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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
apoplectic rigor
  06/02/19
Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were m...
Histrionic Really Tough Guy Wrinkle
  06/02/19
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Razzle generalized bond
  06/04/19
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Swollen soul-stirring preventive strike
  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
Zombie-like bull headed blood rage national
  06/02/19
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Lilac Kitty Cat
  06/02/19
big short is literally aimed squarely at 100 iq audience, li...
ocher soggy shitlib stage
  06/04/19
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Swollen soul-stirring preventive strike
  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
Lilac Kitty Cat
  06/02/19
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Amethyst sick ape sound barrier
  06/02/19
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fragrant tank hospital
  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
Balding kitchen associate
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
Sinister Round Eye Piazza
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
Zombie-like bull headed blood rage national
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
excitant nursing home
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
Zombie-like bull headed blood rage national
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
multi-colored jade rehab mad-dog skullcap
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
Sinister Round Eye Piazza
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
vivacious useless home legal warrant
  06/04/19
like doobs visiting cravath?
ocher soggy shitlib stage
  06/04/19
Wtf
Walnut friendly grandma
  06/04/19
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Lemon Plaza
  06/04/19
Many people are saying this!
Sexy senate famous landscape painting
  06/04/19
way better movie than it should've been. there was no actual...
glittery whorehouse striped hyena
  06/04/19
Adam McKay always feels the need to have cutesy diagrams to ...
Painfully honest burgundy dingle berry
  06/04/19
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As far as they will go but even farther
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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:41 AM
Author: apoplectic rigor

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: Histrionic Really Tough Guy Wrinkle

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: Razzle generalized bond



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: Swollen soul-stirring preventive strike



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: Zombie-like bull headed blood rage national

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Lilac Kitty Cat



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: ocher soggy shitlib stage

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: Swollen soul-stirring preventive strike



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Lilac Kitty Cat

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: Amethyst sick ape sound barrier



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: fragrant tank hospital



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: Balding kitchen associate

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: Sinister Round Eye Piazza

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: Zombie-like bull headed blood rage national

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: excitant nursing home

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2...id.#38340393)



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:50 PM
Author: Zombie-like bull headed blood rage national

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: multi-colored jade rehab mad-dog skullcap

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: Sinister Round Eye Piazza

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2...id.#38341943)



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: vivacious useless home legal warrant

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: ocher soggy shitlib stage

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: Walnut friendly grandma

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: Lemon Plaza



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: Sexy senate famous landscape painting

Many people are saying this!

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: glittery whorehouse striped hyena

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: Painfully honest burgundy dingle berry

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2...id.#38341635)



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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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