Jump to content
Forum Look Announcement

Featured Replies

The guy below saw the film at screening and wrote review of it describing a lot of the movie scenes

As a person who read the book, I don't want to spoil the film for others who don't want to know too much about what type of film scenes you might be seeing, so I'm just posting a link to his review :)

http://themoviola.com/2013/12/02/an-unflinching-masterpiece-the-wolf-of-wall-street/

Kat

Tks for pix of Leo in New York :)

I had read on Twitter this weekend there would be Wolf guild screenings there this week, so expected him to head East soon

Nanda

Tks for all the NY screening tweets :

Also , tks, for information about the guy being asked to take his review down.

As to the controversy about Wolf being nominated and no foreign journalists had seen it we know that is not true as on this forum are the tweets from the foreign journalists who tweeted they were set to see the film that day.

All the tweeters who tweeted about meeting Leo/screening were foreign journalists /entertainment people.

I posted the below on Nov 18th

And apparently the journalists in attendance got to see the film ; gosh how lucky !

Quote

mariaestevez ‏@mariateam 8h

Watching #TheWolfOfWallstreet today

^ Yes, Ox. Thanks for the reminder. It's just a mess... seems like everybody wants a word about this movie :laugh:.

“Worse Than Henry Hill…In Same Ballpark” as Tony Montana

I was a little bit suspicious of the euphoric SAG reactions to last weekend’s Wolf of Wall Street screenings. The emotional nature of actors makes them easy lays, for one thing, and like most people they tend to applaud even more heartily if you show them a hot film before anyone else. So to get an idea of how Martin Scorsese‘s film really plays I spoke today to a discriminating New York critic who caught the three-hour-long film at 3 pm Eastern. And guess what? He was really impressed with the film (“Really strongan amazing piece of moviemaking“) and the performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill, among others, but he had moral-ethical problems with watching a film about “such a scumbag” as Jordan Belfort, the real-life former Wall Street trader whom DiCaprio reportedly brings to flamboyant life.

http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/dirtyxmas/xscumjordan.jpg.pagespeed.ic.HH6jsKXbe1.jpg

http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/dirtyxmas/xscumhill.jpg.pagespeed.ic.MJY1sDS4DA.jpg

(l.) Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street; (r.) Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas.

“This guy is worse than Henry Hill,” the critic said, referring to the gangster played by Ray Liotta in Scorsese’s Goodfellas, which the critic says is similar but “more primal” than Wolf of Wall Street. Belfort is “not killing people, but he’s a thief helping to kill people’s dreams.” Is he as bad as Tony Montana?, I asked. He thought about it for eight or ten seconds and said, “He’s in the same ballpark.”

“I not only didn’t care about this guy,” he said. “I was asking myself, why am I watching this guy’s story? And why should I tell people to go see [this film]?.” He described Belfort/DiCaprio as an obnoxious, drug-cranked, completely un-self-aware guy “with no soul, no vision, no wisdom…I was just repelled by him.”

He acknowledges that legendary bad guys hgve always been swaggering, larger-than-life types and that Wolf of Wall Street is, of course, a societal indictment that shows the audience who and what Wall Street finaglers really are deep down and the color of their souls, but it still conveys “the wrong message. Scorsese absolutely shows us what a scumbag this guy is [but] still I was asking myself, why am I watching this? It [felt like] excess for own sake, being celebrated for its own sake. Scorsese at the top of its form, but why this story?”

He basically seemed to be saying that Wolf is a little too entertaining in a highly-charged and orgiastic sense, given the subject matter and the vile characters. He suspects that a fair portion of the audience is going to be more entertained than anything else, and that the sober, solemnly meditative aspects may be ignored altogether, particularly by the under-30 crowd.

Edited by PinkCouture

Lua

Tks for article :)

Can really tell that the rival studios are quite worried about the heat that Wolf is suddenly generating this award season , as they are already sending their infamous unnamed sources to try to cool the building steam

House of Nod @houseofnodfilms 

Had the honor & privilege to sit in a theater and listen to Thelma Schoonmaker speak last night. Also The Wolf of Wall Street was top notch.

 

Victor DePasqual @AustinMovieSnob 

One great part of WOLF OF WALL STREET is how much fun DiCaprio is having. He's a fantastic actor, but here he's giddy and it's infectious.

 

Jarrod Burris @JahKrazEE 

WOLF OF WALL STREET is a masterpiece. I would say it's the movie of the year, but @springbreakers also dropped in the '13. #damn

 
 
I've also noticed that some film critics are complaining that allowing sag people and other groups to see the film earlier then them will cause a backlash with some critics. I think a lot of critics will be seeing it Dec. 6. They act like a bunch of little kids, just because Kris Tapley got to see it first and they don'thave the inside scoop yet. Like this tweet:
 
Lou Lumenick @LouLumenick 1 Dec

Tsunami of hype/anticipation preceding WOLF OF WALL STREET may make the film itself seem anticlimactic.

 

:cain:

 
 

The Q&A just started:

 

24ctfk0.jpg

 

 

Sensible Socialite ?@liztaylorworld 

#LeonardoDiCaprio tonight at special screening of Wolf of Wall Street! Wow! pic.twitter.com/KTQrYJ2RmI

 

Michael McAdam ?@mikemcadam 

#WolfOfWallStreet @ParamountPics best picture contender for sure! GREAT direction @MartinScorsiri great acting @LeoDiCaprio and cast SEE IT!

 

Adrian Askarieh ?@AdrianAskarieh 

#WolfOfWallStreet Is as crazy a ride as I have see in a major studio film. May be Leo's gutsiest performance.

 

Sina Amedson ?@SinaAmedson 

Buy a set of adult diapers and a ticket to see Wolf of Wall Street whenever you get a chance. That movie is incredible. #WolfOfWallStreet

 

Vito ?@7Lengineered 

Just finished watching Wolf. Insane over the top fun.

 

thanks calibi.

 

Here a vid of Leo in the GG this year, I don't remember to have seen videos of him in the red carpet in the GG 2013 before.

 

In regards to the latest tweets... Who are they screening for?

Edit... Must be for the New York critics based off of that article.

Calibi

Tks for all the tweets from the NY/Wolf screenings , as well as, best of all pix of Leo Flower%20for%20you.gif

As to complaints that the SAG group saw it before film critics , Kris Tapley addressed that question by a poster on his site

The SAG group saw it before film critics, that the studio had to get it to the SAG first because of their voting deadline

Barbie

Tks for GG vid :)

Fash

I noticed on Twitter that most tonight are attending a DGA /Director's Guild screening of Wolf which I would say is ,also, due to having to getting the film seen before the various guilds' deadline for voting.

Brief video of Leo and Brad Cooper hugging at Sean Penn event Help Haiti.

 

 

Leo with Roberta Armani at the same event:

 

Stephen Whitty @StephenWhitty 

There are many kinds of Scorsese movies; I love all of them. But if you've been waiting for another "Goodfellas," "Wolf" may suffice

 

 

Acording to this article, NY Film Critics are getting to see it for the first time tonight since the NYFCC awards are anounced tomorrow. He wrote down his predictions. So it seems Wolf of Wall Street will be the last film they see before they vote.

 

 


 

The New York Film Critics Circle will be cooking up their favorite films and performances of 2013 tomorrow beginning at 10:00 am Eastern time.  The East Coast group will be the first ones to drop the gauntlet on the season and possibly put a film or performer in prime position for recognition since SAG and HFPA ballots are still out.  Last year, they chose Kathryn Bigelow‘s Zero Dark Thirty, which had just screened just days before.  Tonight, they are getting their first look at Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf of Wall Street and judging by some of the word that has come out of the guild screenings this weekend, it could resonate with some liberal voters.

 

Best Picture12 Years a Slave

Alternate: Gravity
Spoiler: Inside Llewyn Davis
Surprise: Blue is the Warmest Color

 

Best Director – Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street

Alternate: Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave
Spoiler: Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity
Surprise: J.C. Chandor for All is Lost

 

Best Actor – Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips and Saving Mr. Banks

Alternate: Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave
Spoiler: Robert Redford for All is Lost
Surprise: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street

 

Best Actress – Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine

Alternate: Sandra Bullock for Gravity
Spoiler: Adèle Exarchopoulos for Blue is the Warmest Color
Surprise: Brie Larson for Short Term 12

 

Best Supporting Actor – Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club

Alternate: Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave
Spoiler: Bradley Cooper for American Hustle and The Place Beyond the Pines
Surprise: Jonah Hill for The Wolf of Wall Street

 

Best Supporting Actress – Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave

Alternate: Margo Martindale for August: Osage County
Spoiler: Oprah Winfrey for Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Surprise: Scarlett Johansson for Don Jon and Her

 

Best Screenplay – Bob Nelson for Nebraska

Alternate: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen for Inside Llewyn Davis
Spoiler: John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave
Surprise: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Philomena

 

Best Cinematographer – Emmanuel Lubeski for Gravity

Alternate: Sean Bobbit for 12 Years a Slave
Spoiler: Bradford Young for Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
Surprise: Frank G. DeMarco, Peter Zuccarini for All is Lost

 

Best Animated FeatureFrozen

Alternate: The Wind Rises
Spoiler: Monsters University
Surprise: Despicable Me 2

 

Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary)The Square

Alternate: 20 Feet from Stardom
Spoiler: Stories We Tell
Surprise: The Act of Killing

 

Best Foreign FilmWadjda

Alternate: Blue is the Warmest Color
Spoiler: The Hunt
Surprise: Gloria

 

Best First FilmFruitvale Station

Alternate: Blue Caprice
Spoiler: Wadjda
Surprise: Don Jon

 

 

 

Gatsby premiere in Cannes, very cute at 2:10 Leo giving the umbrella to Elizabeth Debick. :hehe:

 

Gifs from leonardofanuk, did someone know how we can find this interview? It's for Marvin's Room.

 

post-39932-0-1446086561-53161_thumb.gif post-39932-0-1446086561-54807_thumb.gif post-39932-0-1446086561-56482_thumb.gif post-39932-0-1446086561-60014_thumb.gif 

thanks oxford and calibi for the new tweets

 

2lmta9c.jpg
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ is weak

Only diehard fans of Martin Scorsese will be howling in delight for “The Wolf of Wall Street,” says a source who saw the movie at its first screening Saturday in Los Angeles.

The two-hour, 59-minute running time is “painful,” my friend reports. The one bright spot? Jonah Hill is brilliant as the cocaine- and Quaalude-consuming sidekick of pump-and-dump mastermind Jordan Belfort (played by Leonardo DiCaprio), on whose memoir the movie is based.

“But it’s so repetitive, it easily could have been two hours,” said my source. DiCaprio as Belfort not only wrecks a Lamborghini, he also wrecks his yacht.

Scorsese struggled to get the movie’s rating from an NC-17 to an R, but there is still plenty of full frontal nudity of gorgeous hookers. “Wolf” is set to open on Christmas Day. Take the whole family.

“It’s ‘Scarface’ meets ‘The Boiler Room,’ but there are no sympathetic characters, and no redemption,” my critic said. Without giving anything away, Belfort ends up in a country-club prison, quite pleased with himself.

 

More screening tweets

François Audouy ‏@audouy 49m

Loved WOLF OF WALL STREET! Many classic movie moments and dark, hilarious, twisted, ludicrous, perverse moments...all apparently true

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

Recently Browsing 0

  • No registered users viewing this page.