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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
umber yarmulke
  06/02/19
Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were m...
Contagious costumed gas station halford
  06/02/19
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milky soul-stirring reading party
  06/04/19
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kink-friendly 180 home
  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
Purple quadroon resort
  06/02/19
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Canary orchestra pit
  06/02/19
big short is literally aimed squarely at 100 iq audience, li...
charismatic alcoholic personal credit line
  06/04/19
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kink-friendly 180 home
  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
Canary orchestra pit
  06/02/19
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diverse twisted pisswyrm garrison
  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
opaque address prole
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
Passionate indian lodge corn cake
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
Purple quadroon resort
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
Slippery Massive Brunch
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
Purple quadroon resort
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
big sanctuary degenerate
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
Passionate indian lodge corn cake
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
lilac keepsake machete
  06/04/19
like doobs visiting cravath?
charismatic alcoholic personal credit line
  06/04/19
Wtf
Floppy ungodly institution
  06/04/19
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Scarlet Senate Karate
  06/04/19
Many people are saying this!
indecent pocket flask
  06/04/19
way better movie than it should've been. there was no actual...
Thriller sweet tailpipe
  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: umber yarmulke

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: Contagious costumed gas station halford

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: milky soul-stirring reading party



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: kink-friendly 180 home



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: Purple quadroon resort

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Canary orchestra pit



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: charismatic alcoholic personal credit line

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: kink-friendly 180 home



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Canary orchestra pit

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: Harsh overrated spot electric furnace



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: diverse twisted pisswyrm garrison



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: opaque address prole

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: Passionate indian lodge corn cake

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: Purple quadroon resort

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: Slippery Massive Brunch

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: Purple quadroon resort

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: big sanctuary degenerate

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: Passionate indian lodge corn cake

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: lilac keepsake machete

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: charismatic alcoholic personal credit line

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: Floppy ungodly institution

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: Scarlet Senate Karate



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: indecent pocket flask

Many people are saying this!

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: Thriller sweet tailpipe

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: Bateful parlour haunted graveyard

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...#38341635)



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Date: December 24th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: prospero ano y luicidad (🧐)



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