Ultimate Movie Debate

Ok guys, I love movies, and I love the world of finance and banking. The question is Boileroom or Wall Street? Which depicts the life better, and which movie is actually better? Btw if the only line you know from Wall Street is "greed is good", then watch it again.

 

wall street is def. the best finance movie. blue horse shoe loves...

my ranking

  1. wall street
  2. other peoples money
  3. the bank
  4. boiler room
  5. dealers
  6. rough trader (the book is better)

if you work in sales, maybe - Glengarry Glen Ross, ABC - always be closing


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vadremc:
I think you meant "Rogue"...

Oops, my mistake. It's Rogue Trader - the nick leeson story.

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Lewis needs to sell the rights from his book to Universal. I think it would go down as one of the greats...

But yeah, Wall Street hands down...

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xistguru:
Plus Boiler Room had Vin Diesel and Ben Affleck, while Wall Street had Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, and John C. McGinley.

Ha, well put.. very hard to debate those.

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wall street is about so much more then just a deal, a portrial of charactors or the times in which it was filmed. there are so many themes within the movie that people in the industry (in particular those early intheir career analyst/associates) can relate to. not just the lifestyle, but also the moral conflicts that the characters go through as well as other themes like the fear of losing the yuppie lifestyle (i don't mean this in a disparaging way), adjusting to a shift in social status (working class to middle class), proving ones selve early in ones adulthood, seeing the father/son relationship develop int he context of the films other themes, etc... some of these side themes are common to both films, but i think that wallstreet handles this better. also, the suits are better.

 
GenghisKhan:

Actually, I'm kind of partial to "Batman Begins", of all things.

Do you mean Beteman Begins? "Bateman Begins-Official Trailer":

 

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