'The Wolf of Wall Street'
Writers: Terrence Winter and Jordan Belfort (based on the book by)
Release Date: 17th January 2014
Hot Rating: 💥💥💥💥
By contrast to his 2008 fantasy 'Hugo', a charming tale of an orphan living in 1930s Paris, Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf of Wall Street' is a bombastic vision of American capitalism. The film is based on the life of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio), a stock-broker engaged in a corrupt world of wall street trading in the 1980s, and succeeds in entertaining through subtle exploitations of the passage of time. While its three-hour runtime is consumed by lavish activities, usually of a highly explicit nature, the use of hyperreal film and sound editing shows how these traits are reflective of our central characters consumerism. This peak of entertainment is maintained by brilliant lead performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill (Donnie Azoff) who embody greed and wealth with a certain jazz that is further consolidated by the film's eclectic soundtrack. Overall, Scorsese marginally maintains his jurisdiction in a world of excess.
'Silence'
Writers: Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese and Shûsaku Endô (based on the novel by)
Release Date: 1st January 2017
Hot Rating: 💥💥💥
After the revelry of 'The Wolf of Wall Street', Martin Scorsese channels themes as widely-encompassing as politics, religion and faith in his latest film, 'Silence'. For the most part, these issues are intriguing and sorrowful, the latter of which is secured by the harsh and unforgiving Taiwanese landscapes surrounding the protagonist's journeys. Moreover, the masterful work of cinematographer, Rodrigo Prieto, further accommodates these experiences with the same control that is found in the film's pacing. With this being said, sitting at just under three hours long, such slow and graceful cinema borders on the laborious, with later moments being particularly drawn out. When accompanied with the equally strained performance of Andrew Garfield, who noticeably glosses these events with occasional hyperbole, the film struggles to maintain the same intensity with which it began. 'Silence' is a haunting event, albeit one that struggles to maintain a spectacle worthy of its subject matter.
Writers: Terrence Winter and Jordan Belfort (based on the book by)
Release Date: 17th January 2014
Hot Rating: 💥💥💥💥
By contrast to his 2008 fantasy 'Hugo', a charming tale of an orphan living in 1930s Paris, Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf of Wall Street' is a bombastic vision of American capitalism. The film is based on the life of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio), a stock-broker engaged in a corrupt world of wall street trading in the 1980s, and succeeds in entertaining through subtle exploitations of the passage of time. While its three-hour runtime is consumed by lavish activities, usually of a highly explicit nature, the use of hyperreal film and sound editing shows how these traits are reflective of our central characters consumerism. This peak of entertainment is maintained by brilliant lead performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill (Donnie Azoff) who embody greed and wealth with a certain jazz that is further consolidated by the film's eclectic soundtrack. Overall, Scorsese marginally maintains his jurisdiction in a world of excess.
'Silence'
Writers: Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese and Shûsaku Endô (based on the novel by)
Release Date: 1st January 2017
Hot Rating: 💥💥💥
After the revelry of 'The Wolf of Wall Street', Martin Scorsese channels themes as widely-encompassing as politics, religion and faith in his latest film, 'Silence'. For the most part, these issues are intriguing and sorrowful, the latter of which is secured by the harsh and unforgiving Taiwanese landscapes surrounding the protagonist's journeys. Moreover, the masterful work of cinematographer, Rodrigo Prieto, further accommodates these experiences with the same control that is found in the film's pacing. With this being said, sitting at just under three hours long, such slow and graceful cinema borders on the laborious, with later moments being particularly drawn out. When accompanied with the equally strained performance of Andrew Garfield, who noticeably glosses these events with occasional hyperbole, the film struggles to maintain the same intensity with which it began. 'Silence' is a haunting event, albeit one that struggles to maintain a spectacle worthy of its subject matter.
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