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Film Wall Street 2: The LaBoeufening
Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:32 PM
Here is the trailer for Oliver Stone's sequel to Wall Street, titled Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.
I am not a fan of the LaBoeuf, and the prospects for this film are not so good*, but this is a really good trailer. It gives the flavor and the hook of the movie without spoiling anything.
* Also: Have you seen Wall Street lately? Talk about a movie that is a product of its time. I feel as though people who criticize modern-day comedies that are set in the 80s for laying on the 80s too thick have never seen Wall Street. Criticswho reviewed the film in the 80s should have criticized Wall Street for laying on the 80s too thick.
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I re-watched Wall Street last year... there's a scene where Michael Douglas is walking on the beach talking on his (enormous) cell phone. It wasn't until about halfway through the scene that I thought, oh my god, this is supposed to convey how cavalier he is about money because that call would have cost him $20 a minute. Whereas in 2009 it didn't even register with me that him talking on his cell phone on the beach was supposed to mean something.
2
its a good movie for certain, all the little bits his brick phone are indicative of what we thought was excess back then--like that great shot of the tartare Bud's about to eat by himself after Gecko leaves. the modern pricey sculpture in Bud's place for the meeting with the union heads and his father. it is def a movie worth an update in the form of a sequel, I just wish LaBoeuf was not in it, he's not that good of an actor and should really stick to easy to digest action movies that aren't very good, and cruising around/getting into wrecks with his male lovers.
3
@1: Oh, how weird. Good thought.
I think I'll find a copy of Wall Street now; I'm curious about this 80s-ness.
I think I'll find a copy of Wall Street now; I'm curious about this 80s-ness.
5
Looks pretty good to me, although you can't top The Blues Brothers for a "getting released from prison" scene.
6
The question is, did Michael Douglas infect Oliver Stone with shittitude, or was it the other way around? They're both scum who should have been put down in about 1980.
7
I'm excited. Wall Street is one of those movies that I can see evey year or so, and still enjoy immensely. Yes, a total product of its time, and a total projection of its time. I like the trailer. Music is cool. Honestly I don't have an opinion on Le Boeuf. Gotta love that the phone has a cameo in the sequel. Oliver's got a sense of humor.
8
Yeah, LaBoeuf is a lightweight, and probably poorly cast for this. But Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone teaming up to make a Wall Street sequel sounds perfect, and the timing could not be better.
9
Yes, Michael Douglas is scum, which is why he's so good in this role. The original Wall Street is worth watching less for capturing the 80's than for nailing the economic spirit of our times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9mWAxHpe…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9mWAxHpe…
11
Dude.
The 80s laid on the 80s way too thick. Any accurate representation of them can only do as much.
The 80s laid on the 80s way too thick. Any accurate representation of them can only do as much.
12
@5, yeah, the opening part of the trailer is total Blues Brothers as far as I'm concerned. I expected the voice of Frank Oz there, saying "one prophylactic... used."
13
I've never seen one of this Shia LeBoeuf kid's movies and doubt I ever will. I haven't watched an Oliver Stone movie since he peed in my eye with "Natural Born Killers", either...
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@13
LeBoeuf's name tells you pretty much all you need to know about him and the movies he's in. In fact, I think "LeBoeufing" a film should become a verb meaning "to make poor casting decisions, beginning a chain of events which will utterly ruin an otherwise potentially enjoyable film."
This is as opposed to "Nic Caging" a film, which is "to advertise a script's irretrievable absurdity by casting Nic Cage in the lead, warning all potential viewers of exactly what they're going to get."
LeBoeuf's name tells you pretty much all you need to know about him and the movies he's in. In fact, I think "LeBoeufing" a film should become a verb meaning "to make poor casting decisions, beginning a chain of events which will utterly ruin an otherwise potentially enjoyable film."
This is as opposed to "Nic Caging" a film, which is "to advertise a script's irretrievable absurdity by casting Nic Cage in the lead, warning all potential viewers of exactly what they're going to get."
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