I'm going to be a bit vague, but if you haven't seen the movie, don't read this. Its an epic movie that takes you through a persons life. Its great because it

I'm going to be a bit vague, but if you haven't seen the movie, don't read this. Its an epic movie that takes you through a persons life. Its great because it plays with your emotions. The audience starts out rooting for him and, and least I was, get impressed when he succeeds. Then you experience his decline and get a feeling for how success changes him. He makes some bad decisions, but its easy to understand why. The mistakes start to pile up and he quickly becomes someone most people loathe and he becomes the antagonist in someone's story. Lots of movies do similar things, but I thought Barry Lyndon was incredibly engrossing and it actually succeeds in this crazy character development that might feel trite in most cases. It was also shot extremely well and the film score is fantastic. I've always thought Wolf of Wall Street as a modern day version of Barry Lyndon, but with more flash and less substance.