Martin Scorsese is not known for making small films. Nor is he generally known for making films about good people, so it鈥檚 no surprise that his latest, The Wolf of Wall Street, is another epic. This time the focus is a man who can politely be called an irredeemable piece of human garbage.
The Wolf of Wall Street is based on the book and real-life escapades of Jordan Belfort. Leonardo DiCaprio continues to be Scorsese鈥檚 go-to star as he portrays Jordan鈥檚 beginnings from stock broker to capitalist extraordinaire.
Instead of focusing on how Jordan鈥檚 actions (and those of others like him) spread and helped the economic crash, the film instead focuses mostly on the good/obscene times. The massive, and I do mean massive amount of drugs, hookers, cars and arrogance are nothing short of Herculean. Sure, there鈥檚 plenty of financial manipulation, but the almost three-hour run time鈥檚 centre of attention is drugged debauchery.
It鈥檚 Scorsese, so the directing is of course beyond reproach, and all the actors gave nothing short of 100 percent, to the point where in one scene, Jonah Hill was punched so hard that he broke his prosthetic teeth.
Basically this movie is a reflection of how capitalism is the perfect system 鈥� if you鈥檙e a sociopath. Making money by any life-destroying means necessary is truly the North American dream. Laws are only for those that can鈥檛 afford to break them. Thankfully, the movie has fewer flaws than the system.
Wolf of Wall Street is available on DVD and therefore everywhere online鈥� enjoy.聽
