Gangs of New York

I wanted to watch this movie amidst much hype since Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz were much appreciated for their role in this movie, but it was nothing but violent bloodshed all along.
new York was apparently split between the immigrants and the natives. The natives were mostly immigrants who had arrived earlier than the immigrants, who were mainly composed of Britishers, who left their homeland, because of the bad economy. With an explicit fight, a priest representing the immigrants fought with the Butcher, representing the natives and the Butcher won. Butcher becomes the reigning power in the area. Nothing happens without him. The priest's son is taken to an orphanage.
Priest's son, Leo, returns after many years and with some hard work becomes the right hand for the Butcher. He keeps looking for the right opportunity to strike him down. He finds love in Cameron. But his friend, who was in love with Cameron feels betrayed and exposes Leo's truth to the Butcher. Butcher nearly kills him, but leaves him almost breathing. Cameron takes care of him where his father used to live before. After recovery and loss of lives on both sides, Leo finally kills Butcher during a military fire haze.
The story was just killing over killing. Unbelievable to know that people just killed each other for fun. Of course, this is still happening, but the disregard for human life is so disgusting that after a while, this movie was so annoying to watch in itself. In one of the scenes, a candidate on the immigrant's side almost welcomes the Butcher to talk with him over tea, only to be killed by him. WHY? Why would any sane man, let down him guard and turn his back to a man who is known to kill his victims, especially if he is displeased with you in the election. I thought that was the stupidest candidate ever. In short, an interesting and attractive title, an attractive cast, but too much violence to behold. Worth a pass.