Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Wolf of Wall Street

I have seen the movie the Wolf of Wall Street multiple times since it was released to theatres, and on demand. The movie follows a banker who starts off in small firm who works his way up to being one of the most successful stock brokers in New York. It also portrays the theme of the abuse of power. The main character is continuously unfaithful to both of his wives and becomes a drug addict. Before fame money and power Jordan Belford had a loving caring wife who would do anything for him, until she finds him doing cocaine off of his soon to be future wife/ mistresses chest in the back of a taxi. After losing a good job as a stock salesman in a big corporation after the crash of the stock market Jordan has trouble finding a new job until one day he sees an add in the newspaper for a stock salesman, Jordan goes to a small business in a shopping center and learns quickly that he can make a much larger commission selling penny stocks. Unfortunately most rich people don't bother purchasing penny stocks because they usually don't make any money what so ever. Jordan is a very good salesman and finds it very easy to sell thousands of penny stocks to people like bus drivers, plumbers and garbage men. It is sad because the people Jordan sells to trust him and believe that he will make them money but Jordan is only interested in himself, just like he is throughout the entire movie. Before long Jordan is running his own investment company making millions of dollars living the dream. He even takes Steve Madden to the stock market, which makes him even more rich.  He drives the nicest cars, buys his wife a yacht for her honeymoon gift and can buy anything he wants. Jordan and his group of best friends/ co workers use drugs daily care nothing about themselves and making money. The FBI begins to look into Jordan after he is named "The Wolf of Wall street" by Forbes magazine. Jordan knows that he is in trouble. He has been doing insider trading and a countless number of other illegal activities. The FBI agent who first approaches Jordan is embarrassed when Jordan asks him how much he makes and makes a fool out of him in front of his co worker. In the end the FBI agent busts Jordan after some of Jordan's business partners are arrested in the middle of a large money transaction that brings a huge spot light on Jordan and his business. Jordan decides to cooperate with the FBI and puts a lot of his workers away. Due to his cooperation he does two years in a resort like prison in the middle of nowhere. The Wolf of Wall Street is no doubt one of my favorite movies because of the comedy, and non stop entertaining scenes, I would recommend the movie to any of my friends and may look into reading the book to see if there are any big differences between the novel and the movie.

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