lol at morbs - 'wait the dad's an accountant and the son's a stockbroker - gotta be jews right?'
― balls, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:02 (ten years ago) link
Jordan Belfort is Jewish.
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:04 (ten years ago) link
RR sounds like a Borscht Belt comic, fuckface. xp
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:05 (ten years ago) link
it is kinda weird to think that this schmuck has inspired two movies now, it's not like his story is so amazing it needs several takes, he's not amy fisher.
― balls, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:07 (ten years ago) link
his book is prob just one of those things where you read it and are all wow so cinimatic
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:08 (ten years ago) link
Hill and DiCaprio are the Leopold + Loeb of penny ante financial scams.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:08 (ten years ago) link
boiler room's so fictionalized that who knows who is who but i'd like to think vin diesel and jonah hill played the same guy.
― balls, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link
i guess it was leos thing, he owned the rights and had been wanting to make it for a while then roped marty in
i use their nicknames cause im in leos entorage
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:10 (ten years ago) link
we do get to see the 'consequences' so we get to actually see confirmation that these asshole stockbrokers that are basically stealing normal ppl's money are in fact bad guys. like in wolf of wall street who knows, maybe belfort ripped off a bunch of child molesters, we have no way of knowing, the movie's too ambiguous.
― balls, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:11 (ten years ago) link
it seems like the only reason scorsese still makes movies is because leo finds something and pushes it on him
― Hungry4Ass, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:12 (ten years ago) link
its true i think about the child molesters
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:12 (ten years ago) link
― balls, Wednesday, January 1, 2014 11:11 PM (50 seconds ago) Bookmark
lol
― Hungry4Ass, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/5/2/1367493269846/David-Blaine-001.jpg
lagoon earlier today
― balls, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
lol xp
im being so misconstrued itt, its not fair
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
sending Kyle Chandler to talk to you on your yacht, lag.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:18 (ten years ago) link
It was said up thread but that yacht scene was just, wow: from genial jousting to GET THE FUCK OFF MY YACHT
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:21 (ten years ago) link
im just an honest appreciatior of film who likes fleshed out multidimensional characters decisive plotting
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:22 (ten years ago) link
on the yacht he was more mad at himself than anything
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:23 (ten years ago) link
Maybe it's just cuz of the little Kyle chandler stuff I've seen but during his initial cutaways I was like "ugh that dude is always a Boy Scout/FBI agent" and then when he finally gets some lines his slow burn fuck you to Leo was pretty unexpected and awesome. Loved the ambiguity of his subway ride too.
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:24 (ten years ago) link
yeah the yacht scene was great
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:24 (ten years ago) link
Didn't Kyle keep calling it a boat, too? Or do I misremember?
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:25 (ten years ago) link
ha yes totally messing w him
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:26 (ten years ago) link
ever been on one of these beforewhat a boat
Lagoon I bet you'll like this more the second time when you can focus on the sweet stuff and get over wishing it was something more. I was like that with Pineapple Express.
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:27 (ten years ago) link
i enjoyed the movie a lot actually, but def i feel like it couldve been great
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:28 (ten years ago) link
pineapple express was good too
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:30 (ten years ago) link
also, unzip when Margot is onscreen
xxp
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:30 (ten years ago) link
the prospect of watching this a second time is a circle undreamt of by Dante.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:31 (ten years ago) link
plz the only dante you know is joe dante
― balls, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:33 (ten years ago) link
I'm psyched to see it again, idk.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:35 (ten years ago) link
This is gonna be a+ pay cable channel flip fodder - and the kids will like it too!
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:37 (ten years ago) link
dang kids
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:38 (ten years ago) link
the next time i see this thing it will be on tv and since i can't imagine it will work edited for television (unlike the departed and obv unlike goodfellas which in some ways you haven't truly seen until you've seen it edited for television) maybe not even then. if you don't get margot in the doorway what's the point, you rob the movie of its nuance and subtle charms.
― balls, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:39 (ten years ago) link
its true this movie has so many subtle boobs in it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:42 (ten years ago) link
thinking that a big part of liking this but not really caring once I walked out was that I just don't dig Leo.the yacht scene was undermined because all I see is squinty Leo DiCaprio playing his usual part - when he tries to get FUCK YOU vicious it's just a big Pussy Posse kid throwing a fit (which, I guess, is true to the character but boring)
The Departed was not that good but had Marky Mark, Alec Baldwin and Jack hamming it up to distract from Matt Damon Jonah Hill is no Marky, Alec or Jack.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 2 January 2014 04:50 (ten years ago) link
distract from Matt Damon and Leo being boring
mother of god at the thought of jack saving the departed
― balls, Thursday, 2 January 2014 05:10 (ten years ago) link
I thought this was decent, nothing more—some interesting stretches but some incredibly dull ones as well. Also way too long. Better than any of Marty's non-doc work lately, but that really does not say much.
A lot of the comedy here—such as the excruciatingly long quaaludes scene—seemed like it was repurposed from a Hangover film. If you gave Todd Phillips the same script, I think he'd make nearly the same movie, save for a few music cues.
― avant-sarsgaard (litel), Thursday, 2 January 2014 08:18 (ten years ago) link
Todd Phillips could've brought it in under 2:45.
― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 January 2014 12:49 (ten years ago) link
Todd Phillips would surely have injected that much needed dose of morality. But he knows his stuff:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Frat-house-1998-rare-todd-phillips-banned-documentary-7d52f.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 January 2014 13:04 (ten years ago) link
The hand wringing about morality or lack thereof reminds me, very loosely, of the Errol Morris story of screening "Mr. Death" at Harvard, and having enough students leave questioning the Holocaust that he felt compelled to throw in a few talking heads saying, yes, the Holocaust happened, and yes, it was bad. Because some people need to be told, I guess. Or, I dunno, my fave commentary by Paul Verhoeven, yelling about critics calling "Starship Troopers" "fascist." "The protagonists, they are Nazis! They are bad!!!! Bad!!!!!"
Like I said upthread, only an asshole could watch these assholes and think, man, these are cool guys, not assholes, I want to be just like them.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 January 2014 13:12 (ten years ago) link
Showgirls is long too, but at least it's fun to watch throughout.
― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 January 2014 13:14 (ten years ago) link
and it showcased its nineties kitsch just as flashily
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 January 2014 13:28 (ten years ago) link
"I never fly without my lucky hat"
Appross of nothing, just popped into my mind for some reason
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 2 January 2014 13:46 (ten years ago) link
do you think '90s pennystock brokers really knew the Freaks singalong?
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 January 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
I always think that when it shows up in a movie or show, which means I've thought that dozens and dozens of times over the years. They might not know what it's from, but the phrase itself has achieved ubiquity through cultural osmosis.
― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
Maybe these dudes, because, OMG, actual midgets and freaks and retards and shit, lol
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
The retard child discussion was something else, just incredibly uncomfortable
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 2 January 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
Needed some Flashpoint/Steel Wheels.
― tbd (Eazy), Thursday, 2 January 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link