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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 128512" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><img src="https://theblot-xumswrmlemonzaza5cv.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Shut-Up-About-Glorifying-Bad-Guys-The-Wolf-of-Wall-Street-Is-a-Martin-Scorsese-Masterpiece.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This movie begs the question: is a film about obnoxious people doing obnoxious things and which is told from the point of view of its most obnoxious character, who never truly atones for his actions, in itself obnoxious? Scorsese is such a wonderfully seductive filmmaker that it almost doesn't matter, but I still found myself looking out for some evidence of actual humanity. It arrives, finally and briefly, in the last fifteen minutes (of a three hour film!), but it's kind of worth the wait. And DiCaprio's just brilliant -- and much more fun than he was in <em>The Revenant</em>.</p><p></p><p>In the end, I don't think it <em>is</em> an obnoxious film. You're just ultimately left to make up your own mind about the story it tells.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 128512, member: 22"] [IMG]https://theblot-xumswrmlemonzaza5cv.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Shut-Up-About-Glorifying-Bad-Guys-The-Wolf-of-Wall-Street-Is-a-Martin-Scorsese-Masterpiece.jpg[/IMG] This movie begs the question: is a film about obnoxious people doing obnoxious things and which is told from the point of view of its most obnoxious character, who never truly atones for his actions, in itself obnoxious? Scorsese is such a wonderfully seductive filmmaker that it almost doesn't matter, but I still found myself looking out for some evidence of actual humanity. It arrives, finally and briefly, in the last fifteen minutes (of a three hour film!), but it's kind of worth the wait. And DiCaprio's just brilliant -- and much more fun than he was in [I]The Revenant[/I]. In the end, I don't think it [I]is[/I] an obnoxious film. You're just ultimately left to make up your own mind about the story it tells. [/QUOTE]
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