POLL: Boiler Room or The Wolf of Wall Street?

Boiler Room.

Its not about comparisons, its more about development of the genre through Wall Street to Wolf. And clearly the movie with most insight was Margin Call.

I agree w the post. The qualude n lambo scene were the only thing I liked about wolf...boiler room was better cept I didn't like the black chick he liked, she wouldnt have fallen for his ass

In total -- Boiler Room

For one thing, I enjoyed the better details on how they got people to buy.
also, the portrayal of sleazy broker types was better

>the coins in the jar are for charity,
<the coins in the tray are for sharing

Boiler Room, WOWS bored me.

I wouldn't even classify Wolf as a finance movie. It's more like a drug comedy / drama. So from that point of view (since I'm a finance head) I enjoyed Boiler Room better. Wolf wasn't as bad as I was expecting, however. I put it off for ages then watched it on tv long after release and some parts genuinely were quite funny etc, but still it's nothing amazing either. Boiler room has it's flaws too, but from a finance movie pov it was better. I also liked how they put a coloured (blue) filter on the screen when the scenes were in the office (same as on the matrix (with its green filter) and other movies (Fight Club has some scenes with the same effect), I like that technique). The music in Boiler Room was also good, and the storyline is entertaining etc. Overall I like it.

Anyways for others who enjoyed Boiler Room and who want to watch other finance movies you should check out 'Rogue Trader' with Ewan McGregor. I quite enjoyed that one too (went in with low expectations), and some scenes are quite funny i.e. the Ron Baker character, the board members of the bank, and what his friend tells him at the very end of the movie over the phone about what the media is saying about him etc. Good movie. So if you enjoyed Boiler Room, or particularly you're into finance, you'll enjoy this I think. Definitely underrated on IMDB imo.

For me hands down it's Boiler Room

The only thing I liked about The Wolf of Wall Street was the Quaalude and the Lamborghini scene....that's it.