Coke! Ludes! Booze! No, it’s not the yearly Geek for e holiday party. It’s a slice of the 90s stockbroker lifestyle highlighted in The Wolf of Wall Street, and it’s it’s tacky, glorious excess carries on for almost three hours of hyperactive money-binging and awe-inspiring overindulgence. The Wolf of Wall Street, with it’s beautiful views and addictive storyline will make you sad that you missed the party, and truly happy that you did. Because really, unless Martin Scorsese is directing your life as brilliantly as he does this film — and you’ve got a guy editing the crap parts out — anyone who really lived like that back then? Has great stories no doubt, but probably no longer has the use of all his/her faculties. Hey, you give some you get some I guess. But it’s a better idea to simply watch this stunner of a film and leave the real excess to folks that don’t mind the body busting (and jail time.)
The one thing you’ll need to know before, during and after this film? That this story is true. The details? Maybe a little fudged, a bit blown up for Hollywood. But Jordan Belfort , his partner Danny Porush and their “firm” Stratton Oakmont are all the real deal. Remember the 1987 film Wall Street? This real-life story makes Gordon Gekko and his cronies look like altar boys. No wonder Leonardo “King of the World” DiCaprio wanted to play Belfort. It’s a role any actor wanting to go a little crazy would kill to play.
