@@Wonmanbanned rumor has it that during the entire time of making the film, Daniel Day Lewis never broke character. Not even on days they weren't filming
"The heart? This boy has no heart ." The only scene in my life that l kept repeating tens of times in spite of the fact that it represents a victory for the villain. The performance of the butcher is outstanding.
He said it twice because he said his line just a little too early, so it doesn't give me chills, just makes me think "oh he may have spoken a bit too early cuz the crowd was still yelling"
He lifts himself up so high because, for decades, everyone who confronts or has confronted him is terrified of him. That line says so much about his ego. Like God only made this man and I allowed him to live. Yes, a great line!
@@la-li-lu-le-lo9444 First thing i thought/noticed when he threw the knife at amsterdams stomach. He had the accuracy to hit him wherever he wanted, but he wanted him to survive. In some ways he wanted to create a protege of himself for the future. Been so long since ive seen this movie, need to rewatch asap 😂
I liked Bill the Butcher, I just didn't like how he was saying he couldn't fight me like a man but he killed 2 of his biggest enemies while there back was turned.
Jacob Bassett he doesn't feel the need or care Cuz he's a coward. He could of fought Walter mcquinn head on. He still had badass moments though with the knife throwing, beating the shit out of Leonardo. He just had his coward moments too.
So Ruthlez what movie are you watching? he's the one that opened the door and was swinging his staff and fighting people. After Bill killed the priest he said no one touches him. So who the fuck are you talking about? Happy Jack maybe?
He called out the irish politician by waiting in the street. The Irishman choose the democratic and political way ... Which always ends in being backstabbed lol
What's amazing is this wasn't in the script. Daniel Day-Lewis beat the living shit out of Leonardo DiCaprio and Scorsese loved it so much he decided to keep it in the main film
Exactly it, the shock on that girls face was also real because she came late on set and didn't knew wtf is going on, but Scorsese loved it so much so he kept that part
Lol, no seriously there was a very intense argument and everybody was going to take the day off to cool down but the actor insisted everything is just fine. The director was unethical and irresponsible for leaving it in. This isn't talked about enough
@@joeytosoung4840 Nah, both Leo and Daniel were in the zone and both dedicated to the craft enough to do some improved crazy maniac shit to get that genuine fear and reaction from the extras and Cameron Diaz’s character. I guarantee neither of them had any periodontal animosity over this scene.
He said he had felt like quitting acting after emerging from other roles, and conceded that it was “uncharacteristic to put out a statement” about his retirement. “But I did want to draw a line,” he stated. “I didn't want to get sucked back into another project.
He's preparing for a role where his character retires, and stays retired. So to actually make the film he'd have to break character. Thus, we'll never see the film. This is the ultimate devotion to the art.
he had just gotten a shit ton of practice by throwing knives at cameron diaz. so throwing something to deflect it plus the fire prolly lit up the blade a bit w/ reflection so he could aim his own knife better.
The irony of the scene is bill is letting him live to walk in shame with the mark of shame. Just like priest vallon did to bill when bill is explaining how priest vallon was a great man. He let amsterdam live because he respected him and wanted hin to rise back up, hence clutching amsterdams hand as amsterdam kills him at the end. Amsterdam was the only person bill wanted to die by the hands of
he lets amsterdam walk because he respects him, not only that amsterdam had just saved bill's life. plus bill never had a son, and amsterdam wasn't raised by his father, so bill kinda sees the inexperience in amsterdam, and hamsterdam doesn't know any better but it's a slight reflection off bill since bill taught him all the ropes in new york and amsterdam is slightly burning in anger because it's the anniversary to his father's death. so bill repays the favor to amsterdam saving his life by letting him live but at the same time gives him his own medicine by brurning his mark onto his flesh. "branding" him so to speak, leaving something that he hates permanently marked on his face. kinda his final lesson, that the wise attack not with emotion/ fear but within the confines of a fair fight. also bill wasn't sure who to trust 100% as a lot of his crew were irish so he needed to wait and see who was loyal to him so he wouldn't just b killed as revenge for killing amsterdam. michael had also given bill the head's up, which gives him an advantage which in his eyes isn't rly fair to amsterdam.
he let amsterdam live because he wanted him to be ashamed for trying to be a sneak and wanted him to know that he could hurt/kill him anytime he fancied it
Got to love the butcher as portrayed by DDL He is a brutal, violent, borderline sadistic human being. But he respects honesty, effort, and other virtues. A good complex character
@@Yuri-sd6gm He definitely does. He just doesn't reveal it to everyone, because he's smart. That one talk he had with Amsterdam was nothing but honesty.
@@TheStraightestWhitest He kills his enemies by their back. He is a coward. No character. This to me is a complete lack of honesty. If he really was honest, he would call his enemies to a fair fight to death, but he is a coward.
@@Yuri-sd6gm No you're confusing honor with honesty. He has no honor in fights. Only a fool does. In a fight, all bets are off. Did he win? If so, the means don't matter. But he is honest. He was brutally honest with Amsterdam about his loss to Priest Vellon and his method of staying on top. He's not a man of honor when it comes to his enemies, but he is among his own. Remember, he allowed no one to defile Priest Vellon's corpse out of respect. As for being a coward... He's been fighting since age seventeen, meaning over thirty years. He cut out his own eye out of shame of his one time lack of bravery. Hell, all he could think of to say when faced with his own death was "Thank God, I die a true American." These are no coward's actions. He despises cowardice. The man was fearless.
My only regret was who I saw it with the first time. Watching it a second time was worth it, and getting to watch it a third felt like the right thing to do. I couldn’t get enough of the opening sequence and wanted to watch certain scenes again, like this one, and the pig scene. Never felt like 3 hours each time.
Daniel Day Lewis is just the best ever. There's no one else. This guy is such a sweet and humble guy, but then he can just function as pure (absolutely believable) evil. God, I wish he made more films.
I've had the pleasure of working with Daniel on more than one occasion and he was the kindest, most humble person I have ever met. He sent hand written thank you cards each time. Nobody does that. I hope he lives a long and happy life.
Damn shame Daniel Day Lewis didn't win the best actor Oscar for this movie. He is by far and away one of the best actors we have EVER seen in motion picture history.
@@bluehefner888 Yes I agree with you 😄 were you thinking of this one along with There Will Be Blood and Lincoln? He's played other types of roles / characters though. Remember he was the main character in Last of the Mohicans and the Boxer
Are you guys sure you’re talking about Daniel Day Lewis? No actor is so completely DIFFERENT in every single movie he’s in. He’s never played a role where he is just playing Daniel Day Lewis. No actor transforms himself for a role more than him. It’s been said, correctly in my opinion, that DDL doesn’t act, he becomes.
He’s great in this film, but losing the Oscar to Adrien Brody for The Pianist isn’t much of a shame. Both are great performances, both were worthy of an Oscar.
Most people say Daniel Day Louis in "There Will Be Blood" is his best acting performance but in my opinion, his portrayal of Bill The Butcher is the GREATEST acting performance ny anyone that I have ever seen.
The vulnerability of Bill here. His weakness? He does actually care for the boy even though he can't admit it. At the very least he wants to give the boy a chance to redeem himself like his father: to fight in battle at the Five Points. Even though Bill knows its a risk letting the boy live to fight another day, he does so. This is because as evil as Bill is, he has a code of conduct, a warriors code. A kind of honour and tradition. That's why he doesn't kill the boy at this point. Genius writing. And genius acting by Day-Lewis.
I hard to believe that this is Daniel Day Lewis, he's playing the character so well that i can't imagine him acting and speaking in his normal voice. DDL one of the best actors of all time.
1:32 I love how all of "Amsterdam's" friends look shocked & confused at whats happening. He obviously didn't tell them about his plan. The fewer that know...the better. Scorsese is such a master of detail.
love how Daniel does this gang member an anti-Lincoln and then a couple years later he plays Lincoln. That's the talent of Daniel Day Lewis. Amazing actor.
In my opinion, Leo D is a highly overrated, mediocre actor. When I watch him, it feels like I'm watching someone try to act. DDL makes him look like an amateur.
I rewatched this about a year ago, and Bill really had a very good point: He took Amsterdam under his wing, and mentored him. Bill really just demanded order in NY, and Amsterdam just wanted revenge and damn the consequences. Everything Bill said in this scene was absolutely true, up to and including that Amsterdam did not deserve a death at Bill's hands. Amsterdam was dishonorable, and did not honor the code that his father adhered to.
spot on. priest vallon told him not to look away in other words be brave and stand up for what is right not try to be sneaky and kill him when his guard was down
@@mrabbeels It's always amazing how when you get older, you start to view things in a different light. I can appreciate what Bill was for and against. His methods were in line with the time and the narrative, but he treated Amsterdam well, as he treated everyone well. He wanted to preserve what he believed to be the way of life of his community. In a lot of cases, Amsterdam kind of destroyed that preservation.
Love this scene so much just shows how much respect the antagonist has for the protagonist to the point he or she doesn't wanna kill em they just want them to suffer through their failure
Table is on fire... In all honesty, trying to take revenge on your enemy in front of a whole crowd knowing very well that there's 0 chance of getting out alive is not a plan well thought out. Just my two cents.
I think it was the symbolism of doing it on the anniversary of his dad's death. And he was all messed up in the head, duty to his dad, but his genuine love of Bill as a surrogate father was fucking with him.
If his dad was a ghost would he be like "idiot, if yer goin' to kill 'em it doesn't have to be flashy or impressive, put down those bloody poetry books and stories just get the job done! Now the whole towns going know he killed and owned us both you fool! Son, they're laughing at me here in the afterlife, you fuck this up we really have no where to go!"
@@joeytosoung4840 if bill did not get the tip off he would not have known it was coming sense amstadn had gained bills complete trust. Also his gang was there to aid him and would have tajen everyone off guard if they did not know
The butcher basically did the exact same thing the priest did : his opponent acted in a cowardly way, so he let him live in shame, knowing he'd one day come back with more vigor and courage to fight him face to face.
The big problem with this movie is Diaz and DiCaprio. They are completely outmatched by DDL . There will be Blood is better because its basically DDL alone for most of the movie.
Priest left the Butcher in the same state,then the Butcher came back to end the Priest. The Butcher left Amsterdam in the same state so he could ultimately do the same. I think by the end of the movie Bill had become weary of the life,he fought,but not with the fervor he did earlier in the movie.
Lost to Adrian Brody for the pianist. You probably know this but I needed to look up who could possibly beat Lewis in this movie. By all accounts he became Bill the butcher during filming and never left character even when off screen.
@@therealwewin 6 in a row from a guy with a really tough cranium could be for the average joe, tho probably people at that time to survive at the age of 40 you would need a really thick skull and the ability to absorb damage
Love the sound of Bill's voice when he asks, "What'll it be then?! Rib or chop?! Loin or shank??!" - Woulda loved to see a darker Diablo 3 with the Butcher referencing this line...
Notice how similar the camerawork is when Leo gets shanked in this scene compared to in Django Unchained when Shultz shoots him. I wonder if that was a deliberate homage on Tarantino's part
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The amount of effort Bill The Butcher put into performing Daniel Day Lewis is truly remarkable.
Who did what?
@@follower_of_Jesus_unlimited. That was the point they were making.
😂😂
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@@Wonmanbanned rumor has it that during the entire time of making the film, Daniel Day Lewis never broke character. Not even on days they weren't filming
"The heart? This boy has no heart ."
The only scene in my life that l kept repeating tens of times in spite of the fact that it represents a victory for the villain.
The performance of the butcher is outstanding.
I don’t know why but when Bill says, “He ain’t earned a death! He ain’t earned a death at my hands!”, I get chills.
It’s my favorite line as well!!! One of the greatest acting performances in all of cinema
@@grapplingtech77 I agree. This is one of the few movies that I will rewatch if it’s on.
@@grapplingtech77 Have you ever seen There Will Be Blood?
He’s giving him a fate he considers worse than death, spending the rest of his life with a mark of shame , that mark being the brand of the knife
He said it twice because he said his line just a little too early, so it doesn't give me chills, just makes me think "oh he may have spoken a bit too early cuz the crowd was still yelling"
"God's only man, spared by The Butcher." What a great line.
And like The Priest... Bill The Butcher would regret it
He did all this because at the end of the day he truly didn't want to kill the boy if it could be helped
He lifts himself up so high because, for decades, everyone who confronts or has confronted him is terrified of him. That line says so much about his ego. Like God only made this man and I allowed him to live. Yes, a great line!
@@la-li-lu-le-lo9444 First thing i thought/noticed when he threw the knife at amsterdams stomach. He had the accuracy to hit him wherever he wanted, but he wanted him to survive. In some ways he wanted to create a protege of himself for the future. Been so long since ive seen this movie, need to rewatch asap 😂
@robertcurtislorenzenjr7153 also for guys like Bill and Priest, shame was a fate worse than death. Better to die a warrior than to live as a coward
I liked Bill the Butcher, I just didn't like how he was saying he couldn't fight me like a man but he killed 2 of his biggest enemies while there back was turned.
He's the butcher...he doesn't need or care to be honorable.
+Jacob Bassett Yup.
Jacob Bassett he doesn't feel the need or care Cuz he's a coward. He could of fought Walter mcquinn head on. He still had badass moments though with the knife throwing, beating the shit out of Leonardo. He just had his coward moments too.
SOLOMON Grundy 321 He wouldn't be much of a butcher if he always fought fair you know?
So Ruthlez what movie are you watching? he's the one that opened the door and was swinging his staff and fighting people. After Bill killed the priest he said no one touches him. So who the fuck are you talking about? Happy Jack maybe?
To learn this part, Daniel Day Lewis traveled back in time to 1862 New York.
🤣 Hell yeah he did!!
Too bad the real butcher died in 1855
And took over.
That man is a legend!
I heard DDL actually met with the real Bill Butcher in a witches seance to get the role right
" That's a wound "
LOVE that call back
One of my favorites. He reminds him who he is and what he is capable of. Brilliant delivery.
@@MrTUBEular10 Not only is it a wound to Amsterdam, it's a wound to Bill that he had to do it to his protege
Dude yes actual chills
He called out the irish politician by waiting in the street. The Irishman choose the democratic and political way ... Which always ends in being backstabbed lol
@@JoshuaNunez-wu4rl i love that!
What's amazing is this wasn't in the script. Daniel Day-Lewis beat the living shit out of Leonardo DiCaprio and Scorsese loved it so much he decided to keep it in the main film
Exactly it, the shock on that girls face was also real because she came late on set and didn't knew wtf is going on, but Scorsese loved it so much so he kept that part
DiCaprio loved it too. His stunt double didn't so much.
@@jnamemoption7742 lmfaoooo
Lol, no seriously there was a very intense argument and everybody was going to take the day off to cool down but the actor insisted everything is just fine. The director was unethical and irresponsible for leaving it in. This isn't talked about enough
@@joeytosoung4840 Nah, both Leo and Daniel were in the zone and both dedicated to the craft enough to do some improved crazy maniac shit to get that genuine fear and reaction from the extras and Cameron Diaz’s character. I guarantee neither of them had any periodontal animosity over this scene.
It's a shame Daniel Day Lewis retired. Epic actor.
he'll be back, a guy that good can't stay retired
He said he had felt like quitting acting after emerging from other roles, and conceded that it was “uncharacteristic to put out a statement” about his retirement. “But I did want to draw a line,” he stated. “I didn't want to get sucked back into another project.
He retires after every film he does
he hasn't he just waits for things that interest him
He's preparing for a role where his character retires, and stays retired. So to actually make the film he'd have to break character. Thus, we'll never see the film. This is the ultimate devotion to the art.
Impressive the way he deflected an incoming blade when considering his lack of depth perception
It just wasnt his time to die yet
Yeah it’s called plot armor!!
God took his eye but he was merciful enough to give him 2 ears
he had just gotten a shit ton of practice by throwing knives at cameron diaz. so throwing something to deflect it plus the fire prolly lit up the blade a bit w/ reflection so he could aim his own knife better.
Almost like a movie is fiction or something
DDL's guttural roar when LD spits in his face is indescribable - perfectly primal.
Absolutely terrifying and really drives home the point he’s got some serious screws loose.
Whatever you say CD.
You drones are so easily entertained. No wonder the bar just goes lower and lower.
@@sgt.thundercok4704ratings disagree
@@sgt.thundercok4704 drone comment
I love the way Bill mentions the priest and stares at Amsterdam like ‘I know who you are.’
The irony of the scene is bill is letting him live to walk in shame with the mark of shame. Just like priest vallon did to bill when bill is explaining how priest vallon was a great man. He let amsterdam live because he respected him and wanted hin to rise back up, hence clutching amsterdams hand as amsterdam kills him at the end. Amsterdam was the only person bill wanted to die by the hands of
He really didn't look bad in the movie after this. They should have done a better job making him look messed up.
He always knew he was the son of Fallon.
Out of every comment on Gangs of New York youtube clips I haven't seen anyone else understand this, finally someone who gets it.
he lets amsterdam walk because he respects him, not only that amsterdam had just saved bill's life. plus bill never had a son, and amsterdam wasn't raised by his father, so bill kinda sees the inexperience in amsterdam, and hamsterdam doesn't know any better but it's a slight reflection off bill since bill taught him all the ropes in new york and amsterdam is slightly burning in anger because it's the anniversary to his father's death. so bill repays the favor to amsterdam saving his life by letting him live but at the same time gives him his own medicine by brurning his mark onto his flesh. "branding" him so to speak, leaving something that he hates permanently marked on his face. kinda his final lesson, that the wise attack not with emotion/ fear but within the confines of a fair fight. also bill wasn't sure who to trust 100% as a lot of his crew were irish so he needed to wait and see who was loyal to him so he wouldn't just b killed as revenge for killing amsterdam.
michael had also given bill the head's up, which gives him an advantage which in his eyes isn't rly fair to amsterdam.
he let amsterdam live because he wanted him to be ashamed for trying to be a sneak and wanted him to know that he could hurt/kill him anytime he fancied it
Lewis is way way more gifted than anyone else in this movie. He can deliver fear into your heart.
DDL was so incredible in this. He had me convinced he'd become a totally diff person.
I swear this has got to be one of Daniel Day-Lewis's two evil cousins. The other one being Daniel Plainview.
“God only man spared by the butcher”…. What an amazing line
"The heart !?? this boy has no heart ! ".
Then kill him!
That scene had to be terrifying for Leo, I’d be afraid he’d go off script and tear me to pieces, bravo !!
Got to love the butcher as portrayed by DDL
He is a brutal, violent, borderline sadistic human being.
But he respects honesty, effort, and other virtues.
A good complex character
He has no honesty...
@@Yuri-sd6gm But he respects honesty.
@@Yuri-sd6gm He definitely does. He just doesn't reveal it to everyone, because he's smart. That one talk he had with Amsterdam was nothing but honesty.
@@TheStraightestWhitest He kills his enemies by their back. He is a coward. No character. This to me is a complete lack of honesty. If he really was honest, he would call his enemies to a fair fight to death, but he is a coward.
@@Yuri-sd6gm No you're confusing honor with honesty. He has no honor in fights. Only a fool does. In a fight, all bets are off. Did he win? If so, the means don't matter.
But he is honest. He was brutally honest with Amsterdam about his loss to Priest Vellon and his method of staying on top. He's not a man of honor when it comes to his enemies, but he is among his own. Remember, he allowed no one to defile Priest Vellon's corpse out of respect.
As for being a coward... He's been fighting since age seventeen, meaning over thirty years. He cut out his own eye out of shame of his one time lack of bravery. Hell, all he could think of to say when faced with his own death was "Thank God, I die a true American." These are no coward's actions. He despises cowardice. The man was fearless.
This is a movie I regret not seeing in the theater.
You and me both...
yes deffo seen it in nyc with my family on holiday
My only regret was who I saw it with the first time. Watching it a second time was worth it, and getting to watch it a third felt like the right thing to do. I couldn’t get enough of the opening sequence and wanted to watch certain scenes again, like this one, and the pig scene. Never felt like 3 hours each time.
2:36 When he roars with anger after getting spit in the face, wow that was scary, headbutted him so hard he was dazed himself.
Lewis is on a another level here
Not really, just his usual creepy self
@tommy cane115 I know so. Look at their filmography
@tommy cane115 what're you talking about?
@@drexlspivey5828 You're nuts to say that man. Day Lewis is in the top 3 best actors of all time.
@Dowhat IwantDDL is more versatile and diverse and actually does good method acting more than JP
"God's only man, spared by the butcher"
I like the lines leading up to that part 👌👍 3:22
Really the guy Who wroge this Genius.
I think it's a nod to 'God's lonely man' - Scorsese's wink at the words Paul Schrader gave to Travis Bickle in 'Taxi Driver'.
I can't say I'd be stoked to have Daniel Day-Lewis in character climbing over me with a cleaver like that 2:22... scary shit
So he got his face seared and scarred with a hot iron but we're supposed to believe that shit just healed by the end of the movie?
Bb Nn ok but I expect at least some reasonable realism in films
He probably put aloe vera on it
Blue Brick Wall yea definitely aloe vera lotion 😂
It's merely a flesh wound
I know.Weak writing.
Daniel Day Lewis is just the best ever. There's no one else. This guy is such a sweet and humble guy, but then he can just function as pure (absolutely believable) evil. God, I wish he made more films.
I've had the pleasure of working with Daniel on more than one occasion and he was the kindest, most humble person I have ever met. He sent hand written thank you cards each time. Nobody does that. I hope he lives a long and happy life.
"He'll walk amongst you a freak, worthy of Barnum's Museum of Wonders: 'God's Only Man Spared by the Butcher'"
*Chills*
Lol...then Hugh Jackman bursts in and offers Leo a chance in his musical
It means that men who fall under Bill's knife don't live to tell about it.
Butcher admits Amsterdam is God's man there.
to properly perform this scene daniel day lewis spent a month learning head butting by actually head butting the film's stunt choreographers
AL C - No shit? Really?
😂😂. Daniel Day Lewis should be the new Chuck Norris but for method acting.
I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case
Yep, he has developed advanced CTE now, and has agreed to donate his brain to science. That's why the retirement from acting!
@@jasonjackson1708 is that true? If so do you have proof and can you post a link, if so that's crazy
Damn shame Daniel Day Lewis didn't win the best actor Oscar for this movie. He is by far and away one of the best actors we have EVER seen in motion picture history.
Paul Den he’s definitely a good actor but he seems to similar to me in a lot of his movies atleast to me anyway
@@bluehefner888
Yes I agree with you 😄 were you thinking of this one along with There Will Be Blood and Lincoln? He's played other types of roles / characters though. Remember he was the main character in Last of the Mohicans and the Boxer
Are you guys sure you’re talking about Daniel Day Lewis? No actor is so completely DIFFERENT in every single movie he’s in. He’s never played a role where he is just playing Daniel Day Lewis. No actor transforms himself for a role more than him. It’s been said, correctly in my opinion, that DDL doesn’t act, he becomes.
He’s great in this film, but losing the Oscar to Adrien Brody for The Pianist isn’t much of a shame. Both are great performances, both were worthy of an Oscar.
@@ryanshepard1340uhh my left foot?
I know bill is super fucked up but I can’t help but be in awe of how badass he is portrayed.
There is no better actor than Daniel Day Lewis. I'm not a big fan of this movie, but his performance - I just can't turn away.
Would Daniel Day Lewis make a great Ra's Al Ghul in Batman?
Vandal Savage. Not kidding, that would be awesome.
hes retired from acting though so 😞
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooh yeah.
Well, in OUR minds, for now.
@cahaps He wouldn't accept a role in a dumb superhero movie...
A cinematic master piece this movie was. 🙌 One of the greatest ever made.
Most people say Daniel Day Louis in "There Will Be Blood" is his best acting performance but in my opinion, his portrayal of Bill The Butcher is the GREATEST acting performance ny anyone that I have ever seen.
One of the craziest and scariest villains ever in my opinion. Daniel Day Lewis has God level acting talent.
The vulnerability of Bill here. His weakness? He does actually care for the boy even though he can't admit it. At the very least he wants to give the boy a chance to redeem himself like his father: to fight in battle at the Five Points. Even though Bill knows its a risk letting the boy live to fight another day, he does so. This is because as evil as Bill is, he has a code of conduct, a warriors code. A kind of honour and tradition. That's why he doesn't kill the boy at this point. Genius writing. And genius acting by Day-Lewis.
I own the coat that DDL wore in this scene and many others. It’s one of my most treasured possessions
What's your address? We'd like to pay you a visit
@@januskaminsky5399 it’s actually up for auction right now with Propstore so you wouldn’t even need to visit 😆
I hard to believe that this is Daniel Day Lewis, he's playing the character so well that i can't imagine him acting and speaking in his normal voice. DDL one of the best actors of all time.
Definitely the best scene in the film and one of Daniel's best scenes ever.
1:32 I love how all of "Amsterdam's" friends look shocked & confused at whats happening. He obviously didn't tell them about his plan. The fewer that know...the better.
Scorsese is such a master of detail.
love how Daniel does this gang member an anti-Lincoln and then a couple years later he plays Lincoln.
That's the talent of Daniel Day Lewis. Amazing actor.
Favorite movie, favorite antagonist. Favorite actor.
As phenomenal of an actor Leo D is, he is so outdone by DDL in this film.
Well no shit. they are not even in the same class of actors. DDL is leagues above Leo
@@ben1ben2ben1 so basically what I said?
@@OvertheHIL524 My point was its not just "this film".
In my opinion, Leo D is a highly overrated, mediocre actor. When I watch him, it feels like I'm watching someone try to act. DDL makes him look like an amateur.
@@ben1ben2ben1 but this is the only film they're in together, hence why I stated in this film. Why are you so aggressive?
I can't even imagine what Amsterdam felt like, getting a beating like that in a room full of people who won't lift a finger to help him.
See it all the time... Crime etc people stand by
Well now days take a vid
Amsterdam deserved that ass kicking by pretending to be Bill's friend and gaining his trust so he could murder him in a sneak attack.
@@JamesSmith-sc9bu that was the smartest move, and they are criminals after all, do not seek honor for them
Leonardo is a decent actor. but Daniel just makes Leo look like an amateur.
"The heart? This boy has no heart". This got me every time.
"The heart? This boy has no heart!"
In context, one of the best lines ever (D. D. Lewis is probably the best actor of his era).
I rewatched this about a year ago, and Bill really had a very good point: He took Amsterdam under his wing, and mentored him. Bill really just demanded order in NY, and Amsterdam just wanted revenge and damn the consequences. Everything Bill said in this scene was absolutely true, up to and including that Amsterdam did not deserve a death at Bill's hands. Amsterdam was dishonorable, and did not honor the code that his father adhered to.
spot on. priest vallon told him not to look away in other words be brave and stand up for what is right not try to be sneaky and kill him when his guard was down
@@mrabbeels It's always amazing how when you get older, you start to view things in a different light. I can appreciate what Bill was for and against. His methods were in line with the time and the narrative, but he treated Amsterdam well, as he treated everyone well. He wanted to preserve what he believed to be the way of life of his community. In a lot of cases, Amsterdam kind of destroyed that preservation.
At the same time, Bill was also a coward that couldn't win a fair fight with Priest.
Bill killed his two biggest enemies in the film as their backs were turned...
@@tomace4898 That might be the case, however in the world in which they lived it does not seem to be dishonorable or cowardly, but more practical.
I dunno why but ‘that’s a wound” is my favourite line hahah
It's a call back to when he was teaching Vallon about wounds earlier in the movie.
Bill the Visionary: drinking a Flaming Lamborghini before cars were invented.
He spared me because he wanted me to live in shame-this was a great man.
Love this scene so much just shows how much respect the antagonist has for the protagonist to the point he or she doesn't wanna kill em they just want them to suffer through their failure
He knows who Leo's father is, so he took inspiration and spared him the same way his father spared him to live in shame
It can be worse to live on than to be ended.
It wasn't out of respect. He wanted Leo to be scarred and burnt forever
are you slow?
@@martincurran6432 He wanted Leo to rise back up like he did
Imagine if rockstar made a game about this
The Warriors was a great game, they’d be able to make something amazing if they tried.
I'll say even to this day that the warriors was rockstar's best game
Red Dead is the closest thing
2:36 love that roar, if I were Di Caprio I'd be terrified
Can you imagine burning a man's face with a searing hot iron after he tried to kill you. Such disrespect. Such anger.
Table is on fire... In all honesty, trying to take revenge on your enemy in front of a whole crowd knowing very well that there's 0 chance of getting out alive is not a plan well thought out. Just my two cents.
I think it was the symbolism of doing it on the anniversary of his dad's death. And he was all messed up in the head, duty to his dad, but his genuine love of Bill as a surrogate father was fucking with him.
@@nicksincredibleopinion he also knew that bill had worked out who he was by taking the girl away and how he looked at him when taking the shot
If his dad was a ghost would he be like "idiot, if yer goin' to kill 'em it doesn't have to be flashy or impressive, put down those bloody poetry books and stories just get the job done! Now the whole towns going know he killed and owned us both you fool! Son, they're laughing at me here in the afterlife, you fuck this up we really have no where to go!"
@@joeytosoung4840 if bill did not get the tip off he would not have known it was coming sense amstadn had gained bills complete trust. Also his gang was there to aid him and would have tajen everyone off guard if they did not know
Daniel day Lewis, best actor to act in holly weird.
3:10 Peewee Herman: I say we let him go.
Crowd: NO!!!
I always thought The Butcher was a huge fan of Danzig.
“Do you want to bang heads with me?”
leo needed a twist of cain
This is a wonderful movie, Bill the butcher, and his little sheriff. The little sheriff that gets himself fish hooked to the point of hollering 🤣 😂
The butcher basically did the exact same thing the priest did : his opponent acted in a cowardly way, so he let him live in shame, knowing he'd one day come back with more vigor and courage to fight him face to face.
I respect an enemy who respects me, but I despise a friend who thinks like my enemy.
How does Daniel do that. Down to the body language, he nails it every time.
because he was a terrific actor who shone in every role he played. there will be blood being the prime example
He lives as the character for a long period of time. That's why he goes into a depression after they're done filming. He has a hard time letting go.
Dont really care for this movie but I will click on a clip of this movie every time.
This is one of the movies that seems to always be offered for free at Hotels whenever im traveling.
Always a go to movie.
“He spared me because he wanted me to live in shame. This was a great man.”
God, that English man's American accent is fabulous
Legend has it that when the Butcher says “in honor of Priest Vallon” while glaring at Dicaprio, that Dicaprio shit his pants and ran offstage
The big problem with this movie is Diaz and DiCaprio. They are completely outmatched by DDL . There will be Blood is better because its basically DDL alone for most of the movie.
2:50 "What'll it be then ?. Rib or chop. Loin or shank.!" -- real life butcher's jargon !
You mentioned DiCaprio and Diaz in the title like they were the biggest stars here.
How come Daniel Day Lewis , didn't when an Oscar for this performance? Wow..
He does have three?! But, yeah he was brilliant in this.
thx for the badass scar and the back story
2020 RUclips algorithm leads me here. Prequel to The Great Showman...
I couldn’t help but think, “Jesus Christ, dipshit, why didn’t you LEAD WITH THE PISTOL?!?!?!?”
Priest left the Butcher in the same state,then the Butcher came back to end the Priest. The Butcher left Amsterdam in the same state so he could ultimately do the same. I think by the end of the movie Bill had become weary of the life,he fought,but not with the fervor he did earlier in the movie.
Thanks
Say what you want about bill but he was very good with public relations
I absolutely recommend this movie for the old timers like me.
The butcher was a brutal character ruthlessly dispatched anyone dirty and all.
This boy has no heart
Best Daniel Day lewis's performance ever in this movie in my opinion
"What'll it be then? Rib or chop, loin or shank?"
Best line in my opinion :)
Don't you hear, nigga?!
an extraordinary acting performance
Wow, daniel day lewis is too good. This man is the greatest method actor of all time.
Master class in acting
The way bill finesses with those knives
I love that RUclips autoplays what looks like an important scene immediately after I pulled up a trailer for this film I've never seen :-|
This film had 10 oscar noms & didnt win a single one even Lewis didn't win Best Supporting Actor
Lost to Adrian Brody for the pianist. You probably know this but I needed to look up who could possibly beat Lewis in this movie. By all accounts he became Bill the butcher during filming and never left character even when off screen.
Because it was absolute shite.
Patrick cross gangs of New York was shite? 😂 yea okay buddy
Unbelievable... Oscars are BS...
An oscar is simply the opinion of a group of people.
One of Scorses best movies. Very underrated
Amsterdam somehow survives after taking six headbutts.
Headbutting isn't that fatal
@Dowhat Iwant What if that was me? I'd probably be in a coma. I might be wrong but even my brain wont take it.
@@therealwewin 6 in a row from a guy with a really tough cranium could be for the average joe, tho probably people at that time to survive at the age of 40 you would need a really thick skull and the ability to absorb damage
Love the sound of Bill's voice when he asks, "What'll it be then?! Rib or chop?! Loin or shank??!" - Woulda loved to see a darker Diablo 3 with the Butcher referencing this line...
1:18 Tarantino uses this same extreme close up shot on Leo when he gets shot in Django Unchained. The gun shot sound effect too.
Interesting you say that because Tarantino is a HUGE fan of Martin Scorsese and got alot of his ideas from him
@@detroitlionspistonstigersr6735 He might have copied it from here, Tarantino is very unoriginal.
The older I got the more I appreciate this movie
we need to tenderize a little bit LoL
Everyone's hair is so greasy in this movie haha 😂
Notice how similar the camerawork is when Leo gets shanked in this scene compared to in Django Unchained when Shultz shoots him. I wonder if that was a deliberate homage on Tarantino's part
What a scene! As others have said, i get chills everytime i see this. He should have won an oscar for this too
I just hated this part of the movie when Amsterdam tried to kill him behind his back. Ha had a lot of opportunities and he choose the worse context
The writing for this movie sucked, the acting and cinematography carried it.
@@maroo747 the writing didn't suck, quite the opposite you are supposed to cringe here. the writing did its job well.
That growl he did when he got the blood spit in his face was on another level.
I miss Daniel Day-Lewis acting... He was sooooo good