I don't usually publicly review anything
I don't absolutely love because I always
feel like I have no business talking smack
about my betters. WALL STREET 2 is an
exception I'm willing to make because I liked
it so much while I was watching it, but had
trouble with it by the time I got to my car
in the parking lot and was really mad at it
by the time I got home. I feel like it was a
great opportunity partially wasted. A friend
of mine (who will remain anonymous to protect
his reputation) saw it the following day and
we had this pithy e-mail exchange which will
have to serve as my (our) review.
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Sent: Sep 29, 2010 9:37 PM
From: Friend
To: Lee Lankford
Subject: Wall Street 2
Disappointing.
From: Lee Lankford
To: Friend
I liked it except for the romance. I could
have done without the girl altogether.
From: Friend
To: Lee Lankford
Totally agree. That made it all fall apart
because nobody with a 1.4 million dollar
bonus is sticking with that sniveling woman-boy.
What was Oliver thinking?
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I think he summed it up perfectly.
My reaction was similar to yours. Doesn't bode well for a movie when the best scenes - the bailout debates in the smokeless smoke-filled rooms - feature none of the main characters.
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