Re:Martin Shkreli indictment [pdf]
by spdionis on Thursday December 17, 2015 @03:18PM
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OT but i'm happy to see someone else was also disgusted so much by that movie. I'm not a moralist but the glorification of such degenerated values in that movie was horrible to watch.
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Re:Martin Shkreli indictment [pdf]
by scrollaway on Thursday December 17, 2015 @03:22PM
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The glorification in the movie was there to make this exact point. Be disgusted that people took it as some sort of how-to be successful guide. Don't shoot the messenger.
That's the meaning I actually took from the movie, but I'm still not sure that was the purpose of the authors. A lot of people didn't understand it that way anyway.
Edit: tried to take, because it's still hard to assimilate
Loved the movie. Doesn't mean I want to be like him. One of my favorite movies, The Talented Mr Ripley, leaves you feeling unsatisfied about the conclusion-- not a typical Hollywood ending.
Boiler Room is also a favorite, which of course is related to Wolf of Wall Street.
I loved the movie!
It was great inspiration for me to hope that one day I could hope to take a bunch of SSRI drugs and go on a murderous rampage in some random Wall Street hedge fund office!
(I'm mostly kidding)