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Post by GRWelsh on Jan 23, 2024 9:59:52 GMT -5
I just rewatched this and it holds up so well over time. I remember first watching it at college in 1988 and thinking "A movie about finance, this is going to be boring." But by the end of it I was enthralled by how good it was. The performances are perfect, it is completely quotable, and the lessons apply today more than ever. The odd thing is how people have come up to Michael Douglas over the years and told him he's the reason they got into finance. They admired Gordon Gekko, even though he's the villain, Douglas played him with such charisma that I guess people idolized that. "Greed is good!" It's sad how the same story keeps playing out over and over again in real life with Enron, WorldCom, the 2008 sub-prime garbage, etc.
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Post by geneweigel on Jan 23, 2024 11:01:50 GMT -5
I think I saw this tangentially while playing a game because I sort of recall certain scenes but its a blur. Being on the inside of the "lifestyles of the rich and famous" which I was trying to get out of had put me off in a way...
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Post by GRWelsh on Jan 23, 2024 11:58:16 GMT -5
You should give it a chance. It isn't so much about the lifestyles of the rich and famous as it is about the ambition for it and whether or not you will sell your soul to get it. WALL STREET compares favorably to the THE GREAT GATSBY (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (the book rather than any of the movie versions which all fall short) as far as being a story about the American Dream.
I would skip the sequel WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (2010) as it is a disappointing snoozer with none of the genius or vitality of the original, in spite of Michael Douglas reprising his Oscar-winning role.
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