Having lost
more money in the stock market over the last three days than I earned in
my first three years as a college professor, last night I watched the
original Wall Street movie (1987) to
find out why. No luck. Tonight I may watch the 2010 sequel to
continue my research – but with low expectations. I am afraid the answer is simple: I’m just
not a very good stock-picker. But
sometimes I pick good movies. This is
one.
Oliver Stone
directed this flic, which got good reviews.
Michael Douglas starred in it, and won an Oscar. Charlie Sheen was on screen a lot, as was
Daryl Hannah (wonder what happened to her?); both were good. Excellent support was provided by several name actors whom you will
recognize. All in all much attention
(and money) went into making this a worthwhile cinematic experience, which in
my opinion it is. A-.
The
plot? Oh, hell, you can guess. Innocent but ambitious dweeb encounters evil,
highly efficient stock market manipulator
and is ground up and spit out thereby.
But, of course, there is a happy ending.
Having much enjoyed this movie,lLast night I watched its sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, wherein Gordon Gekko regains his freedom, the affection of his estranged daughter – and, of course, a new fortune. It is nearly as good as the original and I highly recommend it. Just don’t check your stock portfolio any time soon.
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