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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
wine supple kitchen ceo
  06/02/19
Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were m...
orange rambunctious market
  06/02/19
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  06/04/19
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Embarrassed to the bone private investor ape
  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
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  06/02/19
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Mind-boggling Affirmative Action
  06/02/19
big short is literally aimed squarely at 100 iq audience, li...
painfully honest corner psychic
  06/04/19
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Embarrassed to the bone private investor ape
  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
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  06/02/19
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  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
adventurous abode
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
ivory heady den
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
spectacular brass masturbator
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
Nubile Marvelous Feces Library
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
spectacular brass masturbator
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
Medicated slate theatre
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
ivory heady den
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
comical codepig whorehouse
  06/04/19
like doobs visiting cravath?
painfully honest corner psychic
  06/04/19
Wtf
Cerise field
  06/04/19
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  06/04/19
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
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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:41 AM
Author: wine supple kitchen ceo

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: orange rambunctious market

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: Hairraiser nursing home jewess



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone private investor ape



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: spectacular brass masturbator

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Mind-boggling Affirmative Action



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: painfully honest corner psychic

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: Embarrassed to the bone private investor ape



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: Mind-boggling Affirmative Action

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: hairless piazza bbw



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: Lascivious Disrespectful Foreskin Church



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: adventurous abode

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2,#38361797)



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:11 AM
Author: ivory heady den

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: spectacular brass masturbator

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: Nubile Marvelous Feces Library

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2,#38340393)



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:50 PM
Author: spectacular brass masturbator

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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2,#38340406)



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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:28 PM
Author: Medicated slate theatre

tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very suspect:

"I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 years"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2,#38340679)



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Date: June 5th, 2019 12:19 AM
Author: ivory heady den

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2,#38341943)



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: comical codepig whorehouse

I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the financial aspects of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2,#38340344)



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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:30 PM
Author: painfully honest corner psychic

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: Cerise field

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: Irate brunch



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: Aromatic Tantric Love Of Her Life Really Tough Guy

Many people are saying this!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2,#38340446)



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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: dark laughsome tanning salon dingle berry

way better movie than it should've been. there was no actual story. same as moneyball.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2,#38340689)



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Date: June 4th, 2019 11:17 PM
Author: Aqua black woman becky

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: As far as they will go but even farther (🧐)



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