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Unintentionally funny stuff...

posted 11 years ago by daughterofolaf
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I guess it's just me but I really didn't find this movie to be all that great. It was not horrible and it could just be me who found it to be a bit much at certain times.

When Bud is being arrested...I found his cry face to be really bad and I found myself trying not to laugh. I don't really know if it was just poor acting on his part or if the whole thing just struck me the wrong way.

The other scene where I was just LOLing and thinking how hilarious it was (but not in a good way) was when the four or five people "swarm" Gekko's office to tell him off during the whole process of him getting effed over. WOW. That scene was ridiculous. I got the feeling that we were supposed to think they were totally badasses taking out the evil man but I just thought they looked like a bunch of buffoons trying to act tough.

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[–] cookiela2001 10 years ago

I cringe when they redo the apartment. Oh god....

[–] KatrinaW 8 years ago

Forget about the apartment redo... Darien's ridiculous hat during that scene is so over the top and horrible!

[–] cookiela2001 8 years ago

Oh yes...we cannot forget THAT. HAT!

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[–] johnston.scot 8 years ago

Well: clearly not unintentional....

[–] nutsberryfarm 8 years ago

gekko's huge cell phone. that's like a 5lb dumbbell.

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[–] lpt0127 8 years ago

I always bust up at that scene where Gordon goes to set his plate down and it drops through the table and hits the floor.

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[–] Tabbycat (785) 4 years ago

“we were supposed to think they were totally badasses taking out the evil man but I just thought they looked like a bunch of buffoons trying to act tough.”

Agreed. It’s one of the worst-acted scenes, mostly by that “You can go straight to hell” guy.

The problem is this:

“The day players’ll kill ya.”

[–] CalvinJarrett (306) 8 months ago

What about when that same actor in the scene with Sir Lawrence (Terrence Stamp) says, "Your contract has got to be iron-clad." I have a buddy who is also a huge fan of this movie and we go out of our way to use the word "iron-clad" in a sentence just so we can say it like that guy.

[–] Tabbycat (785) 8 months ago

That’s your great scene?

“Iron-clad” has been a cliché since half a century before this flick was an itch in Oliver Stone’s index finger. Then poorly delivered by this forgettable day player, it’s no highlight.

[–] CalvinJarrett (306) 8 months ago

Yes, it is because it is so poorly delivered that it is so funny. I thought this thread was about unintentionally funny lines. Clearly this 'actor' is trying to sell the importance of everything being put in writing so that they don't go out of the frying pan with Gekko and into the fire with Wildman. But it is rendered meaningless and hilarious because of how the actor assigned to deliver the line enunciates it.

[–] daveyh (595) 4 years ago

apparently the "cry scene" was inspired by a real life incident in which a stockbroker started crying in relief when he got arrested - relief that it was over, that he was away from the stress of it all.
Doesn't really work in the context of Bud coming in to the office all triumphant - the last thing he'd want at that time was to be taken away from it.

[–] Towelie_Towel (1728) 3 years ago

Charlie Sheen is just a bit subpar. This movie would benefit from an actor that could hold his own against Douglas.

[–] Tabbycat (785) 8 months ago

A bit, yes — but only that.

The cry scene mentioned was good, and his hysterical crying visiting his dad in the hospital was all too real. I also liked how he exploded at Darien when she leaves: all that misplaced fire that’s really directed at himself.

[–] jacotodd47 (1061) 8 months ago

Not too much. "Wall Street" is a good lesson though. Young idealistic guy that is doing his best to succeed - older guy that has been there, done that, now only cares about himself. And a Father that can see right through him. It's pretty typical of life - you start out one way, you end up a different way. Bud gets educated in what his Dad already knows. Anyway, if I had to name one line in the film that made me laugh.....

"Maybe you ought to read him "Pinocchio" Gordon"