Wolf of Wall Street was decent at best. The first book was fantastic, the second one wasnt too great. As far as Jordan Belfort, the "DiCaprio" portrays, he was and still is a piece of shit. The whole "we didnt make this to glorify that lifestyle," is bull shit. People still pull that kind of shit on Wall Street as far as the antics he pulls, but it was nothing overly shocking. He was a douche and there is a reason that despite all the money he made, he wasn't allowed to join any prestigious country club, social or anything of much substance outside of being able to sit at Bo Dietel's table at Rao's.
In short, Jordan Belfort was basically "The Situation" with half a brain and was able to steal other peoples money with a rag tag group of guys who did nothing more than read a cold calling script. No such thing as easy money on Wall Street. Straton Oakmont, also, was not some huge power player brokerage firm, they were still pretty small by comparison. The movie made it look like Straton Oakmont had the prestige of Goldman, when in fact it was the K-Mart of brokerage firms.
