This movie was unbelievably awful. Never thought it possible that Oliver Stone could make a film that would be across-the-board bad.
Even the music, aside from a few of the Eno/Byrne songs, was horrible; and the few "good" songs previously mentioned were used inappropriately over dialogue, etc.
Whereas the first film was about morality, truth, the human soul and actual characters, this mess is quite literally about Wall Street and the financial crisis without being humanistic at all. The verbiage is as complicated as the needlessly complex plot (just read the synopsis to get an idea of how foolishly turgid the movie is).
There should have been no sequel at all, but if one had to be made, there were a lot more options available with such an indelible and fascinating character as Gordon Gekko. A real shame. Oliver will hopefully come back strong with his next film.
The fact that Allan Loeb wrote this and Just Go With It and The Switch and still has a number of other projects in the works confirms and exacerbates my fear about the reality of Hollywood today, the choices that creative executives are making.
Even the music, aside from a few of the Eno/Byrne songs, was horrible; and the few "good" songs previously mentioned were used inappropriately over dialogue, etc.
Whereas the first film was about morality, truth, the human soul and actual characters, this mess is quite literally about Wall Street and the financial crisis without being humanistic at all. The verbiage is as complicated as the needlessly complex plot (just read the synopsis to get an idea of how foolishly turgid the movie is).
There should have been no sequel at all, but if one had to be made, there were a lot more options available with such an indelible and fascinating character as Gordon Gekko. A real shame. Oliver will hopefully come back strong with his next film.
The fact that Allan Loeb wrote this and Just Go With It and The Switch and still has a number of other projects in the works confirms and exacerbates my fear about the reality of Hollywood today, the choices that creative executives are making.