A gift dedicated to the world of material desires

Martin Scorsese is one of my favorite directors, but in recent years, he has gradually lost his usual sharpness and is suspected of being recruited by Hollywood. This wolf of Wall Street is reminiscent of his previous gangster movies, such as Pirates. But it's just that the style is similar, and the depth seems to go a step further. The film has created an extravagant Wall Street upstart Jordan Belfort. Although talented but low in morals, the film gradually pushed it to the top as the plot progressed, and then it fell unexpectedly. But the second half of the movie is thought-provoking: In addition to Jordan's own desires, there is an invisible hand destroying him, and that is the traditional system. From an obscure man on Wall Street to a financial tycoon with a monthly income of one million, Jordan should be said to be the representative of the American dream. However, his success was not tolerated by the traditional system, so he eventually suffered an extinction. What it does is nothing special compared to big companies such as Merrill Lynch. The final outcome is that his wife is separated, and Jordan was forced to betray his friends, which is really embarrassing. Several details in the film are worth pondering: First, when the prosecutors persuaded the protagonist to expose others, they compared the protagonist to Granada, a small American country, and Jordan regarded it as nothing in their eyes and could crush it at will. It implies the disparity between the strength of the grassroots class and the traditional system. Second, after the FBI agent finished Jordan's case, they still took the old New York subway home as usual, surrounded by the general public who looked sluggish. It implies that although Jordan was caught, it didn't help, and everything was still business as usual. Third, there are two bridges selling fountain pens in the film, once when the protagonist was enthusiastic about starting a company, and once when he gave a speech in New Zealand after his release from prison. Different answers to the same question, especially at the end, the audience attending the lecture. Those uninspired standardized answers hint at the ruthless stifling of creativity by the system. The last thing worth mentioning is Leonardo's performance, which should be said to be very exciting, blending with the style of the whole movie.

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