The Big Short (Official Thread)
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definitely checking this out soon in theater, maybe tomorrow or friday.
The Oracle
Expat
Fantastic movie.
Awards for everyone. Best picture, best director, actor, screenplay, support, and whatever else
I'm biased because I love dramedys, but this one gets it right.
Best performances in order (imo):
- Steve Carrell - Comedians have a way of bringing that something extra when they play more dramatic roles (i.e. Robin Williams) Loved him here.
- Ryan Gosling - This is the type of character he shines at. Perfect casting and he nails it.
- Christian Bale - Not his most interesting character, but Bale never disappoints. He could stare at a piece of paper for 5 minutes and I'd watch.
- Brad Pitt - Not as much screen time as the others, but brought a moral center to the film and also a good performance.
- Supporting Cast - All the performances were extremely strong, which I guess is a nod to the director Adam McKay.
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TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Yeah, this is one of the best fukking movies of the year right here, like it just strolled into my top 3 on some 'fukk them other movies' steez. I mean, everything just works here like it should. The subject matter itself is pretty much perfect movie material, but McKay's genuine outrage, mirrored through Carrell's performance, is what really sells it even as he manages to deliver his outrage with quite a lot of humor. In many ways the movie was very similar to the comic book that made me an instant fan of Jonathan Hickman, The Nightly News, which satirizes and criticizes the media in a plot drifting between Network and Fight Club filled with The Big Short-like interludes to explain in statistics exactly how fukked up the business ties are between media and corporations to the point not one of them can be trusted. Like that (highly recommendable) comic, this too strikes the balance between factual delivery of the madness for outrage purposes and dramatizing the madness for entertainment purposes perfectly. The writing is top notch, with a good sense of using otherwise risky narrative devices (breaking the fourth wall), general hilarity (Gawdling with his yes man, Carrell interviewing a stripper about her housing loans) and an uncanny ability to keep the storyline focused even though almost all of its principal players/stars never even interact with each other (only Carrell and Gawdling do, as Bale and Pitt occupy their own separate stories).
This is everything that a lot of movies tried to be and wish they were but never even got close to.
This is everything that a lot of movies tried to be and wish they were but never even got close to.
The Oracle
Expat
Yeah, this is one of the best fukking movies of the year right here, like it just strolled into my top 3 on some 'fukk them other movies' steez. I mean, everything just works here like it should. The subject matter itself is pretty much perfect movie material, but McKay's genuine outrage, mirrored through Carrell's performance, is what really sells it even as he manages to deliver his outrage with quite a lot of humor.
In many ways the movie was very similar to the comic book that made me an instant fan of Jonathan Hickman, The Nightly News, which satirizes and criticizes the media in a plot drifting between Network and Fight Club filled with The Big Short-like interludes to explain in statistics exactly how fukked up the business ties are between media and corporations to the point not one of them can be trusted. Like that (highly recommendable) comic, this too strikes the balance between factual delivery of the madness for outrage purposes and dramatizing the madness for entertainment purposes perfectly.
The writing is top notch, with a good sense of using otherwise risky narrative devices (breaking the fourth wall), general hilarity (Gawdling with his yes man, Carrell interviewing a stripper about her housing loans) and an uncanny ability to keep the storyline focused even though almost all of its principal players/stars never even interact with each other (only Carrell and Gawdling do, as Bale and Pitt occupy their own separate stories).
This is everything that a lot of movies tried to be and wish they were but never even got close to.
Formatting*
Also, the bolded was really a great point. I was never taken out of the film.
'So the CDO's are shyt'
Sleazy Asian guy: 'They're awesome'
'You are an incredibly big piece of shyt'
Loved this. Bale had a great line too, 'I would call it improbable'. And a great performance, but everyone did....Carrell was the standout to me. Brilliant performance, exceeded 'Foxcatcher'.
Sleazy Asian guy: 'They're awesome'
'You are an incredibly big piece of shyt'
Loved this. Bale had a great line too, 'I would call it improbable'. And a great performance, but everyone did....Carrell was the standout to me. Brilliant performance, exceeded 'Foxcatcher'.
Dr. Narcisse
Veteran
Yeah, this is one of the best fukking movies of the year right here, like it just strolled into my top 3 on some 'fukk them other movies' steez. I mean, everything just works here like it should. The subject matter itself is pretty much perfect movie material, but McKay's genuine outrage, mirrored through Carrell's performance, is what really sells it even as he manages to deliver his outrage with quite a lot of humor. In many ways the movie was very similar to the comic book that made me an instant fan of Jonathan Hickman, The Nightly News, which satirizes and criticizes the media in a plot drifting between Network and Fight Club filled with The Big Short-like interludes to explain in statistics exactly how fukked up the business ties are between media and corporations to the point not one of them can be trusted. Like that (highly recommendable) comic, this too strikes the balance between factual delivery of the madness for outrage purposes and dramatizing the madness for entertainment purposes perfectly. The writing is top notch, with a good sense of using otherwise risky narrative devices (breaking the fourth wall), general hilarity (Gawdling with his yes man, Carrell interviewing a stripper about her housing loans) and an uncanny ability to keep the storyline focused even though almost all of its principal players/stars never even interact with each other (only Carrell and Gawdling do, as Bale and Pitt occupy their own separate stories).
This is everything that a lot of movies tried to be and wish they were but never even got close to.
What are the other 2.
The Oracle
Expat
'So the CDO's are shyt'
Sleazy Asian guy: 'They're awesome'
'You are an incredibly big piece of shyt'
Loved this. Bale had a great line too, 'I would call it improbable'. And a great performance, but everyone did....Carrell was the standout to me. Brilliant performance, exceeded 'Foxcatcher'.
Biggest pieces of shyt usually do think they're awesome. (in my Rustin Cohle voice)
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
I AM WARHOL
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Wow wow wow. I'm probably biased being an economics major and all but this is the best movie I've seen this year hands down. Phenomenal acting. Steve and Bale really killed there roles. Especially Steve. Left me with the proper amount of disgust for big banks in America. This is a 10/10 for me. It's hard to make such information interesting and understandable like they did
I AM WARHOL
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The unmitigated gall of these banks man. They truly don't give a rats ass about the working class. Not a fukking rats ass.