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Overall message

posted 9 years ago by saskiagriffiths
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Do you think that there's a clear moral to WS? Does the film actually condemn capitalism/consumerism?

[–] tenantennae 9 years ago

"Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others."

[–] Ace_Spade 9 years ago

Yup, that's it. The closing words are a moralistic platitude straight from Unkie Oliver who can't make a movie's message subtle - not if you paid him.

Don't get me wrong, he's a decent filmmaker, but sometimes the messages of his films feel a bit like getting struck with a hammer.

HEY! CAPITALIST GREED IS BAD!
HEY! WAR IS BAD!

And so on.

[–] Pervy_Grin 9 years ago

Actually, telling someone to create is a very capitalistic message.

[–] stephenalienkissane 8 years ago

Bud realised what Gekko was going to do with bluestar and 100s of jobs , I think he realised what they all were doing , "how much is enough"

you do not punish someone for having big boobs!