Lots of animal motifs in WOLF, naturally. There's a precedent for that in Scorsese's oeuvre: RAGING BULL, also naturally.

It's much, much more focused and (in my eyes) effective than CASINO.

Boy, you must have had problems with that WOLF OF WALL STREET trailer that was set to Kanye's "Black Skinhead," huh?

"Maybe by someone who isn't Lurhmann."

If you can't understand why someone would want to live Belfort's life — or more accurately, why his lifestyle would have appeal and speak to some ugly part of someone's humanity — then you couldnever understand Wall Street, the U.S.'s current financial situation, capitalism, or Western society in general.

The whole movie is about addiction — in different forms:

Who gives a shit?

I'd say there is a connection, though. Stella is nothing if not the complete and utter deconstruction of any and every storytelling custom, customs that, in their essence, are meant to assure us stories (and by extension, life) have meaning, that everything has a consequence, and that the universe is governed by cause…

Breaking Bad's a good show and all, but Stella has an episode that ends with Tim Blake Nelson as a park ranger who makes out with the ghost of his great-great grandfather, also played by Tim Blake Nelson.

You sound like you're a lot of fun to hang around with.

What a bunch of fucking babies in this comment section. It's like you've never encountered an opinion other than your own.

It's really humanistic in a very unsentimental kind of way. I'd almost go so far as to call it Altman-esque, as crazy as that may sound.

I, for one, hope you make sure to keep commenting, because I'd love to hear a newbie's perspective on Mad Men. Especially since it seems like everyone hear, including me, are longtime fans.

God, what an amazing episode. Each season has at least one Pete-centric episode, and damned if I don't eagerly wait for each one of 'em.

I wouldn't call the love story "tacked on," as it's clearly the whole hook of the movie. It's fundamental to THAT version of the story.

Maybe you should try something that's less "art" and more "entertainment." Before sampling German Expressionism, perhaps you could start with one of the big popular Hollywood movies of the era — the original BEN-HUR is a lot of fun, and Douglas Fairbanks' THIEF OF BAGDAD is pretty enjoyable, too. Then maybe on to…

The '31 Dracula is SO DULL whenever Lugosi is off screen. Mind-numbingly dull. It's a testament to Lugosi's charisma that the film is as iconic as it is.

Downvoted for claiming Shakespeare doesn't hold up. And also for implying that at some point, people actually spoke in iambic pentameter.