I got goosebumps when I saw Douglas reappear on camera. This powerful handsome guy who has "disappeared" in Hollywood for many years represents the legend of an era in Hollywood, just like the legend of Gordon he played in "Wall Street". However, his old face full of Hollywood style and Wall Street style could not save the decline of "Wall Street 2". Shia LaBeouf's blunt and clumsy acting skills not only set off his naivety in front of him, but also accompanied the sequel. Heralded the end of the Wall Street saga. "Wall Street 2" facing "Wall Street" is like LaBeouf facing Douglas, which belong to the extremes of the two directions. LaBeouf could not continue the glory of Douglas, and "Wall Street 2" ruined the classic of "Wall Street".
Given the brilliance of its predecessors, "Wall Street 2" has plenty of reasons to grab the audience's attention. Investors battered by the financial crisis all hope to find solace in this film. However, it is a pity that Oliver Stone, who has always been sharp and sharp, is like a blunt knife this time, so that "Wall Street 2" not only picks up the leftovers from the previous work on the title, but also picks up on the subject matter. Leftovers from the financial crisis.
When an angry youth loses his anger, he also loses the most shining part of him. A dozen years ago or even earlier, Oliver Stone was able to make a name for himself in Hollywood because of his unquenchable anger. However, with the growth of age, the edges and corners of this former angry youth seem to be slowly smoothing out. "Wall Street" and "Wall Street 2" exactly represent two eras of Stone - the former is full of fighting spirit and ruthless, while the latter is gentle and weak. 23 years can make a person reach a higher peak, or he can only look up to the glory of the past.
Although "Wall Street 2" has a more luxurious shooting location than its predecessor, and more bankers appear on the screen, it always feels like an inexplicable film - the crisis came inexplicably, and the banker failed inexplicably , Gordon's fortune is also inexplicable. For the audience, "Wall Street 2" did not show the picture they imagined, or hope to see the thrilling. Stone turns the greed and enormity of modern finance into the actor's few lines and a few pretentious candlesticks -- as irresponsible as the cutscenes in "The Hawthorn." Except for the bluffing numbers that echoed in the dark room, this film with the word "Wall Street" in the title actually has nothing to do with Wall Street, and the numerous bankers did not show any signs of it. They are more greedy than Gordon in the previous work, even if they open and close their mouths are hundreds of billions - in this story about money and greed, the only thing missing is money and greed. "Wall Street 2" is like the kind of commercial drama that was popular in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s. What the audience sees is like a boisterous business empire, but what is actually entangled under the camera is Childhood. For people in the industry, the investment knowledge conveyed by "Wall Street 2" is simply the fur in the fur, and even a layman in finance and economics can't be fooled by throwing out the abbreviations of several investment rankings. This film is like a hastily launched sequel. The producer seems to be eager to take advantage of the financial crisis to take advantage of the lingering power of the financial crisis. After a few financial labels, he hurriedly rushed to the cinema. If you put aside these clueless financial elements, "Wall Street 2" is a crappy family film. "Wall Street 2" sells leftovers from the financial crisis, but sells the vulgarity of American reunion.
When I saw the invincible ending of the film, I realized that the Stone I liked is gradually disappearing. I can't help but think of the film "The Devil Wears Prada", a film I used to disdain. Compared with "Wall Street 2", it can almost be called "Wall Street in the fashion industry". In "Wall Street 2", it's money that doesn't sleep, and it's Stone's anger that sleeps.
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