The Wolf of Wall Street

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The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street is a roaring thrill ride that is both absolutely hilarious and flawlessly constructed. It’s a portrayal of an outlandish lifestyle where a guy can make $12 million in three minutes, including sex, drugs and Al Capone style is encouraged. Based on Jordan Belfort autobiography of the same name. The Scorsese directorial is a drama based black comedy, Leonardo Dicaprio played the main protagonist Jordan Belfort. Characters here are both geniuses and morons and behaving more than morons. They're like the beasties, sat in a college campus, being loud and mean, and still unaware of consequences of life they have chosen. But the character that overshadows the madness of others and acting just insane is Jordan Belfort himself.

Jordan Belfort was raised in a middle class family by two accountants’ parents in a tiny apartment in Bayside, Queens. He gambles careless, drinks, marries, take drugs, makes solid friendship, marries again, goes to hookers five-six times a week, three different Federal agencies are after him to frame. But money is his absolute favorite thing. He himself calls him money-crazed man. As he describes himself- “Let me tell you something. There's no nobility in poverty. I've been a poor man, and I've been a rich man. And I choose rich every time” (Scorsese, 2013). He made money by deceiving small investors, selling penny shares, cheap money, junk bonds, and spectacularly ugly ties.

Jordan was an addict. Not only addicted being rich he was addicted to drugs, sex and with everything he experienced. That means he loved every bit of life he lived and of course addicted of being himself, a brilliant guy with no morality. Watching him is complete fun time. He was crazy, insane, and wild with drugs. He dint have to look back, he kept going and going, was making money fast, and last illegally.

He was a brilliant speaker. He can motivate, inspire and of course manipulate the listener. He delivers some...