Excess living depicted through excess film making... Over-hyped Film

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2014)

Where to begin with this one? There's no question that the events depicted are fascinating and that Scorsese is a superb director. There are actually a few laugh-out-loud moments sprinkled throughout this film. Still, the movie is three hours long and, at times, feels that way. I kept expecting it to end half hour before it actually did. As has been noted everywhere, there is absolutely no one to root for or like during this entire running time. However, the performances are all quite good. You don't see many Oscar contenders like Leo get nominated for a film in which a candle appears in his ass. On that note, so much of this film focuses on the extremely vulgar and extremely decedent living. That certainly was the point but is it possible to drive home that point too much? Excess living depicted through excess film making?
One thing's for sure, this is NOT a film to take your parents or grandparents to.