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“Fall In Love With The Person Who Enjoys Your Madness, Not An Idiot Who Forces You To Be Normal.”
-Jordan
Movie in a Sentence: Inspired by the real-life of Jordan Belfort, spanning his ascent to a wealthy prosperous stockbroker living in luxury to his downfall concerning crime, corruption, deception, and the federal government.
Review in a Phrase: A Nasty Tale Of Wall Street Baddies Behaving Badly.
Introduction
Release date - 3 January 2014 (India)
Director - Martin Scorsese
Genre - Comedy/Dark comedy
Story by - Jordan Belfort
Adapted from - The Wolf of Wall Street
Cast - Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as Naomi Lapaglia, Matthew McConaughey as Mark Hanna, Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham
Produced by - Martin Scorsese; Leonardo DiCaprio; Riza Aziz; Joey McFarland; Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Awards - MTV Movie Award for Best Gut-Wrenching Performance
The Wolf of Wall Street was a spectacular triumph for Martin Scorsese's box office blockbuster creation and a critical sweetheart when it first reached theatre in 2013. Leonardo DiCaprio has been hailed with admiration for his lead role as a stockbroker, "the Goodfellas combines with the Hangover" tone rendered one of Scorsese's finest entertaining endeavors- "The Wolf of Wall Street".
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"Nobody Knows If A Stock's Going Up, Down Or F***Ing Sideways, Least Of All Stockbrokers. But We Have To Pretend We Know."
-Mark Hanna
Though the film was charged with promoting the criminalized illegal lifestyle of Belfort, Scorsese and DiCaprio justified their efforts as a satirical critique of the swindling Wall Street stocks, firmly against these critics. Together in context, it's fair on both sides, better check it out yourselves while you watch the movie.
The Curtain-Raiser Shot
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“You Can Watch Me, Mock Me, Try To Block Me But You Cannot Stop Me.”
-Jordan
Jordan Belfort is a terrific all-rounder guy at the outset of The Wolf of the Wall Street who chooses to make money to support his family. It is the culture of Wall Street which corrupts him.
It is scamming individuals to get a quote. He always curses because almost everyone around him has been doing the same thing. He is encouraged to use narcotics to persist through the entire working day by Mark Hanna (Matthew McConaughey). Anything that becomes condemning about Belfort condemns is the outcome of his working environment.
Plot Synopsis: A Great Satire
The film starts with a Stratton Oakmont TV advertisement. It deals with the nature of stockbrokers on Wall Street, categorizing them as lions or bulls. Then a lion walks across one of the company floors.
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"When You Live Your Life By Poor Standards, You Inflict Damage On Everyone Who Crosses Your Path, Especially Those You Love.”
-Jordan
The Wolf of Wall Street (TWOWS), straight up, is amongst the most entertaining and terrifying movies. Martin Scorsese crafts a gripping vision of the American capabilities and greed of Wall Street, through metaphorical and perfect storytelling techniques, driving your head towards its ferocity. Leonardo DiCaprio is in the forefront, with the kick of a cocktail offering you fresh faces with bizarre-wicked eyes.
Jordan had to scale back after the major collapse of Black Monday and find a new position at a limited penny stock finance company. Driven to either facilitate his luck or collapse, he brings together a gang of hustler associates along with an ambitious and opportunistic neighbor, Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill).
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"If Anyone Here Thinks I’m Superficial Or Materialistic, Go Get A Job At F****** McDonald’s, ‘Cause That’s Where You F****** Belong!"
-Jordan
They together constitute Stratton Oakmont's legitimate seeming firm and started deliberately misleading their potential customers to sell stocks at inflated rates and learn the technique of putting others' money into their own pockets.
This movie is a pretty dark and witty comedy. It focuses on Jordan and his associates' hard sell training, which has a viciously angry and incredibly greedy tone. The film then regales the viewer with heinous acts of debauchery, depicting drugs, sex, and excess as a contaminated depiction of the American Dream.
Ordinary watchers may be too hasty to overlook Jordan and company's lives as utopian paradise on Earth. It's another of those films that progressively set up to condemn these atrocities but spends a good amount of time depicting them first.
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"I Want You To Deal With Your Problems By Becoming Rich!"
-Jordan
The story took a dreadful turn to the worst. And it is at this point that the movie acknowledges that "raising" these men in a society of greed, materialism, and overindulgence is one-half of the entertainment. The other is to make them descend and collapse so that we can watch and enjoy them falling and sinking in the sewer trash.
There is a message which teaches us that those who know how to make fortune fast, don't understand how to use it; and it tends to get lost eventually.
It's About the Obsessive Fantasy for Fortune:
"The Only Thing Standing Between You And Your Goal Is The Bulls*** Story You Keep Telling Yourself As To Why You Can’t Achieve It."
-Jordan
It's evident throughout the film that Belfort isn't from a privileged background. He grew up in an environment of the middle class, nurtured by two accountants.
The Treasure of The Sierra Madre has shown us that money has the capacity to spoil and corrupt anybody, and the Wolf of Wall Street demonstrates that riches will not cure all your problems—actually, it can generate many more.
It Accommodates A Mirror Up To The Audience
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"Sell Me This Pen."
-Jordan
In the closing scenes of TWOWS, Belfort holds a sales seminar utilizing his "Sell me your pen" strategy and is gravely displeased with the outcomes. The final sequence focuses on Belfort's captivated crowd.
Scorsese is flashing a mirror onto his own audience, notably those who might criticize him for glorifying Belfort's misdeeds. Individuals like Belfort are ten a penny, and people relentlessly give money to corrupt firms and chase get-rich-quick schemes rather than questioning the filthy acts of the finance industry.
The Bottom Line
“I have been a rich man and I have been a poor man, and I choose rich every f**king time!”
-Jordan Belfort
Strongly recommended, although with grave reservations It is indeed a fantastic film featuring seedy characters who elevate overindulgence to new heights. As an eccentric dark comedy, it tries to make its cake and consume it too.
My Ratings For the Movie - 4.5 on 5
Written By - Prakriti Chaudhary
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