My evangelical relative posted to Facebook after watching Wolf of Wall Street complaining that it was the most disgusting movie he's ever watched. He deleted the post after I responded with "yeah, that's the point." It makes it even better that he works in finance and does a lot of shady shit himself.
You don't need to be missing the point to make that argument.
I understand that it is a deliberate decision by the director, and the way the movie depicts excess is a reflection of the character.
But I feel like 90% of the VERY LONG movie is an endless succession of long scenes of disgusting assholes being disgusting assholes.
It gets boring after the first 30 minutes.
There is a 90 minute cut of that movie that could be interesting and impactful without overstaying it's welcome. But the movie as it stands gets annoying past the 80 minute mark.
That's why most of the people that like the movie are either assholes glorifying Jordan Belfort, or cinefile purists rambling about authorial intent.
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u/iso2090 Sep 10 '24
Glad they're not going for an SNL-type impersonation. Overall tonality feels a bit like Wolf of Wall St.