Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Trailer: Greed is Good

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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Trailer: Greed is Good

Movie News By David Baxter on January 29, 2010 | View Comments

Greed is good.

Wall Street was a searing look at the short-term, out-for-yourself, attitude that was borne of 80′s excess. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps looks to be a searing look at the short-term, out-for-yourself, attitude that was borne of 00s excess. Will we ever learn?

IMDb has the teaser trailer and it fills me with hope and, more than that, excitement. So much excitement that instead of writing this last night I immediately visited the DVD shelf and got out Wall Street for a well overdue re-watch. The themes in the first film have crystallized and I genuinely believe this should be regarded as one of Oliver Stone‘s very best films.

Back to the task at hand though, the sequel. Filling the Charlie Sheen role we have current wunderkind Shia LaBeouf, who brings the necessary sheen which will no doubt be muddied as he gets tangled in the money game. Josh Brolin seems a good fit as well, although we don’t see much of him in the trailer. And then we have Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas filling the role that he says made him. Michael Douglas back on form. Thats a guess based on how fantastically he seems to slip back into the snakey Gordon Gekko. Oh how I love the leaving jail scene, and even more than that just the looks that let you know he’s back. Much like Oliver Stone I hope.

The big question this film raises in my mind is, given the current anger at the bankers and wall street players, and yet little action, will this film have quite as happy an ending as the first?

Remember Greed isn’t just good anymore, it’s legal.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is out April 23rd 2010.

What do you think? What’s the best Oliver Stone film?

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Movie News, Movie Trailers, Charlie Sheen, Josh Brolin, Michael Douglas, Oliver Stone, Shia Labeouf, Wall Street, Wall Street 2, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

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BlackManJew

awful trailer.. has the feel of a straight to dvd movie.
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I'd like to see a movie in which ol' Gordon Gekko pulls off a Bernie Madoff-type scheme. Now there's a guy we'd all love to hate! Shia LaBeouf has been good in everything I've seen him in. He'll do a nice job I'm sure, but the real star of this story will be Oliver Stone. I mean that in a good way.
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Whats your view of Wall Street?
BlackManJew

I liked the first one and looked forward to seeing the second. Just thought the production of the trailer was not great.
http://casecomics.com/ Kyle Case

This is perfect timing, with all the trouble in the real world, great to see, cant wait, this ought to be good.
stockshock

What about the movie Stock Shock http://www.StockShockMovie.com

here is the story. see below

http://siriusnews.com/blog/2009/12/02/stock-sho...

it inspired the movie and also helped in the phrase ” Greed is Legal ” you can thank Christopher Cox of the SEC for that.

Richard Keane, narrator Stock Shock

http://www.SiriusNews.com
Byron

For me, this film will rest entirely on the quality of the screenplay. If it's as good as Wall Street 1, than this film will be a delight from start to finish. The preview doesn't fill my heart with glee because I'm not inspired by any of the dialogue, with the exception that “greed is legal.”

I'm OK with Shia but somehow, I doubt he will carry this film, that's why Michael Douglas's performance is so critical. After all, he won the academy award for the first film and it's because his character was so richly portrayed by Mr. Douglas and it is so memorable.

I sure hope Oliver doesn't fill his script with cliches. If it's a sharply penned script, then the actors will do their part to deliver the film with greatness. We shall see.

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