An overall fun ride

Rating: 8/10 (13 April 2014)

I first saw this movie about two months after it was released into theaters. I was very skeptical as I heard from some people where they said it was the 'worst piece of crap' they've seen and some saying it was the 'best movie ever'. So I really did not know what to expect except that both sides could agree that there was a lot of sex and drugs. After seeing the movie, I found that it a very good movie overall. Leonardo DiCaprio is yet again very good and is 20 years overdue for an Oscar. He did a very good job portraying Jordan Belfort, the drug abusing stock broker. I did feel a little uncomfortable with he many sexually explicit sex scenes. I did also feel that the movie was very repetitive. For three hours, we watch Leonardo DiCaprio abuse drugs, have sex and look like a jackass. That is about it. But Scorsese finds a way to make it work and to make it entertaining. I was very entertained by this movie.