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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (trailer) (1 Viewer)

eoMMan said:
Abraham said:
Awesome. Watched the original with the parents last weekend. Great movie, holds up really well.
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I've been meaning to check this out for a while.....still haven't seen it.
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It's excellent. Stone's best work IMO. What's really cool about it is that the fashion and culture is VERY 80's. WHen it came out it was "current." Now, the movie looks like it could be released tomorrow as an 80's period piece. That's what I mean by holding up well.
 
I'm all for it - one of the things that made the original so good (IMO) was that the main protagonist (Wall Street and the stock market) was displayed with some depth. YOu can watch the movie with a cursory knowledge of the stock market. But if you really enjoy the nuances of trading then you can "pick up" all kinds of things on repeated viewings. I like films like that. I just hope the new one has some brains that way and isn't simply a "thriller" (it's apparently a murder mystery thing).

 
jdoggydogg said:
eoMMan said:
Abraham said:
Awesome. Watched the original with the parents last weekend. Great movie, holds up really well.
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I've been meaning to check this out for a while.....still haven't seen it.
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Like a lot of Stone's movies, it doesn't necessarily age well. But Douglas' character is a great icon, and all the performances are really enjoyable.
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I think it ages perfectly. Cocaine in the limo, big cell phones, old school computer monitors. Daryl Hannah's stupid hat with beads hanging off of it. It takes about 5 minutes to realize that the movie is set in NYC on Wall Street in the 1980s.
 
Michael Fox said:
No idea why they would make a sequel. Loved the original, but a terrible idea IMO.
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Are you kidding? With the public's current bipolar relationship with Wall Street, as in they love Wall Street as long as their 401ks keep going up but loathe Wall Street with the rampant greed and bailouts and bonuses, it's a brilliant idea to make a sequel.Course it could suck if the plot isn't up to snuff, but I have hopes it could be good.
 
Abraham said:
jdoggydogg said:
eoMMan said:
Abraham said:
Awesome. Watched the original with the parents last weekend. Great movie, holds up really well.
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I've been meaning to check this out for a while.....still haven't seen it.
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Like a lot of Stone's movies, it doesn't necessarily age well. But Douglas' character is a great icon, and all the performances are really enjoyable.
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I think it ages perfectly. Cocaine in the limo, big cell phones, old school computer monitors. Daryl Hannah's stupid hat with beads hanging off of it. It takes about 5 minutes to realize that the movie is set in NYC on Wall Street in the 1980s.
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Don't get me wrong. I love the movie. I just think that Stone's movies are almost always zeitgeists.
 
I didn't know Gekko ended up in jail. I would prefer to see a movie about him in prison.

 
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Abraham said:
I'm all for it - one of the things that made the original so good (IMO) was that the main protagonist (Wall Street and the stock market) was displayed with some depth. YOu can watch the movie with a cursory knowledge of the stock market. But if you really enjoy the nuances of trading then you can "pick up" all kinds of things on repeated viewings. I like films like that. I just hope the new one has some brains that way and isn't simply a "thriller" (it's apparently a murder mystery thing).
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:confused: Can't have a great movie without a good villain.
 
Abraham said:
I'm all for it - one of the things that made the original so good (IMO) was that the main protagonist (Wall Street and the stock market) was displayed with some depth. YOu can watch the movie with a cursory knowledge of the stock market. But if you really enjoy the nuances of trading then you can "pick up" all kinds of things on repeated viewings. I like films like that. I just hope the new one has some brains that way and isn't simply a "thriller" (it's apparently a murder mystery thing).
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Good luck with that.This movie will be an abomination.

 
Good trailer.

I will wait for Cable......it will not even be in the same league with the original. And even if it is entertaining which I hope it is.....this is a pure money grab. But the timing of this movie is impeccable.

 
Oliver Stone really doesn't have a history of blatant money grabs. Cases could be made about his recent World Trade Center and W films, but I think they were more pieces focused on Oliver getting his opinion out, which again looks like the case here.

He's not the type of guy to just pump films out for the hell of it, this is the first sequel he has ever been involved in and I doubt he's broke.

It will be interesting even if he has to force ridiculousness, it will be twisted, and it will piss some people off, that's Mr. Stone and I love him for it.

Greed is good.

 
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hooter311 said:
Oliver Stone really doesn't have a history of blatant money grabs. Cases could be made about his recent World Trade Center and W films, but I think they were more pieces focused on Oliver getting his opinion out, which again looks like the case here. He's not the type of guy to just pump films out for the hell of it, this is the first sequel he has ever been involved in and I doubt he's broke.It will be interesting even if he has to force ridiculousness, it will be twisted, and it will piss some people off, that's Mr. Stone and I love him for it.Greed is good.
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I agree. I don't think Stone would have made this movie without a good script and a good plot in place.
 
hooter311 said:
Oliver Stone really doesn't have a history of blatant money grabs. Cases could be made about his recent World Trade Center and W films, but I think they were more pieces focused on Oliver getting his opinion out, which again looks like the case here. He's not the type of guy to just pump films out for the hell of it, this is the first sequel he has ever been involved in and I doubt he's broke.It will be interesting even if he has to force ridiculousness, it will be twisted, and it will piss some people off, that's Mr. Stone and I love him for it.Greed is good.
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Good point...and I like a lot of his work. I guess I am skeptical of how good this can be. I hope I am pleasantly suprised.
 
Not only am I going to see this opening weekend, I'm already prepared to root for the bad guys.

Also, the brick phone wasn't gratuitous, it was a statement "We're not pretending this didn't happen, we're embracing it."

 
Pass.

Trailers make everything look good, and that trailer made it look......OK.

The brilliance of Wall Street was that it was a perfect slice of time, NYC during the bull market of the 80's, down to the clothes and the music. The setting was as important as the storyline.

Shia?!?!? Was Tobey McGuire not available?

I'll catch it on cable.

 
Im really hoping its good. Id rather have it more about wall street than a murder mystery. But I suppose if it was about wall street noone would say it was better

 
Finally got around to watching Wall Street. Excellent flick. I sort of wanted the last scene to be of Gecko realizing he's going under but I guess they wanted to maintain the focus on Bud?

 
Watching the previews of this, I think it looks ridiculous. They must have offered Michael Douglas a truckload of money to reup.

It looks like they're going to copy the exact same story from the first film. Gecko mentors a young broker who in the end discovers Gecko is evil and turns on him. Oh and a woman comes between them.

I loved Wall Street but this looks like an abortion.

 
newteech said:
Watching the previews of this, I think it looks ridiculous. They must have offered Michael Douglas a truckload of money to reup.It looks like they're going to copy the exact same story from the first film. Gecko mentors a young broker who in the end discovers Gecko is evil and turns on him. Oh and a woman comes between them.I loved Wall Street but this looks like an abortion.
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Unless they heavily edited it and reshot most of the film, this is incorrect. The plot centers on the murder orbs hedge fund manager. Josh brolin is the bad guy. Gecko works to redeem himself by helping the kid "get" brolin.
 
pantherclub said:
I want to beat Shia Lebouf with a tire iron
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pantherclub said:
how does shia lebouf keep getting acting jobs?
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Sheriff66 said:
pantherclub said:
how does shia lebouf keep getting acting jobs?
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:P
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I am skeptical. No way this is as good as the first simply because the passage of time. I am sure Douglas will be good, but Shia? This wreaks of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Spielberg is just as highly touted as Stone, and look what he put together. Stone may put out the exact same ridiculous movie. It will be hard to make the original parts anything but caricatures of themselves.
 
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