. He made some snide remarks about the Irish immigrants voting how the pope tells them to. He might want to be God himself.
As a polish catholic it even hits me hard especially the part : "Who is it!?" "SAINT MICHAEL!" "and what did he do!?" "He cast Satan out of paradise!" this part gives me chills to the bone.
Just an endlessly fascinating opening. The setting in the dark tunnels of the first couple minutes, the weapons, attire, religious rituals, and especially the haunting war drums and flute initially conjure up thoughts of an ancient, or medieval, Druidic or other Celtic hideout prior to a fight against a Roman or Anglo-Norman army. But then you see the tenements as the fighters emerge from the tunnels, and the gates open to reveal... 19th-century New York. Truly mind-boggling and stirring.
Agree. People were very religious back then. Actually we Humans have always been so. Until this brief modern era. And it shows in culture. When you stop beliving in a God, That there are rules of behaviour. Then you stupidly think you can do any depraved thing. Walk all over other people and hurt them to gain what you want. People who think like that, which is most people now in the Western World are fatally mistaken. The truth never changes just because you think it does. A hard sharp lesson is coming to them. But the stupid dummies still won't get it.
@@michaelmaguire1229 Many people don't need the fear of a vengeful god behind them to do the right thing, they will do it by choice. Considering all the bloodshed religion has caused, it's a good thing it's in decline. Heck why are you even debating this on a video that shows people going through religious rituals before a bloody gang battle in the streets?
This is just a testament to how brilliant this movie is. Here you have Priest Vallon, not even in the movie a good 20 minutes and has more character than a lot of cardboard cutouts that pass for characters in movies lately.
That’s what the building of a new nation looks like... over the remains of the old. Each generation bringing something different and almost alien to the older generations, but at least nowadays we’re more or less tolerant of people we may not like and/or disagree with. It seems quaint in hindsight, thinking we were tribal like this, but in truth that tribalism exists today still throughout North America and he rest of he world, just on a much grander scale.
They are no gangsters. Just because they’re white doesn’t make it any different . Fighting for a place where they are renting because of racial , religious, and national differences. Absolutely disgusting and for some reason people get a hard on looking at other people kill each other for their differences
@SaturdayNightSlamMaster "ancient 1000 year feud between Britons and Irish" When the British started occupying Irish land, the people of Britain were hardly the "Britons" of old. Britain was occupied by the Romans, Saxons, Angles (where the term"English" is derived), Vikings and Normans. After the Norman invasion of 1066, French was actually the official language of the English Nobility until Henry V (400 years later).
The moment I first saw Monk's weapon, I instantly thought it was one of the coolest weapons I'd ever seen in film. It's 'cause of this movie that I found out that such a unique club is called a shillelagh and it has a history that spans centuries. I kind of wish we'd been able to see more of Monk and his shillelagh in the film, but I'll happily take what I can get.
In my opinion, Liam Neeson has got to be one of the greatest actors of all time. I see him as a great, invincible warrior and a loving father at the same time.
He is amazing, but I'm afraid I see him as typecast. In just about every movie I see him in he plays the "aging bad-ass" a type of character that he is amazing at being. But sadly he doesn't have the flexibility to be anything else. Regardless he is one of be favorite actors but being an actor is about putting on many personas for the camera. He only has one...
He really does have that quality, also amazing husband, it's an old movie, but try and catch him in "Rob Roy" he manages all those great Liam Neeson qualities.
dustyjuiceboy He's capable of playing other stuff, he just doesn't get roles outside of the usual very often. Like most mainstream actors unfortunately.
@@peanutarbuckle7397 his low grade playing is actually spot on to some random band player in the slums. He prolly cant read music and will be dead by the end of the scene anyway. Leave him alone
interesting to note that the rabbit in dead rabbits comes from a similiar irish word meaning someone not to be fucked with, and was picked up by non irish speakers as the word rabbit. and in our slang as in others, dead is an intensifier, like you're dead kind, or you're dead right.
Really, you must be from Northern Ireland then, because Jake Shuttlesworth sounds like a British name. If it was Seamus, or Aidan, or Eoghan then you might be truly Irish
Love this track. That aggressive marching snare, and the flute with it's uneven, almost primitive sounding notes just sounds like the harbinger of crazy shit going down, absolutely based.
Song is called Shimmy Shimmy Wobble It sounds like something that hardened warriors who have not been cut-off from their emotions might listen too. The drums are obviously drums of a hard marching cadence, but the flute sounds like being afraid, but maintaining one's decorum
@Miguel Amaya It's a mark of honor before going out to battle. Also, the razor is passed down to the boy when he's a man & it carries the memory of his father on it, both literally (the blood) & figuratively. Might've been what Priest Amsterdam's own father did with too.
I just noticed something while rewatching this specific scene. This starts underground. Now anyone who knows Irish (or Celtic for that matter) mythology knows that the gods live underground. And also at the beginning, the father and son are talking about Saint Michael. Just something that came to my mind.
when i watched this movie for the first time i hadnt seen a trailer or even heard of it. it was on a long list of pirated movies i got from a friend when torrenting was popular.i was bored one night and decided to watch "gangs of new york" thinking there would be drive by shootings with bloods & crips. Not what I expected but after finishing the movie i immediately rewatched the opening battle. there are very few movies this great out there
I honestly wish that this movie was more about the Dead Rabbits and their feud with Bill the Butcher instead of bland Leo and Cameron having an unnecessary love triangle. Sorry, I usually really like both actors but they were both uninteresting here.
+adamtherock2008 I agree and disagree. The movie was great and I think that Leo did a great job. And of course, I don't think I need to praise the Mr. Lewis' performance as he stole the movie. Leo and Diaz's love story was uninteresting and I felt like it wasn't needed in a movie like this. However, it was still a great movie. What you say though, I think that would have been a great way too go with the movie.
+AVET87 well when people see the title they were mostly hoping for more gangs of New York and less of Orlando Blooms characters messed up childhood and romance....the only thing that I really found horrible about this movie is how short Liam Nielsens character was in it lol.
+adamtherock2008 The dead rabbits were a gang made up of different ethnic groups who were new immigrants in New York. Bill the butcher wanted a New York for Anglo-Saxons locals whos bloodline originated from England and Scotland and wanted to get rid of these new immigrants
This scene is about transitioning 1500 years of Irish history, from the old world and striving at full speed and with all the courage to go into the new modern world that awaits them. Even if they do not survive, they must enable their next generations to succeed and fulfill their best potential
When I went to see this with the family, my mom thought we were in the wrong theatre, seeing as how this is the intro to movie called “Gangs of New York.” She probably thought it was like a mobster movie.
I believe they cast Neeson as Priest Vallon because while the role of Priest was very small as far as screen time was concerned, they still needed him to loom over the entire film, to be an unforgettable presence, so the audience doesnt forget why Amsterdam is doing what he's doing. Who better to leave an impression on us than one of the great actors of our generation?
Amazing detail there...love how the last note of the fife/tin whistle is seamlessly blended into the creak of the door as it is kicked open. One my the most hype intros in all of the gangster movie genre.
The blood stays on the blade for a family keepsake when young Valon gets older, he can look at the blade and his father's blood will still be on it, he's always there.
1. The Gangs Of New York. 2. Kingdom of Heaven. In both films Liam played The Warrior Father who went into battle at the start of both films, only to get Mortally Wounded & His Son in each film carry on His Legacy! Very Shakespearean 👌🙅🤔!
I believe that piercing wind instrument was referred to as a tin whistle. Combined with the drum it makes a great anthem for the Dead Rabbits to march to. This is the most memorable scene in an awesome movie. Daniel Day is invredible as Bill the Butcher; an incredible villain based on a real historical figure. As Bill in GNY and Daniel Plainview in _There Will Be Blood_ he is unmatched.
Never really took it this way until now. But Monk kicking the door open pretty much was heard as an echo throughout the five points. Symbolized as “Let’s get it on” that even the Natives heard it. Lol they just looked out their windows and said “LETS GO BOYS” 💪
The_ 0311 This is a movie. Full grown men on average would've been around 5'6 and 120 pounds during the 1830's. They might've been more hardcore, but someone from today could probably over power any of them for the most part.
This never really happened the the amount of carnage is grossly exaggerated, doubt these pussies would stand a chance against the Cartel gangs in a fair fight
+Carlos Netzhlt Well you do have to take into account how much more ruthless someone from the early 1800's would have been, their lives were immensely harder and they were raised to be brutes, they'd go into a fight with much more aggression and alot less to lose.
Fox News Viewer Cartel gangs decapitate children from other gangs, burn people alive in barrels, skin of the faces of their rival gangs. Times really haven't changed that much. The white folks in this country have only brutalize people who are unable to fight back such as the slaves they brought over. They did have a lot to lose back in the 1800s since many groups left Europe for a better life so they assimilated a lot better in this nation. Historically speaking none of the carnage in this scene happened it was actually a riot not a full on battle like spartans or celts, probably some stones and sticks and a few boo boos lol lets be real
+Carlos Netzhlt like foreal cmon man you can't compare today's gangs to back then. Most cartels today terrorize everyone mostly their own for money and drugs. These guys are fighting for territory and respect.
One of the best cult classics of all times! It is a timeless masterpiece brought to life by master actors like DDL, Liam "I will find you" Neeson and one of DiCaprio's break-out performances. Watch in any era and it still feels fresh, captivating and mesmerized by it!
"Some of it I half remember, and the rest? The rest I took from dreams." I believe this line is kind of an acknowledgment or homage to Asbury's book. It sets the tone for those who know the actual history well. Luc Sante's book 'Low Life' is 'Asbury's 'Gangs' without the myths and sensation. A must for anyone interested in the Five Points and the things in history some would rather not acknowledge.
the shots with Happy Jack in this scene and in the fight scene make me sad after watching this movie. he really seemed like a loyal right hand man. was sad seeing him working for Billy the butcher and ending the way he did.
We just started watching this movie in my high-school AP U.S. history class. This scene and the fight scene fallowing captivated me. Thanks for posting it.
And Liam is 100% Irish and was boxer before getting into acting...having him as the priest was perfect casting, just as Daniel Day Lewis was for Bill (even though he wasn't the first choice)
I remember that sequence of questions over a saint's image from my own Irish Catholic relations when I was a child : "Who is that?" "What did he do?" That moment in the scene spoke to me.
Love this opening sequence! So surreal and disorienting. I’d seen trailers for Gangs of New York, so came into it with preconceptions of what the movie would be... then it starts and I’m like WTF? What planet is this!? If a movie is ever made set in one of the hive cities of Warhammer 40k, I hope they watch this and take notes.
I think this opening sequence is heavily inspired by Fellini Satyricon, especially the first half in Rome, which Scorsese has spoken about before. It recalls the absolute cramped weirdness of a distant past only barely recognizable to us now, strange music, strange scenes, odd lighting, voices all around. But we can still identify the human core of what's going on, however bizarre it seems to us on first glance.
I discovered this film when I was 14 and loved it so much I watched it every weekend until I was 17. Now, at 29, whenever I do decide to put it on it's so great. There's never been a more unconventional but amazing opening.
Priest Vallon fought like a true, dedicated, fanatically die hard Irish Warrior of old, of that late Medieval-Renaissance Era (late 1200s till mid 1600s), back when the Scottish Highland trained Irish Gallowglass mercenaries were a force to be reckoned with, perhaps the most fearsome fighting men in all of Europe & generally regarded as the Western European Samurai, such was their amazing skill with blade weapons, savage ferocity & sheer toughness in combat (unparalleled shock troops, save that of the Scots Highlanders & Swiss pikemen). And as brave, powerful, fierce, zealous & admirable as Priest Vallon was not even he could emulate such primevally motivated battlefield fierceness along with this primal disregard for death that was invariably displayed in do or die, face to face battlefield scenarios by that older Gaelic Warrior breed (the Irish Gallowglass & Scottish Highlanders!). Yet with that said the Priest fought like a real badass warrior, & died a true champion, thus leaving a renowned & venerated legacy in his wake (one of mythological dimensions). What a great scene, powerfully riveting & viscerally inspired, driven ominously yet gloriously by that basic steady beat in seamless conjunction with that deceptively blood rousing flute. Definitely taps into these ancient primal chords (of the type that the besieged & outnumbered can most especially relate to).
'Blood stays on it' A message that penetrates the entire movie. When the blood is wiped, it is forgotten, as if no one even knew that the blood was there. It's about remembering it. Not letting it go into being forgotten. So the blood stays on it, so that it will pass on to generations.
It's to bad they killed of Neeson's character so early, would have been awesome to see him in a few more battles. I have the same feelings with Kingdom of Heaven.
Many of the guys fighting these medieval battles on the streets of New York would have still been alive when cars were on the same streets. Some of them probably survived to see world war 1. The industrial revolution's affect on the world was crazy. Like, this was set only 90 years before WW2...........
This is such a great opening sequence. Everything in the tunnels looks outlandish like we’re watching a fantasy movie almost, along with the music, and when McGinn kicks open the door it’s like oh shit, we’re in New York.
because the titel of the movie didnt gave it away ?
@@rickkhemai1443 that's not what he's saying at all. Lol
The flute in the opening scene is garbage. So shrill and raspy.
@@TonyPstunts it's fight music
This film , for Scorsese , is like his star wars... This is as close to action/sci-fi as Marty will get..... It takes place during the late 1800, but this is probably the cgi he has ever used in a film... And I think this is one of his best!! ....could you imagine if for some miracle Marty agreed to do a comic book hero film!!!! And he reads a comic and takes in his brilliant brain and filters out on film how he sees it!!!! Wow!!! It would be something on the level of Nolans Batman
"who is that?"
"Saint Michael"
"who is it!?"
"SAINT MICHAEL!"
"and what did he do?"
"He cast Satan out of paradise!"
That Part is legendary!
Yes!! I've been saying that as well !!
if you didn't know the story, you'd be convinced this is one hell of a post apocalyptic movie.
Real talk! I remember watching this before seeing the movie and thought it was sci fi
it is. look up mudflood reset
It's a America 😂
😂😂
Exactly what I thought it was at first. I was so confused (in a good way of course)!
This opening makes me realize Scorsese could do a kickass Mad Max movie.
Just another shinebox actor.
late asf but i deadass thought of Mad Max when i watched this. the kid with the claws is a carbon copy of the feral kid from the road warrior lmfao
Mad Micks 2.
@@johndanielharold3633 wtf is mad micks
Of course he's Martin Scorsese
My favorite part of the whole movie is when he asks his son what did Saint Micheal do. He says cast Satan out of Paradise. Where the battle takes place is Paradise Square. He's alluding to Bill as Satan.
cool thanks for the information my friend!
Whoa we got a Detective here!
I thought that was pretty self-explanatory given the most moderate intelligent mind.
That’s your favorite part? Gtfoh. You’re just trying to sound clever
Lots of religious symbolism and I wonder if Bill is not more superstitious than religious. He made some snide remarks about the Irish immigrants voting how the pope tells them to. He might want to be God himself.
JoE KeRr People who act like they're super intelligent are mostly dumb as a donkey.
So well done, you played yourself.
As an Irish Catholic this hits different with the drums and flute
As a polish catholic it even hits me hard especially the part :
"Who is it!?"
"SAINT MICHAEL!"
"and what did he do!?"
"He cast Satan out of paradise!"
this part gives me chills to the bone.
@bryankowalczyk3982 as a Lebanese maronite Catholic, it hits me hard as well .
Archangel michael be our protector
Deus vult
lol your pope kisses the feet of Muslim refugees
Just an endlessly fascinating opening. The setting in the dark tunnels of the first couple minutes, the weapons, attire, religious rituals, and especially the haunting war drums and flute initially conjure up thoughts of an ancient, or medieval, Druidic or other Celtic hideout prior to a fight against a Roman or Anglo-Norman army. But then you see the tenements as the fighters emerge from the tunnels, and the gates open to reveal... 19th-century New York. Truly mind-boggling and stirring.
Spot- on.
Brilliant!!!
Agree. People were very religious back then. Actually we Humans have always been so. Until this brief modern era. And it shows in culture. When you stop beliving in a God, That there are rules of behaviour. Then you stupidly think you can do any depraved thing. Walk all over other people and hurt them to gain what you want. People who think like that, which is most people now in the Western World are fatally mistaken. The truth never changes just because you think it does. A hard sharp lesson is coming to them. But the stupid dummies still won't get it.
@@michaelmaguire1229 Many people don't need the fear of a vengeful god behind them to do the right thing, they will do it by choice. Considering all the bloodshed religion has caused, it's a good thing it's in decline. Heck why are you even debating this on a video that shows people going through religious rituals before a bloody gang battle in the streets?
took me an hour to get past this scene.
If I was a professional fighter I would definitely play this song as my entrance music when walking towards the ring... same entourage included.
same
I'm going to for my next muay thai fight
One of the best opening scenes of all time. The stopping of the music while door was kicked is a solid art.
Gives me chills every time.
The best is when you learn Hellcat Maggie was a real woman who filed her teeth, wore metal claws, and lead an all female division of a gang.
And died a year before this battle.
I´d love to know where her people are from! I´d go with Roscommon!
and McGloin sharpened his boots as well
That’s fucking badass
@@brndnwilks I'll allow it
This is just a testament to how brilliant this movie is. Here you have Priest Vallon, not even in the movie a good 20 minutes and has more character than a lot of cardboard cutouts that pass for characters in movies lately.
the fife and drum song is by Otha Turner..
Thank you, i had a recordings of this scene for years.
That slightly out of tune flute-amajig thingy couldn't have been better!
Dont know if you can call it a song but its a Ohrwurm
Shimmy She Wobble
I was hungover and watched this. This tune stuck in my head for that whole day. 😄
I love how he uses a crucifix and a sword and his weapons. That's one cool priest
Yeah that's my kind if priest.
Deus Vult.
He's not a priest-- it's a nickname he picked up from wearing that steel gorget sorta like a priest's collar
A crucifix turned into a mace very interesting
@@Dan66632 "He wield his Warhammer/through streets broad and narrow/crying "Demons!" and "Undead, not alive, alive-o!"
Brendon Gleeson is a hell of an actor, with a tough and respectful presence!
‘Cause the UK(England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales) all have better actors than America today.
How many of us first saw him in Braveheart?
@@JnEricsonx me ✋️
It feels like some kind of post-apocalypse Mad Max universe
Marcin Zyśko it really does. Bizzare as aliens.
The irony is that allot of this was true. New York in the 1800's was practically run by gangs and relied on them for most of it's beginning existence.
Pre or post apocalyptic might look similar at points
That’s what the building of a new nation looks like... over the remains of the old. Each generation bringing something different and almost alien to the older generations, but at least nowadays we’re more or less tolerant of people we may not like and/or disagree with. It seems quaint in hindsight, thinking we were tribal like this, but in truth that tribalism exists today still throughout North America and he rest of he world, just on a much grander scale.
For the real natives, it WAS a post-apocalyptic universe.
Daniel Day Lewis vs Liam Neeson. The best of British vs the best of Irish. Mega grudge.
Born in England. Has often said he's English. Lives in Ireland. Has duel citizenship. Quite simple.
Correct. Yet everything I just said still remains a fact. :)
what was the point of all of this then? XD
Neeson is from Ireland. And he's hardly the best English actor.
***** Neeson is from Ireland, Day Lewis is from England.
the original gangsters
OG
The real ones.
The original shineboxers
They are no gangsters. Just because they’re white doesn’t make it any different .
Fighting for a place where they are renting because of racial , religious, and national differences. Absolutely disgusting and for some reason people get a hard on looking at other people kill each other for their differences
@SaturdayNightSlamMaster "ancient 1000 year feud between Britons and Irish" When the British started occupying Irish land, the people of Britain were hardly the "Britons" of old. Britain was occupied by the Romans, Saxons, Angles (where the term"English" is derived), Vikings and Normans. After the Norman invasion of 1066, French was actually the official language of the English Nobility until Henry V (400 years later).
loved how he kicked the door open,
Erica Palmer I came here for that single scene
Hydro Matro Slash I love the music and Liam,
Erica Palmer gr8✌☺
Erica Palmer this is one of the best opening scenes in movies
I totally agree!!
The ending gave me so many feels the directing was good too!
#feels
The moment I first saw Monk's weapon, I instantly thought it was one of the coolest weapons I'd ever seen in film. It's 'cause of this movie that I found out that such a unique club is called a shillelagh and it has a history that spans centuries. I kind of wish we'd been able to see more of Monk and his shillelagh in the film, but I'll happily take what I can get.
Most interesting ... I always thought it was just a simple war club
I gots one :D
I got hit by one of those clubs, nearly broke my collar bone. such a fine beating I took. 👊👽
The very first StatTrak weapon.
JimmySteller my family has had one we’ve passed down for at least four generations
In my opinion, Liam Neeson has got to be one of the greatest actors of all time. I see him as a great, invincible warrior and a loving father at the same time.
He is amazing, but I'm afraid I see him as typecast. In just about every movie I see him in he plays the "aging bad-ass" a type of character that he is amazing at being. But sadly he doesn't have the flexibility to be anything else. Regardless he is one of be favorite actors but being an actor is about putting on many personas for the camera. He only has one...
He really does have that quality, also amazing husband, it's an old movie, but try and catch him in "Rob Roy" he manages all those great Liam Neeson qualities.
oh hell yes
dustyjuiceboy He's capable of playing other stuff, he just doesn't get roles outside of the usual very often. Like most mainstream actors unfortunately.
+dustyjuiceboy I don't think you have seen Schindlers List then. I hope I spelled that right lol.
Must be the best opening to a film ever
agreed
Badassness
Yeah it should have ended right there
Martin Scorsese sure knows how to start a movie. Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed, etc.
And the film's ending is just as memorable, amazing stuff
Extremely potent music. Beautiful.
A marilyn Manson song would of been better,
@@debravalreyes2033 no
It's not...at all. The tin whistle player sounds drunk.
@@peanutarbuckle7397 his low grade playing is actually spot on to some random band player in the slums. He prolly cant read music and will be dead by the end of the scene anyway. Leave him alone
@@peanutarbuckle7397 that's what makes it good. Raw blood thirsty. Gritty fuckin inevitable.
Happy 20th anniversary, Gangs of New York, my #2 favorite film!
Released 12/20/2002!
Out of curiosity, what's your #1 favorite? :)
@@Boxermom0317 Lincoln 2012
@@WarrenWebber Good choice!
interesting to note that the rabbit in dead rabbits comes from a similiar irish word meaning someone not to be fucked with, and was picked up by non irish speakers as the word rabbit. and in our slang as in others, dead is an intensifier, like you're dead kind, or you're dead right.
Are you from Ireland?
yes
Really, you must be from Northern Ireland then, because Jake Shuttlesworth sounds like a British name. If it was Seamus, or Aidan, or Eoghan then you might be truly Irish
It's actually a name from a film.
Why are you concerning yourself with applying to me whatever narrow definition of Irishness you've picked up.
Love this track. That aggressive marching snare, and the flute with it's uneven, almost primitive sounding notes just sounds like the harbinger of crazy shit going down, absolutely based.
Absolutely. The drums and the flute are in no sync whatsoever. And that is what gets you glued to it.
It's music fit for war.
Perfect way to describe it
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Song is called Shimmy Shimmy Wobble
It sounds like something that hardened warriors who have not been cut-off from their emotions might listen too.
The drums are obviously drums of a hard marching cadence, but the flute sounds like being afraid, but maintaining one's decorum
@Miguel Amaya It's a mark of honor before going out to battle. Also, the razor is passed down to the boy when he's a man & it carries the memory of his father on it, both literally (the blood) & figuratively. Might've been what Priest Amsterdam's own father did with too.
I just noticed something while rewatching this specific scene. This starts underground. Now anyone who knows Irish (or Celtic for that matter) mythology knows that the gods live underground. And also at the beginning, the father and son are talking about Saint Michael. Just something that came to my mind.
when i watched this movie for the first time i hadnt seen a trailer or even heard of it. it was on a long list of pirated movies i got from a friend when torrenting was popular.i was bored one night and decided to watch "gangs of new york" thinking there would be drive by shootings with bloods & crips. Not what I expected but after finishing the movie i immediately rewatched the opening battle. there are very few movies this great out there
In Liam Neeson I trust...
I like to imagine that this is Ra's al Ghul, and its showing us how old he really is and the adventures he must of went on throughout his life
he dies 2 minutes later though
@@henrikpedersen8282 but he can come back to life thats his thing man
What EXACTLY does MUST OF mean?
@@TROUGH20 he's comes back alive from the lazurus pit. He doesn't have a power that brings him back to life .
@mark navarro So it's ignorance we're talking about.
One of the best scenes in modern film history.
I honestly wish that this movie was more about the Dead Rabbits and their feud with Bill the Butcher instead of bland Leo and Cameron having an unnecessary love triangle. Sorry, I usually really like both actors but they were both uninteresting here.
+adamtherock2008 I agree and disagree. The movie was great and I think that Leo did a great job. And of course, I don't think I need to praise the Mr. Lewis' performance as he stole the movie. Leo and Diaz's love story was uninteresting and I felt like it wasn't needed in a movie like this. However, it was still a great movie. What you say though, I think that would have been a great way too go with the movie.
+AVET87 well when people see the title they were mostly hoping for more gangs of New York and less of Orlando Blooms characters messed up childhood and romance....the only thing that I really found horrible about this movie is how short Liam Nielsens character was in it lol.
+adamtherock2008 The dead rabbits were a gang made up of different ethnic groups who were new immigrants in New York. Bill the butcher wanted a New York for Anglo-Saxons locals whos bloodline originated from England and Scotland and wanted to get rid of these new immigrants
I would have liked more history about the Dead Rabbits and Natives
adamtherock2008 Be nice to know at least why they called them the dead rabbits.
I been to New York recently.. not much has changed..
No son never, the blood stays on the blade. Love that line
generations survive by winning their wars. blood stays on the blade
My dads favorite movie his grandparents came to America from Ireland. He taught me how to fight my battles be brave and tough.
Who is it!? St Michael! Who! He cast satan outta paradise...... Good boy.
That's how you raise a child
This scene is about transitioning 1500 years of Irish history, from the old world and striving at full speed and with all the courage to go into the new modern world that awaits them. Even if they do not survive, they must enable their next generations to succeed and fulfill their best potential
When I went to see this with the family, my mom thought we were in the wrong theatre, seeing as how this is the intro to movie called “Gangs of New York.” She probably thought it was like a mobster movie.
This film half makes me wish I was Irish hahaha
***** lolol hear hear
just hang out with mexicans... mexicans today are the modern irish.
PotatoMasher1234 are you Irish? Also why do you have the guy from drstrangelove as ur pic
PotatoMasher1234 might as well be they act so similar just make them speak english and be a wee bit more pale
Darkzz Lord Cry more potato shagger
this song gives me goosebumps such a great film!!
They accidentally made the first 10 minutes of this movie the most interesting 10 minutes in all 3 hours.
So true! & it's the only time we see Liam Neeson in the movie .
I believe they cast Neeson as Priest Vallon because while the role of Priest was very small as far as screen time was concerned, they still needed him to loom over the entire film, to be an unforgettable presence, so the audience doesnt forget why Amsterdam is doing what he's doing. Who better to leave an impression on us than one of the great actors of our generation?
I love the shot of the scene with the priest with the wine and it pans to some of the soldier’s in the light in the background. 2:16
Amazing detail there...love how the last note of the fife/tin whistle is seamlessly blended into the creak of the door as it is kicked open. One my the most hype intros in all of the gangster movie genre.
Back when Liam unleashed the full might of his Irish accent
The blood stays on the blade for a family keepsake when young Valon gets older, he can look at the blade and his father's blood will still be on it, he's always there.
This movie better and better every time I watch again ....
Damn good intro...my respects to Scorsese
1. The Gangs Of New York.
2. Kingdom of Heaven.
In both films Liam played The Warrior Father who went into battle at the start of both films, only to get Mortally Wounded & His Son in each film carry on His Legacy!
Very Shakespearean 👌🙅🤔!
I believe that piercing wind instrument was referred to as a tin whistle. Combined with the drum it makes a great anthem for the Dead Rabbits to march to. This is the most memorable scene in an awesome movie. Daniel Day is invredible as Bill the Butcher; an incredible villain based on a real historical figure. As Bill in GNY and Daniel Plainview in _There Will Be Blood_ he is unmatched.
I loved this movie
Never really took it this way until now. But Monk kicking the door open pretty much was heard as an echo throughout the five points. Symbolized as “Let’s get it on” that even the Natives heard it. Lol they just looked out their windows and said “LETS GO BOYS” 💪
you know its a good movie when the priest is liam neeson and he's readying for a good ol'fashion gang war
Damn this is some fine film making
These guys would beat the living shit out of today's punk ass gangs.
The_ 0311 This is a movie. Full grown men on average would've been around 5'6 and 120 pounds during the 1830's. They might've been more hardcore, but someone from today could probably over power any of them for the most part.
This never really happened the the amount of carnage is grossly exaggerated, doubt these pussies would stand a chance against the Cartel gangs in a fair fight
+Carlos Netzhlt Well you do have to take into account how much more ruthless someone from the early 1800's would have been, their lives were immensely harder and they were raised to be brutes, they'd go into a fight with much more aggression and alot less to lose.
Fox News Viewer Cartel gangs decapitate children from other gangs, burn people alive in barrels, skin of the faces of their rival gangs. Times really haven't changed that much. The white folks in this country have only brutalize people who are unable to fight back such as the slaves they brought over. They did have a lot to lose back in the 1800s since many groups left Europe for a better life so they assimilated a lot better in this nation. Historically speaking none of the carnage in this scene happened it was actually a riot not a full on battle like spartans or celts, probably some stones and sticks and a few boo boos lol lets be real
+Carlos Netzhlt like foreal cmon man you can't compare today's gangs to back then. Most cartels today terrorize everyone mostly their own for money and drugs. These guys are fighting for territory and respect.
I LOVE THIS MUSIC
th-cam.com/video/-nwNqLr3_3g-/w-d-xo.html Otha Turner it’s his original music from Mississippi
One of the best cult classics of all times! It is a timeless masterpiece brought to life by master actors like DDL, Liam "I will find you" Neeson and one of DiCaprio's break-out performances. Watch in any era and it still feels fresh, captivating and mesmerized by it!
Hate to be this guy, but this is not a cult classic. This was universally praised and watched and is still talked about
Martin Scorsese you legend.
That intro music is so fuckin hard!!!
When you face the upcoming exam.......
One of my favorite movie's of all time!!
Same! ❤🎉
The blood stays on the blade.
Are we ever going to greet ourselves in peace?
Yo this movie is so gangster, Especially bill the butcher took every thing like a g haha
"Some of it I half remember, and the rest? The rest I took from dreams." I believe this line is kind of an acknowledgment or homage to Asbury's book. It sets the tone for those who know the actual history well. Luc Sante's book 'Low Life' is 'Asbury's 'Gangs' without the myths and sensation. A must for anyone interested in the Five Points and the things in history some would rather not acknowledge.
Awesome thanks
The flute and drums are from a documentary called "Land where the blues began" look it up.
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I would ride to battle with this song in the back ground
Drummer just jammin out while the fife player tries to figure out how to play.
Is that Dr. Steve Brule?
Yup yup
the shots with Happy Jack in this scene and in the fight scene make me sad after watching this movie. he really seemed like a loyal right hand man. was sad seeing him working for Billy the butcher and ending the way he did.
We just started watching this movie in my high-school AP U.S. history class. This scene and the fight scene fallowing captivated me. Thanks for posting it.
BTW, the drum and Fife music is played by a African American group out of Mississippi, Otha Turner, per Marty Scorcesse.
It's a very English song though
And Liam is 100% Irish and was boxer before getting into acting...having him as the priest was perfect casting, just as Daniel Day Lewis was for Bill (even though he wasn't the first choice)
What an opening scene. Fabulous.
That's some heavy gang war! Really great movie!
I really love John Reilly! Amazing actor!
I remember that sequence of questions over a saint's image from my own Irish Catholic relations when I was a child :
"Who is that?"
"What did he do?"
That moment in the scene spoke to me.
2:05 a brief cameo by Marlon Brando from ❤️ of Darkness / Apocalypse Now!
1:52 IT'S TIME TO SHAKE AND BAKE BABY.
John c Reilly makes this movie all the better :-))
This song is playing in my head 24/7
I would love if they made a replica of that Shillelagh. I'd buy two.
I used to be scared as a little kid whenever my families watch this movie..
Terminal boots recreated this soo perfectly HAHAHA
That music is haunting
My favorite scene from the movie. Thanks for posting.
one of the great opening movie sequences of all time. Daniel Day Lewis was beyond a genius in this. How he didn't win an oscar for this is a joke.
Liam Nesson isn't killing anyone in the opening sequence of this movie.
The Question you’d be great at cinema sins
He is using the force
Well he's an actor so yeah
ding!
TBF there's many stories of priests leading men into battle from the Crusades to Stonewall Jackson praying before each battle.
Out of the entire og crew, The Cat is the only one that marches with the son at the end. She's loyal to the end.
such an epic ending to this clip. love this movie. one of DiCaprio's finest acting jobs.
Love this opening sequence! So surreal and disorienting. I’d seen trailers for Gangs of New York, so came into it with preconceptions of what the movie would be... then it starts and I’m like WTF? What planet is this!?
If a movie is ever made set in one of the hive cities of Warhammer 40k, I hope they watch this and take notes.
This be a good ufc entrance song
It really would
the first 14 minutes of this film immediately tell you youre in for a treat
I think this opening sequence is heavily inspired by Fellini Satyricon, especially the first half in Rome, which Scorsese has spoken about before. It recalls the absolute cramped weirdness of a distant past only barely recognizable to us now, strange music, strange scenes, odd lighting, voices all around. But we can still identify the human core of what's going on, however bizarre it seems to us on first glance.
I discovered this film when I was 14 and loved it so much I watched it every weekend until I was 17. Now, at 29, whenever I do decide to put it on it's so great. There's never been a more unconventional but amazing opening.
Priest Vallon fought like a true, dedicated, fanatically die hard Irish Warrior of old, of that late Medieval-Renaissance Era (late 1200s till mid 1600s), back when the Scottish Highland trained Irish Gallowglass mercenaries were a force to be reckoned with, perhaps the most fearsome fighting men in all of Europe & generally regarded as the Western European Samurai, such was their amazing skill with blade weapons, savage ferocity & sheer toughness in combat (unparalleled shock troops, save that of the Scots Highlanders & Swiss pikemen). And as brave, powerful, fierce, zealous & admirable as Priest Vallon was not even he could emulate such primevally motivated battlefield fierceness along with this primal disregard for death that was invariably displayed in do or die, face to face battlefield scenarios by that older Gaelic Warrior breed (the Irish Gallowglass & Scottish Highlanders!). Yet with that said the Priest fought like a real badass warrior, & died a true champion, thus leaving a renowned & venerated legacy in his wake (one of mythological dimensions). What a great scene, powerfully riveting & viscerally inspired, driven ominously yet gloriously by that basic steady beat in seamless conjunction with that deceptively blood rousing flute. Definitely taps into these ancient primal chords (of the type that the besieged & outnumbered can most especially relate to).
Excellent, the difference between the cabin and outside... Love it
'Blood stays on it'
A message that penetrates the entire movie.
When the blood is wiped, it is forgotten, as if no one even knew that the blood was there.
It's about remembering it. Not letting it go into being forgotten.
So the blood stays on it, so that it will pass on to generations.
It's to bad they killed of Neeson's character so early, would have been awesome to see him in a few more battles. I have the same feelings with Kingdom of Heaven.
I absolutely love this movie. This as an opening scene, unreal!!
Many of the guys fighting these medieval battles on the streets of New York would have still been alive when cars were on the same streets. Some of them probably survived to see world war 1.
The industrial revolution's affect on the world was crazy. Like, this was set only 90 years before WW2...........