Monday, December 30, 2013

12.27

The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013) - theatrical

Now this is magnificent.  It gets a lot weaker when the story comes in, but when it's just wallowing in the decadence, that's where it's at.  It's actually pretty nutty that three hours of mindboggling hedonism has been generally given the critical stamp of approval, I guess that's a testament to Scorsese's talents..  DiCaprio and Hill murder their roles.  Pretty frustrating that he never really got his comeuppance.  Here's a review that I think really gets it:

http://blog.sundancenow.com/weekly-columns/bombast-122

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