Why Bill The Butcher Is One Of The Most Terrifying Villains In Film History 

Well said Commodore. 🫡

While filming, Lewis would run around New York in character picking fights with random people. The biggest thing in this film is the Draft Riots which were kind of lost in history. I also heard he stayed in character on shooting breaks and would fuck w the costars too. De Niro had thr same issues filming Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, they literally become the character.

he is so great in the movie that the scene where he is the rocking chair with the his blood on the american flag is a masterclass in acting. when bill poole is killed and the movie becomes the Leo and cameron Diaz show, it looses something. but Leo Learned the hard way that the movie was Scorcese show after scorcese put his boot up Leo's Backside. he bacame the actor he is today

One of the Best rolls ever played on screne. Bill "The Butcher" has a special place for me. Mad Props D.D.L.

I agree. But why does Day Lewis always look like he's trying to clear popcorn bits out of his teeth?

I completely agree. Leo should have won an Oscar for his role in, “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape “.

I have a theory about that-of the 5 Best Actor nominees that year (Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Adrian Brody, Michael Caine, Nicholas Cage), all were previous winners except Brody. It was as if the Academy was spreading the joy. (I’m not putting down Brody’s performance by any measure-that was a really strong year for the Academy. Case in point, that was when Nicholas Cage put in a career-best performance in Adaptation)

Awards are overrated AF

​@@rayjacobsjr777Yes, that was a phenomenal oerformance.

@@512cbratch Agreed

It, along with Heath's Joker, Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter, and Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh are probably the most memorable villain performances of all-time. Honestly it's not one of Scorcese's best movies imo but Daniel Day's performance alone elevates it to legendary.

@@travistotle true.. If Bill was missing the movie would have been nothing

One of? I’m convinced he’s the best ever. 👍…

I honestly can't think of a better actor. The man transforms his voice and countenance in every role. He brings 100%- 100% of the time. De Niro has great films, but he's done several on cruise control too. Same with Val Kilmer. Frankly, a lot of great actors, like Tom Hanks, are just naturally likeable. They're talent leads to success, until eventually you've seen their whole playbook. Good, but not mind-blowing. With Day-Lewis, you never hear his real voice until he does an interview.

Are we only counting movie villains? No telly? If we are including TV shows I would recommend at least considering Homelander.

Can you imagine teaching yourself to do that? I can’t wear contacts for fear of touching my eye balls. Hard enough putting eye makeup on. Ugh

@@samanthab1923 Its a fake eye tho. It wouldn't be painful.

@@Sai-ns9ky I know, but still to be able to do that. Ugh, the thought of contacts or eye drops gets me.

@@samanthab1923haha you should see what we have to do when we sleep with them in and they dry up. :)

I think I read somewhere DDL wore an extra thick contact lens and had actually taught himself to tap with a knife on it. It wasn't a special effect or editing.

It's not in any way, shape, or form underrated. It's widely considered to be one of the best villain performances of all-time.

Of the performances nominated, I though Lewis should’ve gotten the Oscar for this role. There may be a better performance that year, if I thought about it a bit, but I remember I thought he deserved it slightly over Nic Cage in Adaptation.

I see YT shorts featuring him all the time, so not really.

What makes him a villain? He won a fair fight. He even honored his opponent's memory annually. Optics... 🤔

I never considered him a villain

Objection, I submit your comment (And all others around it) as evidence to the contrary.

If you mean in the sense that he is only seen or heard from every 7-12 years or so and disappears again into the shadows of time. UFOs have more regular sightings. Daniel Day Lewis may not truly exist at all. In that way you could say he is literally legendary. Of myth. An unknowable truth only viewed through a medium known for its trickery and illusion. Have you seem Daniel Day Lewis lately? And was he with Elvis? Living or dead. Definitely a capital L Legend.

Dude has 30 roles on IMDb. 6 oscar nominations that’s 20% nomination rate and won three so 10%. Only seven actors have won three or more times Meryl Streep 94 roles 21 noms 3 wins. So slightly higher nomination rate bite far far far smaller win rate at about 3.5% Jack Nicholson 78 roles 12 noms 3 wins lower non rate at 15% and win rate about 4% Frances McDormand 69 roles 6 acting nominations* 3 wins 9% nomination rate 4.5% win rate *she also has a best picture win but that’s not acting but worth noting Ingrid Bergman 54 roles 7 noms 13% winning three 6% Walter Brennan notably the first actor to get to three Oscar wins buuuut 244 roles 4 noms 3 wins about 1% not exactly amazing and to clarify I’ll also note the Oscar’s started in 1927 so I’ll minus roles before 1927 and television roles and that puts him at a rounding up 2% And the Queen of Oscars Katherine Hepburn clocking in with 6 Oscars and 12 nominations for 53 roles 23% nom rate and 12% win rate So yeah Daniel Day Lewis is only behind Hepburn on the Oscar front. Obviously that’s not the only metric but definitely worth noting. Daniel Day Lewis was just reported as the highest paid actor in 2022 earning 82million 50million more than the next person per media Mass. So fairly certain he’s doing ok

I think all REAL movie heads recognize thats he's amazing.

No. He is

"Bricks, Bats, Axes, Knives... Pistols?" "No. No Pistols" "Good boy."

@@somedude9576 Yeah, I love that part. Even though they're going to war against each other, there's still some mutual respect and admiration.

@@1977Yakko yup. Great movie.

Scorsese shoots it so well, giving urgency to their movements.

Liam Neeson, ya forget about him?

@@jaredbaratta8589 he was great as well. Just not enough screen time to be one of the first that come to mind.

This is 1 of the rare times Leo was outacted at every turn

@@wallcity318 he's still an amateur here

Englishmen defeated in their stupidity, everytime.

Some pretty badass style of foreshadowing, huh!!

He was picking his future role.

Fun fact: Liam Neeson was going to do the role but felt he was too old to play Lincoln.

I love movie too

Eh... this performance was top notch, no question, and Bill is a great character... But I've always contended that the greatest literary villain to have yet been portrayed correctly is Captain Hook. Neverland is a children's fantasy when kids don't have to grow up... and James Hook hunts them there to shred their dreams. He's worst than Freddy Krueger, more awful than Leatherface, and far more intrusive than Bill the Butcher. In the safest space of all, Captain Hook predates children to turn them into enslaved adults. No one gives this character his chops, or at least, not yet.

After being head butted several times by Bill DiCaprio appears in his follow up scene without a single facial injury. What a complete c**t of an 'actor'.

but that's kinda the point, he's born into this and didn't necessarily choose it, so you get someone who isn't that authentic in his own self, it's genius casting in my eyes

Umm he’s good in departed…I think the Irish accent threw me off though

DiCaprio is great actor he proved it many times, but probably wasn't easy sharing screen with Daniel especially in this role.

you're missing the point of his character then.. Hes not supposed to be the "tough guy" of the movie. A lot of Amsterdams journey is him overcoming his fear of being discovered and admitting his true identity while navigating a foreign social dynamic. Essentially a "fake it til you make it" attitude ensues. Classic story of a boy coming to age as a man.

@@eriktatos funny how Day Lewis looses to his learned Irish accent from his father in the movie, really soft laoise accent but there is it, and DiCaprio can't even try not even if his life depends on it.

Exactly. Unless your ancestors were slaves or natives, the ENTIRETY of the US population are immigrants themselves or ancestors to immigrants.

Still from 1790-1965 pretty much immigration law was for whites only

Completely and totally agree. Although I’m sure you can still find staunch wasps and “lace curtain Irish” with these attitudes on the Irish. my parents are Irish immigrants and still remember when I was in grammar school when other white parents wouldn’t give them the time of day because of their accents...this was the 90s/2000s!

Isn’t every nation a nation of immigrants then? What does that even mean? I’m not trying to be rude or anything but I hear that and I don’t get it because no other country an American born in America is not an immigrant same as a Peruvian is not an immigrant. Maybe their parents came from somewhere else but that would mean no one is from nowhere or we’re only from where we’re born. A baby born in USA is not Canadian if their grandparents came here from Nova Scotia in the 1960s, you know?

@I’m not racist, but- if you want to be technical about it sure humans all started off as nomadic groups and traveled around and settled different parts of the globe but Im talking about modern nations states building on immigration. Native Americans first settled the modern day US and the English settled the colonies and eventually made the US but the country grew in population due to immigration

Daniel Plainview, the milkshake enthusiast

Lmaoooooo both are legendary

Nah, Butcher is closer to Amsterdam in his motivations

That would have been cool, maybe a great prequel idea!

Hi, you're among my shortlisted winners. Contact above📞

Great observation!

All is fair in love & war

In fairness he gave Mcginn a chance to fight him straight up. He sent the pigs head. Once Mcginn tried diplomacy he did what he showed up to do.

I hope you worked to dampen that kind of presentism in your young history students rather than encouraging it!

@@salvadorromero9712 Well they generally don't think there is rock music playing at battles during this time period, if that is what you are concerned about lol All joking aside, most of them probably don't even know what presentism is, they aren't philosophy or history students. They are nursing, automotive, CS, and primary school majors, for the most part. So the difficulty is getting them to even pay attention at all. I'm not worrying about them thinking that the movie is an exact copy of what the time period looked like. Relevancy is the most important part in a college history survey class. I will sacrifice some things for them to pay attention. Don't worry, I also show them Townsend and Sons videos where a guy makes salt pork with traditional cookware in a traditional kitchen. Of course the forty hours of lecture content is where the instruction takes place. This is just for the "feeling" of the time period and so they have something to look at other than me and slides.

Good they will understand that the Know Nothings had legitimate concerns and many if those played out as they feared they would to the detriment of the nation

@@David-bf6bz The only legitimate concern the Know-Nothings had was that slavery would expand, but even that was because they didn't want black people in more states. Is that the concern you were referring to? Seems more of a racist concern to me. What were their legitimate concerns as you see them?

@@JonathanMartin884you are overlooking so much. Unchecked immigration would lead to depressed wages and worker exploitation... check, would lead to urban spraw and expanded slums ... check... would lead to ethnic enclaves that reduced integration and adoption of American values... check would lead to US involvement with Europe's political problems including US boys dieing for European monarchs ... check, the Catholic church setting up parallel education and cultural systems... check... expansion of federal power at the cost of the state and citizens check... yeah so basically they nailed it

I was thinking of doing that and getting Clint Eastwood from one of his Westerns on the other forearm.....You should do that to, then if we run across each other some how will know who the cool people in the room are.

Phobia in this context doesn't mean a fear of, it means an aversion to. when we talk about xenophobia or homophobia we're not saying you're afraid of immigrants or gay people (although that is sometimes the case) we're saying you hold illogical negative beliefs about those groups.

She's definitely the weakest part of the movie

Yeah wild how he could politicize this totally non political movie that makes absolutely no attempt to comment on the modern world. Wild how these liberals ruin everything by briefly mentioning something that offends me

It makes sense because any fighting in movies is choreographed. It's basically a dance number that looks like a fight.

The Jay Z version?

@@eriktatos no the original from the movie