To evaluate a thing, in order to be objective, it is best to be closely related to the background of the era in which it originated. In 1987, the year in which "Wall Street" was released, at that time, the United States had just completed the harvest of the yen through the Plaza Accord, and the capital market entered a bull market that has almost continued to this day. Against this background, I am amazed that this film can analyze financial capitalism in such a deep way. You must know that in the Western economics and Keynesianism that all mainstream universities tell and disseminate, they will never agree with the essence of capitalism exposed by Gordon Gekko at 1:36:00 in the film: zero-sum game, Hat trick, "I create nothing. I own." However, combined with the background of the film, the sad thing is that even if it thoroughly summarizes the real problems and problems faced by the United States, there is nothing to do, and even the ending must lead to the victory of justice. Everyone is happy, otherwise living in capitalism The audience below is suppressed, which will be detrimental to the producer's recovery of the box office to make profits. Looking at this classic from the perspective of 2021, the story in the film is compared with the real history from 1987 to the present, which only seems extremely absurd and ironic. Although the 2013 "Wolf of Wall Street" still dared to touch and denounce the greed, vulgarity and irresponsibility of the financial industry, it can no longer reach the same depth of discussion as the 1987 "Wall Street". If "Wall Street" is a well-organized and logically rigorous essay, "The Wolf of Wall Street" is a lyrical prose with gorgeous words, smooth writing but empty content. Mainstream American movie stars have evolved from the square-jawed, brawny, masculine Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen to today's more romantic and feminine little plums. The challenges faced by the U.S. and even the world market in 2021 are similar to those in 1987, when the film was released. The real economy is sluggish, while the financial market is surging. Capitalists still use insider trading and other means to harvest the working class for a lifetime of hard work. the "residual value" of the income. However, today, we are increasingly addicted to the virtual world under the brainwashing of capitalism’s long-standing “nipple fun”, and even the insight and reflection depth that our predecessors could achieve seem to be beyond our reach. So, is this film an ode to criticizing capitalism, or an elegy for reflection on the de-objectivity and independence of ideology written with integrity and freedom?
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