Escape to the Movies: The Wolf of Wall Street
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Before I say anything else, I am going to go see this. It's Scorsese. I've been sold for a while. But the market is people pursuing self-interest. That is everything the market does. Every single purchase you make is through self-interest. Your job is because of the self-interest of people who want an opinion on a film. So saying that some stock brokers did this because they're evil isn't accurate, but because it's fun? You're on the money. People always have and always will pursue self-interest. That's not to say that stock brokers are moral vanguards, but the constant demonization of this job is getting old.
i don?t know or I should see this movie, if its really as funny as you say then I definitely want to watch this movie, but I?m also worried that I?m a bit too young to properly enjoy this movie(I?m 16).
I'm with you on that one. A lot of people do things that affect the marketplace negatively for others. Sure, this will attract the more unscrupulous types because there's more money to be had, but that's the only real different thing about that. It feels like calling gamers evil because they're knowingly purchasing products made from next to slave labor by companies like Foxconn.impocalyptic said:
though, Foxconn products are in everything piece of technology we own, from game consoles to TV's to phones.The Apple BOOM said:
I loved this movie and I daresay it's probably Scorsese's best since Casino. Didn't like The Aviator or Gangs of New York, Shutter Island was just OK, The Departed was pretty good and I'm not watching Hugo anytime soon. This though? This is up there with Goodfellas and Casino. It's that good. It's going to be that memorable. Sweeping 3-hour epics about outsiders making it back and forth within the mafia (let's face it, if the mafia is "organized crime" this is as criminal as Henry Hill's outfit) is what he does best. Loved it. No moral qualms about it whatsoever.
The main thing I had heard about this so far was that its apparently really funny and I was thinking how the hell can a Martin Scorsaise film about a stockbroker be funny.
I just got home from seeing it and I 100% agree with Mr. Bob here; it's an absolutely brilliant movie and easily my favorite of the year.themilo504 said:
As to your question, I am 27 (so obviously a smidge older
) but I did not grow up with the "Sleazy Stockmarket" kind of thing like those older than I did. I understand in vague notions how the stock market works and how shitty a lot of these kinds of people were back in the day but that's it (basically, my info is all from "Wall Street" (the Douglas one that is). I don't remember any of this stuff in the news (movie takes place in the late 80's...when I was born) but I strongly recommend it.Funny enough, the only thing that makes me hesitate slightly is all the sexy time but I'm sure you've seen much worse on the internet, right?
A comment on this: most people would agree that pursuing your own fun when that results in misery for others is "evil". So, Bob is saying that what the people in the movie do is "evil" because they're conning investors out of their savings to continue with their extravagant lifestyle.impocalyptic said:
Now, that's not to say stock brokers are all evil or anything. Ideally, stock brokers work to identify promising companies and provide them with the capital they need to succeed. It's just that a lot of high-profile Wall Street figures seem to gravitate toward trading options that bear more resemblance to gambling than to providing good companies with capital.