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Rating: A dozen years ago in front of a tie and a branded suit.
Excuse me, I'm not a genius in finance, but I have some savings to invest. Could you help me? A chubby lamb asking a hungry wolf for a good place to eat. Please go ahead. Here I read, and flutter dense ink that smells of lead, that if interest rates rise so much, it means there is greater risk. Is it true? A muffled laugh, a conceited tone, almost amused. Well, this is true, but only at a theoretical level, and we must make a distinction. A pause to give space for an affable smile and there it is, a dark fin breaking the jacket and finding its vital space, right there, between the shoulder blades. Speaking among friends, and in confidence, I tell you not to worry; here we are talking about a sovereign democratic state. Do you really think it could fail, he says laughing, while indicating where to sign for a deal that should not be missed. Yes, right there on the X, a nice readable signature.
He has already done 15 and is taking the door, a little hesitant and with legs slightly apart even if he doesn't know why, when he is called back with the usual smile. Excuse me, you know, but there is one missing; they are written so small that they are not always all visible, while he ridicules, almost getting his Adam's apple caught on the 100 euro tie. Of course, while inviting him to sit down again, our relationship is based on trust, of course, but do one more for courtesy. You are in a safe bet, there's really no reason to worry.
At that time, Argentina was a sensual Tango, a good steak, or if you will, Maradona; certainly not a spoiled government bond.
Michael Douglas has made many films, but when he goes away, in my mind only two images will remain. One with crew cut hair and a baseball bat in hand, the other sees him smoking a cigar with a shark's grin, hair slicked back and a shirt with a dazzling collar that smells of starch. I went to the cinema even though I had very few expectations because I was too curious to see that son of a bitch Gordon Gekko on screen again. The performance did not disappoint me at all. Perhaps it is the other supporting actors who cannot hold their own against the old man and are soundly spanked. Technically impeccable, the film flows with good rhythm, intertwining a romantic story with finance, almost like a turbulent graph of the Dow Jones index these days: roller coasters.
At a purely academic level, there are a couple of interesting monologues, powerful and finely crafted capable of hitting hard and without qualms on the financial stars and stripes system. The image of the muscled, doped dollar is better than a bunch of editorials and might help the average citizen, who doesn't even know what a derivative or a subprime mortgage is, to understand why now it's hard to make ends meet despite living 6,000 km from the epicenter of the earthquake.
If the first chapter of 1986 denounced the practices of extreme U.S. finance to avert a future and hoped for a better one with a general repentance, Wall Street II is different.
We depend on pieces of shit, without conscience and morals, who have reached such power that they now squeeze individual states and politicians by the balls. This crisis will not lead to a change. When it ends, in 5 years, you can press the accelerator again and maybe the good times of profit and dividends of zero galore will return.
Such a system is a continuous search for the next bubble on which to feast and speculate with as much force as possible. If perhaps we will focus on renewable resources, it will certainly not be for repentance and because we will acknowledge the fact that extreme weather events are growing exponentially, but only for the scent of watermark.
"Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps" says nothing new, but the fact that this state of affairs is acknowledged and addressed without too much rhetoric and illusory hope is enough for me to recommend these 2 hours to you. Besides being well-rendered and enjoyable, they are interesting and capable of offering a critical reading key for these damned times that we will, in some way, have to try to climb.
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