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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
Geriatric multi-colored juggernaut stage
  06/02/19
Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were m...
Magical Piazza Degenerate
  06/02/19
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Hyperventilating aromatic shitlib pervert
  06/04/19
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  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
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  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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  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
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  06/02/19
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  06/02/19
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Kink-friendly Principal's Office
  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
Green spectacular old irish cottage temple
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
Mauve Public Bath
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
Very Tactful Grizzly Community Account Dragon
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
Charismatic Dull Hall
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
Very Tactful Grizzly Community Account Dragon
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
Mint base
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
Mauve Public Bath
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
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  06/04/19
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Wtf
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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
Adam McKay always feels the need to have cutesy diagrams to ...
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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:41 AM
Author: Geriatric multi-colored juggernaut stage

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: Magical Piazza Degenerate

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: Hyperventilating aromatic shitlib pervert



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: swollen floppy fat ankles



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: Very Tactful Grizzly Community Account Dragon

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: flatulent sound barrier hospital



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: cheese-eating bbw

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: swollen floppy fat ankles



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: flatulent sound barrier hospital

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: Talented Opaque Corner Pozpig



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: Kink-friendly Principal's Office



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: Green spectacular old irish cottage temple

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: Mauve Public Bath

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4274589&forum_id=2.#38326930)



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:31 PM
Author: Very Tactful Grizzly Community Account Dragon

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: Charismatic Dull Hall

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: Very Tactful Grizzly Community Account Dragon

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: Mint base

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: Mauve Public Bath

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: Cowardly lavender casino keepsake machete

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: cheese-eating bbw

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: Diverse indian lodge

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: ruddy affirmative action becky



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: Naked fortuitous meteor

Many people are saying this!

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: Frozen Cuck Azn

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: Embarrassed to the bone coiffed resort half-breed

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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