Contemporary yet today
Added 4/1/2009
I caught this film on cable just now (3/31/09) and sat through it again after not having seen it and read the book since close to when they each came out many years ago. Against the backdrops of the recent financial sector meltdown and our current "Great Recession," the election of our first black (well, mixed-racial) President and all that, seen from the perspective of today this movie ZINGS. It is as topical a satirical send-up of Wall Street things present as it was of things then. I quite enjoyed it, though Melanie Griffith as the dipstick tart is still a bit much. Recommended as an interesting period yet also contemporarily relevant work.
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As good as new
Added 12/21/2008
Orson Welles felt the only point in making a movie out of existing material is to make something completely different out of it, and DePalma sure knows how to make it his own!
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prophetic social commentary
Added 11/27/2008
Watch it now as Wall Street falls apart under the weight of poorly structured derivatives. It takes on an eerie immediacy. Deja vu, all over again.
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Terrible Adaptation
Added 8/28/2008
This movie was probably the worst adaptation of a book I have ever seen in my entire life. De Palma missed EVERYTHING that made Tom Wolfe's book so incredible. The fact that this movie is billed as comedy should be enough to deter those who enjoyed the book from watching it. Absolutely terrible film. Read the book and don't see the movie.
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The truth shall set you free, and if it doesn't,... LIE LIKE HELL!
Added 2/10/2008
I saw this film in the theaters as a teenager having not read or even heard of the book. I really enjoyed it because of the actors, the characters and their backstories. I just love satire. I hadn't even heard of Reverand Al. Now, this movie still amuses me, but on more levels. A year after I saw this film, I took a cinema class in college, where the instructor blamed the trashing of the film on its New York City premiere, where the local reviewers panned the movie for airing their city's dirty laundry. Whether civic pride or an unachievable high standard created by the prestige of the novel are to blame, this film got a bad rap. There's a lot in the film and lots to like, now as then.
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Contemporary yet today
Added 4/1/2009
I caught this film on cable just now (3/31/09) and sat through it again after not having seen it and read the book since close to when they each came out many years ago. Against the backdrops of the recent financial sector meltdown and our current "Great Recession," the election of our first black (well, mixed-racial) President and all that, seen from the perspective of today this movie ZINGS. It is as topical a satirical send-up of Wall Street things present as it was of things then. I quite enjoyed it, though Melanie Griffith as the dipstick tart is still a bit much. Recommended as an interesting period yet also contemporarily relevant work.
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As good as new
Added 12/21/2008
Orson Welles felt the only point in making a movie out of existing material is to make something completely different out of it, and DePalma sure knows how to make it his own!
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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prophetic social commentary
Added 11/27/2008
Watch it now as Wall Street falls apart under the weight of poorly structured derivatives. It takes on an eerie immediacy. Deja vu, all over again.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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