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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
Glassy indecent parlour
  06/02/19
Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were m...
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/19
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magenta senate
  06/04/19
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Stirring school cafeteria
  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
honey-headed embarrassed to the bone site genital piercing
  06/02/19
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Irradiated rigor
  06/02/19
big short is literally aimed squarely at 100 iq audience, li...
Tan Diverse Plaza
  06/04/19
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Stirring school cafeteria
  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
Irradiated rigor
  06/02/19
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Well-lubricated electric selfie piazza
  06/02/19
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Spectacular green mediation space
  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
maroon scourge upon the earth heaven
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
trip painfully honest puppy fortuitous meteor
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
honey-headed embarrassed to the bone site genital piercing
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
180 orchid becky orchestra pit
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
honey-headed embarrassed to the bone site genital piercing
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
Alcoholic olive sweet tailpipe
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
trip painfully honest puppy fortuitous meteor
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
Bipolar hospital
  06/04/19
like doobs visiting cravath?
Tan Diverse Plaza
  06/04/19
Wtf
vibrant church
  06/04/19
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Effete resort
  06/04/19
Many people are saying this!
poppy filthpig
  06/04/19
way better movie than it should've been. there was no actual...
Titillating big-titted kitty cat
  06/04/19
Adam McKay always feels the need to have cutesy diagrams to ...
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  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: Glassy indecent parlour

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: Mentally impaired 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: magenta senate



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: Stirring school cafeteria



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: honey-headed embarrassed to the bone site genital piercing

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Irradiated rigor



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: Tan Diverse Plaza

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: Stirring school cafeteria



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Irradiated rigor

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: Well-lubricated electric selfie piazza



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: Spectacular green mediation space



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: maroon scourge upon the earth heaven

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: trip painfully honest puppy fortuitous meteor

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: honey-headed embarrassed to the bone site genital piercing

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: 180 orchid becky orchestra pit

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: honey-headed embarrassed to the bone site genital piercing

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: Alcoholic olive sweet tailpipe

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: trip painfully honest puppy fortuitous meteor

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: Bipolar hospital

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: Tan Diverse Plaza

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: vibrant church

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: Effete resort



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: poppy filthpig

Many people are saying this!

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: Titillating big-titted kitty cat

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: Bronze mewling corn cake

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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