Wall Street Wall Street 2 The first film was spectacular. Really took me by surprise because I figured it was going to be a bore, but the characterization of everyone in the film is intense and to a certain degree believable. It's not like other films where the good guy and the bad guy are expressed by extreme actions from different sides of the hero/villain spectrum. The film feels comparable because you have definitive reasoning towards their actions, and ones that make sense. I really enjoyed it, will watch again, no idea how you would go about making a film about Wall Street any better. The second film however was atrocious. Everything that happened up until the last 25 minutes of the movie, feels like filler. I personally wanted to see the film start at the end (without the sudden heart Gekko grew at the end), with Gekko being more than a cry baby the entire film about how his daughter doesn't give a shit about him (news flash: that "twist" with the 100 mil throws his character so far into the evil spectrum that giving a shit about his family over the span of a few months suddenly becomes unbelievable). Aside the sudden character shift at the end of the film, I'll completely ignore the idea that these 2 power players would ever even consider having a conversation with Lebouf. The film feeds us that he's "good" with the numbers, but the skill that is shown with him is nothing but horrible. The first film's protagonist did show him succeeding time and time again so it made sense that the guys on top wanted him around, the second film however shows a character that sucks at investing yet tells us the big dogs consider him a protegee. My biggest gripe however was the story, it sucked balls. Made no sense, things happened for happening (the first film had that, like the dude getting fired, but it set emotional tone), and adds Fox going against the morals he learned in the first film (Why did it happen then?). It was piss, and I wish I could force everyone working on this film to drink it.