Well, this convinced me not to buy a ticket to Wolf of Wall Street. I had been considering seeing that movie, but I will now pick something else. I hear the one about ABSCAM is really good.
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BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
My girlfriend saw it and came to the same conclusion as the author of this. However, she saw it with her parents and that certainly didn’t help; the doing coke off women’s asses and naked people and whatnot.
Still, I think you need to also look at it from the Director’s style: the stories of Martin Scorcese are usually told through the eyes of the protaganist, who is always a very flawed individual. Look at Henry Hill from Goodfellas.
We Saw ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ With A Bunch Of Wall Street Dudes And It Was Disturbing
That, for lack of a better term, took some balls.
You know that old canard about Bankers and Wall Streeters jumping from skyscrapers on Black Tuesday? It’s just that: a canard. History rewritten by those in a position to get away with it. They didn’t jump. They were throw. Rightfully so.
I’m looking forward to repeating history. There can be no change without casualty.
No fear.
Thanks for posting her letter. doesn’t seem the post 2008 audience wants to pay more $$ to watch where our $$ went. Cinemascore is C
http://cinemascore.com/
Yep, “American Hustle” is a keeper, BooMan. I look forward to hearing your response to the character of the Trenton Mayor. While it’s a fictionalized version of the ABSCAM debacle, given your historical knowledge of NJ politics, this one appears it will be a big meaty fastball right down the middle of the plate for you. Lots of fabulous, skilled scenery-chewing by the main players and the wardrobe/makeup chiefs as well.
My wife and I also saw “Nebraska” the next day. I like living in a country and culture which allows me to easily access movies by directors as diverse in style as Russell and Payne, and to develop great love for each of their styles.
Thumbs up for “Nebraska?” I loved Payne’s “Sideways” and loathed “The Descendants.”
Yeah, I liked this one. It’s in the “About Schmidt” vein, but even drier in its satire and starker in its sudden moves into sentimentality. Actually, “Nebraska” reminded me most of Payne’s contribution to “Paris, je T’aime” in its similar ability to cruise along, condescendingly holding the viewer separate from the protagonist, until he suddenly drops you into a deep level of sympathy for the central character at their most vulnerable moment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJG0lqukJTQ
“Nebraska” makes great use of Dern’s faded screen persona, and Payne gets a nice performance out of Forte as well.
Thanks. As “About Schmidt” was also based on a life of a Nebraska resident not too surprising that in tone and feel, you detected a similarity.
What did you think of the short film I linked? I last saw it in the theatre; it was enjoyable to see again.
Nice. Seems like a valid report of an American tourist in Europe. My sister and her husband go at least every three years and it doesn’t take her longer than that film to tell me about it.
Yikes! Well, I’m not much of a movie goer anyway. Still, the degree to which we are entertained by the suffering of other is… a shame.
For great visuals, special effects, and pacing, “Gravity” delivers a great ride. Made me a bit queasy, but I really don’t like great rides.
Farran Smith Nehme, who blogs at http://selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com/ which is a terrific blog for movie lovers, also happens to work at Barron’s. And she has the cover story “Good Film, Extremely Bad Wolf” in the Dec 23 edition. This url might get you there:
http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424053111904399004579262403661936102.html#articleTabs_artic
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Looks like Belfort is being let off the hook for some reason, getting away with minimal restitution for his thievery. Believe i’ll skip the movie. But American Hustle was great.