wasted Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I can't see this vid, what does it say?I transcribed it.Thanks. I think that solves it, it what was said many pages ago, he's holding a mirror up to us. Obviously this guy isn't like a role model, but he sees himself in the character. The extreme example of the culture shines more light on it than regular joes. We are a money oriented culture, if there's a problem we try to get more money to solve it or start drinking heavily or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 all of this talk and it's still a bad film....easily one of scorsese's worst...the man is sullying his legend working with leo...he's yet to make a good film with him and they all rank with his worst filmsthank fuck he snuck in Hugo, No Direction Home and Public Speaking to show he still has some spark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 all of this talk and it's still a bad film....easily one of scorsese's worst...the man is sullying his legend working with leo...he's yet to make a good film with him and they all rank with his worst filmsthank fuck he snuck in Hugo, No Direction Home and Public Speaking to show he still has some sparkJohn Lennon, ''a poor lyricist'', Billy Connelly, ''unfunny'', Scorsese ''sullying his legend working with Leo'' - is it your role in life to speak a complete load of bollocks? Fair enough, The Wolf of Wall Street, but The Departed and Aviator are both fine films. Gangs of NY is flawed but not without merit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) all of this talk and it's still a bad film....easily one of scorsese's worst...the man is sullying his legend working with leo...he's yet to make a good film with him and they all rank with his worst filmsthank fuck he snuck in Hugo, No Direction Home and Public Speaking to show he still has some sparkJohn Lennon, ''a poor lyricist'', Billy Connelly, ''unfunny'', Scorsese ''sullying his legend working with Leo'' - is it your role in life to speak a complete load of bollocks? Fair enough, The Wolf of Wall Street, but The Departed and Aviator are both fine films. Gangs of NY is flawed but not without merit.the aviator and the departed are both terrible, terrible films. and shutter island is even worse.gangs of ny is his worst film this side of boxcar bertha..god awfulpoor marty trying to be like spielberg and go all box office boffoand also, for the record, i never said john lennon was a poor lyricist...i said he was a shit lyricist, big difference Edited February 22, 2014 by axl666axl666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gia Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Finally saw Wolf of Wall street... Very good movieI am ready for the academy awards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 the aviator and the departed are both terrible, terrible films. and shutter island is even worse. gangs of ny is his worst film this side of boxcar bertha..god awful The fuck man? Maybe you just don't like Martin Scorsese at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) the aviator and the departed are both terrible, terrible films. and shutter island is even worse.gangs of ny is his worst film this side of boxcar bertha..god awfulThe fuck man? Maybe you just don't like Martin Scorsese at all.if i had to make a list, he'd be top 5, easy...that's why i'm so disappointed in his work from gangs of ny until now.it's sub-par for his standards, aside from Hugo..it's easily his worst stretch of films of any period and it's been over 10 years now...i'm starting to think he's lost his mojooff the top of my head, my fav directors (in no order)...billy wilder, coen brothers, paul thomas anderson, scorsese, woody allen, john cassavetes, todd solondz, sidney lumet, jim jarmusch, david lynch Edited February 23, 2014 by axl666axl666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gia Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 the aviator and the departed are both terrible, terrible films. and shutter island is even worse.gangs of ny is his worst film this side of boxcar bertha..god awfulThe fuck man? Maybe you just don't like Martin Scorsese at all.if i had to make a list, he'd be top 5, easy...that's why i'm so disappointed in his work from gangs of ny until now.it's sub-par for his standards, aside from Hugo..it's easily his worst stretch of films of any period and it's been over 10 years now...i'm starting to think he's lost his mojooff the top of my head, my fav directors (in no order)...billy wilder, coen brothers, paul thomas anderson, scorsese, woody allen, john cassavetes, todd solondz, sidney lumet, jim jarmusch, david lynchI agree... those were not good filmsJust not good work Scorsese is amazing and Wolf of Wallstreet shows that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Wolf is his biggest grossing movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Wolf is his biggest grossing movie?it's possible...i thought shutter island was but it's certainly possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Wolf is his biggest grossing movie?the departed grossed $132 milshutter island grossed $128 milthe wolf of wall street has grossed $111 mil and counting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) 300 mil at the box office.http://m.ign.com/articles/2014/02/12/wolf-of-wall-street-becomes-scorseses-biggest-hit300 mil world wide. Edited February 23, 2014 by wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 300 mil at the box office.my bad...i was just looking at US numbers and not worldwide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 200 mil outside US took him over the top. People like a story about making loads of money on a shit load of drugs. Hopefully Marty does the Slash bio pic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The fact that Scorsese even has to explain himself for this movie is sickening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I don't feel so bad for enjoying it now, as that is how he intended it with a side order of self reflection. That's my shadow on the wall. Another Jungian hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Saw it last night.As someone mentioned before with the narration being like Goodfellas. I found that too and even the character in general was very Ray Liotta. The movie to me seemed like a modern Gatsby/Goodfellas with its own spin on Wallstreet. That's how I'd best describe it. Which is great because those are both great films. You can definitely see a lot of Scorsese-isms.I'd love to see the 4 hour version. I haven't see a film good enough to think that I could easily watch it again the following day in a long time. So yeah, Wolf of Wall Street, Goodfellas and The Departed are definitely my top 3 Scorsese films. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 1 week until it's out on DVD & pay per view, and it's still playing in theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Belfort is a hero to an increasingly narcissistic culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyman Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I just saw this. I have to say, I was somewhat disappointed. Not Leo D or Scorsese's best, IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I see it as Scorsese just giving people what they want. That's confirmed by the box office numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyman Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) Hype, along with an A-list star is what confirmed the box office numbers.Like record sales, box-offile numbers do not equivilate artistic success. As I said earlier, (IMO), this was somewhat a failure. It certainly didn't live up to hype.It didn't keep me attention, and yet it was overacted by the main cast. And I'm someone who followed the script about as closely as possible. (US history + penny stocks? The spell *Boner Erectus* has been cast) Edited March 18, 2014 by Crazyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 This film is sticking with me. I'll give it that. I can't say that about many films these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) I'm not saying its an artistic masterpiece but it has the same elements of Goodfellas, The Departed, Casino. Maybe much less subtle. It's really simple story which played for entertainment. It's a little less horrifying violence wise more fun. Whatever people enjoyed in those movies, here's some more. Edited March 18, 2014 by wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Not in the movie, in his real life. They keep saying he turned his life around. Now he uses his talents legally and has quit drugs. So I think Marty sees it like a survivor story. That allows us to be fascinated and learn something from him. But like I said I'm not sure he really did change he's just using them to make money again. Part of his plea agreement was that he was responsible for restitution, to the tune of $119 million (or something along those lines). Apparently, from what I can recall, he's been in trouble the past 10 years for not being honest with his income, as the agreement garnishes 50 percent of his yearly income to help pay back those he duped. It was discovered that he kept more than 50 percent of the money he earned from his book (which the movie is based on). So no, I wouldn't say he found redemption in real life. He's still a schmuck.He has taken legal action against the publications making those claims and has been successful IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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