This movie makes the Jersey Shore cast lovable in comparison

Rating: 4/10 (14 January 2014)

I would have rated this a 9/10 based on the first half hour. It was like watching a movie, and I actually got a couple good laughs in. I started thinking to myself "huh, pretty good movie - some nudity and depravity, but its kinda funny, and not as bad as some of the reviewers were saying" But then it starts to go downhill, and it goes downhill fast. It sinks to a new level of low that i've never experienced before. My indifference towards the characters shifted to hatred towards them, so why would I want to watch scene after scene after scene of them doing drugs and having sex? OK, I understand Scorsese - The people of Wall Street are excessive, depraved, and uncaring. But that doesn't mean your movie has to be excessive, depraved, and uncaring about your audience's time. This movie made the cast of Jersey Shore look like angels. I question the people who found this movie to be funny and defend it as a "dark comedy" - most of the jokes were based on ruining peoples lives (cheating, stealing money, sexual harassment). What's so funny about that? Who was Scorsese aiming this movie towards?