Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street jumps into the degeneracy of Wall Street and the shady people who are at the top of it. Drugs, hookers, fights, rampant stupidity runs an investment company pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars a year. The story mainly focuses on Jordan Belfort, a man who went from a simple stock broker at 23 to a multi-millionaire at 25. He started his REAL career selling "penny-stocks", or stocks that aren't listed on any exchange or regulated in any capacity, to regular people on the phone. He then started upping the ante by having rich people invest in the same crap. He eventually becomes so big he can start having his own IPO's (initial public offerings) which were at the time unregulated and the issuing company got to set the IPO price, which is the price the stock opens at during it's offering. He would then use his people to sell the shit out of that stock while he would own massive quantities of the stock personally, and that's stock manipulation and illegal. They constantly blast drugs into themselves, primarily cocaine during work & ludes after. I've never seen anyone talk about ludes so fondly. It's a complete mess at the company that's run by degenerates who really only care about money. It's an interesting tale that shows if you ignore the law and are shameless, manipulative, and completely ruin other people's lives, you can make a lot of money. It feels a lot like a Scorsese film with your music montage speeding through the degeneracy and drug use like Casino and Goodfellas. The cast is top notch and Margot RObbie I hope continues to be in films, especially without her clothes on. Jonah Hill is probably good, but since I despise his character and usually him, I thought he was the weakest link. Di Caprio is excellent living the life of a multi-millionaire playboy (a real stretch for him). It's an interesting story and it's fast-paced and entertaining throughout. It's sickening to see how the financial industry operates, since finding and exploiting loopholes is what the large companies thrive on. A documentary on Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, etc. dealing with the mortgage collapse confirmed the incredible hooker and drug use running through the average day on Wall Street. Bottom Line: 8.2 out of 10. Great story, great cast, great director, it was a slam dunk. I think Margot Robbie being naked jumped this thing at least .5 points, so I should mention that. She's gorgeous.