DISGRACEFUL IS AN OVERSTATEMENT
Added 11/12/2009
This movie is disgusting. I am a businessman and I would never
make the type of comments that were made by the businessmen
in this movie.
We just do not say such meaningless words, nor do tycoons need to
employ a spy, the plot was based on that idea, to gain information.
It is not reality.
Businessmen, or tycoons, do not quote military generals for methods
of business. In the movie, an oriental general was quoted on the
strategies of war. War and business are diametrically opposite, the one
relies on voluntary trade, the other relies on force.
What surprised me the most is that there are Americans who have
written positive comments about this movie. Americans, who have gained
a vast benefit from capitalism, are willing to vote for an anti-capitalistic
movie.
This movie is so unromantic, so destructive of good ideas, so uninspiring.
The author did not apply an ounce of imagination, nor did he have an ounce
of knowledge on the subject. When I watched the movie I felt as though I were
listening to uneducated fools, like those who fall into a booby trap,
poorly masquerading as capitalists. Yuk.
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Blu-Ray Review
Added 11/10/2009
Fox has the worse Blu-Ray transfers of any studio. Only a few of their Blu-Rays are of True Blu-Ray quality. The ones that are bad I have returned and will continue to do so. Wall Steet, Predator, A Bridge Too Far, Point Break, Hannibal etc. etc. are Not Blu-Ray Quality. See for yourself and waste money.
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I laugh at idiots who complain about the blue ray transfer
Added 10/30/2009
I guess these days any idiot with a computer can post a review. If you are looking for demonstration quality video buy some cartoons and drop some acid since obviously plot and drama mean nothing to you not to mention social significance. Stone is making a new film Wall Street 2 which should be in theaters next year 2010. It will star Michael Douglas but not Charlie Sheen. I am a professional bonds trader and this film is accurate, stock market investing is a sham and a scam, the average person will never gross dollar one.
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20 YEARS LATER: GREED IS NOT SO GOOD
Added 10/6/2009
Hard to believe it's been over 20 years since the release of the movie that gave us the clever tag-line "Greed is good."
The now double-irony of that phrase could not really be foreseen except by a prophet or time traveler from the future we now inhabit.
Maybe greed is not so good. Maybe the ideas of capitalism and democracy are not even fraternal twins from the same father.
What has gone wrong?
Take another look at this film with the hindsight that two decades provides. There are clues.
Michael Douglas won an Oscar© for playing a Donald Trump-like character perfectly named Gordon Gecko. Gecko, like the namesake reptile, had an uncanny ability to stick to his prey until he absorbed it.
Martin Sheen is a young trader who worships Gecko. He's the apprentice to the sorcerer. But in the end, discovers the real cost of selling one's soul.
But have we as a nation reached that nadir? What is there at the bottom of the well of greed?
Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas are committed to "Wall Street II."
But what would make an even better story is the turning point in Bernie Madoff's life when he made that first theft from an investor, told the first lie and put his hand back in his own pocket. It could be the "Citizen Kane" of the 21st Century. After all, the money Madoff made off with is greater than the wealth of publisher Randolph Hearst, the purported character on which Kane was based. But what's Madoff's "Rosebud"? I bet Madoff was a kid with a stolen nickel. And it wasn't enough. It never is.
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a 5 star movie with a 1 star blu ray transfer
Added 7/27/2009
It's a terrible shame when you buy one of your favorite movies on Blu Ray hoping to get the best image quality and finding out that the image is actually the same as the DVD one. I have a high definition Sony TV and top of the line Blu Ray player and really I can't see any difference between the DVD version upscaled with my Blu Ray player and this Blu Ray version. I am utterly disappointed.
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DISGRACEFUL IS AN OVERSTATEMENT
Added 11/12/2009
This movie is disgusting. I am a businessman and I would never
make the type of comments that were made by the businessmen
in this movie.
We just do not say such meaningless words, nor do tycoons need to
employ a spy, the plot was based on that idea, to gain information.
It is not reality.
Businessmen, or tycoons, do not quote military generals for methods
of business. In the movie, an oriental general was quoted on the
strategies of war. War and business are diametrically opposite, the one
relies on voluntary trade, the other relies on force.
What surprised me the most is that there are Americans who have
written positive comments about this movie. Americans, who have gained
a vast benefit from capitalism, are willing to vote for an anti-capitalistic
movie.
This movie is so unromantic, so destructive of good ideas, so uninspiring.
The author did not apply an ounce of imagination, nor did he have an ounce
of knowledge on the subject. When I watched the movie I felt as though I were
listening to uneducated fools, like those who fall into a booby trap,
poorly masquerading as capitalists. Yuk.
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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Blu-Ray Review
Added 11/10/2009
Fox has the worse Blu-Ray transfers of any studio. Only a few of their Blu-Rays are of True Blu-Ray quality. The ones that are bad I have returned and will continue to do so. Wall Steet, Predator, A Bridge Too Far, Point Break, Hannibal etc. etc. are Not Blu-Ray Quality. See for yourself and waste money.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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I laugh at idiots who complain about the blue ray transfer
Added 10/30/2009
I guess these days any idiot with a computer can post a review. If you are looking for demonstration quality video buy some cartoons and drop some acid since obviously plot and drama mean nothing to you not to mention social significance. Stone is making a new film Wall Street 2 which should be in theaters next year 2010. It will star Michael Douglas but not Charlie Sheen. I am a professional bonds trader and this film is accurate, stock market investing is a sham and a scam, the average person will never gross dollar one.
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