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"the whole movie is so blatant in its idolization of Belfort that there's no point in even thinking critically about it. Also his 'downfall' was portrayed so lightly. He went to a country club prison with other rich dudes and then established a career based off being a former piece of shit right afte"
"How do I get my shit together and go Patrick Bateman/Jordan Belfort/Jay Gatsby mode (minus the killing) asap."
"I'm not talking about characters like Patrick Bateman or Jordan Belfort where the point is to hate the character yet a bunch of people inexplicably idolize them; I mean cases where it's clear the director or writer has some very questionable morals and their artistic creation is an extension of that"
"Also sidenote: Anyone who thought Jordan Belfort was awesome and tried to mimic him in real life after watching the movie was already gonna be like that anyway. No super nice, respectful guy watched that movie and changed his whole worldview because of Leonardo DiCaprio."