![]() ![]() Jordan Belfort allowed us to live vicariously and then allowed us to feel superior to the fact that we got to go along for the ride but didn't have to suffer the consequences, but since neither did he in a sense, you get the sense of confusion, that sense of uncertainty, because the norm that the movie had fooled us into was broken. ![]() Being that the entire movie is him living in the fast lane we expect him to be reprimanded, and when he is, part of you is happy that he got what was coming, and then another part of you is sour to the fact that he really didn't get what was coming to him. We don't know what to do, what to make of it, what he's really thinking or why he is doing what he is doing, we don't know. ![]() I found the end scene not to signify a sense of opportunity for Belfort, looking into the audience, but rather we were looking at our selves as the audience now watching Belfort asking us to sell him the pen. You couldn't exactly root for a horrible ending to his life, but it's hard to be enthusiastic about a hundred more of him running around in this world and fucking people over so they can live their selfish, debaucherous fantasies. If he is doing well in life there is a good chance plenty of people are worse off for it. Charismatic as he was, the guy was an animal. He got away with living a hedonistic life where he got whatever he wanted and his punishment is a short stay in a glorified resort and the opportunity to restart his life as a still-wealthy and well respected motivational speaker.Īdditionally, I'm not sure you are supposed to sympathize with Belfort enough to make an optimistic/pessimistic stance. Yes his world came crashing down, but Belfort got a slap on the wrist in comparison to the comeuppance he was due. There is nothing inherently happy or sad about a party ending, because that's what parties do. ![]()
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