Highly Entertaining, fast paced and funny... but exactly that's the problem!

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2014)

No question the film is awesome because it's a huge entertainment, it has hilarious moments and both DiCaprio and Hill bring the characters to life with a great performance.
BUT
that is exactly the problem...
In my opinion the movie falls massively short in showing the reality of this story. The movie shows the insanity of his life, it shows a man that gives in to every pleasure seeking impulse he has and that is arrogant and selfish, that's true. But it shows it in a way that is so entertaining and funny that you tend to forget to realize that his life was totally f***ed up and he ruined not only himself but his family and tens of thousands of other people, whom he betrayed for their hard earned cash.
You leave the cinema and you think that being a drug addict who bangs every wh*** he can bang, does illegal trades, and is a f***ing asshole to the world is the best way to live your life. Why? Because it's so damn fun!!! Because yeah in the end he get's a three year conviction and goes to jail but the people in his company still love him, he's still rich and smart and at the end everything is good because he now has the chance to teach other people how to be like him. All the 18 year old young men in school now think that being a con man and stock broker is the most awesome way to live your life...
Scorsese had a big opportunity to make a great movie (which he did) and change the mainstream way to look at Wall Street and the whole monetary system by showing it in its brutal reality and absurdity. Instead he made an entertaining Hollywood story out of it that keeps the myth alive. Seeing post production interviews with the director I get the idea that they had the right intentions but did not realize that making it so fast and hyper entertaining will not stimulate the people to question what they see but rather find it amazing.