Shoulda Coulda Woulda

Rating: 6/10 (10 June 2014)

When this film starts, we immediately taken back to the ending of "Goodfellas". Our lead character in monologue turns to the camera and talks to us. Those last 25 minutes were chaotic, choppy in editing, and simply a drawn out non-explanation of "what went down". I stated that Scorsese can't stop himself from biting off too much and that describes much of The Wolf Of Wall Street. Our screen relationship with our lead is also a bit dishonest as with "Shutter Island" where we meet another inmate at the facility but later find out that never happened, much like our 1 mile ride home in the white Lambourgini. A good nod on the change of color on the original discussion but we're all over the place here. We are left unfulfilled at the end of how to view our lead as hero or villain, ala "Taxi Driver" and with no real commentary on that. We also have a ton of over the top nudity while of the actual crimes committed we are told we don't care about how Wall Street works. Is this a biography, a thought piece, an action adventure? I wonder how Marty would answer. As far as Leo, his movies are always entertaining and usually educational in shedding light on subjects we may be unaware of. I wanted to know more am=nd am disappointed at a great opportunity lost. Ten minutes less debauchery (which you could easily cut without losing your perspective) and ten minutes more on the genius of the individual thinking outside the box, "not selling stocks but selling pencils" could have elevated this film. We have an FBI Investigator on the edge of learning his take after it all goes down, but we see him still in the subway looking at blank faces.... one would have been mine... what did you learn as the audiences' perspective?