After all, it's just a game

First of all, if you have not watched the first part of Wall Street, then it is not necessary to watch the second part. But if you are like me, you are crazy about the first one to the point that you can remember every line, then of course the sequel will have to be watched, although it cannot become another classic. It is a pity that this sequel came too late, 23 years have passed. Michael Douglas is old, Charlie Sheen is old. Of course, the new generation has grown up, New York is not old, Wall Street will not be old, and the money game will never stop. What Wall Street 2 reflects is that during the Great Depression in the United States in 2008, Lehman Brother went bankrupt overnight, and the entire Wall Street was miserable. Tens of millions of people were unemployed and could not find a job. Gold-collar workers who once wore suits and ties went to the streets to sell newspapers. . I still remember that I went to New York several times in 2008. The tall office buildings are quiet, and the street vendors in a few blocks near Wall Street are still selling hot dogs calmly. Life has highs and lows, and life must continue.

In the entire Wall Street series, there are a few key words. After Bud Fox helped Gekko win the Anacom Steel battle, Gekko called Bud at the beach and said, this is ur wake up call. Money Never Sleeps. This sentence leads to the subject of the second book. Then, in Gekko's speech at TEDA Paper, he said that greed is good, greed is right, greed works. In the second part, Gekko, who is full of gray hair and a little old, is with his future son-in-law. It said in the subway that I thought it’s all about money before, but later I learned, it’s all about time. Later, Gekko took away his daughter’s 100 million, and Jacob chased him to London to find him. Gekko said again, it’s not about money, it's about the game of people. After all, it is a game between people, not for money, but money is a symbol of victory. And Gekko has always been the winner.

Although the protagonist of the second part is too creamy, like Bud Fox, he is unwilling to be a small fish and shrimp on Wall Street, and he wants to climb up, but after all he is a passionate young man and cannot do it. To completely abandon sensibility and conscience in the cold money game. In order to increase the emotional drama and move the audience, I joined the role of Gekko's daughter Winnie. Carey Mulligan is beautiful, with the delicate feeling of British girls, which is more provocative than ordinary American-produced blonde silly girls. People are much more affectionate, but the role of Winnie is really offensive. She becomes way too emotional when she doesn’t move. She goes on the line when she speaks less than two or three sentences, and her nose and tears flow together, as if she is afraid that others don’t know that she just doesn’t care about money, 10million She really don't care how much. Winnie's role is similar to Bud's feelings for Bluestar and his father in the first movie. The Hollywood movie's usual tactics use family affection and humanity to sublimate the emotional level of the movie, so that the whole movie will not become a boring commercial war movie. The other main thread of the whole movie is how Gekko repairs the relationship with his daughter. So you saw that at the end, Jacob took out a B-ultrasound disc and asked Gekko to obediently return the money he took away with both hands. This is also a big place that makes the whole second part fall into clichés.

Charlie Sheen is quite wretched in the second part, with a vulgar dancer in each arm, and one of them is an ugly Asian. I still don’t understand what he meant when he appeared on the stage. Is it just to express condolences to the audience who watched the sequel for the first part, and let people feel what traces of 23 years can leave on the handsome niche of the year? By the way, revisit the familiar old words of Anacom Steel and Bluestar airline. I want to ask the wrinkled middle-aged uncle if he still remembers Daryl, who was a squeaky blond woman, but unfortunately, he only said one thing, he sold the bluestar after it was bigger. What he defended to the death back then was only a business in the end. Are those passionate teenagers who used to grow up like this?

The plot of KZI’s bankruptcy in the movie is said to be an allusion to Lehman Brother, Jacob’s boss Louis who was unwilling to accept the acquisition of his company at a low price of three dollars. After a whole night of insomnia, the 75-year-old jumped off the subway platform without hesitation. The world of money is indeed cruel. I believe that on Wall Street in 2008, someone must be forced to commit suicide. But when I saw this, I thought that the so-called innocent people are not on the rivers and lakes. No one would be a victorious general. This has been the case since ancient times. If you have never experienced getting rich overnight or losing nothing overnight, then you are not experienced enough to climb to the top of the world. After all, like a game, you always have to lose, but there will always be a few moments, when your luck comes, it will fly up like a balloon. Gekko has been in jail for more than ten years, and has been separated from his wife. In the end, he has not returned to the top of the world. If you know the rules of this game, there will be a comeback, but the premise is that you are going to lose and suffer the humiliation of being stepped on from the top in an instant and returning to the trough.


In the last reunion and harmonious and happy Hollywood ending, the movie is over. After all, it is just a game between people. In the peaceful era, there is always war in places where there are people, and the more money is involved. , The less humanity is left. You can't say that this is a dirty game, because the rules of this world are just like that. I just think that those splendid material desires and money will be nothing but a passing moment in the end. The most precious thing for people is time, but time is not for squandering. Time can be exchanged for things that others cannot take away from you.

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