Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

In several of the close-up shots of Jake on his motorcycle you can clearly see a dolly with the camera crew in the reflection in Jake's helmet visor.

In the scenes in which MSNBC is on the television, the Dow Jones Average shown on the ribbon at the top of the TV screen is the same throughout the movie, even when the market drops "777" points at the nadir of the financial crisis, the average is still over 11,000.

The average dipped below 7,000 in the real world in the time frame of the film.

The Toyota Prius Winnie is showing driving was a model not yet available in 2008.

In a scene where Gordon Gekko and Jake Moore are riding in a cab, it shows the cab driving for quite a long time before showing the meter, which only reads $2.

Given that New York cab meters start at $2.

50 and would increase to $2.

90 after only 1/5 of a mile, it is apparent that the meter was either not really running or shot at a different time in the cab ride than was shown in the movie.

The high definition feed of New York City cable network NY1 is shown on a television screen in Jacob's loft.

NY1 did not start broadcasting in the 16:9 HD aspect ratio until October 2009, over a year after the scene was set.

The scene which allegedly shows Zurich, Switzerland was obviously not shot there.

Zurich trams are blue, not red.

(It was shot in Prague.

) When Jake Gives a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue Label to the Chinese investor, he says"This is for you - American Whisky.

" Johnny Walker is and always has been Scottish.

(at around 9 mins) As Gekko and Moore are walking around the Zoo/Park the length, and shape, of the back of Gekko's hair changes from camera angle to camera angle.

As Winnie was signing the paperwork for the 100 million in Zurich, the amount is listed as $100,000 and not $100,000,000; however, the form says "Please leave $100,000 in my account", which means approximately 100 million was indeed transferred.

As Winnie was signing the paperwork for the 100 million in Zurich, she printed her name where it said to sign.

When Jake Moore first enters Gordon Gekko's apartment, a white actor's position mark is visible on the floor.

When he hands the Chinese the Johnny Walker as a gift, he does not say what the subtitles indicates as "This is for you -- American Whiskey".

What he says is actually translated as "I think you will like this".

In the final scene, on the roof top terrace, there are 'photos' being taken.

Briefly an 'in-camera' view pops up and displays the ISO as 3200.

In daylight you would normally be at roughly ISO 200, ISO 3200 would only be used in the absolute darkest situations.

The resulting image would've been overexposed.

ISO refers to the sensitivity of the camera's sensor to pick up light - the higher the number, the more light it lets in.

When Jim Cramer's show comes on TV, the banner on the screen incorrectly says "HYDA," and in the next shot it appears correctly as HYDRA.

I thought Wall Street was OK. It didn't blow me away, but I thought it was OK.

I must admit I did enjoy Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street, which tells the story of Gordon Gekko and how he manipulated people and events in order to make money. This cost him his liberty in the end, but as they say, that's another story.

"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is a Drama movie in which we watch Gordon Gekko being released from prison and trying to rebuild his empire when he sees an opportunity. Everything change when his son-in-law and her daughter get involved.

The best movie about Wall Street from this century.First thing you need to know about this movie: it isn't just about money, is about more, human nature in your contemporary form, with derivatives and greed.

I'm just kidding around with that title. The viewer isn't going to sleep through this because his brain will be all twisted around.

In 1987, Oliver Stone directed and co-wrote "Wall Street" with Michael Douglas as a super-confident corporate raider Gordon Gekko ("Greed is good") and Charlie Sheen as his young acolyte. The real-life financial crash of 2008 was obviously a powerful inducement to Stone to return to the crime scene and 23 years later Stone again directs and co-scripts, Douglas is back as a Gekko who has served his jail term, and even Sheen has a small cameo.

Perhaps because I did not see the 1987 version, I found this 2010 version a compelling watch. Perhaps because I was in private business and found the 2008 meltdown too predictable, I found 'just another' movie about greed a compelling watch.

Anything Shia labeouf touches is captivating. He's the most underrated actor.

'Gordon Gekko' (Michael Douglas) has just gotten released from prison. Cool!