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re: The Big Short (spoiler free)
Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:32 pm to funnystuff
Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:32 pm to funnystuff
I always love white collar/financial themed movies. I like the cast but I am hesitant to see it because I worry about the anti corporate, "big corporation is bad" attitude on movies like this. Anyone who has already seen it get this feeling from it??
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Posted on 12/27/15 at 1:56 am to slinger1317
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I always love white collar/financial themed movies. I like the cast but I am hesitant to see it because I worry about the anti corporate, "big corporation is bad" attitude on movies like this. Anyone who has already seen it get this feeling from it??
They put a face on all of the frauds and idiots. It's not "Banks are bad", it's "Look at the idiots that were running things into the ground."
Posted on 12/27/15 at 10:08 am to slinger1317
Most of the "heroes" of the story are in the financial sector as well. If there is a moral it's not anti-corporate or anti-capitalism, it's that you can't just give companies complete autonomy with no oversight and regulation bc they'll run amok. Capitalism is not anarchy. When there are absolutely no rules, or rules aren't followed, bad things usually happen
Posted on 12/27/15 at 11:07 pm to tigerfan88
The ending was kind of strange IMO. Some of cameos were random
Posted on 12/28/15 at 3:02 am to Statsattack
Solid movie
Posted on 12/28/15 at 3:24 pm to slinger1317
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I always love white collar/financial themed movies. I like the cast but I am hesitant to see it because I worry about the anti corporate, "big corporation is bad" attitude on movies like this. Anyone who has already seen it get this feeling from it??
It really doesn't have an agenda, besides that fraud and greed are bad.
I can't stand preachy liberal movies and I didn't get a hint of that at all in this.
I thought it was a pretty creative movie as far as the story telling. I was worried how they would explain a very dense and boring(for some) subject, but they did a great job I think. I'd like to hear from more people who had no idea what happened and get their response on the story telling.
Steve Carell was fantastic in the movie and I think he stole the show. Ryan Gosling was basically playing the same smug, well dressed, a-hole he always plays, he did it well, but it was no stretch.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 7:57 am to funnystuff
Great movie. I really enjoyed it
Posted on 12/29/15 at 8:21 am to Brosef Stalin
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I kind of want to see this because it looks like it has a Wolf of Wall Street feel to it.
It's better than The Wolf of Wall Street in every way IMO.
Including directing.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 8:21 am to barry
I really enjoyed the movie. They really dumbed down the financial stuff, almost to a point of being annoying to me since I already knew about all that stuff, but they at least did it in an entertaining way.
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I really loved how Brad Pitt punches the audience in the gut to remind us that we shouldn't all be celebrating with the guys as they make their fortune since it meant so much suffering
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I really loved how Brad Pitt punches the audience in the gut to remind us that we shouldn't all be celebrating with the guys as they make their fortune since it meant so much suffering
Posted on 12/29/15 at 8:25 am to Pilot Tiger
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They really dumbed down the financial stuff, almost to a point of being annoying to me since I already knew about all that stuff
They didn't dumb it down that much. Just enough for general [intelligent] audiences to understand it.
Posted on 12/30/15 at 10:19 am to Patrick_Bateman
I enjoyed it, but it will be a hard sell to your average movie-goer. Attendance was pretty light at the mid-day show I went to yesterday.
Planet Money did some informative podcasts about the bubble, subprimes, etc. The most known one is "The Giant Pool of Money" that ran on This American Life. Well worth a listen. They do a good job of making it understandable.
Planet Money did some informative podcasts about the bubble, subprimes, etc. The most known one is "The Giant Pool of Money" that ran on This American Life. Well worth a listen. They do a good job of making it understandable.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 6:41 pm to Supravol22
We just got back and enjoyed it! I didn't recognize Ryan Gosling!
Posted on 12/31/15 at 9:18 pm to funnystuff
How does it compare to Inside Job?
Posted on 1/2/16 at 6:05 am to funnystuff
Thanks for the recommendation. Really enjoyed the movie. I don't know what's crazier, that there were no regulations, or that only one person went to jail when it was all over.
Posted on 1/2/16 at 8:16 am to 82fumanchu
Awesome movie, I had read the book and was skeptical they could capture it in a two-hour flick but hell of a job. Best acting job I've seen by Steve Carrell.
For everyone afraid to see it because it might poke some holes in your beloved capitalist beliefs, quit being pussies and go enjoy a good movie.
For everyone afraid to see it because it might poke some holes in your beloved capitalist beliefs, quit being pussies and go enjoy a good movie.
Posted on 1/2/16 at 12:14 pm to TejasPete
Great movie and it wasn't at all a bunch of Occupy Wall Street propaganda. I may be wrong but I don't even remember hearing the name "Bush" the entire film. Someone may correct me on that.
No one should hold off on seeing this movie because they think it's going to be a preachy, political hack piece. It isn't AT ALL.
No one should hold off on seeing this movie because they think it's going to be a preachy, political hack piece. It isn't AT ALL.
Posted on 1/2/16 at 12:25 pm to Scoop
I don't know if I'm alone, but I really thought this movie effectively broke the fourth wall.
Posted on 1/2/16 at 1:30 pm to GeauxTigers2020
This movie was tremendous. I wasn't cognizant of what was happening at the time of the recession, I only saw the effects of it. This was definitely a cool little explanation of what was happening.
It was VERY well acted, and yes, Steve Carrell absolutely stole the show. Towards the end his turmoil was palpable, but in a way that you knew it was inevitable. Don't sleep on Bale, either. Did a good job depicting the "otherness" of his role.
Agreed! I liked that in doing so it mirrored the characters bucking the normative practices of their times as well.
Just an all-around good film I'd recommend.
It was VERY well acted, and yes, Steve Carrell absolutely stole the show. Towards the end his turmoil was palpable, but in a way that you knew it was inevitable. Don't sleep on Bale, either. Did a good job depicting the "otherness" of his role.
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but I really thought this movie effectively broke the fourth wall
Agreed! I liked that in doing so it mirrored the characters bucking the normative practices of their times as well.
Just an all-around good film I'd recommend.
Posted on 1/2/16 at 1:46 pm to funnystuff
Thought the movie was a disjointed mess.
And way to tongue-in-cheek for the topic of which was an American disaster.
And why was it portraying these guys as heroes when all they were doing is trying to make a fast buck off of homeowners just like the banks.
And way to tongue-in-cheek for the topic of which was an American disaster.
And why was it portraying these guys as heroes when all they were doing is trying to make a fast buck off of homeowners just like the banks.
Posted on 1/2/16 at 1:59 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Thought the movie was a disjointed mess
Fair critique, but I didn't mind the style.
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And way to tongue-in-cheek for the topic of which was an American disaster
Sometimes humor is exactly what's needed to make something especially weighty a little easier to swallow.
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And why was it portraying these guys as heroes when all they were doing is trying to make a fast buck off of homeowners just like the banks.
I don't think it's fair to generalize about all of the characters in such a way when they were all possessed of differing motivations. They were all on a spectrum, and if you only saw them as one-dimensional characters I don't think you were comprehending what you were seeing.
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