Wolf Of Wall Street - Spoiler Alert!

Starring the still youthful but experienced actor Leonardo DiCaprio, with fairly recent rising  comedy star Jonah Hill, directed by legendary director Martin Scorsese. The Wolf Of Wall Street appealed to me more than any new film out right now.

I think I'm a big film fan. Having watched a lot of films, more than one of my favourites have been directed by Scorsese Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Departed... Having only turned 18 last year, I have never been to the cinema to see one of his films as a lot of them are certificate 18. I have always wanted to be able to say to my future kids if I ever have any, when they discover a love for film (and they will because they'll be my kids) I went to see a Martin Scorsese film in the cinema when it came out. I saw Shutter Island but I wasn't a massive fan so I didn't count it.

I did some research before I went. Although I never bother reading the reviews especially on IMDb because there's so many from people who love the movie to people who hate it. So you can never get a clear overall perspective.

Saying this though I had a look at Empire magazine, They said "Scorsese's funniest and most focused film in a long time, a jet-black sex and drug-soaked comedy featuring a bravura performance by Leonardo DiCaprio" Damon Wise. 

I saw it. It was funny, it was great performance by DiCaprio, and it was a very well balanced black comedy film. On the other hand though. It has been done before by Scorsese 23 years ago. 

In 1990 Scorsese made Goodfellas. A mafia movie starring Ray Liotta, Robert DiNero, and Joe Pesci. About a young man who works his way through and up the mafia only to be finally caught up by federal police and ratting on his friends, then having to live an ordinary life like the rest of the world . 

Wolf of Wall Street is Goodfellas but with traders. The characters are different, the location is different, the actors, mis en scene, cinematography is different, but underneath al these elements... It will always be Goodfellas. Throughout Goodfellas Henry the main character narrates a lot about how boring it must be to live a normal life, so does Jordan Belfort in Wolf of Wall Street. 
The both films are also nearly identical in the sense of the main characters life. Determined poor young man, works his way up the ladder, gets money and enjoys having money, gets greedy, gets caught, rats on his friends and gets a lighter punishment, The End. 

It's not that I didn't like the film. I just heard the story before. 

Empire Magazine - Quote by Damon Wise 2013

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