James and I decided to go see The Wolf of Wall Street with Leonardo Dicaprio. Based on the true life story of Jordan Belfort. It starts out with a Jordan, the new kid on the block getting swallowed up by Wall street in his first day as a broker on Black Monday. He then started selling worthless penny stocks with a 50% broker commission to the normal blue collared worker. Jordan had a salesmanship about him that is ruthless. His company doubled and tripled in size in less then five years. Jordan would have scripts that could turned the shy kid out of college into a ruthless killer on the phone. His life soon turned into day after day drug enduced, sex crazed adventure. It was not long before the Security Exchange Commission was knocking down his door along with the FBI Federal Crimes division.
All in all it was a good movie, showing the average person a glimpse into the careless, ruthless acts of a Wall Street tycoon. Was the years of lavish luxury worth the 22 months in jail he served? He is said to owe the federal government over 100 million dollars, but as the saying goes; You can squeeze lemonade out of a lime. So it sounds as if Jordan is still living a good life and drops off money to the federal government when he can.
Just a warning this is a movie not suited for children or in my opinion a young adult like 18. There are many parts of the film that included nudity and overuse of drugs. I think younger minds will get the impression this is a great way to live life. Most of the movie shows parties and happy humerous times. But it does not reflect on any hardship which I am sure was endured in reality. Jordan Belfort went through two divorces and lost most of his possessions.
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