That's a pretty fair summing up.
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hannahrose313 — 9 years ago(June 04, 2016 10:17 PM)
Well, I wouldn't call it "horrid", but in the past two and half years since it's release I've come to like it less and less whenever I think about Scorsese's filmography. The movie simply paints Jordon as a "bad" and indulgent person, but seems to have little under the surface. While most of Scorsese's characters do bad things, they at least have some redeemable or sympathetic qualities or are easy to empathize with. Some may believed they are justified in their actions, use a life of crime to help others, or are portrayed as morally confused. Simply put, I just feel this lacks the depth that Scorsese's films are so famous for having.
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Einsteinrosenbridge — 9 years ago(July 02, 2016 06:07 PM)
The character is not interesting enough to make a biopic. Everyone is aware of the excesses of the 80's and 90's with Stocks. Movies from Wall Street to Boiler Room have covered this topic. So he is just another guy who practiced excess in his life and that really makes him no different then a movie about a rock star, movie staretc.
You look at Goodfellas - an inside look into the mob, Departed - an interesting odd story, Aviator - fascinating world renown character Wolf had none of that.
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moviedilan — 9 years ago(July 20, 2016 10:43 PM)
It had a unique narritive with its fluid use of the 4th wall.
Its brief 'advertisements' (The stock firm itself at the begining, the yacht, Jordans arrest) durring the story, were fresh.
It had excess in debauchary to a degree Hollywood has never seen before. It pushed boundaries, and broke records.
It maintains a 3 hour run time with entertaining scene after another.
This is not the best movie ever, but it is far from horrid. Its not trying to move you (12 Years a Slave), Its not trying to tell an epic tale (Lord of the Rings), Its not a groundbreaking feat of cinematography (Gravity). Its just trying to tell a gangster story. Its not in the top 10 movies, its not even in the top 100 movies. Why are you complaining as if it booted Shawshank off the top spot. If you don't like it, good for you, don't let your kid watch it then, but as far as the general public goes, its a well praised piece of modern cinema.
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Monknificent — 9 years ago(September 05, 2016 11:43 AM)
Completely agree with you, EinsteinRosenBridge, I wrote my pretty comprehensive thoughts on the film a few posts above this before I actually read your post, see what you think.
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cohoman — 9 years ago(July 27, 2016 08:52 AM)
I'd like to add my name to this person's post. I 100% agree! I felt after seeing this movie that I watched a porn movie. What disturbs me the most about movie was in the last scene where Leonardo DiCaprio (Jordan Belfort) after serving his time and losing all his money and his wife and his kids he goes right back where he was in the beginning trying to find someone who is a good salesman by selling a pen. Then the camera pans out showing the audience all with eager eyes wanting to be picked, implying that what he's doing is what we all want to be doing. I think this shows a lot about the character and the person of Martin Scorsese.
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cheeso65 — 9 years ago(July 27, 2016 09:35 AM)
I think this shows a lot about the character and the person of Martin Scorsese.
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pardi-505-125733 — 9 years ago(July 27, 2016 11:32 AM)
No, it shows about the character of Belfort, and the people who look up to him, and the society that created him and allows people like him to get away with it. Scorsese is not one of those people.
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cohoman — 9 years ago(July 31, 2016 01:49 PM)
I guess after thinking about it you two are right. (cheeso65 and pardi-505-125733) I shouldn't make a judgment on Martin Scorsese character. He just putting a movie together and trying to make it as entertaining as he can.
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manlistowel — 9 years ago(September 04, 2016 02:00 PM)
here in my country there is a car inspection called the NCT
the National Car Test
i remember it was an extremely cold day when my parents took the family car for the NCT
while they were gone i watched The Wolf Of Wall Street online
i was excited to see it because i love fearless cinema with unsympathetic characters
i was disappointed with TWOWS
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Monknificent — 9 years ago(September 05, 2016 11:56 AM)
here in my country there is a car inspection called the NCT
the National Car Test
i remember it was an extremely cold day when my parents took the family car for the NCT
while they were gone i watched The Wolf Of Wall Street online
i was excited to see it because i love fearless cinema with unsympathetic characters
i was disappointed with TWOWS
it is just sex and drugs with cursing constantly and i mean cursing so much it is irritating
I once went to see The Dark Knight at the cinema, but when I got there, I realised I'd left my wallet at home, so I had to turn back.
It was a chilly and overcast day as I was making the return journey by bus, and I thought about life, and how strange and beautiful it can be sometimes. I saw some bird poop on the window of the bus. I'm pretty sure it was outside, after all, you don't often get pigeons travelling by bus, do you? LOLZ! But I'm not 100% sure, I didn't want to get too close to it as I didn't want to get bird flu.
I was excited to see The Dark Knight, but after seeing it, I was disappointed with how dark it was. A LOT of it took place at night!! And there weren't nearly enough knights! So stupid!
"It's too late Always has been, always will be
Too late."