How was Wolf of Wall Street?

a tad bit long, but enjoyable. A couple of, "Did that shit really happen? or is it overly overly exaggerated?"

That chick who played the Duchess of Bay Ridge tho

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I agree with @general. I thought it was alright and didn't believe some of the party scenes. It actually reminded me of Goodfellas. Definitely glamorizes the excess although if you look closely that's not the message Scorsese is sending.

The highlight of the movie.. Naomi..the Duchess of Bay Ridge..Margot Robbie. That gif is perfect. She's Australian and only 23 years old. Absolutely beautiful and actually held her own with Leo too.

Extremely entertaining and some hilarious parts definitely worth a watch

Loved it. Had a very strong frat house vibe to it.

Entertaining but tried too hard and had no substance. Many cliches.

just saw it last night. Dicaprio kills it man, jonah hill was hilarious as well. Hugely overrexagerated but man it just creates that image and vibe you love.

I'll read the book actually to base the movie off that. First time I ever watched a movie and bought the book lol

Annoyingly the UK release date is 17th January, I cant wait to see the film.

Annoyingly the UK release date is 17th January, I cant wait to see the film.

I thought it was great. Leo's wife is definitely the highlight of the movie.

Andy, it's good, but too long for a movie that has very little substance. It's basically Goodfellas with stockbrokers instead of mobsters and a little less meat.

It's like Blow, but not nearly as good.

I definitely want to see it, but I have too much shame to be seen watching it in a public movie theatre.

don't like Jonah.

anyone else skip over the long comments out of fear of reading a spoiler?

It was entertaining: the acting was great, Margot Robbie is smoking HAWT, and there were a few scenes where I was laughing my ass off. However, the movie was certainly subpar compared to Scorsese's other works. It lacked an overarching theme, plot twists, and character development. The conflict between the FBI agent and DiCaprio was subdued and uninteresting. And towards the last 45 minutes or so, I was getting extremely tired of DiCaprio's speeches, filled with tired Wall Street clichés. In short, aside from the shock value of gratuitous T&A and a few notable scenes, the movie didn't have much going for it.

Excellent movie. It has an 8.9 on imdb right now (only 10k votes though) and a 77% on rotten tomatoes. It's a black comedy and Scorsese at his hilarious best.

The movie is, by heart, a comedy film. And it accomplishes that goal of making you laugh well. Otherwise its plot was non existent; it was more just like a sequence of random events. Some of the party scenes and speeches and whatever were rather distastefully dragged out.

I'd watch it again just for Margot Robbie.

I honestly loved it, pretty much classic Scorsese. For everyone saying plot is non-existent or that the film has little substance, I'd beg to differ. The same criticism could be mounted toward Casino and Goodfellas, yet both are near universally regarded as great films. WOWS is Scorsese's bread and butter, humanizing and candidly depicting people considered among the dregs of society. I think most of the criticism results from the fact that Scorsese doesn't push an opinion on this narrative, the film neither glorifies nor condemns Jordan Belfort - but that's exactly what makes it so powerful.

Oh, and I can't remember the last time a film had me in tears from laughing. I genuinely feel bad for anyone who saw it with family.

I read the book and the movie definitely downplayed the emotional aspect of Jordan Belfort. I can't comment on exaggeration as I didn't work for Belfort. Overall, I thought the movie got its message across and that it gives the audience a glimpse into how Jordan Belfort lived his twenties and early thirties. For a 3 hour film, it did its job; nothing more, nothing less. On a personal note, I believe it actually didn't exaggerate Jordan's life, imagine what a twenty five year old from: a poor background, lack of college education, and with alot of money would do.

yea saw it with the gf... I would recommend a different companion to see it with

Some of the dialogue in the movie is priceless though. Curious if the segment with the yacht and the "chop" is true or not

Thought it was average, at best.

You guys are just pissed off because the movie propagates more negative Wall Street stereotypes. I thought the movie was great and surprisingly funny. I was dying at the scene where Leo confronts Jonah about the cousin banging rumors. Jonah's response was priceless.

Tootski?

Awesome film.

Those who say its long, dislike the adult nature, then its exaggerated at parts maybe are confused with who directed it. I think this film finally nets leo that oscar he so deserves.

Who know what song Leo and Mathew are huming in the begining while hitting their chests ?

"Don't hang up until the client either buys or dies." Very entertaining movie; Leo is the man.

Here's the original Forbes article that was shown in the movie: http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2013/12/28/meet-the-real-wolf-…

Fact-checking article done by Time Entertainment: http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/26/wolf-wall-street-true-story/

Margot Robbie = mother of god

One of the better movies on Wall Street. I enjoyed it. Don't take your kids or your wife/gf.

It's a hilarious movie. Plain and simple. Has enough truth about the industry to draw you in, for us insiders, for your wife or girlfriend, she's gonna zone out around hour 2. Go see it with the guys, and if your a broker you'll love the sales calls scenes. I couldn't stop laughing, Leo is a fantastic actor, and Jonah did a great job too

I really liked the movie, but I agree I wouldn't compare this one with Godfellas directly.

I wasn't expecting Margot Robbie to be this good, her role is different from her character in the "Pan Am" jet-age show (which wasn't good at all).

Leo killed it. I enjoyed this movie because I viewed it as entertainment and not a documentary of a dudes life on wall street. In that scope, it was very interesting.. and my ivy league girlfriend who does not work on wall street felt very uncomfortable the entire time haha... but it's okay, she thought it was awesome too... but her facial expressions at some points were priceless.

Oh and the slow motion scenes were freakin amazing!!!

It was great, but the book was better.

It was fun to watch but like many have said, it lacked substance. The only way it could have had any substance would be if they included all the people Belfort screwed over. Yet, Scorsese admittedly stated this would have taken away from the fun. Its very much like Gatsby and Leo is seemingly perfect for this role as well. And dear lord the Duchess...

I saw it with my fiance- I really liked it, him, not so much. He thought it lacked substance and depth, too, although I figured Scorcese can only go as deep as Jordan Belfort goes, which isn't very deep at all.

I would like have liked to see more focus on the people he screwed over, but Scorcese clearly had an artistic vision regarding this whole project, and that would have interfered with it, so if that's the case, I can deal with it.

And the comment about Belfort coming from a poor background- he's a Jewish kid with two accountant parents (his mother later became a lawyer), so he's about as middle class as it gets, lol. And he did get a biology degree from American University, so he was also college-educated.

Anyone seen American Hustle? I felt like that was closer to a Martin Scorsese film than WoW. As for this movie, it really depends on who you see it with and what your expectations are. I knew it would be outrageous but expected more plot (really doesn't go anywhere and when it does the pacing is horrible) and better characters (they are all just as outrageous without much difference between them. Look at a film like Goodfellas and while they are all mobsters they are each unique characters). Instead you get 3 hours of T&A, drugs, and some hysterical yet eventually exhausting situations.

However, in hindsight I am starting to appreciate it more for what it is instead of what I wanted it to be. Seeing it with family over Christmas made watching the movie rather uncomfortable, I was completely fine with the subject material but knew some members of my family wouldn't be. Whoever said not to see it with a date hit the nail on the head, couldn't honestly think of a worse date movie.

See it with some friends. Don't take it seriously at all. Treat it as a comedy and you will be very pleased with the movie. It touches surprisingly LITTLE on anything related to finance (there is even a scene where Belfort thinks an IPO is too complex for the audience) so don't expect nitty gritty details similar to the original Wall Street

I enjoyed the movie, I thought the book was better though. The movie was obviously more about displaying his crazy lifestyle then discussing exactly how he made a fortune, like the book does.

I thought it was super entertaining, about from the sex scene right at the end..I thought that was super awkward.

I thought the cousin scene that Jonah does in the begin is one of the funnier scenes I've seen in recent memory but yes this movie was made to be a comedy not a serious depiction of actual life on Wall Street..

Wasn't too good. Far away from the classics (Wall Street, Boiler Room etc). Pretty amusing still.

I think during the book, there was a greater sense of Jordan's life being on the up and up (despite all the problems) and then corresponding downfall that was utterly missed in the movie.

There were some rock bottom moments in the film, but not nearly as bad as the shit he gets up to in Florida (anyone who has read the book knows what I'm talking about).

Definitely a bit drawn out. Three hours is not necessary to tell this story. Also, the movie was marketed in a way that caught me off-guard. I was expecting a more refined, not-so-sophomoric storyline (a la American Hustle, Catch Me If You Can, The Departed to a certain extent). Instead, you got the white-collar Project X; I can watch porn for free. The mental image of a playboy Jeff Skilling giving mark-to-market pep talks to Enron-ians popped up several times.

Great movie, happy I saw it with my buddies rather than my gf.

Still have no idea how they thought 3 hours was necessary for this film. There is so much removable content in this movie it is ridiculous. Towards the last hour I was rolling my eyes with every Leo speech to his employees, or some other crazy scene involving drugs and naked women.

There are some classic scenes and hilarious moments for sure. But it just didn't feel like a complete movie to me

It was a disappointing movie. Some great scene but way too long / repetitive

Why too much goodfellas and not enough Wall Street.

Still have to see it, although I haven't heard a bad thing yet.

I don't get complaints about long movies...if its good, length shouldn't matter. If it's a steaming pile of shit, then even 5 minutes is too long.

I was entertained throughout.

Funniest movie I've seen in ages, Jonah Hill + Wall Street = New Classic

I thought it was pretty funny and entertaining, but a bit long? Though I feel like you never really get the sense that Jordan got a comeuppance. Like on Wall Street, Bud went to jail for what he did and you don't get a sense of it being a minimum security jail (even though in WS2 we find out he did just fine for himself afterwards). Well, reflective of what happened in real life I suppose, since we know the real Jordan ends up doing alright for himself being a speaker given his slick sales skills/charisma. I haven't read the book, but I highly doubt the real Belfort actually has any regret to what he did. If he didn't do what he did, he wouldn't be famous, have a movie based on his life, or have a book deal.

I guess the premise (not the film itself) almost reminds me of Thank You For Smoking. And Aaron Eckhart's character, being a lobbyist for big tobacco and somewhat shady, ends up doing okay for himself. Both films are black comedy. But the difference is, at least my opinion, is Eckhart's Nick Naylor is a more likable guy who's got shades of gray but is very human, and Jordan Belfort (aside from that one scene where he mentioned helping one of his female brokers) is a complete douche nozzle.

TL;DR, it was entertaining, and purely for fun. No one should go into this thing with serious thoughts like 'is there a moral to the story', cause there isn't.

I really loved Jonah Hill in it and I've read a few interviews with him talking about the role which impressed me and I was happy for him to have this opportunity. It was a really interesting progression from his usual typecast, and well Leo is just a golden actor.