Shit man, I'd like your comment but you have 333 likes from a comment 3 years ago and 3 Belforts are vertically lined up to the left. I just can't ruin that
That scene in the end brilliantly showed the reality of the phony world we live in. The hero of the story, the uncorruptible FBI agent who refused Jordan's bribe offer earlier in the movie, successfully won the case not for his own benefit but for the benefit of society and yet going back home on a subway gloomy and all alone while watching his destiny right ahead of him in the form of an old couple ready for death while riding the same subway. On the other hand the master criminal who lived his life full of pleasure, money, drugs, sex, and greed while fooling the public all the time still doing that same trick and unlike the FBI agent who was all alone, there are hundreds of people dying to listen to his 'words of wisdom' trying to be like him, rather than be like the FBI agent. The message of the movie is clear, the world is screwed up and there's noone to blame but ourselves for it being like that. Wolf of wall street is one of the best movies ever made.
Yael Garcia actually he’s trying to sue the production company of this film; so the guy is clearly in need of some money. Money can buy a lot of things, it can’t buy the most important thing: integrity
the ending moved me quite a bit because there are so many educated people in that room and no one would come up with what Brad (Jordon's friend), a drug dealer came up with when they all first met at the diner..
I'm not sad, because now, Jordon is stuck in a room trying to teach and find someone who is as twisted, corrupted and maniacal as he is, and he probably will not find one in there. In other words, he is in hell, which he deserves.
Nathan Stone I don't know. With the money he makes from these seminars, and the life he's lived. I'd say the guy made it out pretty damn well, all things considered.
Hannibal Rasberry That's because you're a loser to even think that this pathetic douchebag had a "cool life". Only failures and weak petty people would think this.
haha! If you say so mister strong and cool guy. But I'd be hard pressed to not admit Jordan Belfort didn't live the life of a kind.And even when it was all said and done, he still came out pretty damn well all things considered. So you go ahed rocking that winning strong person attitude :P
Then you have a weak mind. You should reconsider and maybe, just maybe, I would respect Hannibal R more. Don't comment again. I stop only if you douches stop.
Are you 13? People like him destroy millions of lives, tear families apart, make it hard for people to feed their kids, and this fucker was a drug addict who almost killed his daughter??? Like what?? No. Jesus Christ.
do you really think any of the rich and wealthy people is any other way? whoever became rich at some point fucked over someone and most the times not only one. in order to be successfull you have to an asshole. thats how the system works. in order for you to be richer or whatever you have to take from somewhere and that somewhere is other people. if you want to be the average person thats fine but if you ever want to be something diffrent ab be above the average learn to get dirty
Aerospace Engineer unfortunately after all this hard work engineers are still underpaid in comparison to lawyers and people in finance who had easy student life (prime time) and earn more with 10-15 hours more working hours (per week) so if u are an engineer life is unfair Life sucks :-/ I earn 110k at 26 with 3.8 gpa mechanical engineer whereas my friends in ib,law and finance earn 250k with 3.6 gpa ,high prestige and chill life
The real-life FBI agent said that a lot of people misinterpreted this scene as he regretted not accepting the bribe-money when he never did - just to clarify what he was/wasn't thinking in that scene... :)
I think he was more lamenting the fact that so many good and hard working people, himself included, had to work their asses to the bone for an honest paycheck, while men like Jordan can just lie and manipulate their way to success. He comes to the horrifying realization that Jordan, even as the scumbag that he is, will serve his time and still end up doing perfectly well for himself while countless others more deserving will be left wanting. This is confirmed for us when we see that Jordan has bribed his way to an easy term in prison and then goes on to give financial advice like nothing ever happened. That's the frustrating reality that this film presents. The good people get squashed more often than not and it's the assholes who do the squashing that rise to the top because they don't care about what they have to do to get there. The last scene than shows us an audience of ordinary people looking to follow in Jordan's foot steps. They swallow his bullshit knowing what he has done because they want a piece of the wealth too. The film then leaves us to decide if we would do the same. Would we be willing to throw away our morals simply for the sake of profit and what does that say about the state of our society if the answer to that question is yes?
I’d honestly say that about 60% of people don’t get the true message of this cautionary tale. The ending scene/ shot of the audience reflecting us as the viewer is genius from Scorsese. Most people who watch the film, even after watching him lose everything, his Friends, wife, daughter still want to be like him.
Considering how other crimes like drugs have you face more severe punishment for less severe of a crime, can you blame anyone for wanting to be Jordan? He basically got away with everything.
There was no wolfs in that room only a bunch of sheep following a wolf. They didn’t even know how to sell unlike the drug dealer. You have to learn how to be agile with your mouth
FBI agent was actually disappointed because he was given only 3 years of prison... and he could accept the offer on the boat and never use the subway again. But hey, if was not because of people like FBI agent, the country would be fked up bad.
The FBI was thinking of he has accepted the offer , then his entire life would have been more luxurious and never end like the other old men with their wife.
Anyone else get goosebumps at the end when the piano just slowly escalates to the end title credits? Something about that style of ending a film especially if it's a long one just gives me so much satisfaction like "wow that long journey just came to a perfect close"
I see it almost the similar way, but with a small difference. We are just shown a bunch of people looking up to Belford and ready to follow the same road he had just taken. The director just says there you go and you know the rest of the story how it goes on
Scorsese wants to show us how the real hero of this story gets no credit for what he's done, and Belfort, who at the end was nearly a monster, ends up selling his secrets to become what he is now. It's not a story about gloryfing Jordan and his acts. It's a story about how cynical and unfair life can be, no matter what you've done.
@@briangoudy7225 I mean, the moral "message" in the film is so buried beneath the 3 hours of indulgent orgy. You have to blame Scorsese as much as the viewers. It's an icky film to watch.
This last bit of Jordan shows perfectly the definition of "selling". It's not about providing need, it's about creating a need for the buyer to the point where he or she is almost forced out to buy, wheter or not there's need for the said product. In the end, the point of selling in a capitalist market economy is really more about creating more and more needs than providing some and therefore, generating profit for an owner class. It's subtle, but brillant.
This is an amazing film. 3 hours of it and yet it waits until the end and hits you with the REAL Jordan Belfort calling HIMSELF the sickest motherfucker he has ever met because of the things he did. He conned people, and at the end the audience is the Viewers. Then the investigator on the subway, balls are sweaty and he just wonders, what life would have been like if he had gone down the same path as Jordan. It's amazing
The last scene just proves Jordan Belfort is what the FBI agent called him in the movie...a little man. The real Jordan Belfort's cameo proves that he learned nothing.
Eternal Solitude Uhm... So, what you're basically saying is that you have to choose between minimum wage+ugly wife+fucked up car+shitty job and owning millions of dollars+many beautiful women+awesome cars+dream job+excessive lifestyle+drug addiction? Do you really think you can only be a sheep or a wolf? That's kinda naive.
Eternal Solitude Well, honestly speaking, everybody has different standards and different things that make them happy. I, for myself, hate partying and would love to have one person just for me, not countless ones. Also, I want to be as good as possible in my job and I love it. That's why I do many overtimes. But I probably will never own as much money as Belfort did, even though it would be nice. BUT it would mean to give up many things I love for this luxurious lifestyle and I don't want that. If I am a king or a nobody to you or anybody else is really, really unimportant for me. All I'm saying is, why project your concept of a perfect life on everybody else? I think living a life as Belfort did - judging by the film - is terribly depressing. Furthermore, just imagine everybody would want to be king. In the end, 99 % wouldn't be and they would probably become suicidal if all they ever cared about was untouchable to them.
DiCaprio looking in the eye of the each audience member intensely while asking them to sell the pen depicting he is hinting them strongly to know that the pen is the least important part in selling the pen but the person is ....just genius acting and direction🙌🙌
I LOVE the FBI agents moment of doubt " did u really help these people, do they care? Aren't they suckers? Am I a sucker? There will be many more Jordan Belfords "
This one video should be shown in every HS English class to teach themes and lessons from films. Many people can interpret how they saw the FBI agents train ride to Jordan’s bus ride to prison. Who walked away without any loss? Who do you think had regrets?
@@megaalex6720 it's just ironic how Belfort was right. He is indeed in the average middle class yet he didn't take the bribe because that's how he is. It shows that it's OK with it I guess
The ending of this film is not to symbolise that Jordan Belfort is an evil person. It is to symbolise that all humans are the same, and only a very small percentage think they may as well dare to achieve their wildest dreams, no matter the consequence. This is first symbolised when the detective 'wins' the case and puts Jordan in prison. Even though Jordan has to serve 3 years in jail, Jordan has lived his wildest fantasies and enjoyed extreme wealth. However, the detective still has to ride the train home. The shot pans to an old, haggard and seemingly poor Asian couple sitting opposite him on the train carriage to further symbolise the futility and blandness of his life, even though he has 'won' the case. The final shot of the movie shows dozens of hopeful faces in the audience, hoping to learn the secret to Jordan's success, so they can live a life similar to his. But all the people who try to sell Jordan the pen do the same thing, and fail. They say different words, but their strategy is the same, to list the qualities of the pen. None of them think outside the box to use a different strategy, again symbolising that only a very few rare percentage of the world think in a different demeanour and dare to live outside the box, or what is 'normal'. The 'sell me this pen' feature of the scene is a direct reflection to earlier on in the movie when one of Jordan's original brokers successfully sells him the pen in the diner. This is because he, unlike the others at the diner table, said 'write your name down', and Jordan needed a pen.
The ending can be open to interpretation. I don't think it was symbolizing that Jordan was evil. Evil is a strong word. However, Jordan's wildest fantasies are rather superficial compared to let's say Walt Disney, Kanye West, or Michaelangelo. He just wanted life's more simplistic pleasure all of the time. These pleasures, such as sex, drugs, even the exciting rush of committing certain crimes, are no doubt pleasurable, but not fulfilling. They come and they go quickly, like eating a nice juicy burger, feeling a nice high from a drug, or busting a nut in a girl you don't really like. We all enjoy these things. The deeper pleasures in life are not as instantaneous, but tend to quite literally, fill us up with more satisfaction and pleasure in life as a whole in my opinion. Perhaps this is due to the fact these pleasures tend to involve more than 1 person, and the quick pleasures are pleasures we feel alone. Having said that, although I don't think the filmmakers were trying to portray Jordan in any sort of light, I think the ending showed us that people would be in awe of Jordan's bullshit, even while he was convicted of several crimes and sent to prison for his deceptions. The audience could very well be a mirror symbolozing that we're the ones that keep eating the bullshit that the world keeps giving us just because its shiny, popular, and flashy. The filmmakers didn't need to symbolize anything to show us that Jordan was a phoney with an enormous ego who cared about nothing but himself. This was clearly shown to us in every scene of the movie from start to finish. The ending was more about us than him I think.
That's your opinion. It doesn't have to be true. I think Agent Denham won. He put a scumbag like Jordan behind bars. He served his nation. Wildest dreams ! Gimme a break !
I always liked the ending scene with the FBI guy. I can't remember the exact words, but Belfort mocked the FBI guy for always having to use the train after work and not really owning anything materialistic in life. When it is all over, the FBI guy remembers his words and looks around the train, seeing ordinary people after his hard days work, then briefly pondering as to what might have been had he accepted the bribe....then realising he did the right thing. Great ending.
The Truth Really where you get that from at what point does it look like he realised "he did the right thing" it looked like to me he wished he had taken the bribe because he hasn't changed anything.
The Truth The broker industry is a dirty business. Anybody could’ve been scammed into doing their investing with Belforts brokerage. Yeah they were aiming at the wealthiest of wealthy. But back then you could get anyone on the phone and get them to agree to giving off thousands at a time.
@Águila701 Na. I would be fucking proud to bring down a sucker like Jordan Belfort, it doesn't matter the amount of money (little or too much). I don't care if I have to use the train. The exciment is still there.
Did you know? That at the end there? The guy who introduces Jordan Belfort? That guy? That guy is the real Jordan Belfort? Did you know? I bet you did not.
Agent Denham's ride shows that he didn't regret what he's done since he and his partner ain't corruptible anyway as proven by the yacht scene. It just shows that yes, his life might be average and some will think it's better to be rich and famous like Belfort, but he realizes that what he's doing is the right thing and in life it's just like that. Better be in a life of integrity , monotony, and peace doing the right thing...than Belfort's chaotic life full of excess and richness, but also full of emptiness and problems. It's a life Agent Denham's willing to take. And what did Belfort even got in the end? He lost everything and had to earn it all back but became famous, while Denham gained something in his career by winning his case but is unrecognized. That's the sad reality of this world. He realized it, but he knows it is what is, but he's done the right thing for all those people. Like who'd like to live like Belfort anyway lol you'd end up like Bilzerian with such excess lmao that's what got the law to notice Belfort anyway
I love the contrast between Denham's subway ride and Jordan's prison bus ride. The subway is dirty, overcrowded, and uncomfortable but it's honest.; unlike where Joran's actions have led him.
***** the thing is, and i think its even mentioned in the song rolling in the scene, he doesnt gain shit of doing his good-guy-stuff, no mather what he does: its shit. think about it, what would have been if he would have taken jordans offer: hed be a dickhead and go to hell. and he didnt, he didnt get any money, he wasnt mentioned in the news... nothing happened and that will probably hunt him the rest of his poor life. (mentioning that im aware its just a movie and my english is not perfect at all (im swiss), im just throwing in my thoughts)
I guess "finishing last" depends on what you want out of life. Some people truly love being in "thankless jobs" as a higher calling in life rather than the rat race of who can make the most money
+Son Goku Son nailed. In the great scene between Belfort and the FBI guy on his boat-- Belfort says the following: [laughing] "Alright, get the fuck off my boat. Good luck on that subway ride home to your miserable, ugly wives." That's what this scene is a reference to. They're easily the two best scenes in the movie for me.
That's the whole fucking message of this movie btw. He LITERALLY calls himself the sickest motherfucker who got away with all the stuff he did. And it's rubbed right into our stupid faces. We are the audience in the last scene. We let these people con us. This movie is fucking brilliant.
The scene with the agent in the subway is gold. He told Jordan Belford on his boat about the ride, and Jordan gave him a opportunity to get rich but he chose to stay true to his job and he looks around to see that he could've been in a expensive car right now.
Nobody needs to sit in an expensive car. Compare what they really have. The agent may sit on a shitty tram, but he comes home to a wife who loves him and a child that looks up to him. His parents are proud of their son. What does Jordan Belfort have? A broken personal life, everyone who ever got close despises him and he has to hustle every day to scam back the money he was fined. The agent may not be rich as hell, but his life has substance.
I know that the movie has many other messages but i cannot feel depressed about this final. His ambition make him lost all the friends who he has started his carrer, his wife, his children. And even if he try it again as the scene, is not the same energy anymore. Unbeliveable film, incredible history, and many teachings.
My response. I'd give the pen back to him. Pull out my pen and reply, "that pen you handed me means shit, but THIS pen is not just any pen. It is MY pen. The ink that came from it has landed me enough deals to afford this watch, these clothes and the Benz parked outside. So why am I here? To see what's it's like to be as successful as you, but without compromising other people's lives and going to prison and by learning from you on who's the other side now.
The sad part of it all is what Jordan did was like taking a hand full of snow off an iceberg compared to what the big players fleecing their customers on wall street and it still goes on even today. It will never stop.
1:04 Seeing himself 30 years from now and then gazing deeping into the endless ocean and seeing The Yacht he stepped aboard, slowly sailing away. All for getting Belfort 3 years in a minimum level institute versus a life time of comfort.
Its referring to earlier in the movie when he was recruiting people. He said sell me this men and the guy said "write your name down on a napkin" leo replies "i dont have a pen" exactly, supply and demand
he's seeking someone who has that answer and they wonder how something so simple is so difficult to answer. they're intrigued and awed and wonder how his brilliant mind works.
+Guitarfollower22 I think the ride scene is quite the opposite. He realizes that the choice he made was right and at the end of the day those who take the bus and work honestly from 9 to 5 have it better than the ones who get rich fast by dishonest ways.
With great wealth comes great responsibility (and a huge amount of fucking hassle), the people on the train may have been poorer but their lives were simpler. And a simpler life is an easier life
Was I the only one who read the subway scene as him feeling like an everyday shmoe and thinking back to that day on.Jordan's yacht and what Jordan said to him?
This is why I love Scorsese... he loves to call out society for their admiration for scumbags and the real good guys are forgotten. We as a humans species will always be drawn to evil. We love it deep down. We can say we don't to satisfy others, but in our heads we envy people who do bad things.
Bad guys are no good. Good guys are no fun. People are so caught up in doing the right thing to avoid looking bad that someone who comes along and gives no fucks about looking bad are considered enthralling
I think it contributes to the message of this movie a lot. I'm actually surprised Belfort was on board with it. I mean, in this movie he's a symbol for the all corruptness and criminal nature in Wall Street. He embodies all of it in the way he is portrayed. It's like Scorsese saying "You let him get away with that, see? He's even in this fucking movie, you let him get away!" and hell yeah, we let him get away with that. In fact, we're still in a trance imagining to have a life like that ourselves and such. We allow people like this to live on our costs and he rubs this into our face.
Perfect ending! All these clean cut people (like us) wanting to learn how to get rich quick by any means. Moral of the story: Nothing ever changes in our culture. Well done Mr. Scorsese
the ending scene says that no matter how educated or qualified you are... you are nothing if you dont have have talent so do what u have your talent in
If it was me, i'd ask for his name just like Brad, if he says he can't i will give him the pen he's selling, just as he's about to grab it i pull it away, stating that he's gonna need to pay for it.
At last the camera focuses on the audience which could be interpreted in many ways but i believe that Jordan is asking to us(audience) if u can sell the pen (talk persuasive enough)
MrHillfinger you’re the only person in this comment section who has also gotten to that conclusion. Almost all of us still want to be rich as shit, so the audience represents how no matter how shitty Jordan is, we still want to learn his “secret” to being rich.
Belfort is awesome, i loved reading his book... I mean yeah he stole and shit, paying back the money now... but even so "HE IS STILL FILTHY FUCKING RICH"
The ending is so true and motivating, Out of all the business professionals with degrees and high level education cant do what some street junkie did and that was to sell him the pen. Everyone lacks creativity nowadays
JJ watch some interviews with him. He says that what he did was wrong and it was caused by greed and that greed is bad and he step by step became worse and worse
Vin 206151 I think he was thinking about what might have been. That is why the scene shown was the exact one described when he was mocked on the ship. However, he was the one on his way home and Belfort was on his way to jail!
Vin 206151 Yes, there was a part of the FBI agent, who regretted not taking the bribe. He's looking at the people that are on the train with him, realizing to himself that he's actually better than those people. All the rules that he upholds, and at the end of the day, what does it get him. A seat on a train. Belfort broke how many "rules" of society; and the only thing he got as "punishment" was 36 months, at a Country Club "prison". Who really wins, and who really looses in the long run?
That is correct. Now he is out of jail making millions speaking around the world. However, he is still a scum bag. I hold drug dealers in a higher regard than him.
'Where have you gone Joe De Maggio, a nation turn it lonely eyes to you' The scene and the song on the metro playing I think is trying to tell us that America is bereft of leadership around the power of Wall street. Greed is good and its all naked self interest at the cost of people's ethics and civic integrity.
unlike Jordan, Agent Dennam doesn't give a shit about recognition or fame, he's just doing his job just like he said "this case got dropped on my desk and i end up being the schmuck who has to go looking"
This is an excellent ending to the movie. The only person in this scene who impresses me is the detective. The scene on the subway shows him travelling home from work with ordinary every day people. People who want to do an honest days pay for an honest day's work. The detective looks around the train and feels he has done his job. He's helped protect society from predatory assholes like Belfort who lived by robbing the most vulnerable people in society. Old people and the impressionable who were conned out of their savings. The juxtaposition of the Detective on the train and Belfort been brought to jail but will still enjoying the trappings of his wealth inside is bullshit. This is just a directorial piece in the film contrasting integrity against greed. In reality, Belfort didn't enjoy these trappings. This is just an attempt to challenge our thinking. It's asking you what is the price of your own Integrity ? It's asking you to question what does integrity mean to you ? It's also a critique of modern society. Despite Belfort been a convicted conman, you have a few hundred people sitting spellbound by this charlatan telling them how to manipulate people in order to get the money out of their pockets. The audience is metaphor for society. The audience 'appears' to hold him in esteem. They audience is also metaphor of societal values. Do we hold the value of making money at all costs at the expensive of ones ethics and humanity ? How far do we go in that pursuit. Even in reading the comments here shows a reverence for Belfort despite the seediness of his crimes. The reality is, he destroyed peoples lives by ripping many old people of their pensions and life savings. The guy is a narcissistic sociopath conman. The movie is very smart in how it dresses it all up in hype and how it portrays the lifestyle' he lived. It's hype and bling contrasted against the good guy detective with integrity and values riding home from work after putting a bad guy in jail and having protected society from the likes of Belfort. He impresses the hell out of me. It's ironic also that despite the detective having 'protected society' the audience (society) has many people who still look to emulate Belfort to a degree or 'learn' his skills of manipulation. Even the lines of the song playing to the train scene...'Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns it's lonely eyes to you'. The detective is a metaphor for integrity and leadership and that society has essentially lost its way. It's bereft of his real ethical leadership in government, business and society in general. The likes of Belfort utterly bore me and many of the comments here about thinking Belfort is some kind of guy to be 'Liked' or admired in some way is saddening. He's a conman and as common as dirt.
I think the whole idea of the ending is to illustrate why many people fail at the sales game. They're trying to advertise the product or service that they're attempting to sell - much like a TV commercial would in building up a long term desire for that item - rather than creating an immediate need for that product or service.
Hope you guys know that the MC who introduced Jordan Belfort for his speech is the real wolf of wall street. And that the people in middle of the audience at the very end are the real people depicted in the movie.
0:52 The FBI agent sitting on the train wondering if it would have been worth it to take Jordan’s bribe is a rather sad scene. But in the end, it’s people like him who deserve the true credit and respect in society. He threw away a dream than would likely never come again for respect and integrity. That’s something that is far more valuable than money, just not everyone sees it.
I live in Auckland New Zealand. And when he came out at the end with his presentation at Auckland Uni - I heard people in my theatre literally say; "Get the fuck outa' here". Blew people's minds lol and was so entertaining
the audience at the end...the guy to the left looks like a young jonah hill, the one in the center looks like a young matthew maconnahey, even his haircut matches his character. can't be coincidence. this is belfort inspiring the next generation to be just like himself.
I wanna know if that last scene happened to Jordan Belfort in real life and if so who the real person who introduced Belfort was, cus that guy is now like "I'm being played by the guy I introduced, who is now introducing himself"
The scene where the FBI agent is sitting on the train thinking nothing has changed for him. Everything is the same for him. It played on his mind while he sat around looking at others. Wearing the same suit for 3 days with his sweaty balls he probably wondered if he should of taken the bribe
The Metro rail scene shows that even though this guy was supposed to be a hero(cop) no one wants to be him...But even though Belfort is a convict everyone gives him his rapt attention (last scene) ...Great director Scorsese
What I find so interesting about this movie is the fact that it's really a morality question for a lot of people. Is it worth it to be a piece of shit human being, ruin thousands of people's lives and in return acquire more money than any person could spend in 5 lifetimes? What's omitted is that not everyone has the skills of Jordan Belfort. It's easy to think, "I could do that if I wanted to be a real asshole" if you've never tried it but the truth is that most people don't have nearly his charisma or ability to compartmentalize their feelings of guilt. It's the same idea as a kid saying they want to be an NBA player when they grow up, so they don't need to worry about school etc. The bottom line is that people like Belfort are exceptional, extremely rare individuals. Not everyone can do this, and most of those who can aren't willing to destroy the lives of innocent people to get there.
Jordan Belfort introducing Jordan Belfort in a movie about Jordan Belfort based on the book by Jordan Belfort
INCEPTION
Shit man, I'd like your comment but you have 333 likes from a comment 3 years ago and 3 Belforts are vertically lined up to the left. I just can't ruin that
Belception
Uncle June meta meta meta
I’m starting to feel this Jordan Belfort guy is important
That scene in the end brilliantly showed the reality of the phony world we live in. The hero of the story, the uncorruptible FBI agent who refused Jordan's bribe offer earlier in the movie, successfully won the case not for his own benefit but for the benefit of society and yet going back home on a subway gloomy and all alone while watching his destiny right ahead of him in the form of an old couple ready for death while riding the same subway. On the other hand the master criminal who lived his life full of pleasure, money, drugs, sex, and greed while fooling the public all the time still doing that same trick and unlike the FBI agent who was all alone, there are hundreds of people dying to listen to his 'words of wisdom' trying to be like him, rather than be like the FBI agent.
The message of the movie is clear, the world is screwed up and there's noone to blame but ourselves for it being like that. Wolf of wall street is one of the best movies ever made.
except he has a 40m dollars debt that he has to pay, with a 25k dollars salary, seriously. hahaha
@@ayami123 he's net worth right now is 100 million so I don't think it bothers him.
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Yael Garcia actually he’s trying to sue the production company of this film; so the guy is clearly in need of some money. Money can buy a lot of things, it can’t buy the most important thing: integrity
Aryavir Sangwan clown you don’t know shit!
the ending moved me quite a bit because there are so many educated people in that room and no one would come up with what Brad (Jordon's friend), a drug dealer came up with when they all first met at the diner..
I'm not sad, because now, Jordon is stuck in a room trying to teach and find someone who is as twisted, corrupted and maniacal as he is, and he probably will not find one in there. In other words, he is in hell, which he deserves.
Nathan Stone I don't know. With the money he makes from these seminars, and the life he's lived. I'd say the guy made it out pretty damn well, all things considered.
Hannibal Rasberry That's because you're a loser to even think that this pathetic douchebag had a "cool life". Only failures and weak petty people would think this.
haha! If you say so mister strong and cool guy. But I'd be hard pressed to not admit Jordan Belfort didn't live the life of a kind.And even when it was all said and done, he still came out pretty damn well all things considered. So you go ahed rocking that winning strong person attitude :P
Then you have a weak mind. You should reconsider and maybe, just maybe, I would respect Hannibal R more. Don't comment again. I stop only if you douches stop.
Jordan: Sell me this pen
Me: This pen has been up Margot Robbie's snatch
This would work lol
Sold
Let me smell that for a second
I'll get 10!!! - patrick star
..............yeah?
FYI guys the host who introduces jordan belfort in the ending scene is the REAL jordan belfort :)
inception lol
laila1989ism hes actually not a horrible actor
he basically has to "act" for his entire career since he sold lies for a living (well mostly lies)
Yes indeed it is sir whether good or bad another legend from Queens New York
"we need to go deeper"
that moment you realize risking it all is better than having an average life.
+Aerospace Engineer
Try it, and see if you say that then.
Are you 13? People like him destroy millions of lives, tear families apart, make it hard for people to feed their kids, and this fucker was a drug addict who almost killed his daughter??? Like what?? No. Jesus Christ.
do you really think any of the rich and wealthy people is any other way? whoever became rich at some point fucked over someone and most the times not only one. in order to be successfull you have to an asshole. thats how the system works. in order for you to be richer or whatever you have to take from somewhere and that somewhere is other people. if you want to be the average person thats fine but if you ever want to be something diffrent ab be above the average learn to get dirty
wookibert9620 not always
Aerospace Engineer unfortunately after all this hard work engineers are still underpaid in comparison to lawyers and people in finance who had easy student life (prime time) and earn more with 10-15 hours more working hours (per week) so if u are an engineer life is unfair
Life sucks :-/
I earn 110k at 26 with 3.8 gpa mechanical engineer whereas my friends in ib,law and finance earn 250k with 3.6 gpa ,high prestige and chill life
FBI agent is thinking to himself on the subway "fuck, I should have taken the bribe my life is shitty" lol
Bob Tom I don't think so. He looks at regular people, Jordan's average victims.
+Ebvardh Boss nahate he fucked up
kenzie mac all the way up
The real-life FBI agent said that a lot of people misinterpreted this scene as he regretted not accepting the bribe-money when he never did - just to clarify what he was/wasn't thinking in that scene... :)
I think he was more lamenting the fact that so many good and hard working people, himself included, had to work their asses to the bone for an honest paycheck, while men like Jordan can just lie and manipulate their way to success. He comes to the horrifying realization that Jordan, even as the scumbag that he is, will serve his time and still end up doing perfectly well for himself while countless others more deserving will be left wanting. This is confirmed for us when we see that Jordan has bribed his way to an easy term in prison and then goes on to give financial advice like nothing ever happened. That's the frustrating reality that this film presents. The good people get squashed more often than not and it's the assholes who do the squashing that rise to the top because they don't care about what they have to do to get there. The last scene than shows us an audience of ordinary people looking to follow in Jordan's foot steps. They swallow his bullshit knowing what he has done because they want a piece of the wealth too. The film then leaves us to decide if we would do the same. Would we be willing to throw away our morals simply for the sake of profit and what does that say about the state of our society if the answer to that question is yes?
I’d honestly say that about 60% of people don’t get the true message of this cautionary tale. The ending scene/ shot of the audience reflecting us as the viewer is genius from Scorsese. Most people who watch the film, even after watching him lose everything, his Friends, wife, daughter still want to be like him.
Too true. I've seen people online worshipping him like some kind of prophet. They're so eager to sell their soul.
Because what he did was genius but he took it too far. He should have made his 72,000 in a month and stayed low.
@@taylorpack7705 lol, "genius"
@@taylorpack7705 Lol with inflation his 72k a month is $2.2M a year. He would’ve got caught eventually that’s a huge number to steal
Considering how other crimes like drugs have you face more severe punishment for less severe of a crime, can you blame anyone for wanting to be Jordan? He basically got away with everything.
That shot at the end made to look like a reflection of the cinema audience, is one of the most cynical and genius shots I've ever seen.
tarantino made something similar in the cinema scene in inglorious basterds
@@Hangman11 forget tarantino. He's a proll
@@Hangman11 ??
Dude what? It’s just showing the people attending the conference.
EXACTLY glad someone pointed that out
That last scene just reminds me, there will always be wolves in this world... but most importantly, there will always be a bunch of sheep.
@Will Fryer 2 Yes!
And the sheeps will always want to follow and be like the wolves 🐺
Not always 😁
And women prefer wolves to sheep.
There was no wolfs in that room only a bunch of sheep following a wolf. They didn’t even know how to sell unlike the drug dealer. You have to learn how to be agile with your mouth
FBI agent knows that he became a hero but eventho he did, not one person in that subway gave a single shit if he did... Thats life
FBI agent was actually disappointed because he was given only 3 years of prison... and he could accept the offer on the boat and never use the subway again. But hey, if was not because of people like FBI agent, the country would be fked up bad.
@@Kytes93 this aged well.
The FBI was thinking of he has accepted the offer , then his entire life would have been more luxurious and never end like the other old men with their wife.
@@kekistanimememan170how so?
@@pandaslayerxx102I think he's vaguely saying a "government bad, look what FBI do" kinda thing
Anyone else get goosebumps at the end when the piano just slowly escalates to the end title credits? Something about that style of ending a film especially if it's a long one just gives me so much satisfaction like "wow that long journey just came to a perfect close"
Rohan Mathur I'm so glad you mentioned it. I love that small little scene and you have a moment to realize all that happened in the movie.
I see it almost the similar way, but with a small difference. We are just shown a bunch of people looking up to Belford and ready to follow the same road he had just taken. The director just says there you go and you know the rest of the story how it goes on
Does anyone know the name of the song?
The feeling after a great film, I also get this feeling after the dark knight ends
It's kinda like an orgasm.
Scorsese wants to show us how the real hero of this story gets no credit for what he's done, and Belfort, who at the end was nearly a monster, ends up selling his secrets to become what he is now.
It's not a story about gloryfing Jordan and his acts. It's a story about how cynical and unfair life can be, no matter what you've done.
Exactly. This is such a brilliant film, and that message comes across more clearly watching this ending again.
thanks for explaining didnt get that scene with the cop in the metro.
Exactly. I can’t believe the morons who think somehow Jordan was the good guy or “smart” for what he did. Some people are blinded by money
One of the smarter comments.
@@briangoudy7225 I mean, the moral "message" in the film is so buried beneath the 3 hours of indulgent orgy. You have to blame Scorsese as much as the viewers. It's an icky film to watch.
the funny thing is that Jordon Belfort ends up introducing himself
5 years ago but im the 500th like
@@mateuszpanus6770 you were born to give that like
he Sold himself
The final-final scene is suprisingly giving me goosebumps. It wraps up the entire movie in such a simple but amazing way.
0:56 at that moment, Eric Andre enters the subway, half a horse costume. He’s carrying a cake in each hand.
Ladies and gentlemen, I did not get the job at froot loops.
@@andymiller1597 my body is your communion..
@@resistantzero66 eat from me, drink from me
This last bit of Jordan shows perfectly the definition of "selling". It's not about providing need, it's about creating a need for the buyer to the point where he or she is almost forced out to buy, wheter or not there's need for the said product. In the end, the point of selling in a capitalist market economy is really more about creating more and more needs than providing some and therefore, generating profit for an owner class. It's subtle, but brillant.
You have to ask them why they want the pen so you know what angle to use
It’s subtle but shitty*
Brilliant? No, it's a POS doing shady sales deals 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@pnut3844able The film shows it brilliantly, the selling technics are shitty. Those are two different things
This is an amazing film. 3 hours of it and yet it waits until the end and hits you with the REAL Jordan Belfort calling HIMSELF the sickest motherfucker he has ever met because of the things he did. He conned people, and at the end the audience is the Viewers. Then the investigator on the subway, balls are sweaty and he just wonders, what life would have been like if he had gone down the same path as Jordan. It's amazing
The end represents the weak and stupid average people who aren't even capable of selling a pen, I.E the audience lol
The last scene just proves Jordan Belfort is what the FBI agent called him in the movie...a little man.
The real Jordan Belfort's cameo proves that he learned nothing.
@@JohnChoidotOrg Bro he's worth 100 million dollars. He has nothing to learn.
@@JohnChoidotOrg wdym he learned nothing?
@@JohnChoidotOrgDude he was an actor here, he doesn’t write his own lines
As sick as it sounds, something about this movie made me want to be Jordan Belfort as I watched it.
Eternal Solitude Uhm... So, what you're basically saying is that you have to choose between minimum wage+ugly wife+fucked up car+shitty job and owning millions of dollars+many beautiful women+awesome cars+dream job+excessive lifestyle+drug addiction? Do you really think you can only be a sheep or a wolf? That's kinda naive.
Eternal Solitude Well, honestly speaking, everybody has different standards and different things that make them happy. I, for myself, hate partying and would love to have one person just for me, not countless ones. Also, I want to be as good as possible in my job and I love it. That's why I do many overtimes. But I probably will never own as much money as Belfort did, even though it would be nice. BUT it would mean to give up many things I love for this luxurious lifestyle and I don't want that. If I am a king or a nobody to you or anybody else is really, really unimportant for me.
All I'm saying is, why project your concept of a perfect life on everybody else? I think living a life as Belfort did - judging by the film - is terribly depressing. Furthermore, just imagine everybody would want to be king. In the end, 99 % wouldn't be and they would probably become suicidal if all they ever cared about was untouchable to them.
Eternal Solitude True, true. I hope you stay/become happy with your choice (no passive aggressive undertone intended).
Rose Noire By the age of 25 you will have figured out how ridiculous you sound :)
Because by that time, you will care about family, friends, relationships and other boring shit.
DiCaprio looking in the eye of the each audience member intensely while asking them to sell the pen depicting he is hinting them strongly to know that the pen is the least important part in selling the pen but the person is ....just genius acting and direction🙌🙌
Genius? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 scorcese SUCKS ASS
I LOVE the FBI agents moment of doubt
" did u really help these people, do they care? Aren't they suckers? Am I a sucker? There will be many more Jordan Belfords "
This one video should be shown in every HS English class to teach themes and lessons from films. Many people can interpret how they saw the FBI agents train ride to Jordan’s bus ride to prison. Who walked away without any loss? Who do you think had regrets?
It bascailly implies that in the end Jordan still won, and the good guys only get pride and honed and probably a raise.
I dont know, i feel like he is pondering about or maybe regretting not taking the Bribe when he was in the Yatch???
@@megaalex6720 and again to highlight the word- PROBABLY a raise.
@@megaalex6720 it's just ironic how Belfort was right. He is indeed in the average middle class yet he didn't take the bribe because that's how he is.
It shows that it's OK with it I guess
He asked every single person in that room to sell him that pen and left, that was all
Fr?
@@casyio6670 no1 knew how to sale it
Then real Belfort came and said
"Try me"!
The ending of this film is not to symbolise that Jordan Belfort is an evil person. It is to symbolise that all humans are the same, and only a very small percentage think they may as well dare to achieve their wildest dreams, no matter the consequence.
This is first symbolised when the detective 'wins' the case and puts Jordan in prison. Even though Jordan has to serve 3 years in jail, Jordan has lived his wildest fantasies and enjoyed extreme wealth. However, the detective still has to ride the train home. The shot pans to an old, haggard and seemingly poor Asian couple sitting opposite him on the train carriage to further symbolise the futility and blandness of his life, even though he has 'won' the case.
The final shot of the movie shows dozens of hopeful faces in the audience, hoping to learn the secret to Jordan's success, so they can live a life similar to his. But all the people who try to sell Jordan the pen do the same thing, and fail. They say different words, but their strategy is the same, to list the qualities of the pen. None of them think outside the box to use a different strategy, again symbolising that only a very few rare percentage of the world think in a different demeanour and dare to live outside the box, or what is 'normal'.
The 'sell me this pen' feature of the scene is a direct reflection to earlier on in the movie when one of Jordan's original brokers successfully sells him the pen in the diner. This is because he, unlike the others at the diner table, said 'write your name down', and Jordan needed a pen.
The ending can be open to interpretation. I don't think it was symbolizing that Jordan was evil. Evil is a strong word. However, Jordan's wildest fantasies are rather superficial compared to let's say Walt Disney, Kanye West, or Michaelangelo. He just wanted life's more simplistic pleasure all of the time. These pleasures, such as sex, drugs, even the exciting rush of committing certain crimes, are no doubt pleasurable, but not fulfilling. They come and they go quickly, like eating a nice juicy burger, feeling a nice high from a drug, or busting a nut in a girl you don't really like. We all enjoy these things. The deeper pleasures in life are not as instantaneous, but tend to quite literally, fill us up with more satisfaction and pleasure in life as a whole in my opinion. Perhaps this is due to the fact these pleasures tend to involve more than 1 person, and the quick pleasures are pleasures we feel alone.
Having said that, although I don't think the filmmakers were trying to portray Jordan in any sort of light, I think the ending showed us that people would be in awe of Jordan's bullshit, even while he was convicted of several crimes and sent to prison for his deceptions. The audience could very well be a mirror symbolozing that we're the ones that keep eating the bullshit that the world keeps giving us just because its shiny, popular, and flashy. The filmmakers didn't need to symbolize anything to show us that Jordan was a phoney with an enormous ego who cared about nothing but himself. This was clearly shown to us in every scene of the movie from start to finish. The ending was more about us than him I think.
Sun Smith Scorsese is that you?
Cloe Corpse Very well said
Well put.
That's your opinion. It doesn't have to be true. I think Agent Denham won. He put a scumbag like Jordan behind bars. He served his nation. Wildest dreams ! Gimme a break !
I always liked the ending scene with the FBI guy. I can't remember the exact words, but Belfort mocked the FBI guy for always having to use the train after work and not really owning anything materialistic in life. When it is all over, the FBI guy remembers his words and looks around the train, seeing ordinary people after his hard days work, then briefly pondering as to what might have been had he accepted the bribe....then realising he did the right thing. Great ending.
Really i think he regrets not accepting the bribe.
The Truth Really where you get that from at what point does it look like he realised "he did the right thing" it looked like to me he wished he had taken the bribe because he hasn't changed anything.
They were definitely intending to show that there was a significant piece of him that will regret not taking the bribe.
The Truth The broker industry is a dirty business. Anybody could’ve been scammed into doing their investing with Belforts brokerage. Yeah they were aiming at the wealthiest of wealthy. But back then you could get anyone on the phone and get them to agree to giving off thousands at a time.
@Águila701 Na. I would be fucking proud to bring down a sucker like Jordan Belfort, it doesn't matter the amount of money (little or too much). I don't care if I have to use the train. The exciment is still there.
Okaaaaaay we fucking get it, that’s the real Jordan Belfort at the end. Jesus
Did you know? That at the end there? The guy who introduces Jordan Belfort? That guy? That guy is the real Jordan Belfort? Did you know? I bet you did not.
Wheeler hahahaha 😂😂😂
That’s not the moral it’s greed and not being greedy puts you in the same position of unsuccessful ness
Someone told me the guy introducing Leo was Jordan Belfort idk
@@doriancoleman2257 no, he means that is literally the real life Jordan Belfort at the end, not the moral of the story
Agent Denham's ride shows that he didn't regret what he's done since he and his partner ain't corruptible anyway as proven by the yacht scene. It just shows that yes, his life might be average and some will think it's better to be rich and famous like Belfort, but he realizes that what he's doing is the right thing and in life it's just like that. Better be in a life of integrity , monotony, and peace doing the right thing...than Belfort's chaotic life full of excess and richness, but also full of emptiness and problems. It's a life Agent Denham's willing to take. And what did Belfort even got in the end? He lost everything and had to earn it all back but became famous, while Denham gained something in his career by winning his case but is unrecognized. That's the sad reality of this world. He realized it, but he knows it is what is, but he's done the right thing for all those people.
Like who'd like to live like Belfort anyway lol you'd end up like Bilzerian with such excess lmao that's what got the law to notice Belfort anyway
exactly, people like Jordan are delusional fools, who parasite on other in order to fill their lack of purpose.
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I love the contrast between Denham's subway ride and Jordan's prison bus ride. The subway is dirty, overcrowded, and uncomfortable but it's honest.; unlike where Joran's actions have led him.
Son Goku Didn't think of it like that, that's pretty interesting, I couldn't really tell myself.
***** the thing is, and i think its even mentioned in the song rolling in the scene, he doesnt gain shit of doing his good-guy-stuff, no mather what he does: its shit. think about it, what would have been if he would have taken jordans offer: hed be a dickhead and go to hell. and he didnt, he didnt get any money, he wasnt mentioned in the news... nothing happened and that will probably hunt him the rest of his poor life. (mentioning that im aware its just a movie and my english is not perfect at all (im swiss), im just throwing in my thoughts)
I guess "finishing last" depends on what you want out of life. Some people truly love being in "thankless jobs" as a higher calling in life rather than the rat race of who can make the most money
Son Goku Oh my god, thank you
+Son Goku Son nailed. In the great scene between Belfort and the FBI guy on his boat-- Belfort says the following: [laughing] "Alright, get the fuck off my boat. Good luck on that subway ride home to your miserable, ugly wives." That's what this scene is a reference to. They're easily the two best scenes in the movie for me.
At 2:01 that is actually the REAL Jordan Belfort
That's the whole fucking message of this movie btw. He LITERALLY calls himself the sickest motherfucker who got away with all the stuff he did. And it's rubbed right into our stupid faces. We are the audience in the last scene. We let these people con us. This movie is fucking brilliant.
He's a slippery little rat ain't he lmao
on twitter?
this is what I came for
Gonssavm No shit
The scene with the agent in the subway is gold. He told Jordan Belford on his boat about the ride, and Jordan gave him a opportunity to get rich but he chose to stay true to his job and he looks around to see that he could've been in a expensive car right now.
Yeah because life is all about expensive cars.
The money obviously would have gone much further than just a car
Nobody needs to sit in an expensive car. Compare what they really have. The agent may sit on a shitty tram, but he comes home to a wife who loves him and a child that looks up to him. His parents are proud of their son.
What does Jordan Belfort have? A broken personal life, everyone who ever got close despises him and he has to hustle every day to scam back the money he was fined. The agent may not be rich as hell, but his life has substance.
I know that the movie has many other messages but i cannot feel depressed about this final. His ambition make him lost all the friends who he has started his carrer, his wife, his children. And even if he try it again as the scene, is not the same energy anymore. Unbeliveable film, incredible history, and many teachings.
It was a shit film. Nothing but debauchery glorified. Horrible horrible movie
"Sell me this pen". I would reply "No, it's mine". Instant demand!
Goggle products lmao imagine actually writing all that out. Take your pills schizo
@Goggle products tf u talking about?
@Goggle products is this a copypasta?
My response. I'd give the pen back to him. Pull out my pen and reply, "that pen you handed me means shit, but THIS pen is not just any pen. It is MY pen. The ink that came from it has landed me enough deals to afford this watch, these clothes and the Benz parked outside. So why am I here? To see what's it's like to be as successful as you, but without compromising other people's lives and going to prison and by learning from you on who's the other side now.
@@operationssupervisor7836 Too verbose...it's a sales pitch.
The sad part of it all is what Jordan did was like taking a hand full of snow off an iceberg compared to what the big players fleecing their customers on wall street and it still goes on even today. It will never stop.
Indeed
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It will stop, just not from cowards like you 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Classic scorsese: make a villain completely human and unlikeable, but point out how we all wish for a day we could be that guy.
He’s actually hard not to like. He’s having so much fun getting money that we’re having fun too vicariously
1:04 Seeing himself 30 years from now and then gazing deeping into the endless ocean and seeing The Yacht he stepped aboard, slowly sailing away. All for getting Belfort 3 years in a minimum level institute versus a life time of comfort.
Its referring to earlier in the movie when he was recruiting people. He said sell me this men and the guy said "write your name down on a napkin" leo replies "i dont have a pen" exactly, supply and demand
BuzzDesiqns Whoa! you crossed slavery line here.
he's seeking someone who has that answer and they wonder how something so simple is so difficult to answer. they're intrigued and awed and wonder how his brilliant mind works.
i know, BuzzDesiqns buut i thought there would be more to it
doesn't mean they're bored, could just mean they're playing very close attention.
what?
^^^^^
2:50 I noticed that the ratio changes after the 12th time I watched the film.
As bold and swift as it gets
I like the subway ride scene because he imagines that he could have become wealthy and have an amazing life like Jordan.
+Guitarfollower22 I think the ride scene is quite the opposite. He realizes that the choice he made was right and at the end of the day those who take the bus and work honestly from 9 to 5 have it better than the ones who get rich fast by dishonest ways.
Jack Daniels interesting, i didn't think of it that way
+Jack Daniels What's interesting you 10 people gave guitarfollower's comment the thumbs up. Your analysis is the correct one of course.
With great wealth comes great responsibility (and a huge amount of fucking hassle), the people on the train may have been poorer but their lives were simpler. And a simpler life is an easier life
Was I the only one who read the subway scene as him feeling like an everyday shmoe and thinking back to that day on.Jordan's yacht and what Jordan said to him?
This is why I love Scorsese... he loves to call out society for their admiration for scumbags and the real good guys are forgotten. We as a humans species will always be drawn to evil. We love it deep down. We can say we don't to satisfy others, but in our heads we envy people who do bad things.
Bad guys are no good. Good guys are no fun.
People are so caught up in doing the right thing to avoid looking bad that someone who comes along and gives no fucks about looking bad are considered enthralling
@@TheShredtube dude how could you describe me perfectly?
Just be selfish. FYI if you hurt other people you'll psychologically destruct yourself, but you'll be able to buy a fast car.
Idk if i would say i envy people who do bad things. I am disappointed that they get away with it or are rewarded for it.
@@TheShredtube a
It's so weird that the REAL Jordan Belfort was introducing the Actor Jordan Belfort!
+PPG Probably in his contract for letting them do the movie..dont like it much myself. Snake Oil salesman.
I think it contributes to the message of this movie a lot. I'm actually surprised Belfort was on board with it. I mean, in this movie he's a symbol for the all corruptness and criminal nature in Wall Street. He embodies all of it in the way he is portrayed. It's like Scorsese saying "You let him get away with that, see? He's even in this fucking movie, you let him get away!" and hell yeah, we let him get away with that. In fact, we're still in a trance imagining to have a life like that ourselves and such. We allow people like this to live on our costs and he rubs this into our face.
the person who introduces Leonardo DiCaprio's before he takes the stage at his Straight Line seminar, that is the "REAL" Jordan Belfort
Mads Kelbæk 😂😂 he’s absolute cackhead
Who gives a fuck?
No shit Sherlock
Perfect ending! All these clean cut people (like us) wanting to learn how to get rich quick by any means. Moral of the story: Nothing ever changes in our culture. Well done Mr. Scorsese
Bullshit. Just bc you're like that and he's like that doesn't mean we are😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
2:52 Jordan Belfort is giving the pen with his right hand but the reverse shot is giving it with his left hand ???
He's third handed
90% of the comment section:
Woww did you know it’s actually the REAL Jordan Belfort at the end?!
Yes. We did
🙄
well I didn't
Wow..we have a Mr. Know it all here. You want a cookie or something?
I did not.
I didn't.
@@marcusciantar3407 well that's just sad
Hearing the real Jordan makes you realize that he really does sound like a weasel who would try to get rich unethically and go to prison
Out of all the great films he’s acted in...Leonardo DiCaprio deserved every single award for *this* film hand DOWN.
love how the fbi agent is like "fuck he was right"
was the presentator in the end the real jordan belfort?? he looks like him
Hiasl1998 YES he was ! :)
thats awesome !!!
+Hiasl1998 yes, he isjajajaaj
+Hiasl1998 yeah it was him it was a cameo....
the ending scene says that no matter how educated or qualified you are... you are nothing if you dont have have talent
so do what u have your talent in
I laugh everytime at 2:03 because that’s the real Jordan Belfort describing and introducing the fictional Jordan belfort
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Ugh... Movies like this is why I go to the Cinema , such a Masterpiece!
1:01 The moment he realizes that the biggest achievement of his life wasn't that big after all.
The last 20 seconds of this are among the best and most revealing in movie history... I loved this scene
This ending is extremely similar to the ending of The Social Network and I love both :D
For those that might have vaguely recognized the music at the very end...that was "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" by Vince Guaraldi.
Thank you. Was looking for this comment.
If he told me "sell me this pen" id just say no i think ill keep it, and when he asks for it back id say: that'll be 10$ sir
If it was me, i'd ask for his name just like Brad, if he says he can't i will give him the pen he's selling, just as he's about to grab it i pull it away, stating that he's gonna need to pay for it.
Anyone else feel like the soundtrack to this movie was spectacular?
At last the camera focuses on the audience which could be interpreted in many ways but i believe that Jordan is asking to us(audience) if u can sell the pen (talk persuasive enough)
MrHillfinger you’re the only person in this comment section who has also gotten to that conclusion. Almost all of us still want to be rich as shit, so the audience represents how no matter how shitty Jordan is, we still want to learn his “secret” to being rich.
2:50 "Sell me this pen" ...
Supply and demand
2:14 Just love Belfort giving his own introduction lmao
Great ending to one of the best movies of this decade
last shot is like showing the mirror to the audience in cinema.
1:56 Ladies and gentlemen... the real Jordon Belfort!
Belfort is awesome, i loved reading his book... I mean yeah he stole and shit, paying back the money now... but even so "HE IS STILL FILTHY FUCKING RICH"
Basically Leo is an updated Alec (Glengarry Glen Ross) 2.0
The ending is so true and motivating, Out of all the business professionals with degrees and high level education cant do what some street junkie did and that was to sell him the pen. Everyone lacks creativity nowadays
That’s not the point at all
was that the real jordan belfort who introduced Dicaprio ? :D LoL
Yes
Yup. Its the messeage of the movie,he did all this shit and hes still here calling himself the sickest motherfucker he met.
JJ watch some interviews with him. He says that what he did was wrong and it was caused by greed and that greed is bad and he step by step became worse and worse
Noamias ah thats why hes into Hollywood because he doesnt support this greed anymore
Roger Klotz I mean who wouldn't want a movie with DiCaprio based on him?
FBI guy acts using only one face... and he's awesome at that XD
What is he even meant to be thinking? Is he regretting not taking the bribe??
Vin 206151 Probably. 36 months in a vacation resort prison? Come on.
Vin 206151
I think he was thinking about what might have been. That is why the scene shown was the exact one described when he was mocked on the ship. However, he was the one on his way home and Belfort was on his way to jail!
Vin 206151 Yes, there was a part of the FBI agent, who regretted not taking the bribe. He's looking at the people that are on the train with him, realizing to himself that he's actually better than those people. All the rules that he upholds, and at the end of the day, what does it get him. A seat on a train. Belfort broke how many "rules" of society; and the only thing he got as "punishment" was 36 months, at a Country Club "prison". Who really wins, and who really looses in the long run?
That is correct. Now he is out of jail making millions speaking around the world. However, he is still a scum bag. I hold drug dealers in a higher regard than him.
"Sell me this pen.""With this pen you can draw me like one of your french girls." All credit goes to 9gag.
LOL
'Where have you gone Joe De Maggio, a nation turn it lonely eyes to you' The scene and the song on the metro playing I think is trying to tell us that America is bereft of leadership around the power of Wall street. Greed is good and its all naked self interest at the cost of people's ethics and civic integrity.
2:46 the way the aspect ratio changes is fantastic
The moment you realize taking down someone that big got you nothing but a train ride home
unlike Jordan, Agent Dennam doesn't give a shit about recognition or fame, he's just doing his job just like he said "this case got dropped on my desk and i end up being the schmuck who has to go looking"
I love how the real Jordan Belfort introduces the one acting as him
This is an excellent ending to the movie. The only person in this scene who impresses me is the detective. The scene on the subway shows him travelling home from work with ordinary every day people. People who want to do an honest days pay for an honest day's work. The detective looks around the train and feels he has done his job. He's helped protect society from predatory assholes like Belfort who lived by robbing the most vulnerable people in society. Old people and the impressionable who were conned out of their savings. The juxtaposition of the Detective on the train and Belfort been brought to jail but will still enjoying the trappings of his wealth inside is bullshit. This is just a directorial piece in the film contrasting integrity against greed. In reality, Belfort didn't enjoy these trappings. This is just an attempt to challenge our thinking. It's asking you what is the price of your own Integrity ? It's asking you to question what does integrity mean to you ?
It's also a critique of modern society. Despite Belfort been a convicted conman, you have a few hundred people sitting spellbound by this charlatan telling them how to manipulate people in order to get the money out of their pockets. The audience is metaphor for society. The audience 'appears' to hold him in esteem. They audience is also metaphor of societal values. Do we hold the value of making money at all costs at the expensive of ones ethics and humanity ? How far do we go in that pursuit.
Even in reading the comments here shows a reverence for Belfort despite the seediness of his crimes. The reality is, he destroyed peoples lives by ripping many old people of their pensions and life savings. The guy is a narcissistic sociopath conman. The movie is very smart in how it dresses it all up in hype and how it portrays the lifestyle' he lived. It's hype and bling contrasted against the good guy detective with integrity and values riding home from work after putting a bad guy in jail and having protected society from the likes of Belfort. He impresses the hell out of me. It's ironic also that despite the detective having 'protected society' the audience (society) has many people who still look to emulate Belfort to a degree or 'learn' his skills of manipulation. Even the lines of the song playing to the train scene...'Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns it's lonely eyes to you'. The detective is a metaphor for integrity and leadership and that society has essentially lost its way. It's bereft of his real ethical leadership in government, business and society in general. The likes of Belfort utterly bore me and many of the comments here about thinking Belfort is some kind of guy to be 'Liked' or admired in some way is saddening. He's a conman and as common as dirt.
Lovely touches, by both yourselves, TMM & TWoWS. Well-Done, all-'round!
I think the whole idea of the ending is to illustrate why many people fail at the sales game. They're trying to advertise the product or service that they're attempting to sell - much like a TV commercial would in building up a long term desire for that item - rather than creating an immediate need for that product or service.
Amazing film
Classic
Hope you guys know that the MC who introduced Jordan Belfort for his speech is the real wolf of wall street.
And that the people in middle of the audience at the very end are the real people depicted in the movie.
so, it is a legit movie
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The FBI agent sitting on the train wondering if it would have been worth it to take Jordan’s bribe is a rather sad scene.
But in the end, it’s people like him who deserve the true credit and respect in society. He threw away a dream than would likely never come again for respect and integrity. That’s something that is far more valuable than money, just not everyone sees it.
I think they get respect just not respect in form of money which is not possible.
Naaaah…!
I live in Auckland New Zealand. And when he came out at the end with his presentation at Auckland Uni - I heard people in my theatre literally say; "Get the fuck outa' here".
Blew people's minds lol and was so entertaining
the audience at the end...the guy to the left looks like a young jonah hill, the one in the center looks like a young matthew maconnahey, even his haircut matches his character. can't be coincidence. this is belfort inspiring the next generation to be just like himself.
no he's not, Jordan is still the Wolf, the audience are just his sheep
great ending with great beat
I wanna know if that last scene happened to Jordan Belfort in real life and if so who the real person who introduced Belfort was, cus that guy is now like "I'm being played by the guy I introduced, who is now introducing himself"
Warbo Entertainment Introception...
Exactly
3 years for destroying the lives of countless hardworking families...
He should've gotten life without parole.
Does anyone know the title of that nice piece of pianowork at the end of this scene?
Yes! We all know that’s the real Jordan Belfort at the end not everybody needs to comment that ffs
Having the real Jordan Belfort introduce Leo DiCaprio is legendary to say the least.
For some reason this movie did not feel long at all, completely absorbed me
You can teach technique, but you can't teach instinct.....
The fact that Leonardo DiCaprio did not win an Oscar for this movie performance de-values this award forever.
Fun Fact: The host that introduces Jordan Belfort in the seminar is the actual Jordan Belfort himself.
Ahahah yes !
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This fact is so fun
1:49 bad editing: he throws the ball but it never bounces on the ground
Those people don't even sound like New Zealanders. I should know, I am one.
Multiculturalism
The scene where the FBI agent is sitting on the train thinking nothing has changed for him. Everything is the same for him. It played on his mind while he sat around looking at others. Wearing the same suit for 3 days with his sweaty balls he probably wondered if he should of taken the bribe
The Metro rail scene shows that even though this guy was supposed to be a hero(cop) no one wants to be him...But even though Belfort is a convict everyone gives him his rapt attention (last scene) ...Great director Scorsese
What I find so interesting about this movie is the fact that it's really a morality question for a lot of people. Is it worth it to be a piece of shit human being, ruin thousands of people's lives and in return acquire more money than any person could spend in 5 lifetimes?
What's omitted is that not everyone has the skills of Jordan Belfort. It's easy to think, "I could do that if I wanted to be a real asshole" if you've never tried it but the truth is that most people don't have nearly his charisma or ability to compartmentalize their feelings of guilt. It's the same idea as a kid saying they want to be an NBA player when they grow up, so they don't need to worry about school etc. The bottom line is that people like Belfort are exceptional, extremely rare individuals.
Not everyone can do this, and most of those who can aren't willing to destroy the lives of innocent people to get there.
the guy that was hosting at the end was the real Jordan Belfort
NO SHIT ACTUALLY?!?!?!??!?!?!? I TOTALLY DIDNT SEE THE OTHER 523738289193984 COMMENTS SAYING THE EXACT SAME SHIT U FUCKFACE
oh wait this comment was made 6 years ago sry
Great scene! I hope one day the corrupt wall street tycoons will be arrested by the government and justice will triumph!
I saw Jordan Belfort speak at a conference. He's really intense and can go on for hours.
Kyle Chandler (the FBI Agent) is also a great actor. He knocked this role outta the park & was a great foil to DiCaprio's Belfort.
How many times did they use the word fuck in this movie? I'm really curious xD
They set an official new record. Upwards of 500 times I believe.
502 times.
Holy crap over 500 times? Haha that could be a new record
Joe Zaydon the previous record holder was goodfellas..by Scorsese. Possibly Casino..also Scorsese
ThatBro Kevin Summer of Sam from Spike Lee was the previous record holder for most times "Fuck" has been used in film.