A good movie, but on for far too long.

Rating: 6/10 (2 August 2014)

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
I know this film got a lot of press and award nods, but I don't fully understand why. Yes, this is a good film, but is it a great film that will become a classic? No.
The movie follows the life of a stock broker who starts out with nothing and ends up with millions of dollars and a very successful life... But he is not doing it all the legal way. This is a true story based on the life of Jordan Belfort.
For a start this film felt like it went on forever. It was 3 hours long and it felt like it. Even though the film was entertaining, it didn't feel like the time flew by... It felt like 3 hours and towards the end I started getting slightly fidgety. I was not very comfortable and I was ready for the movie to end.
Jordan has led one hell of a life. He was the boss every bachelor would love to have. Drugs, hookers and hardly any rules applied in his offices. Some of the things they did was shocking. I am surprised this guy didn't die from the amount of stuff he was doing. He did seem to have a lot of fun though... But he didn't seem to care who got hurt along the way.
There were some very funny scenes and characters in this movie. I did laugh out loud a few times.
I don't pretend to understand the stock market, but you don't need to understand it to enjoy this movie. I enjoyed it even though I still don't understand what he did for a living. It doesn't try and teach you anything, it just concentrates on his life which is a good thing.
Jordan is not a very nice man, but I can understand why people wanted to be around him. He looked after his friends well, but he also dragged them down with him. Sometimes he did a nice thing and his heart was in the rig place, but other times he was as mean as they come.
Overall the movie was good, but it dragged on too long. I don't know if I will remember too much about it in a year.
I will give this film 6 out of 10.
"My name is Jordan Belfort. I'm a former member of the middle class raised by two accountants in a tiny apartment in Bayside, Queens. The year I turned 26, as the head of my own brokerage firm, I made $49 million, which really p*****d me off because it was three shy of a million a week."
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