Warm Machine
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It is a good movie and I appreciate how adult it is. However, the tone is really cartoony.
Di Caprio's The Wolf of Wall Steet
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I love this movie. It is so well done and they somehow make characters that I would find appaling in real life very appealing and interesting to watch. Leo and Jonah in this movie are top notch and I love all their interactions together.
"I have been rich and I have been poor. And if given the option I would choose rich every fucking time! If you think that's tacky go get a job at McDonalds!"
"I have been rich and I have been poor. And if given the option I would choose rich every fucking time! If you think that's tacky go get a job at McDonalds!"
GamingOblivion
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A "masterpiece"? lol
Death Metalist
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Yeah, Goodfellas is shorter and gets its points across much better. Then again, not every movie can be Goodfellas tier, if any.
AstroNut325
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In my personal top 10 movies of all time.
Cow Mengde
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Great movie, but I also agree some scenes go on for too long.
Rimon-hanit
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It's a funny satire.
Lé Blade Runner
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Really good film, but not as endlessly re-watchable as, say, Goodfellas. Definitely one of DiCaprio's best performances - he is very much in the zone as Belfort. And the Qualudes ( however you spell it ) scene is amazing.
scoobs
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One of the only redeeming qualities to that movie. Brutally uninteresting and astoundingly long. You couldn't pay me to watch it again.
True Savior
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Strange title thread.
Margot Robbie is so goddamn gorgeous in it. Her looks are hard to grasp. Why don't all humans look like that?
Margot Robbie is so goddamn gorgeous in it. Her looks are hard to grasp. Why don't all humans look like that?
Screaming Meat
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Bored the hell outta me too. It felt like it was made by an elderly lapsed catholic who lost all feel for pacing and still thinks drugs and sex are 'shocking'. I didn't care for any of the characters, wasn't amused or appalled by any of the antics and I hated how, at the very end, his kids all of a sudden became a tool to show me how far he'd gone. Like, who gives a shit I haven't seen anything about these fucking children. Instead of showing me his relationship with his wife/children or the impact of his fuckery on the people around him/his customers, you just made me watch this dude snort, fuck and fall all over the goddamn place. Honestly, I expected a lot more from Scorsese.
Love it, although I agree it's too long.
Got a call from my grandmother probably a year or so ago now, apparently she tried to watch it but only made it 30 minutes in and shut it off, guess it was too much for her. What do you expect grandma, it's about people on Wall Street, of course there's gonna be drugs and hookers and other displays of excess.
Also I felt really bad when Jordan just dumped his first wife the way he did. I know shit like that happens all the time but it was so damn selfish of him and it was clear that it just tore her apart. Was really hoping she made off with a ton of his money.
Got a call from my grandmother probably a year or so ago now, apparently she tried to watch it but only made it 30 minutes in and shut it off, guess it was too much for her. What do you expect grandma, it's about people on Wall Street, of course there's gonna be drugs and hookers and other displays of excess.
Also I felt really bad when Jordan just dumped his first wife the way he did. I know shit like that happens all the time but it was so damn selfish of him and it was clear that it just tore her apart. Was really hoping she made off with a ton of his money.
roflwaffles
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Leo's best performance.
Prophet Steve
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So great, it was long but I don't think I ever felt remotely bored.
Same archetype but completely different movie than those two. It's more of a fun comedy, and a great one at that.
I agree, I was bored most of the time in cinema. I wish it had focused on the business / scam things and not his wasted life.
Pai Pai Master
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Margot Fucking Robbie in this movie, gatdamn
Yeah the movie covers similar grounds as Scorsese films before but unlike his previous films I don't think there's any 'nice guy' qualities to the protagonist here at all. The leads of Goodfellas or Caino were not exactly nice either but unlike in those films where the characters wistfully reminisce along with the audience, Jordan's just showing off and telling us how much better his life is than ours. It's this acerbic quality that separates Wolf from those other films. There's no epiphany or moment of realization or redemption here.
Whoa. You think Leo is mediocre? Out of curiosity, who do you believe is a great actor?
I love The Wolf of Wall Street. I was surprised Leo won a Oscar for The Revenant and not this.
DontBeThatGuy
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This is the movie he should've won an Oscar for. Hugely entertaining.
Deaf Spacker
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The Cerebral Palsy stage scene was hilarious, I sat there thinking did this just happen.
Skellig Gra
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Get the loooods
Daniel Day Lewis, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Anthony Hopkins, just to name a few off the top of my head who can really own their roles.
Leo is out of his depth in all of his latest movies. Just a lot of shouting and overacting.
Fair assessment.
Joe Shlabotnik
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I enjoy him in everything, and I wouldn't call him mediocre. But I feel like I see the effort in all his performances.
I think his best-fitting performance (that I've seen) was Catch Me If You Can.
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