it is what i expected but not my favorite of my fav director, scorsese-

Rating: 2/10 (26 December 2013)

i saw this film at the 1st showing for Producer Guild members where they had a Q&A with the producers and it was a looooong film! it was difficult seeing this after work when i was tired anyway but i agree with other reviewers that the film was 1 hour too long.
acting was great and everybody did a good job but the character development was weak in that you didn't care about any of the characters- maybe because it was satire format. i do feel the sex/drugs was way over glorified and deemed - "try me, im fun"! not good for immature viewers who might take this more imitable-
the spoiler part which i must comment on is the part where jordan is "ironically" in a sinking ship and he sees a plane exploding in the air which just seems silly and comical but for the character "supposedly" it is a wake up call but as the audience you don't buy it because all the silliness and excess which is Scorsece's downfallin this film. I am of a German background and you will get nothing from me but the raw truth and that as a future female director and current producer in the biggest flaw in this film. i laughed at that scene and i don't think it was the intention.....
then at the end, it didn't seem that jordan has any remorse and again just to me not a satisfying finish for such a long film. i am not a fan of satirical films and would rather sit down and watch "the departed" instead. Still I greatly love and respect Scorsece for trying something out of the box for him but it didn't hit the mark for me-
i prob would not watch this again and i don't think it will win any academy awards especially the kind of films the academy recognizes which this is not one of them!