Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps

On Monday I was able to attend the world premiere of Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps thanks to Omy Blog Club! I brought Sherry along since Alaric had French class at NUS till 8pm haha.

Being a world premiere, Sherry and I had to surrender all electronic gadgets that could possibly be used to record the movie! This meant goodbye to my Blackberry, camera and my Macbook.
I found it quite funny though, because somewhere, somehow, a (or like a 1000) Chinamen will manage to film it anyway and leak it online because they're damn talented at that haha. I mean China is so huge! Singapore is so much easier to control; and even then they still had ushers going up and down the aisles to make sure no one was filming during the movie. Talk about strict...



The film is directed by Oliver Stone, starring well-known names such as Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf as well as Carey Mulligan. Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps is based on the 2008 financial crisis, and I can vaguely recognize some of the themes highlighted in the film such as the property market crash and the US Government bailout.

The scenes below are in chronological order lah, so mild spoilers:








This film is definitely not your typical romance or drama. I was always baffled by how the stock markets work; I've tried asking around how one day the figures can be climbing, and the next day the market crashes but I still haven't figured it out. Guess this is why I was never interested in pursuing economics or finance. But haha omg this movie makes me want to take it up cause geeeeezzzz, it can be rewarding!!! $$$$$$$$

This is a movie about the Wall Street though, so be prepared for the usual scenes of hundreds of men standing around computers shouting SELL/BUY into phones and/or breaking into tears. And also the occasional suicide. The film did have its light-hearted moments though, surprisingly generally from Michael Douglas. Oh and you'll be able to see how one guy can intentionally spread news like crazy and cause a company to lose hundreds of millions.

P.S. The movie is almost 2.5hours long so remember to go to the toilet before it!
P.P.S. I was going to do a longer post with non-movie related news but I'm too tired. Just had two class tests today :( Oh and I sent a complaint letter to Photobucket! More on that tomorrow.
P.P.P.S. Formspring seems to be down too -_-