Where do I begin with this review??? OK here we go…..I was at a movie premiere about 8 years ago and Oliver Stone was taking pictures in the lobby of the theater. He asked who I was as people took various pictures of us.
The point I am making here is that Stone didn’t know that I was not an actor or critic at the time. I was NOBODY. My point is that he is now in the back 9 of his career, he is out of touch.
That was 8 years ago and he still is out of touch. People who enjoyed the classic Wall Street that he made in his prime were waiting to see the villain Gordon Gekko come back to life. In Wall Street 2 Gecko doesn’t even show up. The Gecko character which Douglas won an Oscar for died back in the 80’s The Gekko you see in this movie is similar to Michael Coleone in Godfather 3. A weak man who doesn’t have fight left in him.
Let’s move on to casting. Who the hell told Stone that Shia LaBeouf would make a good Wall St. executive? He is not believable and his drama queen wife, Carey Mulligan who happens to be Gekko’s daughter, cries through 50 percent of the movie. She is HORRIBLE and you want to scream at the screen, “GIRL THE %#$@% UP!! David Byrne did some of the music in the original and Stone now lets him do the soundtrack for the entire movie. Big mistake! Music sounds dated and does not move the film along.
Verdict:
Stone needs to get back in touch with what audiences want to see. He was one of the great filmmakers back in the day and if someone is going to continue giving him money to make films they should at least get a good script.
In this movie The King, Gordon Gekko, is dead.
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