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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Just saw this in the theater with a few friends of mine.
DiCaprio and Scorsese are freaking CLASS ACTS!
First of all, this film was absolutely HILARIOUS. It's been a very long time since I laughed so much with a movie. That lemmon scene between DiCaprio and Jonah Hill must be one of the funniest things ever put on screen, while still being oddly tragic at the same time. Brilliant stuff!
Second of all, the story the film is telling is extremely daring and haunting. This film explores if it's really more fun to dance with the devil than to kneel for the lord. It doesn't feed the audience with an obvious, preachy message, but instead of that, it offers a 'dilemma' between doing the right thing, but living an ordinary life or immersing yourself in immoral excess and ultimately (if it ever comes to that) getting confronted with the consequences of your actions.
The film also is a great comment on the greed of humanity and the materialistic focus of our society and (sometimes) our personalities.
Third of all, HOW EPIC IS JONAH HILL in this film? DiCaprio was absolutely stellar, but Jonah Hill's performance is also one for the ages. He's completely over the top, but he does it very, VERY well! An absolute pleasure to watch. The rest of the cast was also really good, of course.
The only (very) small criticism I have, is that the story is told in a rather shattered way. This film is three hours long and it's very eventful and full of great moments, but sometimes it doesn't feel as 'wholesome' as, for example, Goodfellas. It doesn't have that ingenious, unique and seemingly effortless 'flow' that Scorsese's best film so perfectly possesed.
Nevertheless this is one of the greatest movies of this decade so far and it's by far the best collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio. I like their other four films together, but this one is of another level, in my opinion.
I strongly recommend seeing this risky and hugely satisfying piece of film! You won't be disappointed!
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Just saw this in the theater with a few friends of mine.
DiCaprio and Scorsese are freaking CLASS ACTS!
First of all, this film was absolutely HILARIOUS. It's been a very long time since I laughed so much with a movie. That lemmon scene between DiCaprio and Jonah Hill must be one of the funniest things ever put on screen, while still being oddly tragic at the same time. Brilliant stuff!
Second of all, the story the film is telling is extremely daring and haunting. This film explores if it's really more fun to dance with the devil than to kneel for the lord. It doesn't feed the audience with an obvious, preachy message, but instead of that, it offers a 'dilemma' between doing the right thing, but living an ordinary life or immersing yourself in immoral excess and ultimately (if it ever comes to that) getting confronted with the consequences of your actions.
The film also is a great comment on the greed of humanity and the materialistic focus of our society and (sometimes) our personalities.
Third of all, HOW EPIC IS JONAH HILL in this film? DiCaprio was absolutely stellar, but Jonah Hill's performance is also one for the ages. He's completely over the top, but he does it very, VERY well! An absolute pleasure to watch. The rest of the cast was also really good, of course.
The only (very) small criticism I have, is that the story is told in a rather shattered way. This film is three hours long and it's very eventful and full of great moments, but sometimes it doesn't feel as 'wholesome' as, for example, Goodfellas. It doesn't have that ingenious, unique and seemingly effortless 'flow' that Scorsese's best film so perfectly possesed.
Nevertheless this is one of the greatest movies of this decade so far and it's by far the best collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio. I like their other four films together, but this one is of another level, in my opinion.
I strongly recommend seeing this risky and hugely satisfying piece of film! You won't be disappointed!
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