After watching all three films you come to notice a similarity between the three. All though there were economical differences between all eras the films took place, the recession of 1980’s, technology breakthrough of the 2000’s, and the recession of 2008, there was one common theme, greed. All films, take place in a capitalist society, which has created the social value of the American dream. Bud Fox, Seth Davis, and Jacob Moore all are reaching for this American Dream but are only willing to do it the easy way, by doing whatever it takes to climb up the ladder at their firm to generate easy cash flows in just a short period of time. I will be comparing and analyzing how each film portrays financial capitalism and how it goes hand in hand
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Capitalist such as Gordon Gekko takes Bud in for his own benefit. Bud winds up becoming someone who is living this so-called American dream, which involves greed, sex, drugs, and money only to end up being used by Gekko for his own personal gain not realizing he’s become a criminal. It is capitalists like Gekko that were buying companies, breaking them up, and selling each part for a more than generous profit. It is greed and capitalism that make the rich richer and the poor, poorer. Little did Bud realize that his and Gekko’s greed is what could have led his father among many more employees for BlueStar Airlines unemployed. It is the middle class that contributes most work and spending in our economy yet they are the ones becoming damaged by this capitalist society due to American corporations and their greed. In this film Gekko influences Bud to believe greed is good and his influence on Bud leads to his arrest due to his roles in illegal trades and turning Gekko in for a reduced …show more content…
But, folks, it's greed that makes my bartender buy three houses he can't afford with no money down. And it's greed that makes your parents refinance their $200,000 house for 250. And then they take that extra 50 and they go down to the mall. And they buy a plasma TV, cell phones, computers, an SUV. And hey, why not a second home while we’re at it? Because, gee whiz, we all know that prices of houses in America always go up, right? It's greed that makes the government in this country cut the interest rates to one-percent, after 9/11. So we could all go shopping again. They got all these fancy names for trillions of dollars of credit.”(Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,
Capitalist such as Gordon Gekko takes Bud in for his own benefit. Bud winds up becoming someone who is living this so-called American dream, which involves greed, sex, drugs, and money only to end up being used by Gekko for his own personal gain not realizing he’s become a criminal. It is capitalists like Gekko that were buying companies, breaking them up, and selling each part for a more than generous profit. It is greed and capitalism that make the rich richer and the poor, poorer. Little did Bud realize that his and Gekko’s greed is what could have led his father among many more employees for BlueStar Airlines unemployed. It is the middle class that contributes most work and spending in our economy yet they are the ones becoming damaged by this capitalist society due to American corporations and their greed. In this film Gekko influences Bud to believe greed is good and his influence on Bud leads to his arrest due to his roles in illegal trades and turning Gekko in for a reduced …show more content…
But, folks, it's greed that makes my bartender buy three houses he can't afford with no money down. And it's greed that makes your parents refinance their $200,000 house for 250. And then they take that extra 50 and they go down to the mall. And they buy a plasma TV, cell phones, computers, an SUV. And hey, why not a second home while we’re at it? Because, gee whiz, we all know that prices of houses in America always go up, right? It's greed that makes the government in this country cut the interest rates to one-percent, after 9/11. So we could all go shopping again. They got all these fancy names for trillions of dollars of credit.”(Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,