The Wolf of Wall Street : Scorsese's best since GoodFellas?

I for one haven't been in love with MS's films through the 2000's. However, this one is fantastic. Thoughts?

The Departed IMO was better than this. This one was really funny though ;)

This was a love/hate movie, mainly because it rubs your face in just how ludicrously over-rewarded and under-regulated financial sharks are until you have second-degree burns (really . . . what chance do a couple of middle-aged FBI/SEC agents from Hackensack making $80,000/yr have with a 35 year-old Donald Trump-type making millions per week?
But is it just me . . . or is Jonah Hill absolutely STEALING every frame he's in these days (not just here)? I see some REAL potential there. And casting Rob Reiner as his father - brilliant, inspired, and a real treat. Recommended if you're not easily angered at young Donald Trump-types blowing their own horns until your ears hurt. Otherwise . . . stream "Gone Girl."

I agree! He holds himself up very well next to Leo and other big stars. He has great comedic timing as well.

i liked shutter island a lot more than this.

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The Departed.

I don't know about "since Goodfellas," but I did enjoy this more than The Departed.

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This movie had similar characteristics as Goodfellas, which I loved. Just saw this todayanother terrific film. I remember when it came out that many were complaining that the film had too much sexWHERE? It was just the way things work in the corporate worldget over it. The narration, music to highlight scenes and the characters had similar issues as in GF..

Not IMO. I'd rate The Departed, Casino, Gangs of NY & the Aviator above this.

Lol at Gangs of NY. Not sure why that movie gets tools who lavish such praise on it. Terrible, terrible film.

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I think Scorsese's never been in greater shape. If I had to choose my favourite it would be the Departed (followed by Shutter Island) but thought this was fantastic as well.

If you equalize speed with quality, yes. But it serves the story so right.

I am a huge fan of Scorsese and I loved Shutter Island and Aviator as well. A lot more than Departed.

But, yes. Wolf is a fantastic movie.

I did not care for this movie or the content, could not even finish it. But I despise Wallstreet, so this is subjective and biased. Movies from Scorcese that I've seen since Goodfellas which I enjoyed much more;

Shutter Island
The Aviator
Gangs of New York
The Departed
Casino
Cape Fear

Love the movie but The Departed and Hugo are better.

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Love the movie but The Departed and Hugo are better.

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I thought nobody was going to mention Hugo. It's not my favorite MS film, but I like it a lot.

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I actually like Hugo better as a film than The Departed. The Departed is insanely entertaining but it has one serious flaw: Madolyn (the shrink). The fact that the two women in Infernal Affairs were consolidated into one character was kind of retarded. That being said, of course The Departed is way better than Infernal Affairs. That was one thing they changed that was really stupid.

Yes totally. I think I saw this film 10 times already, 'The Departed' is close behind though.

I think it's actually better than "Goodfellas"; I would call it his best since "Gangs of New York".

Wolf of Wall Street was a huge festering piece of crap. I can't believe this came from a genius director like Scorcese. It's nothing like Goodfellas or Casino. NOTHING! DiCaprio did a great job, as usual, but the film itself was an overlong glorification of bad behavior with no coherent message. What, the Fed is a sucker for not taking a bribe? I've never had higher hopes for, or been more disappointed by, a film than I was seeing this in the theatre. Only an extremely immature person and/or Libertarian would see any redeeming qualities or think this was his "best" film since Goodfellas. First of all that would be Casino, and second every other film he's made tops this repugnant movie by far.

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Wolf of Wall Street was a huge festering piece of crap. I can't believe this came from a genius director like Scorcese. It's nothing like Goodfellas or Casino. NOTHING! DiCaprio did a great job, as usual, but the film itself was an overlong glorification of bad behavior with no coherent message.

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wowthey were mocking this behaviour the entire movie and you took it as glorification? Just wow

Were you doing they same drugs while you were watching this pile of *beep* as they were in the movie? Cuz that's really the only explanation for your assessment.

IMO,It was better than it,though Departed was better than this as well as Goodfellas

Actually I think it is his worst film to date.

I think it's the worst of his most recent films since 2000. But it's not a terrible movie by any means.

TBH I thought it was horrid. Lave Marty but to me it was excessive junk.

Best since Goodfellas? I think it was the worst since Cape Fear!
It's just excess, excess, excess and nothing else. No storytelling, no character development, no consequences. It's awful. Totally exhausting to watch in the worst of ways.

that'll be the day

No consequences? No sh@# that's what happens with Wall Street @ssholes. And a bunch of them did go to jail and Jordan lost a lot too. This movie was entertaining as f@#k and there was some character development, but more like characters devolving and not learning from their mistakes and just getting deeper and deeper into sh$%.

This movie perfectly encapsulated what almost every guy, if they were in Jordan's position, would want to do. It's a very honest no BS look at the dark part of our nature where greed and excess are really intoxicating. There wasn't much character development in Goodfellas either but do you hear people complaining about that?

I think it's one of Scorsese's best.

No. Frankly, it is one of his weakest, along with The Departed. Both a shallow, lazy films that don't do anything new that Scorsese hasn't done before.

The Age of Innocence, Shutter Island, & Hugo are above & beyond these films. I'd also say Casino, Bringing Out the Dead, Kundun, Gangs of NY, & The Aviator are also much better.

Some of these films (like The Age of Innocence, or Bringing Out The Dead), get ignored by a lot of so called Scorsese "fans." People that claim to love his work, but only watch either his most famous (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas), or profanity or violent driven stuff, like this & The Departed (of course Goodfellas is violent & full of language, but its a masterpiece). Bringing Out The Dead might not be one of his best, but I find it more interesting than this or The Departed.

I expect Silence to be one of his best, but I can tell that a lot of the people that drool over movies like this won't bother going to see it.

Scorsese's best since Departed and both Departed and this are better than Goodfellas

Movie felt very similar to Goodfellas, like a remix of a tune.

short answer No, not for me.

longer answer

looking at the 1990's to date, here are the only movies of Scorsese's that stand out (i.e. 7/10 or higher) for me

1.The Aviator (2004) - 7.5-8/10
2.Casino (1995)
3.Gangs of New York (2002) - 7.5/10
4.The Departed (2006) - 7/10
-.The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

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but here is my favorite Scorsese movies in general

1.The Color of Money (1986) - 8/10
2.The Aviator (2004) - 7.5-8/10
3.Casino (1995)
4.After Hours (1985) - 7-7.5/10
-.Gangs of New York (2002)
6.The Departed (2006) - 7/10
-.The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)


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I think it's the best since Goodfellas, and it's Martin's funniest film, especially that part when Leo's character gets arrested while filming a commercial, XD. Never have I laughed so hard while watching a SCORSESE film!