Horrid movie
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justanicknamed — 10 years ago(March 14, 2016 10:18 AM)
A lot of modern films are too short in my opinion,
I agree with you on this. Too many people have ADHD attention spans and can't handle sitting and watching a movie which is more than 2 hours long. Hell, I don't know how many people can't even sit through a movie which is shorter than 2 hours long. I get it if you have to pee, but how does that take 5 minutes to accomplish?
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snepts — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 09:22 PM)
I just saw WOWS, and I like Scorsese a lot. The movie was entertaining in it's energy, but I did find the reliance on the sex and drugs scenes after a while seemed gratuitous.
We certainly can get the impression Leo is living a debauched life w/o sensationalizing it repeatedly. I kept wondering when the tone of the film would take a turn for a suspenseful "what happens now?" Instead it just seemed to rely on more graphic sex and drug use. But I don't hate the film, not at all. It just doesn't live me feeling like I learned anything interesting.
I'm not a woman much less Deanna Durbin, but the old-time glam-shot appeals to me. -
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The_Shawshank_Inception — 9 years ago(April 18, 2016 05:08 PM)
Well, it's a biopic, and pretty realistic. I mean, biopics do tend to tell the truth. There is obviously something to get out of it, being that it is a film based on Jordan Belfort's memoir, directed by possibly the greatest biographical film director in history. If you don't like the story, why are you watching it? I thought it was a GREAT movie, even with all the sex.
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kmags84 — 9 years ago(April 18, 2016 09:36 PM)
Scorsese is pretty much the only Director that can make a Great Biopic. I usually hate them. Scorsese has always managed to use True Stories to tell ANOTHER Story, while sticking to the narrative laid out by the Source. That's what makes his Biopics so great. Do you need to know who Henry Hill was to love Goodfellas? Nope, he's just a Plot Device. Same goes for Casino or WOWS We are being shown a Certain World. We are shown that World without a Moral Highground or Political Narrative(Oliver Stone ring a bell?) and it ultimately leads to a Better Film IMO. Why make a Judgement when it's not needed? We can do that on our own.
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Mosquitha — 9 years ago(April 21, 2016 01:44 AM)
I did not like it either, it was structured too much like the Goodfellas, minus the cool parts Basically it goes: look we are so smart we made so much money, money money money, then from the money we get corrupted, oh yes sex drugs sex drugs, and then we fail big time, touch rock bottom, and oh well It' s a formula basically. You can apply it to so many people and make a film out of them like this one.
Sex scenes weren' t that good either,