Gold

GREAT MOVIE!!!

If you don't know the amazing real-life story that inspired "Gold" you should check it out. It is one of those clear examples of "truth is stranger than fiction". A Filipino Engineer, Michael de Guzman perpetrated what was at the time the largest fraud ever attempted in the Mining industry. He may (or may not) have gotten away with tens of millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains. Or, he may have fallen -- or been pushed -- out of the window of a Helicopter, hundreds of feet above an Indonesian rain forest.You literally cannot make this stuff up.What "Gold" does, somewhat successfully, is tell that story by dressing it up, re-locating the main North American action, adding and subtracting characters, etc. If you want your films to be true to the "inspired by true events" moniker then "Gold" is not for you. It takes significant creative license with the facts. But, if you want your stories entertaining and fairly well made, then this is your kind of film."Gold" has one main guilty pleasure, and that is Matthew McConaughey chewing the scenery as the fictional character, based on the real-life Calgary Mining investor, David Walsh. As Christian Bale was transformed for the much better “inspired by true events” “American Hustle”, McConaughey dons a bald/wig, probably gained real weight and is sporting one of the most obscene sets of false teeth perhaps ever attempted in a major motion picture.The results could have been a disaster, but in the hands of an Oscar-winning actor they are splendid. Since his character in the film is mostly fabricated, it is not possible to say he becomes David Walsh, but he does become something interesting: watching him nearly lose everything, make a wild bet on a Filipino engineer and trudge through the jungles of Borneo, all the while contracting Malaria and driving up the value of his company’s stock is a sight to behold.The rest of “Gold” is, to some extent, window dressing. Actor/director Edgar Ramirez is passable as the film’s version of de Guzman: if it is possible to “un-foreground” a character, “Gold” does that with deGuzman. The location photography is very good and the overall technique of Stephen Gaghan’s direction builds good tension by jumping from Reno, NV to Borneo to Wall Street.But again, come for the story – which, even if it is mostly made-up, is still good – but stay for McConaughey. You will not regret it.

Terrific acting, plot development and a flip SURPRISE ENDING, that caught us by surprise, get ready to sit down, smile, enjoy yourself, laugh and watch this thing open up and unfold in ways that will catch you by surprise!!!

Kinda a rags to riches story with true realife scenarios of corruption, scam tactics and what influencers can truly do (in a way). Also you see what in the old days, although this movie is shot in current times, but when a man used to give his word and shook hands to close the deal...he kept it to the end, irregardles of any outside pressures and/or manipulations to do the opposite. Now I do not wish to give the movie away but if you are a day trader or retired and/or planning on being a commodities broker be it in currencies, metals, or raw sugar... you'll find it very educational and an eye opener to always double proof check all your deals thoroughly. And that is all I will reveal on the matter.

This movie was loosely based on a true story. There is not much to analyze here, other than to follow the two partners along with their incredible journey into the Indonesian jungle, juxtaposed with the impressive concrete jungle of New York and the Wallstreet district. The main theme is the idea of what a true prospector is all about. That idea is never really driven home, except at the end of the movie, when Wells makes a weak speech about the definition of a prospector and receives the golden pick. Earlier in the movie, he states that the tattoo on his arm is a bird with no feet. Therefore, the bird can only sleep in the wind. That pretty much sums up Wells. He is looking for that one piece of gold, that will lead him to the motherload, and incredible wealth.His partner, Acosta, pulls off the greatest scam in the history of gold mining. He is an upstanding man in the sense that he honored his obligation with his partner in the end, and gave Wallstreet an incredible screwing. I won't give away the plot, but I would recommend this movie to everyone. I gave it a four-star rating and I was being generous. It needed better directing. I also think it's a bit ridiculous that actors gain weight, wear false teeth, and go bald just for a role, as McConaughey did. I could see many of his acting styles from previous movies in this role as well. Overall, it's a go see and enjoy the story.

It was ok movie, not what I expected.

I like MM as an actor and he did not disappoint in this film. Not his best but still enjoyable. I wonder if he is actually bald in real life. The twists and turns which this movie takes leaves a thinking person how much is actually real on wall street and how much is just a great story which is sold over and over and over again to people who never actually check to see the physical evidence. You can see stores like walmart & mcdonalds but too many companies are not brick and mortar and can lead a person to be easily parted from their money. The real estate caused recession of 2008 & 2009 is a great example of wall street selling worthless paper all while our government and certain rich people or insiders went along with it costing people billions of dollars like the pension plan of your average small company etc. Presidents, Senators, Representative, all in on fraud not to mention the low life lobbyists. Hey it's called Capitalism.....and buyer you had better be ware! Watch the movie, just do it!

The character McConaughey portrays is a fool who stumbles into a world where he has no idea how the people operate. It's a good time watching the ups and downs and the climax has some pretty cool things play out. Kudos to Matthew McConaughey for playing outside of his realm. I guess that's what actors are supposed to do? Anyway, enjoyed this one. Just my opinion.

A true-story full of intrigue, drama, tension about a guy, Kenny, from Nevada desperate for a win in his gold prospecting effort. High-profile geologist Acosta helps him to find out a gold mine in midst of the Indonesian jungle. They almost have to give up due to challenging conditions but close to being broke and suffering from malaria fever they struck a huge lode. Investors, banks and the stock market all try to take a share of what seems to be the find of the century. And Kenny succumbs to a life of excess and materialism.It’s a story about ambition, entrepreneurship and persistence. If you like to learn more about gold prospecting and mining, this is actually a very interesting movie. Perhaps there could have been, but there isn’t, more of an allusion the ethical implications of third world profiteering.With this movie you’ll get a suburb performance by a once more transformed again, now bald, McConaughey - if anything the movie provides another platform for him to shine his talents.I must admit I was quite entertained by the movie and found the end particularly intriguing. So I don’t understand the poor media coverage it got at the time and the weak Rottentomato scores.

The DVD "Gold" with Matthew McConaughey was for me a bit of a let down. I really found itdifficult to follow the McConaughey character's dialogue - with him with a cigarette in his mouthand a bottle in his hand.So much of the time with the main player acting almost under the influence , took a lot of the enjoyment away from story.

Fairly entertaining fare. Quite a number of continuity issues, particularly with those of the actors who were involved in dialogue whilst smoking cigarettes. For my money Christian Bale would have been better suited in the part played by Matthew McConaughey (Kenny Wells) as McConaughy didn't quite have the weight, in terms of gravitas, that Bale brings to a part. Personal preference...obviously. Didn't quite work for me, it smacked somewhat of the Wolf of Wall Street/American Hustle. Not terrible.

I enjoyed parts of this film but there were more bad parts in it, the best part was the end when He went back to seehis wife

I simply didn’t enjoy this film and I will not pass it onto a one else I suspect it will be going into bags for charity shop.