One of the better movies I've seen lately

Rating: 9/10 (28 January 2014)

There is really not much to say about this one. Di Caprio is as brilliant as expected (that man can do any job perfectly. I'd like to see him in a SF movie or a horror, just to confirm his brilliance or to find an exception.). Mr. Scorcese did a routinely extraordinary job (being, obviously, predominantly involved in Boardwalk Empire) and the rest of the cast follows correctly. Writing was also extraordinary, considering (it shows!) thin source material (book by the main character). Even the duration is not too extensive, although one could cut out, say, half an hour of irrelevant material, erratically put here and there. The greed and being eager to show off are so common characteristics of humans and ever thankful material to write (and make movies) about, although worn out. So, nothing new here. Capitalism at its worst (although, one could say, being rich and all, that it's OK). As long as there is money... (and yes: women DO fall for rich guys, disregarding everything else about them). One thing, though: too much swearing (showing uncontrolled emotions), waaaay too much.