To preface this, I'm a HUGE Scorsese fan...his films are normally some of my favorites with very few exceptions. Goodfellas, The Aviator, The Departed, etc...just absolute gems of films.
This movie was one of those exceptions. For starters, I'll attack the run time first...it was 3 hours long. THREE F'N HOURS. Now his movies are typically pretty long, so I wasn't surprised when I saw the run time...but for this subject matter, it was just way WAY too much. 2 hours would have been perfect. After that, you're looking at the time wondering when you'll be done.
Now I'm all about gritty, violent, sexual charged movies. I don't mind a graphic movie at all in any regard...but this movie just amplified it to a level that I just couldn't enjoy. Literally every 10-15min. of this film was filled with graphic sex scene...I'm talking full on nudity, and damn near penetration level...to call it soft core porn would be an understatement. I wouldn't mind this a few times in the movie, but you're talking CONSTANT nudity (men and women).
Then there was the drug use. I mean yeah, the big portion of the story was centered around a lavish and luxurious lifestyle of this stock broker, but christ oh mighty, I don't need to be reminded that he does cocaine every 5min. And that's exactly what they did...drugs...every 5min. They pretty much spent 95% of the movie high off their a$$es.
The rest of the movie wasn't bad actually. Watching this progression of a money hungry kid into an absolute Wall Street shark was very interesting. In typical Scorsese style, the guys entire life just unravels and you end up seeing the worst repercussions of all of these luxuries.
In the end, I would not watch it again, and honestly...it was just too much for me, me being someone that actually likes most of what was in this movie, but at a much more moderate offering.
This movie was one of those exceptions. For starters, I'll attack the run time first...it was 3 hours long. THREE F'N HOURS. Now his movies are typically pretty long, so I wasn't surprised when I saw the run time...but for this subject matter, it was just way WAY too much. 2 hours would have been perfect. After that, you're looking at the time wondering when you'll be done.
Now I'm all about gritty, violent, sexual charged movies. I don't mind a graphic movie at all in any regard...but this movie just amplified it to a level that I just couldn't enjoy. Literally every 10-15min. of this film was filled with graphic sex scene...I'm talking full on nudity, and damn near penetration level...to call it soft core porn would be an understatement. I wouldn't mind this a few times in the movie, but you're talking CONSTANT nudity (men and women).
Then there was the drug use. I mean yeah, the big portion of the story was centered around a lavish and luxurious lifestyle of this stock broker, but christ oh mighty, I don't need to be reminded that he does cocaine every 5min. And that's exactly what they did...drugs...every 5min. They pretty much spent 95% of the movie high off their a$$es.
The rest of the movie wasn't bad actually. Watching this progression of a money hungry kid into an absolute Wall Street shark was very interesting. In typical Scorsese style, the guys entire life just unravels and you end up seeing the worst repercussions of all of these luxuries.
In the end, I would not watch it again, and honestly...it was just too much for me, me being someone that actually likes most of what was in this movie, but at a much more moderate offering.