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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
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  06/02/19
Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were m...
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  06/02/19
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  06/04/19
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glittery spot fortuitous meteor
  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
wonderful set goal in life
  06/02/19
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boyish box office potus
  06/02/19
big short is literally aimed squarely at 100 iq audience, li...
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  06/04/19
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glittery spot fortuitous meteor
  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
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  06/02/19
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bipolar lettuce
  06/02/19
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Fighting Soul-stirring School
  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
comical mood base
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
Self-absorbed indigo chad
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
wonderful set goal in life
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
pink adventurous dilemma
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
wonderful set goal in life
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
Twinkling zombie-like meetinghouse
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
Self-absorbed indigo chad
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
ruby point
  06/04/19
like doobs visiting cravath?
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  06/04/19
Wtf
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  06/04/19
Many people are saying this!
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  06/04/19
way better movie than it should've been. there was no actual...
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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:41 AM
Author: pearl sandwich famous landscape painting

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: Wild Fat Ankles Alpha

Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were making it out to be. Very entertaining though. Would give it a positive 169

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:34 PM
Author: Crawly field gay wizard



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: glittery spot fortuitous meteor



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: wonderful set goal in life

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: boyish box office potus



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: godawful chestnut hissy fit legal warrant

big short is literally aimed squarely at 100 iq audience, like network news

margin call is literally on another level

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: glittery spot fortuitous meteor



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: boyish box office potus

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: bipolar lettuce



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: Fighting Soul-stirring School



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: comical mood base

I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'd agree in most other cases. I watched it with my wife and found it helpful. From what I remember, when a character broke the fourth wall, what typically followed was a vignette that explained the finance jargon that followed.

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:11 AM
Author: Self-absorbed indigo chad

I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were people who didn't read a single piece of journalism about how the crisis started

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:31 PM
Author: wonderful set goal in life

Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs to 99% of the population

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:47 PM
Author: pink adventurous dilemma

I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate level and greatly enjoyed the movie. They very skillfully navigated the line between oversimplification of the issues and going into esoteric details that are not that important.

The movie explicitly is just about a few bit players, not a comprehensive “what happened” of the Great Recession.

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:50 PM
Author: wonderful set goal in life

Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 years and really didnt get the hype. It wasn't because it was too dumbed down, it was because it was a forgettable movie



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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:28 PM
Author: Twinkling zombie-like meetinghouse

tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very suspect:

"I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 years"

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Date: June 5th, 2019 12:19 AM
Author: Self-absorbed indigo chad

I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of the movie was just shit you would have known if you were paying attention.

And I mean, yeah, it is vaguely compelling that a few people figured it out ahead of time and made big bets and made out like bandits. That entire story just isn't something that is all that compelling over the course of of an entire movie though, especially when you have to sit through all the low IQ explanations.

Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room is a way better watch

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: ruby point

I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the financial aspects of it.

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:30 PM
Author: godawful chestnut hissy fit legal warrant

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: Bateful grizzly space organic girlfriend

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: fantasy-prone passionate half-breed



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: Blathering low-t ticket booth

Many people are saying this!

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: Hairraiser stage

way better movie than it should've been. there was no actual story. same as moneyball.

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Date: June 4th, 2019 11:17 PM
Author: bearded fragrant cruise ship

Adam McKay always feels the need to have cutesy diagrams to explain every little thing to the viewer. Vice did the same thing a bunch of times. Really cheapens the movie

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Date: December 24th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: As far as they will go but even farther (🧐)



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