A really fun movie

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2014)

The Wolf of Wall Street. Leo DiCaprio as the main character of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who conned his way into being one of the most successful brokers in Wall Street... illegally. The movie is full of nudity and obscenity, they show buttocks, women breasts, sex, or a combination of those almost every 5 minutes of the whole 3 hours of the movie... wew.
In an overall neutral standpoint, I give it a 7 out of 10 score. The story streams itself in an irregular way by starting jumping (and humping, literally) on to the time when Jordan is on his prime, then slings back on to the time when Jordan's just beginning to tip his toes on Wall Street.
The narration is backed well by the monologues that Leo's Jordan reads directly to the camera addressing the viewers. With the words choices such as those, I'm sure they'll crack some laughs on the audiences. The buildup of the story is nice, it really made good use of the 3 hour duration to develop the characters, even the supporting characters like Jonah Hill's Donnie and others like Brad and even Rugrat Nicky.
But especially, Leo succeeded in building Jordan Belfort's character that I myself even believe that I don't have to read the book on which the movie was based to get to know the real Jordan Belfort.
I haven't read the book, but the way I see it, the gimmick "sell me this pen" may come from the book, and may be the only closest thing one can take home as a sales lesson from this movie. Also, I was curious on why did Matt McConaughy only get a part that lasted for only 1/6th of the movie. Matt was great in this movie. He went total on it by shaping his body way thinner to portray the addiction.
The rest of the 3 hour was story buildup and a lot of comedy. The scenes of "cerebral palsy phase, the flight to Switzerland, and Donie's "she's perfect" scene was all hilarious comedies that also builds the story well. There is drama in the movie, but it is very clear that Director Martin Scorcese and Co-Producer Leo DiCaptio were not intending those to be a heavily emphasized points in the movie. The divorces, persecution, and jail time was only a brief silent moment compared to the rest of the whacked-out serotonin-dosed movie.
In the end, for me the movie was good overall, but it doesn't really deliver anything more than a wacky dose of entertainment. It does really prove Leo can handle wacky comedy too beside his usual action or thriller.