The Wolf of Wall Street (new Scorsese)

One of my favorite quotes was from a director (forget which one; Soderbergh?) who cited his favorite use of CGI in Ang Lee's "Sense & Sensibility." You couldn't even tell there was CGI, said the interviewer. Exactly, answered the director.

Wow, that clip. I even remember asking myself when I saw the movie if they really went down to the Bahamas or whatever to film that 10 second wedding scene.

one of the funniest parts of this movie for me was when they were sitting around jordan's mansion waiting for the ludes to kick in and it shows a full 20 seconds of the episode of 'family matters' that they're watching. like no matter how rich these guys get they're still gonna act like high school stoners in their parents' basement. also just the thought of scorsese screening several episodes of family matters to decide which clip to use was killing me.

and it was such a perfect clip!

he's a details guy. Unfortunately this movie has trees and no forest.

There must be some magic clue, inside these gentle walls.

also just the thought of scorsese screening several episodes of family matters to decide which clip to use was killing me.

― slam dunk, Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:08 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Ah, here we go, this is perfect: the Urkel character is clearly exhibiting faulty reasoning, while simultaneously irritating the father and putting them both in mortal danger, and yet this is all played for comedic effect. Fascinating."

and it was such a perfect clip!

― slam dunk, Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:09 AM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if it had stephan urquell in it then it wouldve been perfect anything less is merely adequate case closed

stephan urquell is not only the most important character in the history of family matters hes also a perfect cocaine metaphor

HAHAHA

There's a clear throughline from Myrtle Urkel to Joanna Lumley.

not to mention Carl Winslow to Donnie Azoff

Best to leave Judy Winslow out of the conversation here.

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lol

had never looked beyond leo in the foreground of that gif but guy the 2 guys in suspenders are equally killing it omg

guy

Lol again at this fucking movie

Suffering through anchorman 2 has somehow made me appreciate WOWS more

i liked the scene where one of the brokers is doing flips and dancing on his hands

every office shd have a guy who can do shit like that

best thing about the mcconaghey speech is that it's everyone's dream (well, my dream at least) to have a boss say that to you

my boss likes good scotch; I drink the martinis.

mcconaghey was fun but his speech was a lil too on the nose imho

like "we dont make anything"

McConaghey in this movie slotted in perfectly right after Roger Van Zant, Patrick Bateman

otn would be good alternative for when u wanna otm someone but also throw a lil shade in the mix

MM speech was cool with me in it's "on the nose-ness" because it seemed like his clear-eyed no bs approach to exactly how it all works is what made him "good" at it. no surprise that belfort takes him quite literally and to a certain kind of logical conclusion.

I don't think the scene would have benefited by MM being less on the nose

It was pretty up-the-nose

utn

I don't remember what they were exactly but there were a few lines in the movie that belfort copied directly from that speech.

other than the chest thumping of course!

We've all read/heard that the chest thumping song was MMc's acting warmup exercise, right? Now it belongs to the ages.

This was the closest I've ever come to walking out of a movie. Shouty performances, tone deaf dialogue.

youve never walked out of a movie

We've all read/heard that the chest thumping song was MMc's acting warmup exercise, right? Now it belongs to the ages.

Must have pained Robertson to share that credit.

Just want to say it again, this movie ruled ass

The striking moment for me was the lady cutting her hair. That was short but well done. The scene in which Belfort gives hommage to Kimmie (or was it Kim) during his speech is also good cinema.

I just felt bludgeoned by this film after the first 40 minutes. I can understand it appealing to younger ppl who have grown up with bludgeony stuff.

Can see why Leo and Marty wanted to make this one - def. a film about insiderdom and outsiderdom, abt ppl's burning need to be admitted to the inner circle of wealth, fame, power, and the way such desires reinforce/feed into that particular American belief that anybody, regardless of class or circumstance, can write their own ticket to 'the top' (and write it with a special deluxe pen, too). The two smashed car narratives - pristine and damaged - was a beautifully apt way of illustrating how these guys were blind to the consequences of their actions.

The whole movie really is structured like a long drug binge. It's fun for a long time, but after a while it becomes less fun and more rote, and then the last third of it is a long comedown.

Totally bemused that anyone could think it's not moralistic. Key scene for me was the crawling on the floor bit, where these guys who have made millions of dollars acting like screaming children are reduced to preverbal, wriggling worms who can't even swallow solid food. Short of putting having a silent-film intertitle saying "GREED," I don't know what Scorsese could have done to make the point more clearly. Except I guess to not make it funny. But I liked that it was funny.

I detested most of this while watching it, but it's grown in my estimation since. Need to see it again.

i watched part of it again

I didn't find much of it funny, I never need to see it again.

this movie is a movie it again

this movie is dumb but funny

it again

funniest movie of 2013 imo

(that I've seen)

The laboured slapstick in this was met with complete silence by my audience.