As the son of stock trader Lewis Stone, director Oliver Stone does not necessarily understand the laws of financial transactions and the operation of a huge money empire, but he is probably much closer to the mentality of Wall Streeters than most people. "Wall Street" in 1987 left a sentence "Greed, for a lack of a better word, is good", which won three flavors. Speculation is one of the eternal characteristics of human nature, so it was in the 1980s, and it is still so in the new millennium. The subprime mortgage crisis exposed not only how terrifying the opportunistic financial derivatives are, but also exposed the rashness and fanaticism of everyone's unlimited demands for the future.
Originally, I thought that the script of the second part, on the basis of the previous work, under the stimulation of the subprime mortgage background, could explain this proposition more thoroughly. In the end, I found out that I actually thought too much. All the condemnation and thinking about the big environment were basically placed in Gekko's unremarkable speech and the fate of the little person represented by Susan Sarandon's mother. For audiences who don't know or intend to understand the financial industry, this avoidance is a must-have rule for creation. But from the advancement of the story, a great space for display was really wasted, so that in the end the story settled on a peculiar "return".
Any work is subtly outputting a certain value, poor works rely on talking, good works rely on posting. Put the right person in the right place to do the seemingly inappropriate things, so this situation naturally expresses the content of the theme that can really attract attention. Financial and non-financial are actually still floating clouds. What the real movie has to make clear is just—if you got to this point, what would you do? If such an impact is not given, naturally only the ego of the person involved in the event will be left.
For example, "Wall Street 2" sets up the more sinister and devious businessman James, who is as ambitious and powerful as Gekko of the year, a posture that is mostly derived from Shia LaBeouf's Jack. perspective of the past. In Jack's heart, good business still has to rely on industry to complete, so James, who relies purely on his wrists to make huge profits, is naturally a big bad. Whether it's clapping someone on the shoulder with confidence or holding a meeting in a frenzy, Josh Brolin only needs to show the charm of the actor, and the character doesn't change, and it doesn't even change the people around him. Jack's aggressiveness, recklessness, and conspiracy are characteristic of a monolithic continuation from beginning to end. Everyone seems to be troubled by something, so of course, in the end, the stars hold the moon and hold the real winner in life. Everything that has been told before this story seems to have also turned into a lie.
Gekko just observed, waited, and said something at a critical moment. He knew that things would go the way he wanted. The only thing that cannot be controlled is the ending of the story, because mainstream values are another thing beyond, and he must return to the family. Of course, with money. Otherwise, still nothing. Come to think of it, this is sarcasm. In the past, it was morality that defeated greed, but now it is loneliness that has brought back indifference.
Some of the scenes in the film are twisted to the point where it seems a bit taken for granted. But if you think about it carefully, it is not uncommon to find out that it is not uncommon for people to spend a thousand pounds in their lives. But everyone understands that behind this so-called miracle, it can only be said that there is another set of laws operating in Xixi Suosuo. It's just that it wouldn't be too satisfying if the movie really just did that.
It's just Stone himself, he skillfully uses the camera to portray the big and small worlds, he uses the plot to create pressure, and the vigor and aura of his characters are still the kind of commercial dramas that have rarely been seen on the screen. of. If you can enjoy it, it is really worth watching this movie for this matter.
It's been a while since we saw a commercial movie that didn't even drive over the speed limit.
View more about Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps reviews
