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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
Balding multi-colored hunting ground milk
  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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Jet Senate French Chef
  06/04/19
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  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
Electric Flushed Lodge
  06/02/19
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  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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Lime learning disabled business firm goyim
  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
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appetizing church
  06/02/19
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Mahogany mewling pit
  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
Naked turdskin
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
provocative stead jap
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
Electric Flushed Lodge
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
Big deep theater rigor
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
Electric Flushed Lodge
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
exhilarant base
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
provocative stead jap
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
Purple Thriller Becky Cruise Ship
  06/04/19
like doobs visiting cravath?
Flickering locale really tough guy
  06/04/19
Wtf
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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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  06/04/19
Adam McKay always feels the need to have cutesy diagrams to ...
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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:41 AM
Author: Balding multi-colored hunting ground milk

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: drab pungent ladyboy

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: Jet Senate French Chef



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: Lime learning disabled business firm goyim



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: Electric Flushed Lodge

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Carmine Shrine Pervert



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: Flickering locale really tough guy

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: Lime learning disabled business firm goyim



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Carmine Shrine Pervert

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: appetizing church



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: Mahogany mewling pit



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: Naked turdskin

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: provocative stead jap

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: Electric Flushed Lodge

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: Big deep theater rigor

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: Electric Flushed Lodge

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: exhilarant base

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: provocative stead jap

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: Purple Thriller Becky Cruise Ship

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: Flickering locale really tough guy

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: Cowardly Associate National

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: wine bisexual box office



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: transparent dilemma stain

Many people are saying this!

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: swashbuckling offensive depressive windowlicker

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: Very Tactful Philosopher-king Partner

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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