Wall Street: Money never sleeps [Archive]

lb 4 lb

03-17-2011, 09:49 PM

It's surprisingly good.It's also surprisingly mediocre. I saw it and it was pretty good, but my overall feeling afterwards was I could have missed this movie and it wouldn't have made much of a difference especially since I have no intention of every sitting through it again.

Also the female lead in that movie is so plain and mediocrely attractive. I can't believe that's Shia Lebouf's woman in real life too. Man did he ever settle.

ArturoGatti

03-17-2011, 10:22 PM

Oh I just found out this thing is a sequel . Didn't even know that...
:notallthere: seriously?

Xplosive

03-21-2011, 02:27 AM

Its decent. Nowhere NEAR as good as the original, but its watchable.... once.

Wall Street 1 is highly rewatchable..... this is not.

Joe King

03-21-2011, 11:57 AM

It's also surprisingly mediocre. I saw it and it was pretty good, but my overall feeling afterwards was I could have missed this movie and it wouldn't have made much of a difference especially since I have no intention of every sitting through it again.

Also the female lead in that movie is so plain and mediocrely attractive. I can't believe that's Shia Lebouf's woman in real life too. Man did he ever settle.

Same here, the trailer gave away the entire movie for all intents and purposes.

That chick:scared2:

Muzse

03-21-2011, 01:05 PM

It's also surprisingly mediocre. I saw it and it was pretty good, but my overall feeling afterwards was I could have missed this movie and it wouldn't have made much of a difference especially since I have no intention of every sitting through it again.

Also the female lead in that movie is so plain and mediocrely attractive. I can't believe that's Shia Lebouf's woman in real life too. Man did he ever settle.

Come on...You've watched "Transformers" one too many times. She's no catch but neither is he. It's not like he should bang Megan Fox in every movie.

Hut*Hut

03-21-2011, 08:05 PM

Also the female lead in that movie is so plain and mediocrely attractive. I can't believe that's Shia Lebouf's woman in real life too. Man did he ever settle.

Yeah.....Im suitably unfussy with womens looks, but for a non-fat, healthy, well groomed girl with nice skin she's WAAAAAY below average in the looks department.

lb 4 lb

03-22-2011, 09:54 AM

Come on...You've watched "Transformers" one too many times. She's no catch but neither is he. It's not like he should bang Megan Fox in every movie.If anything that was the character who should be banging a hot Megan Fox type. He worked on Wall Street for a prestigious company making 6 figures and was invested in a multimillion dollar company. Big Bucks = Hot Women dude.

One of the times when Hollywood has a realistic reason to give a guy a hot girlfriend, they decide to take a pass.

TKO

03-30-2011, 07:18 AM

I got this movie the other night. I fully expected it to fail but I was pleasantly surprised. Geko is a great character and the plot was pretty interesting...Le beef was bearable...

Joe King

03-30-2011, 03:24 PM

If anything that was the character who should be banging a hot Megan Fox type. He worked on Wall Street for a prestigious company making 6 figures and was invested in a multimillion dollar company. Big Bucks = Hot Women dude.

One of the times when Hollywood has a realistic reason to give a guy a hot girlfriend, they decide to take a pass.
Yep

Jake

04-01-2011, 09:55 AM

Its decent. Nowhere NEAR as good as the original, but its watchable.... once.

Wall Street 1 is highly rewatchable..... this is not.
I never gave this a chance, but will watch on cable when it's on... or perhaps even spend a dollar for a Redbox rental.

For some reason, the commercials always reminded me of another film that was basically a severely watered down version of Wall Street. I think it was Boiler Plate, or something like that. I don't even remember the geek who starred in it, other than that Nia Long played his girlfriend and that Vin Diesel was in it. Nuff said, I guess :lol:

Anyway, agREED that the original Wall Street is must-see whenever it's on.

Xplosive

04-01-2011, 10:00 AM

I never gave this a chance, but will watch on cable when it's on... or perhaps even spend a dollar for a Redbox rental.

For some reason, the commercials always reminded me of another film that was basically a severely watered down version of Wall Street. I think it was Boiler Plate, or something like that. I don't even remember the geek who starred in it, other than that Nia Long played his girlfriend and that Vin Diesel was in it. Nuff said, I guess :lol:

Anyway, agREED that the original Wall Street is must-see whenever it's on.

Boiler Room. And dammnnn.... Boiler Room is actually a good movie to me. Not as good as Wall Street, but its better than Money Never Sleeps.

Oh and the geek from Boiler Room is Giovani Ribisi..... who I cant stand as an actor.

ArturoGatti

04-01-2011, 11:03 AM

boiler room is a good movie.

Joe King

04-01-2011, 11:41 AM

Boiler Room. And dammnnn.... Boiler Room is actually a good movie to me. Not as good as Wall Street, but its better than Money Never Sleeps.

Oh and the geek from Boiler Room is Giovani Ribisi..... who I cant stand as an actor.
Vastly overrated. Okay in Saving Private Ryan but was no more effective than anyone else in that movie.

lb 4 lb

04-03-2011, 12:52 AM

boiler room is a good movie.Never did get around to seeing that one.

Nobleart

07-27-2011, 12:22 AM

Very average movie. It might be timely but this may be the tamest Oliver Stone movie I've ever seen. Absolutely no edge or bite to it at all.

Doesn't hold a candle to the original and the Charlie Sheen cameo was embarrassingly awkward.

Oliver Stone also handles the economic collapse in very broad strokes and clumsily. Nothing was revealed we didn't already know watching "The Daily Show".

Watch HBO's "Too Big To Fail" if you want to actually learn anything about the collapse and the bailouts and be captivated by it.

I had no problem with the girl being homely. She was Gekko's daughter. Not a Wall Street hanger-on. That a Wall Street guy ends up with Gekko's daughter, no matter how homely, is not exactly a stretch. She doesn't have to be a hottie. Rich guys marry ugly girls all the time.

5/10

Anthony

07-27-2011, 02:16 AM

Vastly overrated. Okay in Saving Private Ryan but was no more effective than anyone else in that movie.
Overrated? Who is even mentioning him in High regard?

Anthony

07-27-2011, 02:17 AM

Nobleart

07-27-2011, 02:42 AM

The guy hasn't made a decent movie since Any Given Sunday. This shouldnt be a surprise.

I thought "W" and "World Trade Center" were pretty good. Not classics, but decent.

This new "Wall Street" movie just looked like it was quickly slapped together to make a sequel before Micheal Douglas kicked the bucket......and some producer told him, make it PG-13 and put the kid from "Transformers" in it, or it don't get made.

:shit:

Anthony

07-27-2011, 03:05 AM

I thought "W" and "World Trade Center" were pretty good. Not classics, but decent.

This new "Wall Street" movie just looked like it was quickly slapped together to make a sequel before Micheal Douglas kicked the bucket......and some producer told him, make it PG-13 and put the kid from "Transformers" in it, or it don't get made.

:shit:
Both movies based off of actual people/events and both had extreme inaccurate research. I didnt see too many people that liked W.

The Genius

07-27-2011, 07:48 AM

Never did get around to seeing that one.

Solid 7 out of 10 for me. Boiler Room is a good film. Never seen the new Wall Street. Kinda seemed way too late for a sequel to me.

Nobleart

07-27-2011, 12:56 PM

Both movies based off of actual people/events and both had extreme inaccurate research. I didnt see too many people that liked W.

"W" was a satire, so I wasn't concerned about getting a history lesson. I thought it was clever and was entertained by it.

I don't know enough about the real "World Trade Center" story (guys buried in the rubble) to care how accurate it was. Was it entertaining, is the only qualification for me.

Anybody who watches Oliver Stone movies for a historical accuracy should know better.

Anthony

07-27-2011, 01:16 PM

"W" was a satire, so I wasn't concerned about getting a history lesson. I thought it was clever and was entertained by it.

I don't know enough about the real "World Trade Center" story (guys buried in the rubble) to care how accurate it was. Was it entertaining, is the only qualification for me.

Anybody who watches Oliver Stone movies for a historical accuracy should know better.
Considering both movies were domestic flops and received bad reviews, you were one of few entertained by it.

Nobleart

07-27-2011, 01:45 PM

Considering both movies were domestic flops and received bad reviews, you were one of few entertained by it.

Thought you were the last one that cared about box office. :dunno:

Seen plenty of good reviews for both.

Did you even see these films?

Wall Street II was shit IMO, but the guy is still capable of better.

Anthony

07-27-2011, 01:55 PM

Thought you were the last one that cared about box office. :dunno:

Seen plenty of good reviews for both.

Did you even see these films?

Wall Street II was shit IMO, but the guy is still capable of better.
I dont care about box numbers, i was just pointing out that boxoffice numbers werent great domestically and along with the bad reviews, more poeple didnt care for the movie than did.

Again IMO stone hasnt a made a great movie since AGS. IMO his stuff is almost unwatchable now. But if you liked it, that is really all that matters. Im just pointing out my opinions.

The day's of Platoon, wallstreet, Natuaral born Killers, etc. are gone. And he has slipped significantly as a director.

Nobleart

07-27-2011, 02:12 PM

I dont care about box numbers, i was just pointing out that boxoffice numbers werent great domestically and along with the bad reviews, more poeple didnt care for the movie than did.

Again IMO stone hasnt a made a great movie since AGS. IMO his stuff is almost unwatchable now. But if you liked it, that is really all that matters. Im just pointing out my opinions.

The day's of Platoon, wallstreet, Natuaral born Killers, etc. are gone. And he has slipped significantly as a director.

Agree, he has absolutely slipped. I don't think the movies I mentioned were classics like his earlier stuff............but they were pretty good IMO.

The documentaries he's made lately are absolutely dreadful however. He needs to stay out of that field entirely.

And "Alexander". That was another god-awful, horribly miscast movie. He needs to stay away from big-budget period epics the same way Spike Lee needs to stay away from war movies.

Leave that stuff to the big boys like Ridley Scott and Spielberg.

Anthony

07-27-2011, 03:58 PM

Agree, he has absolutely slipped. I don't think the movies I mentioned were classics like his earlier stuff............but they were pretty good IMO.

The documentaries he's made lately are absolutely dreadful however. He needs to stay out of that field entirely.

And "Alexander". That was another god-awful, horribly miscast movie. He needs to stay away from big-budget period epics the same way Spike Lee needs to stay away from war movies.

Leave that stuff to the big boys like Ridley Scott and Spielberg.
Did you hear Ridley Scott say recently he wont ever do a movie again without 3d effects. :notallthere:

Nobleart

07-27-2011, 04:43 PM

Did you hear Ridley Scott say recently he wont ever do a movie again without 3d effects. :notallthere:

Did he have a smirk on his face when he said it? Can't imagine him being serious.

Had he ever even used 3D before?

Anthony

07-27-2011, 04:50 PM

http://www.slashfilm.com/ridley-scott-work-3d/

Nobleart

07-27-2011, 05:18 PM

http://www.slashfilm.com/ridley-scott-work-3d/

Well, at least he's using it the right way with "Prometheus".

I'll take the quote that he'll never go without it with a grain of salt though.

Is it true they made him do this as a PG-13 movie?

Anthony

07-27-2011, 06:24 PM

Well, at least he's using it the right way with "Prometheus".

I'll take the quote that he'll never go without it with a grain of salt though.

Is it true they made him do this as a PG-13 movie?
You know i dont know who's idea it was. I know he said it was going to be rated R and now all of a sudden it's PG13. A shit load of geeks are blaming him, but studios can be a bitch. This will be dissapointing if it's pg-13

Nobleart

07-27-2011, 08:05 PM

You know i dont know who's idea it was. I know he said it was going to be rated R and now all of a sudden it's PG13. A shit load of geeks are blaming him, but studios can be a bitch. This will be dissapointing if it's pg-13

I'm sure it was the studio. Baited him in with an R rated promise and then told him it would have to be PG-13 when he asked for more money at some point.