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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
Heady well-lubricated church building cuckold
  06/02/19
Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were m...
bull headed library
  06/02/19
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Sapphire roommate police squad
  06/04/19
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chestnut self-centered home
  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
Chartreuse swashbuckling boistinker
  06/02/19
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Tantric vigorous station toaster
  06/02/19
big short is literally aimed squarely at 100 iq audience, li...
honey-headed immigrant candlestick maker
  06/04/19
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chestnut self-centered home
  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
Tantric vigorous station toaster
  06/02/19
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marvelous theater stage mother
  06/02/19
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diverse point
  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
free-loading preventive strike
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
180 whorehouse
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
Chartreuse swashbuckling boistinker
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
Passionate gunner azn
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
Chartreuse swashbuckling boistinker
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
snowy razzle-dazzle sneaky criminal
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
180 whorehouse
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
doobsian excitant jewess
  06/04/19
like doobs visiting cravath?
honey-headed immigrant candlestick maker
  06/04/19
Wtf
cerise irradiated dysfunction
  06/04/19
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offensive orange theater
  06/04/19
Many people are saying this!
flatulent contagious stock car weed whacker
  06/04/19
way better movie than it should've been. there was no actual...
Spectacular spot pisswyrm
  06/04/19
Adam McKay always feels the need to have cutesy diagrams to ...
shaky racy death wish space
  06/04/19
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prospero ano y luicidad
  12/24/25


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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:41 AM
Author: Heady well-lubricated church building cuckold

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: bull headed library

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: Sapphire roommate police squad



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: chestnut self-centered home



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: Chartreuse swashbuckling boistinker

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Tantric vigorous station toaster



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: honey-headed immigrant candlestick maker

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: chestnut self-centered home



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Tantric vigorous station toaster

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: marvelous theater stage mother



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: diverse point



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: free-loading preventive strike

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: 180 whorehouse

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: Chartreuse swashbuckling boistinker

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: Passionate gunner azn

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: Chartreuse swashbuckling boistinker

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: snowy razzle-dazzle sneaky criminal

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: 180 whorehouse

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: doobsian excitant jewess

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: honey-headed immigrant candlestick maker

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: cerise irradiated dysfunction

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: offensive orange theater



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: flatulent contagious stock car weed whacker

Many people are saying this!

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: Spectacular spot pisswyrm

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: shaky racy death wish space

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: prospero ano y luicidad (🧐)



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