dicko Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Just finsihed watching it. Well worth a mid week DVD viewing. It's not a classic like the original. Im not one to write off a sequel (whether it be songs or films or whatever) for the sake of it but this one was just not as good. I enjoyed the imagery, lots of screens, and glass, little directing tricks I liked. However, sometimes there was too many graphs and stuff put across the screen. The message of the film about corporate greed was not overborne or anything but sometimes narrative and statistics thrown in the dialogue could have been much better brought out in the character emotion and plot (if that makes sense). Douglas was awesome! the daughter Winnie was a great actress too (stand out was Douglas though). The protege James was pretty poorly acted, or maybe it was just the character wasn't written well. he did the job of being the good looking money hungry kid from a working class background but IMO not even 20% of charlie sheen in his original performance. gekko smokes a Davidoff (i think..) in many scenes so that was cool. Overall, like a solid B.
ZinZan Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Agree with you mate. Was expecting so much more from the movie. I was such a big fan of the 1st movie.
Puros Y Vino Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 It was OK. The first one was definitely better. I posted a screencap in a thread a while back. It looks like he was smoking a CGR!
thechenman Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I watched this about two weeks ago on a flilght back to NY from CA. I have to say being a huge fan of the first film, I was extremely disappointed in the sequel. Personally the best scene was the first scene of the movie with Douglas getting out of prison. It was all downhill from there.
dicko Posted January 26, 2011 Author Posted January 26, 2011 I watched this about two weeks ago on a flilght back to NY from CA. I have to say being a huge fan of the first film, I was extremely disappointed in the sequel. Personally the best scene was the first scene of the movie with Douglas getting out of prison. It was all downhill from there. I agree, that was a very good scene, but a tease only. lol and strong avatar to thread subject matter ratio Chenman!! :-p
#2 man Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 I almost bought this with a gift card form christmas being a fan of the original ... sounds like I chose wisely
craigos Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 towards the end when gecko gets his $$$ and is sitting in his office smoking a cigar, looks like a cohiba sublime ..
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