I disagree. I think that Socrcese's "Gangs of New York" was amazing, aside from the casting miscalculation.
Daniel Day Lewis totally overshadowed the star, Leonardo di Caprio, which I believe was unintended.
DD was good in Gangs
however, movie was not as compelling
as some of his better efforts
glad to disagree with you
and many others as you see on this thread
who like the Departed, I thought it stunk