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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
charismatic coldplay fan
  06/02/19
Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were m...
Smoky institution
  06/02/19
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mustard boyish pistol
  06/04/19
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adventurous buff heaven crotch
  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
bat-shit-crazy fighting reading party clown
  06/02/19
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azure fortuitous meteor
  06/02/19
big short is literally aimed squarely at 100 iq audience, li...
brindle dysfunction rigpig
  06/04/19
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adventurous buff heaven crotch
  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
azure fortuitous meteor
  06/02/19
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Orange contagious address electric furnace
  06/02/19
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Puce mind-boggling bawdyhouse
  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
aquamarine quadroon site
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
Aromatic scarlet milk
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
bat-shit-crazy fighting reading party clown
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
Honey-headed curious fat ankles dilemma
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
bat-shit-crazy fighting reading party clown
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
vivacious theater legal warrant
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
Aromatic scarlet milk
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
domesticated shitlib
  06/04/19
like doobs visiting cravath?
brindle dysfunction rigpig
  06/04/19
Wtf
slippery rigor state
  06/04/19
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cowardly wonderful community account
  06/04/19
Many people are saying this!
appetizing obsidian library
  06/04/19
way better movie than it should've been. there was no actual...
supple naked den yarmulke
  06/04/19
Adam McKay always feels the need to have cutesy diagrams to ...
unholy senate
  06/04/19
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As far as they will go but even farther
  12/24/25


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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:41 AM
Author: charismatic coldplay fan

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: Smoky institution

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: mustard boyish pistol



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: adventurous buff heaven crotch



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy fighting reading party clown

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: azure fortuitous meteor



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: brindle dysfunction rigpig

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: adventurous buff heaven crotch



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: azure fortuitous meteor

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: Orange contagious address electric furnace



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: Puce mind-boggling bawdyhouse



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: aquamarine quadroon site

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: Aromatic scarlet milk

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: bat-shit-crazy fighting reading party clown

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: Honey-headed curious fat ankles 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: bat-shit-crazy fighting reading party clown

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: vivacious theater legal warrant

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: Aromatic scarlet milk

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: domesticated shitlib

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: brindle dysfunction rigpig

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: slippery rigor state

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: cowardly wonderful community account



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: appetizing obsidian library

Many people are saying this!

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: supple naked den yarmulke

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: unholy senate

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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