American Gangster

To my knowledge there is no book to damage here but over the weekend I saw American Gangster. Kirsti is very impressed with the acting abilities of Danzell Washington and Russell Crowe but she couldn't handle the gore that goes with the subject matter in this particular film. There is nothing like a good gangster movie for me though. Even George Will came down from his uppity perch to review it in the post. Its not hard for me to disagree with Will on anything once I translate the vocabulary, anyway, he spent his time comparing it to "The Godfather" and eventually got around to saying it was better. I disagree with him, though the film was good, it had a ways to go before it compared with the classic gangster flick. No matter how bad the main characters are in these films/Godfather/Scarface/Goodfellas/The Sopranos ect ect I can find something to like about them, even if I have to travel to a parallel universe to do it. But the American Gangster is despicable thru and thru at the end you only wish him the worst. Making Wills point that they really destroy others in their quest for riches and no one should think differently. Hooray for George Will to find another level of understanding(again) But I only give the flick a C+ well below every film I mentioned. Sorry George that's why they call it art.