The Wolf of Wall Street...

Yesterday I visited James at university. I do like Canterbury, the cathedral is amazing and for some reason I just like a cobbled streets, it just looks so much prettier than concrete. The original plan was to go to pizza express then just go home and watch a film (because who doesn't love pizza and a film) but then we decided to go and see Wolf of Wall Street before pizza because it came out yesterday. 

So, we buy our tickets for the 10 past 4 showing and we're told by the cinema man that the heating in our screen is broken and it might be a bit chilly. We brushed it off and didn't think it would be that bad because how much can heating really affect a massive screen room anyway? The answer is, a fucking lot. I was sat there with my north face coat on, gloves and James (kindly) offered me his jacket to put over my legs. Cute right? No, it was only cute until 5 minutes later he took it back for the sake of his own warmth, selfish bastard. Anyway, The Wolf of Wall Street is what this post is about. Oh. My. God. It was amazing. 

 

Initially, we thought that 3 hours was a really long time to sit and watch a film but once you were into it, it went so quickly just because it was so good. Now firstly, the budget for this film must have been ridiculous because there were hundred dollar bills being chucked all over the place, helicopters, designer clothes and a massive yacht. When you think that this is based on a true story it really does hit home how rich this guy was, the yacht he bought for his wife was actually originally designed for Coco Chanel! And he bloody sinks it through pure recklessness. Coco wouldn't be happy. 

Anyway, the film was hilarious and Leonardo DiCaprios performance was crazy, his "motivational speeches" were the best parts of the film. The first appearance of Jonah Hill is striking, to say the least. His peroxide fake teeth immediately draw your attention and look wrong on him. But the further you get into the film the more you forget it's Jonah Hill and his appearance becomes more understandable, his acting was amazing and he was hilarious as always but it wasn't like in his other films. This guy is a really diverse actor. If you compare him to Seth Rogen you really understand how good he really is. Can you imagine Seth Rogen being nominated for an oscar twice in the last 3 years? No, me either.

 

It's totally understandable why the film was rated 18. There was cocaine being snorted every 5 minutes, pills being popped every other scene along with alcohol, boobs, sex scenes that leave little to the imagination and genitalia left right and centre. But none of this detracted from storyline. There are so many films that lack a good story and use nudity and drugs just to attract people into watching the film but The Wolf of Wall Street incorporated it well. The way this film was shot was good, Scorcese ensured that the audience was following the story throughout, this was done through the use of monologues. On several occasions DiCaprio spoke directly to the audience and explained what was happening.

 

If I compare this to American Hustle (which we saw a couple of weeks ago) it's so much better and American Hustle was really hard to follow. Although still a good film, I would recommend The Wolf of Wall Street for sure. But the fact that the Canterbury cinema had leopard print chairs did work in it's favour.