Wall Street

Summary: In this timeless classic, a riveting tale about Gordon Gekko(Michael Douglas) and how he shows his apprentice Bud(Charlie Sheen) the ropes of the Wall St. game. The center of the game lies in corporate battles and what is moral or not about capitalism.

Review: The setting of this classic is great and its acting was superb by Douglas and Charlie Sheen. It is a good tale that inspires questions about the morality of certain actions in life with materialism. I thought the supporting actresses were a bit weak with Daryl Hannah as a materialistic girlfriend.

Further Question/Philosophy/Theme: Is greed good? Is Wall Street as how the film makes it? Do people change because of money?

Power Rating (Out of 5): 4 The movie was a classic, and it had great lines by Gordon Gekko.

Favorite Quotes: Bud Fox: How much is enough?
Gordon Gekko: It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another.

Gordon Gekko: The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of the hat while everybody sits out there wondering how the hell we did it. Now you're not naive enough to think we're living in a democracy, are you buddy? It's the free market. And you're a part of it. You've got that killer instinct. Stick around pal, I've still got a lot to teach you.

Gordon Gekko: You and I are the same, Darien. We are smart enough not to buy in to the oldest myth running; love. Diction created by people to keep them from jumping out of windows.
[laughs]
Darien Taylor: You know sometimes I miss you Gordon...You're really twisted.

Gordon Gekko: That's the one thing you have to remember about WASPs: they love animals and hate people.

Gordon Gekko: The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

Gordon Gekko: Don't get emotional about a stock.

Gordon Gekko: If you need a friend, get a dog.

Bud Fox: Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.

Lou: Just remember something. Man looks in the abyss, there is nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character, and that is what keeps him out of the abyss.

Gordon Gekko: Lunch is for wimps.

Gordon Gekko: You gonna tell me the difference between this guy and that guy is luck?
[points at a bum and businessman]