Just saw The Wolf of Wall Street.

[RandySF]

It should have nauseated me but I loved it. It lays bare all the worst things about the financial industry and how the rules of the game can easily turn greedy people into greedy monsters. Definitely a cautionary tale.

[dawg]

1. I liked it, too.

Probably not a movie to watch with someone who is uptight about language or nudity though.

[MrMickeysMom]

2. We were talking about it when it came out (movie forum)…

I take it that it's been released on DVD/whatever format.

Yes, it was decadent, wasn't it? But, it was true to form. The only thing that I DID NOT like upon reflection is how I was contributing to the Hollywoodization of this guy's book, and therefore supporting him, when in fact, he should never receive a thing from his memoirs.

[RandySF]

4. I just have one question.

Why would they chose to break laws when there are so many legal ways to screw clients?

[A HERETIC I AM]

5. One reason;

50% commission.


Damned few securities pay that kind of commission.

[MrMickeysMom]

6. The eternal answer...

Power… Absolute power corrupts absolutely?

Henry Kissinger was known to have said, "Power is the absolute aphrodisiac." (I almost vomited to imagine that one)

It must make you go insane. How this guy ever surfaced to write a book about it proves how insane he still is.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

3. My favorite scenes were the two showing how he THOUGHT he drove the car

and how he really did. Cracked me up.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

7. Another movie along that line from the early 2000s is "Boiler Room"

Early Vin Diesel and a brief, but good appearance by Ben Affleck. The movie details a young man's entry into selling scam securities by phone.

[bigwillq]

8. Great film.

I Loved it and thought DiCaprio was outstanding.

[Brigid]

9. I don't know how . . .

Martin Scorsese does it -- making watchable movies about characters with absolutely no redeeming qualities. Maybe because he hires Leonardo DiCaprio to play them. But I will admit, it wasn't too long before I found that I was watching just to see the guy land in jail.

[pintobean]

10. My wife and I tried watching it on Netflix last night.

We both thought it sucked, and didn't make it half way through.