Comments by "voteZDLR" (@voteZDLR) on "Guys Who Worship the Wolf Of Wall Street" video.

When I watch GoodFellas I look at it as a roller coaster that I would hop off of about 2/3 through if possible. He's living a dude's fantasy, being part of an exclusive criminal club and enjoying a life of effortless riches, status and power. But he ends up making mistakes and losing it all and THAT isn't fun to watch but it's important to remember that Scorsese himself only made that movie because he despises the Mafia, having grown up in a neighborhood full of them. He just makes it look so glamorous, which it is when things are good. But his overarching point is that it's still an evil lifestyle and there's only so many ways out of it -- death, prison or in Henry's case, to become a traitor.
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Martin Scorsese is the master of making movies that are misunderstood on such a grand level to such an extent even I when watching GoodFellas (which I have seen probably 50 times or more) I am pinpointing the exact spots where Henry is making mistakes that I would NEVER have made if given the "opportunity" he had. To his credit he shows everything, the good times, the downfall, and the bad times, but in our minds we enjoy the "good times" and conveniently try to ignore the "bad times". In both GoodFellas and The Wolf of Wall Street, these are antihero stories. The main character in both is a piece of shit, a parasite who enriches himself by hurting others, but somehow still BECAUSE they're the main characters we still find ourselves rooting with and sympathizing with them. It's all a matter of perspective. But at the end of the day, you have to remind yourself that Scorsese is the master of the antihero film and his goal is to make you want nothing to do with the lifestyle IN SPITE OF how cool it all looks during the "good times".
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@finlayson6868 "But his overarching point is that it's still an evil lifestyle and there's only so many ways out of it -- death, prison or in Henry's case, to become a traitor." You missed that part, I guess. Jumped off about 2/3 through the comment. The irony is delicious. I enjoy watching porn as well, in many ways you can say someone getting paid to bone hot chicks could also be a dude's fantasy. Guess in your world that means I want to be a pornstar myself now? Derp a derp. I never said I wanted to join the Mafia. In fact, if anything I suggested the exact opposite. Everyone else had zero problems interpreting the comment. Not you, though. You're special. In the short bus way.
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@finlayson6868 Clearly I aspire to be just like them. /s What the fuck are you talking about? When did I ever say that?
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Well, the Wolf of Wall Street in real life SHOULD be behind bars. But he's not. If you believe him he's broke now and still paying restitution back. Are you kidding me? That guy had money in offshore accounts all over the world. I guarantee they didn't find it all. But he's still out there and he says he's making millions of dollars a year doing inspirational speeches or whatever and THAT is how he's paying the restitution off, but white collar crime really is punished on a different level than your more normal "run of the mill" crimes.
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