After I posted this review of "Gangs of New York" I realized that I'm going to keep reviews much shorter in the future. I'll avoid spoilers, say whether people should go see it, and a brief reason why. That's it. These days, many people turn simple reviews of the cinema into vast tracts which reveal profound philosophical truths in the tiniest snips of celluloid. Plus, I have better things to do than write treatises on such matters. I think I'll test out my new method shortly...