So, against my better judgment, I watched about an hour
or so of this movie. Now, I know what you’re
thinking, “How can I possibly give a
review about a movie that I didn’t watch all the way through?” Because I
think within the first 5 minutes of the movie you’ve seen everything they are
going to show you! There was lots of
Hollywood hype surrounding this movie! Without the hype – I wonder if it would’ve
lasted at the theatres! The movie is
based on a true event – on a Long Island Penny stockbroker by the name of
Jordan Belfort (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) who made millions of dollars and
defrauded his clients along the way.
During his ride to the top he was heavily involved in drinking, drugs,
and sex. It didn’t matter how much of
anything he had – it wasn’t enough – and everything in his life was insanely
over the top! What got me though about this movie, (besides the 506 usage of
the “f” word and the almost NC17 rating it should’ve received because of all
the nudity and soft porn acts) and
being 3 hours in length – is why? Why 3 hours of full blown all out orgies and
every usage of a slang word imaginable – for 3 hours? I get it – this guy was rich and he wanted to
show it in every twisted way he could – but as I was watching the movie they
forgot to pull me in with the deeper story of how he defrauded so many people
and was eventually jailed for 36 months. Admittedly, I’m not one to watch shows
with this much language and nudity but I really do feel that I experienced the total "feel" of this movie.
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