Movie Adaptation

The Wolf of Wall Street was a fantastic movie. Even though it was highly inappropriate, it was very well directed. Three specific scenes that deserved to be in the movie were the moment where Danny eats the goldfish, the moment where his wife get caught on camera, and when he crash lands his helicopter. The scene where Jordan's associate ,Danny, eats the goldfish is essential to the story because it shows how insane the atmosphere of their brokerage firm was. That was a key moment in the book as far as characterization and how ludicrous the office was. Another key scene is when his wife gets caught on camera while she's wearing minimal clothing. This may sound sketchy but it actually makes us realize how messed up Jordan's life is. The fact that she is pretty much naked while being captured on security tape is definitely a scene that portraits how crazy the relationships between he and his wife were. In fact she was doing it to make him jealous after he heated on her with another woman. A third scene that was deserving of a place in the movie was when Jordan almost crashes his helicopter. The fact that he is flying a helicopter while intoxicated makes the viewer immediately think that "this guy is freaking nuts." He is nuts and this scene definitely shows it.

Two specific parts that should have been cut were pretty much all the cursing in the entirety of the novel and the parts where they use hookers. I mean it actually did happen but the sheer vulgarity of it makes some scenes feel almost gross. Maybe they should have toned it down just a little and made it more of a James Bond type scene where we only see shadows doing dirty things. Curse words are meant to add meaning and force to a sentence. Sentences should not be made from solely curse words. They get overused so much that they mean nothing towards the end of the  novel.