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Wolf of wall street

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deleted5
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I was talking about this movie last night, and apparently this is a true story. That shows just how unregulated wall street was before it crash, people could get away with anything. The main character started a company and got people to give him money by saying he was the little guy battling the big boys on wall street.
Nov 22 2013 2:52PM
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Wallisch_pl
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such politics
Nov 22 2013 2:53PM
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Spinoza
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looks really good.

bothers me that Matthew McCaunoghey is so skinny though
Nov 22 2013 2:57PM
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DGski
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This movie looks sick

And the guy Leo plays is a boss
Nov 22 2013 2:57PM
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deleted5
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Forgot to add the guy he played did to to prison for about 4 years, and wrote a book about it that's what this movie is based off of. Click for larger image
Nov 22 2013 2:59PM
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Ski_the_east01
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I've got such a raging clue for anything Leo.

Add in scorsese....


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Nov 22 2013 3:07PM
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caddyshack
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When I was 26 years old I made 49 million dollars. Which really pissed me off because I was 3 shy of a million a week
Nov 22 2013 3:10PM
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act.resist
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ahhh that looks like a legit cast, i love seeing where jonah hill has come from to what he's becoming.
Nov 22 2013 3:50PM
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DockEllis
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So stoked for this movie. I'm reading the book right now and it's out of control.
Nov 22 2013 3:52PM
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ILLinoisance
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Strange how DiCaprio can still kinda pull off playing a 22 year old at nearly 40.
Nov 22 2013 4:03PM
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Ben.
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Its really not that much different, some low level guys have caught some charges, but the high rollers still pretty much walk away unscathed.
Nov 22 2013 6:00PM
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deleted5
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Exactly, but the government should have been keeping an eye on this stuff, which they weren't. The fact that this guy was moving 1,000,000,000's of dollars and no one knew and or cared says a lot.
Nov 22 2013 6:50PM
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2_fadez
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Capitalism bitch. Ain't nothin more important than tha Mula
Nov 22 2013 8:14PM
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Willgum
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If you watch the film "Inside job" it really shows how unregulated things were, banks were literally taking failing mortgages and selling them as AAA securities. Ridiculous
Nov 22 2013 10:43PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Great thread zzzskizzz! You have proved once again nobody hates you and you aren't a complete dingleberry.
Nov 22 2013 10:44PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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Great movie, but the problem is, its very one-sided. It doesnt show how the system truly worked on the inside. I am in no way defending the actions of the BHCs involved, but truly some of these individuals did not understand how much clout they held with their actions. They honestly believed that nothing could go wrong. There was a Michael Lewis article in Vanity Fair a few years back on AIG that was extremely interesting. http://haraldhau.com/The_Man_Who_Crashed_the_World.pdf
Nov 22 2013 10:51PM
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UncleGerry
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This movie, Bad Grandpa, and From Out of the Furnace…Stoked for some movie nights over the next couple of weeks.
Nov 22 2013 11:08PM
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Nov 22 2013 11:22PM
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whoa-dere
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i'm sad i didn't get to see catching fire last night..

this looks tight
Nov 22 2013 11:30PM
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Ben.
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Im fairly certain capitalism and breaking the law are not the same thing. Just saying.
Nov 23 2013 1:01AM
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whoa-dere
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rules are meant to be broken
Nov 23 2013 1:16AM
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UncleGerry
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That's sad.
Nov 24 2013 3:01PM
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