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The Big Short was a bad movie

Very good source material and should have been 180
Soul-stirring sanctuary nibblets
  06/02/19
Naw it was good enough, but not nearly as good as ppl were m...
Silver big community account cuck
  06/02/19
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wild sapphire tanning salon
  06/04/19
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Nighttime scourge upon the earth
  06/04/19
Margin Call was much better imo
Red Library
  06/02/19
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maize goyim
  06/02/19
big short is literally aimed squarely at 100 iq audience, li...
Jet brethren
  06/04/19
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Nighttime scourge upon the earth
  06/04/19
i hate it when they break the fourth wall
maize goyim
  06/02/19
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Vibrant Property
  06/02/19
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Passionate Navy Cruise Ship
  06/04/19
I thought it was appropriate and well done in TBS, though I'...
floppy stag film famous landscape painting
  06/09/19
I feel like the only people who were impressed by it were pe...
Curious glassy point twinkling uncleanness
  06/02/19
Legit nobody understands what happened. Try to explain rmbs ...
Red Library
  06/04/19
I’ve studied asset backed securities at a graduate lev...
Insecure Senate Personal Credit Line
  06/04/19
Surprising to me... I lived and breathed rmbs for about 5 ye...
Red Library
  06/04/19
tbf, your opinion on anything even remotely creative is very...
deranged arousing box office dragon
  06/04/19
I really don't understand this. To me it felt like 3/4 of th...
Curious glassy point twinkling uncleanness
  06/05/19
I've seen Wall Street several times and don't understand the...
Bonkers Exhilarant Address
  06/04/19
like doobs visiting cravath?
Jet brethren
  06/04/19
Wtf
Frozen whorehouse
  06/04/19
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histrionic garrison
  06/04/19
Many people are saying this!
chocolate hell
  06/04/19
way better movie than it should've been. there was no actual...
Big-titted titillating locale feces
  06/04/19
Adam McKay always feels the need to have cutesy diagrams to ...
twinkling private investor hissy fit
  06/04/19
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As far as they will go but even farther
  12/24/25


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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:41 AM
Author: Soul-stirring sanctuary nibblets

Very good source material and should have been 180

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 1:50 AM
Author: Silver big community account cuck

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: wild sapphire tanning salon



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:41 PM
Author: Nighttime scourge upon the earth



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: Red Library

Margin Call was much better imo

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: maize goyim



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:36 PM
Author: Jet brethren

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: Nighttime scourge upon the earth



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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: maize goyim

i hate it when they break the fourth wall

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Date: June 2nd, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: Vibrant Property



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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:52 PM
Author: Passionate Navy Cruise Ship



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Date: June 9th, 2019 9:47 AM
Author: floppy stag film famous landscape painting

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: Curious glassy point twinkling uncleanness

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: Red Library

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: Insecure Senate Personal Credit Line

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: Red Library

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: deranged arousing box office dragon

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: Curious glassy point twinkling uncleanness

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: Bonkers Exhilarant Address

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: Jet brethren

like doobs visiting cravath?

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Date: June 4th, 2019 9:53 PM
Author: Frozen whorehouse

Wtf

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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:38 PM
Author: histrionic garrison



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Date: June 4th, 2019 7:58 PM
Author: chocolate hell

Many people are saying this!

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Date: June 4th, 2019 8:29 PM
Author: Big-titted titillating locale feces

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: twinkling private investor hissy fit

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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