Post by stephen on Jan 22, 2024 17:51:55 GMT
So basically, what is a movie that is flawless save for one tiny, fixable detail?
My first thought here is The Wolf of Wall Street, which I think is almost a perfect film save for one thing: I feel that Matthew McConaughey's Mark Hanna needed one more scene later on in the movie, to see the monster he created. I feel like Hanna's spirit looms over the movie long after McConaughey's gone (and of course his improvised chest-beat becomes the mantra of the film and returns twice, once at the second act peak and then again at the end titles). I'm not saying that Hanna needed to be horrified at all by Belfort's exponentially more decadent excesses, but I thought it would've made for a fun little dichotomy against Rob Reiner's character to have Jordan's real father be the struggling voice of reason, while his surrogate father applauds him for furthering the "lineage."
Basically, just add one more brief stinger to McConaughey's character and the movie becomes pitch-perfect to me.
My first thought here is The Wolf of Wall Street, which I think is almost a perfect film save for one thing: I feel that Matthew McConaughey's Mark Hanna needed one more scene later on in the movie, to see the monster he created. I feel like Hanna's spirit looms over the movie long after McConaughey's gone (and of course his improvised chest-beat becomes the mantra of the film and returns twice, once at the second act peak and then again at the end titles). I'm not saying that Hanna needed to be horrified at all by Belfort's exponentially more decadent excesses, but I thought it would've made for a fun little dichotomy against Rob Reiner's character to have Jordan's real father be the struggling voice of reason, while his surrogate father applauds him for furthering the "lineage."
Basically, just add one more brief stinger to McConaughey's character and the movie becomes pitch-perfect to me.
