Wall Street is directed by Oliver Stone who has directed some quite fantastic films and this is regarded as one of them. I caught a bit of this over Christmas and was intriguied by it but as it was finishing at 2.30 in the morning I passed on it and decided that when I was compiling my list that Wall Street would go on it.
It's a film of it's time. It's hard to imagine with the invention of twitter, facebook and our attitudes towards bankers that this sort of attitude would exist. Gordon Gekko is a truly lothsome individual and is superbly played by Michael Douglas. Charlie Sheen is on winning form as the young cocky guy who is trying to impress the boss but gets to close and screwed over involving a firm that his father (Martin Sheen) works for. When Sheen Jnr realises this and decides to exact his revenge on Gekko that is when the film really stands out for me. Martin Sheen is great in this despite not being in a prominent role.
Wall Street might scream 80's but to be honest its as relevent today as it was back then. I'm not sure whether I want to see WS2 but I did like the way that there was no definative ending to this film. Just have to get over my dislike of Shia LaBouf.
It's a film of it's time. It's hard to imagine with the invention of twitter, facebook and our attitudes towards bankers that this sort of attitude would exist. Gordon Gekko is a truly lothsome individual and is superbly played by Michael Douglas. Charlie Sheen is on winning form as the young cocky guy who is trying to impress the boss but gets to close and screwed over involving a firm that his father (Martin Sheen) works for. When Sheen Jnr realises this and decides to exact his revenge on Gekko that is when the film really stands out for me. Martin Sheen is great in this despite not being in a prominent role.
Wall Street might scream 80's but to be honest its as relevent today as it was back then. I'm not sure whether I want to see WS2 but I did like the way that there was no definative ending to this film. Just have to get over my dislike of Shia LaBouf.
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