Based very loosely on the book "House Of Cards" the movie seems to be very light, i enjoyed but expected something more of Mr GG. The problem also was the casting, LaBeouf looks and acts nothing like a trader and he is also too young, if he was trying to replace Buddy Fox in our minds he blew it big time. The other casting mistake was this girl Carey Mulligan (Gekko's daughter) she is just impossible to like: A poor multimillionaire 20 something that has daddy's issues and a very left-sided view of life that feels miserable about money just because she has it. I usually don't use this word in comments but here it goes: FUCK her and her issues. Josh Brolin as Bretton James (based on Jamie Dimon) is another disappointment, i expected more of the film and as i said i enjoyed it just for being able to see michael Douglas playin his greatest character ever: Gordon Gekko.
I Think such a huge and classic character as Gordon Gekko deserved a better story, a better casting and a better and darker end.
PS./ Loved the fact Charlie Sheen had a small cameo in the movie but ¿why always used the Charlie Sheen/harper cliché of having him stand in front of a camera with two hookers? Buddy Fox deserved better.
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