I am not sure I get it.
Nominations for best actor and best movie? I know everybody loves Leonardo DiCaprio and
Jonah Hill (for different reasons I imagine).
And who doesn’t love Martin Scorsese.
This movie for over three hours tells about the real life exploits and
excesses of Wall Street. (I guess I
didn’t see the cut version, which comes in slightly shorter). First
DiCaprio. I think he did a fine job
acting. Except I thought he playing Jack
Nicholson. Really, I kept imagining he
was Jack Nicholson. Maybe the character
was like that. But as much as I love Jack, Leonardo should be acting, not
imagining himself as Jack Nicholson. Ok, so that’s a little judgmental of
me. I admit it. (I like DiCapria, and
appreciate his taking on a diversity of roles in other movies but this became a
caricature). Just too much over the top,
no nuance. Really I would say that is
the problem with the whole movie…everything way over the top and no
nuance. I would have liked to have seen
more about the FBI guy schlubbing his way through the case and what he was
feeling about it.
For a much better movie on this topic of the penny stocks
and abusive sales tactics….see the 2000 movie “Boiler Room” with Ben Affleck, Giovanni Riblisi and Vin Diesel (yes
Vin Diesel) Much more depth to the characters and the stories.
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