Wall Street is an American-Drama film, directed and co-written by Oliver Stone in 1987.
Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, and Daryl Hannah star in this film about a young stockbroker, Bud Fox (Sheen) who becomes involved with a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider, Gordon Gekko (Douglas). Bud must decide whether to sacrifice everything he has worked for in the name of family, love, and loyalty. As a whole, I found the film enjoyable with a plot that had a lesson about relationships and greed. The film takes place in 1985 when Bud Fox is working as a junior stockbroker at Jackson Steinem & Co. in New York City. He aspires to work for his hero Gordon Gekko, a legendary Wall Street player. After diligently calling Gekko’s office trying to land an appointment, Bud visits on Gekko’s birthday. Impressed by Bud’s young and …show more content…
The film also displayed how being involved in Wall Street can be corrosive as well as depict your character differently than how you’re normally viewed. In addition, I realized how naive Bud Fox’s character is as he is easily corrupted by the father of all evil, Gordon Gekko. At times, I found the film to be difficult to follow and wish the plot were more clear; however, the central concept of the story was pretty simple to grasp. I feel as though the movie displayed a cliche idea of how Wall Street is and I believe the plot is simple minded. For example, the oscillation of women’s only function is as status symbols. In addition, I wish my experience with watching the movie were more exciting. “Wall Street” can be described or thought of as an adrenaline rush by many people who are intrigued with New York City, and I did not get that feeling at any point in the movie. Even before Bud begins to work for Gekko, his job is an appealing place where there must be office politics involved. Instead, I felt a sense of
Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, and Daryl Hannah star in this film about a young stockbroker, Bud Fox (Sheen) who becomes involved with a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider, Gordon Gekko (Douglas). Bud must decide whether to sacrifice everything he has worked for in the name of family, love, and loyalty. As a whole, I found the film enjoyable with a plot that had a lesson about relationships and greed. The film takes place in 1985 when Bud Fox is working as a junior stockbroker at Jackson Steinem & Co. in New York City. He aspires to work for his hero Gordon Gekko, a legendary Wall Street player. After diligently calling Gekko’s office trying to land an appointment, Bud visits on Gekko’s birthday. Impressed by Bud’s young and …show more content…
The film also displayed how being involved in Wall Street can be corrosive as well as depict your character differently than how you’re normally viewed. In addition, I realized how naive Bud Fox’s character is as he is easily corrupted by the father of all evil, Gordon Gekko. At times, I found the film to be difficult to follow and wish the plot were more clear; however, the central concept of the story was pretty simple to grasp. I feel as though the movie displayed a cliche idea of how Wall Street is and I believe the plot is simple minded. For example, the oscillation of women’s only function is as status symbols. In addition, I wish my experience with watching the movie were more exciting. “Wall Street” can be described or thought of as an adrenaline rush by many people who are intrigued with New York City, and I did not get that feeling at any point in the movie. Even before Bud begins to work for Gekko, his job is an appealing place where there must be office politics involved. Instead, I felt a sense of