In the end, all of the works of humans, all of our laws and societies and developments and technologies will be for nought, as all will, one day, be erased and there will be nothing to even remember it.
It's a spine-chilling ending. In it I see the future accelerateing away from the past, people fade and their graves are forgotten and crumble. Castles fall in the sand and we are lost. But our society marches on. In a way the whole film shows how removed from progress Bill and Vallon were, to the point that progress made their final battle irrelevent and they were ignored as our society powered forwards regardless.
@VainEldritch It's a nice thought, but are people getting better or, to paraphrase Edward G Robinson's character in Soylent Green, have people always been rotten and always will be?
I heard that was Green-Wood Cemetary in Brooklyn.
I'd like to see where an extension of this would go, what the skyline will look like late in this century. One thing is for certain, no one today will be able to conceptualize that period's architecture, try as they might.
@VainEldritch but they did have a big impact . did you see the movie? (rhetorical) they did have a lot to do with, but even tho your great and you run things now ,time will make it like you weren't , forgotten in time
Me encantó la película y este final me pone chinita la piel, impacta la entrada de la canción de U2, con ese saborcito irlandés, tomando en cuenta la temática de la historia.
The butcher was wrong as many of the imigrants were Irish told of a better place only to be unloaded from the ship in Boston and made to enlist and fight for your blasted union army would like to of seen you beat the CSA without immigrants
I would just like to say, the butcher wasn't wrong. You have millions of immigrants coming in and the were literally taking their jobs driving down the wages with the surplus labor. That just what the rich wanted and needed lots of cheap labor. 2011 is not 1960s nor was that time 1862.
@TheBrewskiBaby i'm white, with documents showing lineage back to the first pilgrim born on American soil. I take delight to be able to tell you that I'm christian, free mason, and I'm married to a South American Peruvian Latina with german, incan and spanish blood and we have a healthy, strong, intelligent son who will be replacing people like you as history takes us a long. you will be like the graves in this movie's ending.. forgotten and built over.
@520LUNNY Life is NOT totally meaningless, life IS has a meaning and to me this movie showed me that people have spilled blood for the world of today, the people should take it more serious but also take small things less serious. Mtv and all this shit music and The hills and stuff should just fuck off, its so silly, do you get what im saying? we should be happy for living and do something of our lifes, thats the point with this movie to me!
I watched this movie and first and I said "hmmm . . . well that was ok . . . " then the ending came and it made it one of the best movie's ever! By far one of the best endings I have ever scene. It truly speaks to everyone
this was the worst movie i ever saw. i have no idea how people enjoy this movie. i could of ben great. the topic is great. the movie is so long and absolutely nothing happend till the ending, which really sucked. you know i tried to give it a chance because i really like leanardo dicapreo, but i think it just was the worst movie ever. i might give it another chance but i don't know
Isn't it ironic that the Irish, who came to America, persecuted by nationalists would grow into nationalists themselves and persecute eastern Europeans coming to America in the 20's and 30's?
Well the Muslims are doing enough to alienate the people of every country, demanding mosques be built everywhere and demanding special exceptions from laws.
@tetrisclock Like the Butcher Bill said, Fear, fear make people afraid of change, but like in this ending, no matter how you don't want change, time will force your surroundings.
Also, every human have a notion of superiority,the fear just give the spark of ultra nationalism.
The best movie ending I've seen. It tells a whole story and sums up the previous movie with one time lapse shot. The results of mid-19th century feuds of a small neighborhood on Manhattan planted the seeds for the modern New York and America.
(BTW, I can't help but think of Futurama when I see this scene. The next frame should be a UFO attack.)
@Malcolmthebeast I think one of the greatest anthems to New York is the song,NYC,from the musical Annie-especially the lines,"you crowd,you cramp.youre stiil,the champ. amen,for NYC !"
@Icix1 Cliche is different from silly. And I actually found the ending quite to my liking. I don't see the cliche in it, but maybe i'm missing something.
anybody who can guess the time setting of the shots? the first one with the smoky skyline is 1963 and the last one 2002, how about the ones in between anyone care for a guess ?
@GycuBrun I think you meant 1863 for the first one, second I'd say is 1880s-1890s, the third one would be 1920s or so, fourth would be 1940s or 1950s, and the last would actually be 2001 at the latest. Although the movie was released in 2002, much of the movie was short earlier.
@GycuBrun The last one had to be 2000 or early 2001. The Twin Towers weren't there in 2002. And the first one is in the 1800s - like the setting in the movie. -__-"
That very last scene where you see new york changing over the next 100 years is prehaps what makes this the best dramanic ending. Seriously it gives that feeling when you watch it. "it'll be like if we were never even here..."
fucking awsome ending,and they havent built the "freedom" tower because this country hasent been fucking free in a long ass time.until the people of the united states take back this country and eradicate the patriot act we will never be free
the patriot act protects this country you stupid fuck! what do you have to hide, well if its nothing than you shouldnt worry because the us govt. doesnt give a shit about you! if they want to wiretap suspected terrorists phones they should be allowed too, if they want to search a piece of shit terrorist house without a warrant they should be allowed too! stupid idiot these things protect us and cutout the fucking aclu liberal middle men from doing their job!
@Gambino199 you do realize that our government armed and trained those "terrorists" to fight the soviet union.whom we once called freedom fighters.i would rather be free than be safe,fuck the government,its suppose to be a country run by the people
The Government use the "Suspected Terrorist" clause to abuse and harass anybody they see fit to. They're not protecting anybody's freedom when they're enforcing such stringent ruling. There's no such thing as freedom so long as somebody else has the power to abuse that freedom for their own ends.
wow someone really downvoted my comment 11 times because what I said was the fucking truth. I called someone out on not knowing their shit about 9/11 and the freedom tower and he gets all butthurt cuz he is an ignorant fuck.
I can't believe how many people are with me on this. The Empire State Building was built in 13 months during the Great Depression.
every year something isn't built, is a another year we get laughed at. and honestly, why the skeleton-looking "freedom tower"? It's a slap in the memory of the Twin Towers, and most people want the Twin Towers anyway.
back then the Irish, the english, the Italians and others came to our country and worked their butts off to make it great. Now we have ones who climb over a wall or come in on some shitty home made boat and want equal freedom and rights. that sucks
@Xboxdude343 Go back to school, the so called natives in the movie would have had Western European and most likely British ancestors from Pilgrim times
@rylissnovaa Yes western europeans so that includes the other 24 countries within that catagory and as I previously stated a year ago was that during the time line this film was directed at I do believe that the english were in cairo and I believe they were slaughtering innocents in the Indian mutiny.
Also considering that the American accent was most heavily influenced by the Northern Irish immigrants and Scots who settled in the Appalachian backcountry.
@Xboxdude343 The Northern Irish immigrants influenced the American accent? LOL how about you discuss how the English actually fucking made the US which is why you all speak English today. The vast majority of Americans after the revolution were of English ancestry. Sorry if this offends your anti-English stance. The English and (later) Germans built the US. The rest of you just jumped on the bandwagon. Deal with it.
@Cameronomics Do you understand that the nation isn't static. A nation doesn't stay the same for two hundred years. Few of the buildings that existed centuries ago still stand. America is where it is today because of the British, German, Irish, Chinese (railroads), Italians, etc.
It also made sense that they didn't have a battle like in the beginning of the movie, and how the troops were called in to totally massacre a whole lot fo the citizenry (awesome scene by the way). It had to happen, because the city was way* too corrupted. For them to have another fight is to continue the madness they've created. It needed a good purging to clean away the anarchy.
Great ending. It's sorta like saying how no matter how dramatic your life is, what enemy you made out of another person, what beliefs you may have, or how messed up life was, everything moves on in the end.
@shoulderkolibri good comment, and that's exactly what Taoism teaches. Sometimes realizing how a small being I am in the universe, and knowing no real big change will be made no matter what I do makes me feel like doing nothing. Truly, we are stardusts.
Tammany Hall still stands. Its the New York Film Academy now. It's located in Union Square. But it you walk to the north side of the building you will read the old inscription that reads "Columbian or Tammany order."
Does anyone else feel the last shot is very haunting and depressing? I think they should of added an extra shot of New york without the towers, just to show the skyline is just as beautiful without the towers although obviously just as depressing.
The director responded to this point quite well... he wished to make a film about the men and women who built america and not those who attempted to destroy it.
Although I am not an American, I can't help but feel a sense of awe in these images. Something tragic, yet majestic at the same time. ANd the theme of U2 is perfect here.
I agree with dapard that this is the most beautiful part. When I saw it in the theaters, it sent chills down my spine. And I agree with linkinknot91 that this is the instrumental track and they kicked it up. But you really have to listen hard to the song. I picked it up near the middle.
forget all the bullshit comments... i find it amazing how manhattan island has developed over the past 250 years... think about this film, how it was then and how it is now thats amazing.
i think you are right about that, but at the same time, the visual image of those towers not being there (while sad) unites New York . (IMO) Its a reminder. i know it sounds kinda cliche' or maybe insensitive, but thats what i think. i do agree with you however about it being the most extraordinary party of NY skyline!
Are you some kind of idiot? Did you not understand anything that DeCaprio said in the very last scene? The whole point of the movie was to tell the story of the people who built america, not the ones who tore it down. So sorry if it doesn't exactly fit the whole post 9/11 political correctness to show two buildings, but art isn't about going by societies standards of what's acceptable, and this movie is a work of art as sure as I'm sitting here.
Okay, I'm not even going to get into the ancient idea that people still have about 9/11 being caused by terrorists. But regardless, someone did blow up the World Trade Center, and by acknowledging them you give them more power. It's not supressing history, it's sending a message. But I'm not going to try and explain it to you anymore because you obviously don't get symbolism.
Dude, I don't know how I can explain this to you any clearer. The movie is about the people who formed the foundation of new york, it is not a movie about the people who broke it down. Martin Scorsese didn't want to give those people power by acknowledging what they did, I don't think I could explain it anymore to you. If you're too thick to get it by now, then tough titty, I'm done with trying to make you understand.
Or could it be that I've lived long enough in this country to realize that there are people out there who really ARE that stupid. Good to see that you're not really one of them.
Besides, if you're going to throw insults at people directing at their stupidity, might want to use proper grammar, punctuation, and spell words correctly.
it doesn't fucking matter how i spell and how write a sentence...is this good bitch? still you don't make fun of something like that so many people died and the last thing a person can do is make a joke out of it. p.s. FUCK YOU!!
can anyone tell mi whats the name of this song and artist..if it is a song..:S ,btw,greatest film i have ever seen..just watched it,and im gonna watch it again right now..hehe
yeah well im irish and this movie deffo made me very angry and upset that the irish were killed in such brutal ways by a bunch of violent fuckers and i have no problem with the americans i just got so pissed off
Marty is a genius for putting the WTC in there!
TheWolt87 4 months ago
Is it just me, but is that the Empire State Building standing blocks away from the
Twin Towers? In Downtown?
alucard1931 5 months ago
As an American. I want this song played at my funeral.
Dillestman 5 months ago
In the end, all of the works of humans, all of our laws and societies and developments and technologies will be for nought, as all will, one day, be erased and there will be nothing to even remember it.
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The God bless USA :))
angel3634828 6 months ago
It's a spine-chilling ending. In it I see the future accelerateing away from the past, people fade and their graves are forgotten and crumble. Castles fall in the sand and we are lost. But our society marches on. In a way the whole film shows how removed from progress Bill and Vallon were, to the point that progress made their final battle irrelevent and they were ignored as our society powered forwards regardless.
VainEldritch 7 months ago 6
@VainEldritch It's a nice thought, but are people getting better or, to paraphrase Edward G Robinson's character in Soylent Green, have people always been rotten and always will be?
I heard that was Green-Wood Cemetary in Brooklyn.
I'd like to see where an extension of this would go, what the skyline will look like late in this century. One thing is for certain, no one today will be able to conceptualize that period's architecture, try as they might.
JackRussellTerrier2 6 months ago
@VainEldritch but they did have a big impact . did you see the movie? (rhetorical) they did have a lot to do with, but even tho your great and you run things now ,time will make it like you weren't , forgotten in time
greenpredetor 1 month ago
the tower are still up in this is, even though this was made after 9-11 was becase the end meant what new york had built not what had was destroyed.
kobeki2 7 months ago
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kobeki2 7 months ago
wtc....twin towers
:'(
theflats0das 8 months ago
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best movie ever
heisenberg1995 8 months ago
For me this is one of the best parts of the film....i dont know hot to describe it o_o
PTRodas 8 months ago
daniel day lewis was buried right next to the priest
lemon0water 8 months ago
Me encantó la película y este final me pone chinita la piel, impacta la entrada de la canción de U2, con ese saborcito irlandés, tomando en cuenta la temática de la historia.
famen23 8 months ago
The butcher was wrong as many of the imigrants were Irish told of a better place only to be unloaded from the ship in Boston and made to enlist and fight for your blasted union army would like to of seen you beat the CSA without immigrants
TheBluebear32 8 months ago
great movie...and ending
mbenzsl2000 9 months ago
I would just like to say, the butcher wasn't wrong. You have millions of immigrants coming in and the were literally taking their jobs driving down the wages with the surplus labor. That just what the rich wanted and needed lots of cheap labor. 2011 is not 1960s nor was that time 1862.
iMaDeMoN2012 9 months ago
If the Natives had won our Country may still be white and Christian, instead of brown and communist.
TheBrewskiBaby 10 months ago
@TheBrewskiBaby your country is the furthest thing from Communist possible. Enjoy your unemployment rates and your medical bills : )
MairiSkye 9 months ago
@TheBrewskiBaby You're an idiot.
andyandcarl 9 months ago
@TheBrewskiBaby i'm white, with documents showing lineage back to the first pilgrim born on American soil. I take delight to be able to tell you that I'm christian, free mason, and I'm married to a South American Peruvian Latina with german, incan and spanish blood and we have a healthy, strong, intelligent son who will be replacing people like you as history takes us a long. you will be like the graves in this movie's ending.. forgotten and built over.
PCSAWICK829 8 months ago
@PCSAWICK829 You have just won 5 Internets
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yeah they worth an oscar
we'll get old and then we die and some guys will come here and comment for this video .......
again and again an again again ......
what a life/
richardmarx2 10 months ago
ben laden incoming
alainhung1 10 months ago
Life is TOTALLY MEANINGLESS ..... fantastic movie, one of the best ever made.
520LUNNY 1 year ago
@520LUNNY Life is NOT totally meaningless, life IS has a meaning and to me this movie showed me that people have spilled blood for the world of today, the people should take it more serious but also take small things less serious. Mtv and all this shit music and The hills and stuff should just fuck off, its so silly, do you get what im saying? we should be happy for living and do something of our lifes, thats the point with this movie to me!
zhred 11 months ago
I watched this movie and first and I said "hmmm . . . well that was ok . . . " then the ending came and it made it one of the best movie's ever! By far one of the best endings I have ever scene. It truly speaks to everyone
oxMOVIELUVERxo 1 year ago 18
@oxMOVIELUVERxo ... come on man. An emotional ending can't (shouldn't) improve your opinion of any movie like that.
dgware 6 months ago
this was the worst movie i ever saw. i have no idea how people enjoy this movie. i could of ben great. the topic is great. the movie is so long and absolutely nothing happend till the ending, which really sucked. you know i tried to give it a chance because i really like leanardo dicapreo, but i think it just was the worst movie ever. i might give it another chance but i don't know
xLyssaMooxx 1 year ago
@xLyssaMooxx bill the butcher...thats all you needa focus on. he was the movie
xxxmaniaclownxxx 1 year ago
@xLyssaMooxx The worst move ever? You obviously don't watch a lot of films. It looks as though the message was lost with you
MCGowan228 11 months ago
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@xLyssaMooxx The worst movie ever? You obviously don't watch a lot of films. It looks as though the message was lost with you
MCGowan228 11 months ago
Isn't it ironic that the Irish, who came to America, persecuted by nationalists would grow into nationalists themselves and persecute eastern Europeans coming to America in the 20's and 30's?
tetrisclock 1 year ago
@tetrisclock and now they all work together to persecute people from the middle east
thats they way Humanity goes.
thebritish25 1 year ago
Well the Muslims are doing enough to alienate the people of every country, demanding mosques be built everywhere and demanding special exceptions from laws.
tetrisclock 1 year ago
@tetrisclock Like the Butcher Bill said, Fear, fear make people afraid of change, but like in this ending, no matter how you don't want change, time will force your surroundings.
Also, every human have a notion of superiority,the fear just give the spark of ultra nationalism.
magicstorm1 1 year ago
The best movie ending I've seen. It tells a whole story and sums up the previous movie with one time lapse shot. The results of mid-19th century feuds of a small neighborhood on Manhattan planted the seeds for the modern New York and America.
(BTW, I can't help but think of Futurama when I see this scene. The next frame should be a UFO attack.)
Gamebox27 1 year ago
"Thank God, I die a true American"
myfajahas400children 1 year ago
what would've been even better is if one last shot with the twin towers disappearing.
ThinDiezel 1 year ago
@ThinDiezel
Personally I expected that.
But if that was in movie there would be another scandal.
AlisherUA 1 year ago
love the violin
protoZ3r 1 year ago
so clever this part, brilliantly moving and touching. perfect way to end a film. :)
halhexha 1 year ago
Love this part of the movie. Great movie.
joshuame505 1 year ago 2
You know, I usually hate hearing the word "epic", but if there's any appropriate word that would fit this ending "epic" is definitely it.
Star16 1 year ago 2
@Star16
epic
joshuame505 1 year ago
This is the history of our country.
CarlaLR74 1 year ago
@CarlaLR74 yup from then to now...
Malcolmthebeast 1 year ago
I didn't know the irish played such a big part in how American evolved as a country.
Scoob505 1 year ago 3
Eh I thought this ending was terribly corny. That's just me.
235T1NGR4Y23 1 year ago
@235T1NGR4Y23 I was moved by the ending, myself. The music really did it.
Star16 1 year ago
The story of New York is the story of America.
Grepple1234 1 year ago 2
One of the most touching endings I've seen.
Gneisenau 1 year ago
the best End which i've ever seen in a movie....just Epic.....with "Dances with Wolves", "Schindler's List" and "Braveheart" my favorite Movies
IlovetodeliveraRko 1 year ago
New York anthems are no joke, this is one of them. Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys is a perfect fit!!!
Malcolmthebeast 1 year ago
@Malcolmthebeast I think one of the greatest anthems to New York is the song,NYC,from the musical Annie-especially the lines,"you crowd,you cramp.youre stiil,the champ. amen,for NYC !"
newrochellephoenix 1 year ago
Awesome ending
MPG350 1 year ago
haha i dont like this ending at all, it's too silly after
Icix1 1 year ago
@Icix1 did you even watch it or did you just say this out of your ass like i think you did? No silliness here.
TheSilentTyger 1 year ago
@TheSilentTyger
Of course I watched it, that's why I think it shouldn't have such a cliche ending.
Icix1 1 year ago
@Icix1 Cliche is different from silly. And I actually found the ending quite to my liking. I don't see the cliche in it, but maybe i'm missing something.
TheSilentTyger 1 year ago
@Icix1 wow
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mindylinky 1 year ago
anybody who can guess the time setting of the shots? the first one with the smoky skyline is 1963 and the last one 2002, how about the ones in between anyone care for a guess ?
GycuBrun 1 year ago
@GycuBrun I think you meant 1863 for the first one, second I'd say is 1880s-1890s, the third one would be 1920s or so, fourth would be 1940s or 1950s, and the last would actually be 2001 at the latest. Although the movie was released in 2002, much of the movie was short earlier.
ChazzyJoe 1 year ago
@ChazzyJoe yeah man I meant 1863 :) pretty nice guesses :D
GycuBrun 1 year ago
@GycuBrun The last one had to be 2000 or early 2001. The Twin Towers weren't there in 2002. And the first one is in the 1800s - like the setting in the movie. -__-"
MaxxyandSeverus 1 year ago
@MaxxyandSeverus He left the towers in as a tribute to our great city.....
PMcM1007 1 year ago
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@PMcM1007 And he could not have left a greater tribute.
newrochellephoenix 1 year ago
i want a cry
kikenigga 1 year ago
I find it fascinating how 'The Troubles' also occured on the other side of the atlantic.
bigc0988 1 year ago
Scorsese useually always has a greattaste in music.
rasofthedead 1 year ago
That very last scene where you see new york changing over the next 100 years is prehaps what makes this the best dramanic ending. Seriously it gives that feeling when you watch it. "it'll be like if we were never even here..."
hinatasexslave 1 year ago
another brilliant performance by DDL. lousy ending. no way di caprio's character would have killed bill the butcher!
walterswalk 1 year ago
Evolution in 40 seconds
Ellasmalak 1 year ago
is that graveyard really there?
KevinFromToronto 1 year ago
it must be...?
Ellasmalak 1 year ago
@KevinFromToronto Go do some digging...see what you come up with.
Redsdelight 1 year ago
@KevinFromToronto dont know...but keep in mind, this film as great as it is...still pretty fictional
mbenzsl2000 1 year ago
fucking awsome ending,and they havent built the "freedom" tower because this country hasent been fucking free in a long ass time.until the people of the united states take back this country and eradicate the patriot act we will never be free
RightWingDarren 1 year ago 11
the patriot act protects this country you stupid fuck! what do you have to hide, well if its nothing than you shouldnt worry because the us govt. doesnt give a shit about you! if they want to wiretap suspected terrorists phones they should be allowed too, if they want to search a piece of shit terrorist house without a warrant they should be allowed too! stupid idiot these things protect us and cutout the fucking aclu liberal middle men from doing their job!
Gambino199 1 year ago
@Gambino199 you do realize that our government armed and trained those "terrorists" to fight the soviet union.whom we once called freedom fighters.i would rather be free than be safe,fuck the government,its suppose to be a country run by the people
RightWingDarren 1 year ago
The Government use the "Suspected Terrorist" clause to abuse and harass anybody they see fit to. They're not protecting anybody's freedom when they're enforcing such stringent ruling. There's no such thing as freedom so long as somebody else has the power to abuse that freedom for their own ends.
TheBeekeeper 1 year ago 2
@RightWingDarren and whoever dares to disagree with that, just keep in mind, the people who think they are free are even the most hopelessly enslaved
Reiben91 6 months ago
wow someone really downvoted my comment 11 times because what I said was the fucking truth. I called someone out on not knowing their shit about 9/11 and the freedom tower and he gets all butthurt cuz he is an ignorant fuck.
DystopianFart 1 year ago
They need to rebuild the towers. This is such BS... Almost 10 years later and nothing is being done.
jwdogfst 1 year ago 3
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@jwdogfst
Freedome Tower is being built, if you didn't know anything about this then you should really think about killing yourself.
DystopianFart 1 year ago
I can't believe how many people are with me on this. The Empire State Building was built in 13 months during the Great Depression.
every year something isn't built, is a another year we get laughed at. and honestly, why the skeleton-looking "freedom tower"? It's a slap in the memory of the Twin Towers, and most people want the Twin Towers anyway.
h2opolodan11 1 year ago
@h2opolodan11, there are a lot of people with you. Opinion polls show that 70% of people want the towers rebuilt.
By rebuilding the towers, it would symbolize the resilience of America. There could be nothing more honorable for the victims of 9/11.
jwdogfst 1 year ago
The Movie is so wtaht from professionel very very perfect scene Leonardo di Caprio is my favourite actorr and the music nicee
DCosar 2 years ago
whats this piece of music called? i kno the hands that built america follows this but whats this particular piece called? cant find it
kassar1909 2 years ago
it is the Hands that built America, it's the film version which is not commercially available yet.
DystopianFart 2 years ago
back then the Irish, the english, the Italians and others came to our country and worked their butts off to make it great. Now we have ones who climb over a wall or come in on some shitty home made boat and want equal freedom and rights. that sucks
bobbystj 2 years ago
Sorry but it was only the Irish and italians the english were too busy Invading countriies to try and build an "Empire"
Xboxdude343 1 year ago
@Xboxdude343 Go back to school, the so called natives in the movie would have had Western European and most likely British ancestors from Pilgrim times
rylissnovaa 6 months ago
@rylissnovaa Yes western europeans so that includes the other 24 countries within that catagory and as I previously stated a year ago was that during the time line this film was directed at I do believe that the english were in cairo and I believe they were slaughtering innocents in the Indian mutiny.
Also considering that the American accent was most heavily influenced by the Northern Irish immigrants and Scots who settled in the Appalachian backcountry.
So I don't think I need to go back
Xboxdude343 6 months ago
@Xboxdude343 The Northern Irish immigrants influenced the American accent? LOL how about you discuss how the English actually fucking made the US which is why you all speak English today. The vast majority of Americans after the revolution were of English ancestry. Sorry if this offends your anti-English stance. The English and (later) Germans built the US. The rest of you just jumped on the bandwagon. Deal with it.
Cameronomics 2 months ago
@Cameronomics Do you understand that the nation isn't static. A nation doesn't stay the same for two hundred years. Few of the buildings that existed centuries ago still stand. America is where it is today because of the British, German, Irish, Chinese (railroads), Italians, etc.
deatharch 2 months ago
@deatharch The English were the founders. It's laughable how people seem to mention the contribution of EVERY other group except the most important.
Cameronomics 1 month ago
@Cameronomics because they weren't , before you reply or something read this again...i never said they didnt
greenpredetor 1 month ago
@greenpredetor Speak English you moron. The English were the primary settlers.
Cameronomics 3 weeks ago
Me encanta.
Adrian18692 2 years ago
It also made sense that they didn't have a battle like in the beginning of the movie, and how the troops were called in to totally massacre a whole lot fo the citizenry (awesome scene by the way). It had to happen, because the city was way* too corrupted. For them to have another fight is to continue the madness they've created. It needed a good purging to clean away the anarchy.
shoulderkolibri 2 years ago
Great ending. It's sorta like saying how no matter how dramatic your life is, what enemy you made out of another person, what beliefs you may have, or how messed up life was, everything moves on in the end.
shoulderkolibri 2 years ago 61
Jup indeed + this music is perfect for it...
robin291292 2 years ago 2
Ain't that the truth. Well Said.
wasteland70 2 years ago
@shoulderkolibri good comment, and that's exactly what Taoism teaches. Sometimes realizing how a small being I am in the universe, and knowing no real big change will be made no matter what I do makes me feel like doing nothing. Truly, we are stardusts.
rainzoro 1 year ago
@shoulderkolibri Also kind of means that everyone worries too much about making a legacy for themselves. haha
woohoo4576 1 year ago
@shoulderkolibri couldnt say it any better my self
steeltiger36 1 year ago
@shoulderkolibri wow that was lame
crazyhorse1ck 1 year ago
@crazyhorse1ck Wow your a bag of douche.
shoulderkolibri 1 year ago 3
Tammany Hall still stands. Its the New York Film Academy now. It's located in Union Square. But it you walk to the north side of the building you will read the old inscription that reads "Columbian or Tammany order."
ContinentalArmy1776 2 years ago
Nice ending, fits great with move, with cuttings grave there and stuff
robin291292 2 years ago 2
worth an oscar
Qahoa 2 years ago 44
@Qahoa lmao it won 10 xD
fierfly25 2 years ago
Does anyone else feel the last shot is very haunting and depressing? I think they should of added an extra shot of New york without the towers, just to show the skyline is just as beautiful without the towers although obviously just as depressing.
SolidWolf92 2 years ago 5
The director responded to this point quite well... he wished to make a film about the men and women who built america and not those who attempted to destroy it.
onlyoneffc 2 years ago 8
Best movie ive ever seen.
stiffgrain 2 years ago 3
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glimmer2158 2 years ago
Or Gangs of Saco Maine
newrochellephoenix 2 years ago
The Towers.
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mrceebees14 2 years ago
Although I am not an American, I can't help but feel a sense of awe in these images. Something tragic, yet majestic at the same time. ANd the theme of U2 is perfect here.
ngnikolaos 2 years ago 3
What's the name of this theme!??!
its not U2....
dapard 2 years ago
It is u2, it's called "The Hands That Built America" they are credited in the credits, and when the credits roll in Bono's vocal track comes in.
linkinknot91 2 years ago 4
yehaa but if you hear the song of U2
This part! isent their, and its the most beatiful part.... they changed it?
dapard 2 years ago
I agree with dapard that this is the most beautiful part. When I saw it in the theaters, it sent chills down my spine. And I agree with linkinknot91 that this is the instrumental track and they kicked it up. But you really have to listen hard to the song. I picked it up near the middle.
nooyawkfun 2 years ago
so weird to see the twin towers
horsebackmaineac 2 years ago
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Weak movie.....insanely great coda.
kingofmilwaukee 2 years ago
maybe they will come out with an anniversary directors cut edition - and update the last scene of that montage... sans towers.
tylersmyler 2 years ago
haha...and then they'll keep going afterwards, with the new towers, and then a bunch of sky homes like in the Jetson's cartoons!
drawswithcrayon 2 years ago
best movie ending ever made. In my opinion!
fierfly25 2 years ago 4
I totally agree
Drums4Piano 2 years ago
the best no...i prefer the end of fellini's 'la dolce vita'.
massib5 2 years ago
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THIS SONG IS NOT BY U2!!!! god damn.
mitchyisgay 2 years ago
are you idiot or what?
esorciccio 2 years ago
Yeah, it is.
TakeEleven 2 years ago
amazing movie, this last scene was the perfect ending, very beautiful, also like this rendition of the U2 song
ModestM4EVER 2 years ago
can you tell me whats the name of the song and who perfomed it ?????
ivanajvan 2 years ago
it's called 'the hands that built america' by u2
crushedguy 2 years ago 2
"the hands that built america" by U2. it's the very end of the song in instrumentals.
heyyofoo 2 years ago
yep but those retard have choose to make the version different
arcand88 2 years ago
This was a pretty good movie, hard to believe that this scene and all the changes happened in approx. 100 years
rsbabaganouche 2 years ago
forget all the bullshit comments... i find it amazing how manhattan island has developed over the past 250 years... think about this film, how it was then and how it is now thats amazing.
donsuccone 2 years ago
Great movie! Especially the last scene is very beautiful.
maryjulie2 2 years ago
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Is this movie about Las Vegas?
avanzatotrxx 2 years ago
I wish they had rebuillt the towers. Why not? That was the most extraordinary part of the NY skyline.
adkinsjr 2 years ago
i think you are right about that, but at the same time, the visual image of those towers not being there (while sad) unites New York . (IMO) Its a reminder. i know it sounds kinda cliche' or maybe insensitive, but thats what i think. i do agree with you however about it being the most extraordinary party of NY skyline!
bigrussthefusss 2 years ago
Paradox, that would not be funny
legendinisZ 2 years ago
Who's talking about humor?
Paradox313 2 years ago
Why would they make towers blown up?
legendinisZ 2 years ago
Because that's what happened?
Paradox313 2 years ago
They really do need to remake the end having the World Trade center blown up.
Paradox313 2 years ago
Are you some kind of idiot? Did you not understand anything that DeCaprio said in the very last scene? The whole point of the movie was to tell the story of the people who built america, not the ones who tore it down. So sorry if it doesn't exactly fit the whole post 9/11 political correctness to show two buildings, but art isn't about going by societies standards of what's acceptable, and this movie is a work of art as sure as I'm sitting here.
josh420masterB 2 years ago 3
So you're just going to suppress history, and let the terrorists win?
Paradox313 2 years ago
Okay, I'm not even going to get into the ancient idea that people still have about 9/11 being caused by terrorists. But regardless, someone did blow up the World Trade Center, and by acknowledging them you give them more power. It's not supressing history, it's sending a message. But I'm not going to try and explain it to you anymore because you obviously don't get symbolism.
josh420masterB 2 years ago
So you're just going to ignore the fact that it happened and not bother changing history books? Not to mention a movie?
Seems like a pretty pathetic thing to do.
Paradox313 2 years ago
Dude, I don't know how I can explain this to you any clearer. The movie is about the people who formed the foundation of new york, it is not a movie about the people who broke it down. Martin Scorsese didn't want to give those people power by acknowledging what they did, I don't think I could explain it anymore to you. If you're too thick to get it by now, then tough titty, I'm done with trying to make you understand.
josh420masterB 2 years ago 2
Martin Scorsese is overrated.
Paradox313 2 years ago
Furthermore, I'm fucking astonished that you thought for even a second that I was serious.
I'm thick headed? You're a dumbass.
Paradox313 2 years ago
Or could it be that I've lived long enough in this country to realize that there are people out there who really ARE that stupid. Good to see that you're not really one of them.
josh420masterB 2 years ago
wtf bitch r u stupid that aint funny fagget
portskilla29 2 years ago
Actually it is.
Besides, if you're going to throw insults at people directing at their stupidity, might want to use proper grammar, punctuation, and spell words correctly.
Paradox313 2 years ago
it doesn't fucking matter how i spell and how write a sentence...is this good bitch? still you don't make fun of something like that so many people died and the last thing a person can do is make a joke out of it. p.s. FUCK YOU!!
portskilla29 2 years ago
The best type of medicine is laughter, so whatever.
If you can't laugh about something, whats the point of living?
Paradox313 2 years ago
I love the fact that you can see how New york grew into the great city it is. It was nice to see the World Trade Center in there too.
chibomato78 2 years ago
this ending is so cool. Next to Collateral, this is one of my favorite movies.
Victorinox667 2 years ago
Goddamn , half of the comments in this video are made by annoying pricks who keep argueing over stupid reasons.
Whoever said "Why can't people just comment this video is cool or that was nice" you are absolutely right.
XxHenrehxX 2 years ago
and the tombstones stood there all that time, slowly fading away...
finaltorment 2 years ago 3
i loved that ending
301SO 2 years ago
can anyone tell mi whats the name of this song and artist..if it is a song..:S ,btw,greatest film i have ever seen..just watched it,and im gonna watch it again right now..hehe
tuitampnekad 2 years ago
u have in related videos...
U2 - The hands that built America
bamboocha923 2 years ago
I loved this film. The way it ended like that was cool.
Ric0908 2 years ago 4
The Irish Built America
Darkrin1975 2 years ago 10
if you liked that movie youll love in the name of the father at the end of it makes you want to kill the english
Xboxdude343 2 years ago
yeah well im irish and this movie deffo made me very angry and upset that the irish were killed in such brutal ways by a bunch of violent fuckers and i have no problem with the americans i just got so pissed off
emmadignam 2 years ago
That didn't stop us Irish folk from coming over though. ;) We are strong!
DaveFLBrn 2 years ago
yeah true that
Stef89 2 years ago
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thats the best part the rest of the film was rubbish
GlAsSaRm 2 years ago