"Wolf of Wall Street" review

[Satan's Helper]

Quote from wantonago:

I heard one critic said he saw the movie at a theater near Wall Street and was a little freaked by the audience reaction. The movie doesn't glorify the depravity of *some* Wall street traders, but for some reason the audience seemed to think it was and was cheering at inappropriate times. Maybe this movie is more accurate than we'd like to think???

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I just seen the movie and all of that so called bad behavior brought back memories. It used to be a fun place but from what I heard it has been neutered and feminized.

Wall St is one of the few places that people don't bullshit themselves and pretend to be something they are not.

 

[Pekelo]

" that Tommy Chong, while in jail, convinced stock broker Jordan Belfont to write a memoir about his story on Wall Street. That story turned out to be The Wolf on Wall Street"

"As Chong describes it, the Taft Federal Correctional Institution would beat many Manhattan hotels for comfort. He says Belfort’s arrival “was like Elvis coming to jail” and that his roommate spent his days playing tennis and backgammon, cleverly hiring other inmates to do his chores for him.
“He would inspire salespeople to basically go rob people” “We were part of the elite gang,” Chong says, adding that for a stretch they ate meals “Goodfellas-style” with another famous inmate, the PGA Tour caddie Eric Larson, who was serving time related to drug charges. Larson “worked in the garden, and he grew these fresh, delicious vegetables, and he used to cook them,” Chong says. “We had these beautiful vegetarian, healthy meals every night, and Jordan was part of the gang. We had a nice little hierarchy there, intelligent famous guys hanging out together.”

 

[TGregg]

Quote from Maverick74:

Here is the man in action.

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One thing about these sorts of pitches that makes me shake my head every time is the intro when they talk about how awesome it would be to have more money. WTF is that about? Are people so damn stupid they don't see a way to spend more coin to have more stuff or more adventures?

Guess I need to watch the seminar - maybe he'll explain why.

 

[newwurldmn]

Quote from TGregg:

One thing about these sorts of pitches that makes me shake my head every time is the intro when they talk about how awesome it would be to have more money. WTF is that about? Are people so damn stupid they don't see a way to spend more coin to have more stuff or more adventures?

Guess I need to watch the seminar - maybe he'll explain why.

Remember that scene from boiler room?

Get the guy saying "yes."

 

[ElCubano]

At biltmore securities motivational brainwashing speeches were made one in the morning and one after the close. Daniel Porush spoke several times when i was there. Richard Bronson would walk by rip ur shirt pocket and then stuff a beni in ur pants cuz ur shirt was ugly. There was competitions to see which dumb fuck woulf eat more wasabi. After a bad new york times article on bronson...he spoke in front of the boardroom and said refering to the article...that he might be ugly, might be bald but no one could say he wasnt liquid and then threw $10,000 in bennis into the middle of the boardroom. Things like this happened weekly.

 

[Humpy]

Usual snake oil salesman crap. It only takes in the gullible.

 

[uptik2000]

Quote from wantonago:

I heard one critic said he saw the movie at a theater near Wall Street and was a little freaked by the audience reaction. The movie doesn't glorify the depravity of *some* Wall street traders, but for some reason the audience seemed to think it was and was cheering at inappropriate times. Maybe this movie is more accurate than we'd like to think???

Well, I haven't seen this movie yet, but if by ''accurate'' you're talking about strippers in the office, fights breaking out, brokers intentionally and knowingly ripping people off, I can tell you that it is indeed accurate. I've seen it with my own eyes.

 

[Pekelo]

"...just one of 1,513 investors still owed a lot of money by Belfort. And Belfort is now trying to weasel out of his agreement to pay them $110 million in restitution -- an agreement that was part of the reason he served just 22 months in federal prison. (The other reason was that after he was arrested in 1998 on securities fraud and money laundering charges, he spent the next five years wearing a wire, ratting out friends and colleagues from Stratton Oakmont and testifying against them at trial.)"

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/12/jordan_belfort_victims.php?page=2

 

[altoid]

What a great inspirational movie. Just think if Belfort would have gone straight instead of crooked. He would have been one of the greates. No doubt about it!

 

[Satan's Helper]

Quote from Pekelo:

"...just one of 1,513 investors still owed a lot of money by Belfort. And Belfort is now trying to weasel out of his agreement to pay them $110 million in restitution -- an agreement that was part of the reason he served just 22 months in federal prison. (The other reason was that after he was arrested in 1998 on securities fraud and money laundering charges, he spent the next five years wearing a wire, ratting out friends and colleagues from Stratton Oakmont and testifying against them at trial.)"

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/12/jordan_belfort_victims.php?page=2

Jordan Belfort swindled that money fair and square.

Buyer needs to beware and as they say on Wall St "By hook or by crook" it does not matter how you close the deal.

I feel that Mr Belfort should be completely let off of the hook because the people who are owned money knew the risks. Those same people should also have to pay him for teaching them a valuable lesson. If it's too good to be true it probably is!