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Boiler Room is the greatest movie ever

My favorite movie by far is Boiler Room by Ben Younger. He was a young director when he did the movie and the film features all young, up-andcoming, actors. The fim tells the story of a struggling young man trying to succeed financially by joining a stock brocker firm known as J.T Marlin. Teh firm is out in Long Island instead of down in Wall Street, the men are loud, obnoxious, rough nad tumb instead of proffesional. They strictly drive Ferraris and Porshes and party hard. The movie opens with the main character, Seth Davis played by, Giovanni Ribisi, driving out to get an interview at J.T Marlin. When he gets there, he is welcomed by Jim Young (Ben Afleck) a senior in the firm who tells him the real deal on what uis to come. "We arent here to save the fu**in' manatees here, if you want time off become a 2nd grade teacher, If you work at this firm you will make your fist million in under 6 years..."

The movie appeals to me and other young men for a number of reasons. One, is the lure of money and aflashy things. The first character that the viewers see who works at the firm drives up in a yellow Lambroghini and spends a couple thousand in a back-door casino. This is without a doubt appealing to young people who are intrigues by nice cars, clothes nad other flashy things. On the other hand, I showed the movie to a friend of mine and he was unintrigued. Although, i had seen the movie countless times before I still got excited by the opening qoutes. "I once heard that IBM has more millionare secretaries than any other comapny. They took stock option instead of Christmas bonuses and boom. It just blows my mind...Notorious BIG, once said "your either slingin crack rock or you got a killer jump shot", everybody wasnt to make the easy buck, so I did the white boy version of dealing-I became a stock broker.

The movie is also exciting because of the lighting and intensity that is shown. Inside what is known as the Boiler Room, or the high energy room where all the action takes place of cold calls, and selling. Inside the boiler room it is loud an wild. Teh lighting is all an icy blue and the youngest new recruits are crowded in with the smallest desks possible. The lighing when al lof the new recruits meet Jim Young for the first time is just as exciting. There is a dimly lit room with a lot of backlighting on Jim Young. He stands at the end of a long conference table surrounded by young eager men. He tells them "...anmybody who says that money is the root of all evil, doesnt fu**in' have any, look at the smile on my face; ear to ear baby".

Overall, the movie takes more turns, when drug use, violence, in a small bar fight and shady bussiness actions take part. the overall theme of excess is eciting and interesting to a young male audience. Teh trickery is envigorating and entertaining.