The Big Short - Official Movie Review

[@OliversMovies]

I think they are underselling the complexity of the film. The fact that it was so hard to understand was a sharp reminder of how the banks were taking advantage of people who didn't and the broken 4th wall moments were't just meant to help explain the film but also to show that people don't give a shit about something unless it is said by a celebrity in 140 characters or less. This film was surprisingly heartbreaking to me and I would hand it the Oscar for Best Picture if I could.

[@44joseantony75]

Truly I don't know anything about this stock market stuff.But after the movie, I get to know about the stock and how they cheated people.It also wins in telling an individual story through Steve Carell, Brad Pitt and the 2 guys who tries to convince media there is fraud but could not end them and end up being rich.

[@blueeyesaf]

Margot Robbie was 14 years old in 2004, Matt.

[@gales9969]

+Alexander Forbes +1

[@Advent3546]

+Rustin Cohle Isn't that a Roman Polanski quote?

[@JAContes]

Christy and Alonso are crazy low on this. It is an 8.0 minimum.

[@TheSecretKoala]

the cenk impression was amazing

[@TheTonyEntertainment]

+TheSecretKoala of course!!!

[@Trevorious2010]

great movie. really gives you that feeling of being royally screwed by something out of your control and failed by the public officials that were supposed to prevent this from happening. I'd recommend this movie to anyone

[@musicmann1967]

Christian Bale was great in this. Actually everyone was. I agree with Alonso, they aimed high, but I'm not sure they succeeded totally. I couldn't explain to what happened to our economy exactly, but at least while I was watching the movie I followed well enough to go with the story. The banks really and truly fucked this whole country. Matt is right, it was infuriating.

[@nosuchthing8]

Everyone should see the movie.

[@Emzsz]

I think Steve Carell was great, in fact I think he was better in this than in foxcatcher.

[@MrHeathpacoffice]

+Emiliano Beristàin I'd say he was still better in Foxcatcher, but he was still stellar in this. Both were great films.

[@nikosvault]

When the Levee Breaks.....again.

[@EveForbiddenFruit]

I agree, it's definitely overused, but given the context of the movie, it actually kind of works here. "If it keeps on rainin', levee's gonna break" really describes what was going on with Wall Street at the time. It also helps that the original is a Depression-era song.

[@CraigMurraysVids]

The Big Short is a masterpiece and I can't understand these low ratings. The camera work, using lots of long lenses, is amazing, and as they admit, the editing is top notch. It also has wonderful performances. And the story is compelling. What more do you want? Maybe, as they say, they didn't understand it?

[@sinisterkiid2301]

My 3rd favorite movie of the year. Fucking brilliant. Surprise of the year for me

[@tjfiso6407]

+sinister kiid 2015? first two favorite?

[@tjfiso6407]

DroidSage maybe if they commented recently, but they didn't so...

[@nero12345789]

It's my 3rd of last year as well!

[@LouCadle]

Margin Call was awfully good.

[@PurushaDesa]

Jeremy Irons is loathsome in that film.

[@scratchfg212]

+Lou Cadle That movie was EXACTLY the counterpoint to this! More serious but less accurate. They forgot to show how those assholes at the banks started marking up their bonds (which are completely illiquid) to hide the fact that they were exploding from within, just before they dumped them out of their balance sheets (which they do show in the movie). They should have connected that scene at the end of both movies, with Christian Bale when the bitch from Goldman calls him to notify him that they would mark down the bonds he had bet against, once they had sold them off.

[@JonathanAnon]

+Lou Cadle Absolutely love that movie

[@WaitingtoHit]

Wow, what happened to the set? Were you guys robbed?

[@ericmartinperez7099]

All of my favorite actors in one film? HELL YEAH

[@EoghanMcCarthy900]

That's what she said

[@Georgiaboy_]

The guy in the middle annoys me, he always has something unnecessarily picky to say.

[@Georgiaboy_]

+Josh Oliver Like I don't even know how he enjoys movies.

[@mystisith3984]

To me this movie was both entertaining and mental hygiene. I did learn a few things I ignored before. And yes, the rage after watching it... Knowing that this will happen again without a doubt.

[@JamesB00n]

I just realised it's not calles "The Big Shot"... Wow

[@Generalbas1972]

hmm didn't we have a movie about the same a few years ago called Margin Call

[@mauriciosoares9516]

+Funkmaster K no, we didn´t

[@Generalbas1972]

Nope you're right, my comment was before i saw The big short. Which is now one of my favorite movies. And it's totally different from Margin Call, allthough it's about the same topic.

[@mauriciosoares9516]

Funkmaster K hahaha no problem, it´s also one of my favorite movies as well.

[@thedehness]

Terrible backdrop.

[@HanselJesusMoyaRivera]

Alonso : "I really admire it" = 6.5 ... ha-ha-ha

[@Skyhawk771]

WAN PAAAAAAWWWWNCH!!!!!!

[@PhantasmagoricSplend]

Steve Carell in this gives me life. There are parts in this that are hilarious. Most of it went over my head. I liked the first half. The 2nd half was kind of boring for me but I stuck with it.

[@DarkDennis1961]

i hope this is not your new set. Where is Ben?

[@Shadowman4710]

+DarkDennis1961 TCM film festival or something like that.

[@dmc8092]

+DarkDennis1961 Ben has a day job.

[@WaitingtoHit]

+D Mc He works?

[@dmc8092]

WaitingtoHit There's this channel called Turner Classic Movie. Google it.

[@WaitingtoHit]

I'm well aware of Ben's appearances on TCM, but it doesn't really require enough effort to qualify as work. Also, I was sort of continuing the running joke among What the Flick? commenters that Ben does nothing. Honestly, he regularly shows up without haven't seen the films, and even when he's seen them, he sometimes can't remember them. This has been going on for years.

[@commandZee]

Why no Chi-Raq review?

[@mc-ge2bt]

I wonder if this movie stresses that these transactions were legal then and for the most part are still legal? People won't get angry or know who to be angry at if they don't understand the legality of this over the individual ethics of doing these transactions.

[@Couz89]

+mc0325 it wasn't the transactions that were illegal it was the ratings that weren't accurate that was the fraudulent part. the ratings company just gave the banks whatever ratings they wanted otherwise they would go to the competition. This was explained really well in the scene with the lady with the weird black shades... the bonds were always rated AAA when in fact they were all garbage.

[@Scary7064]

One of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

[@queenalchemist3601]

Love your reviews! You guys make me want to be critics

[@nosuchthing8]

Good movie, repeats much of the material that the Washington Post revealed when the crisis struck.

[@seal3081]

not sure if I should watch this or the hateful 8 this weekend... hard one.

[@BenjaminGr8]

I can always count on you guys to spoil what other reviewers only hint at. Nice job. Review Fargo.

[@WaitingtoHit]

+Ben Bates If you had to be told how this movie ends, I guess that means you do not inhabit reality.

[@RandomU5erName]

best hairstyles ever

[@Wonderous39]

Haven't seen it yet but would guess that it's better than a 6.5 but not as good as the hype. Where's Fargo? Easily one of the top 5 television shows of the last 10 or 15 years, and you guys just left it flat!

[@MrEdwar084]

Fargo is at breaking bad, True detective first season level, it is that good, incredible how it's falling off every so called critic shows radar.

[@Wonderous39]

+edwar ramirez : It's so good they're at a loss for words as is evidenced by the last review WTF did on it. Abele just mumbled and stumbled trying to recap it, and Ben (usually more eloquent) wasn't much better. Love Ben, Alonso, Matt, Bibs, and most of the others. Can't stand Abele. He is far less intelligent than he thinks he is and can't get a thought out without er, um, stumble, mumble, etc. For me, Fargo is way better than TD and on par with BB, hence the top 5.

[@leosanalien9904]

I needed this review. Scattered. Yeah that's why I feel how I feel.

[@KMReviews]

I did the tyt next submission for what the flick. I'm curios of you guys like my review of this movie on my channel!

[@TheBench97]

For me the weak spot of this movie is Ryan Gosling's character, too much like Jordan Belfort.

[@sudevsen]

That sounds like a poor man's Wolf of Wall St

[@srinivassooraj5371]

no, it sounds like wolf of wallsteet for intelligent audience and not for audience who want to jerk off to blowing coke off hookers ass and fucking Margot Robbie and hookers... wolf is superficial and overrated

[@RandomU5erName]

+srinivas sooraj "intelligent audience" bwahaha

[@RockBottomRiser21]

+srinivas sooraj Amen, one of Scorsese's worst movies.

[@sudevsen]

oo oo he did suck coke of a hookers ass

[@sudevsen]

+srinivas sooraj oh the irony that you thought WOWS was only about the hookers and blow.Shows how intelligent you are.The Big Short is for you and everyone who needs to be spoonfed

[@LeoSkyro]

This movie looks very much Oscar Bait, but it has Christian Bale and the Goose so I'm gonna watch it anyway

[@NicolasTylerDoyle]

brad pitt always is eating chewing gum or munching on junk food in all his movies . and in this trailer

[@OhYeah3D]

I thought that movie was great! :D

[@austinculver2643]

Christian Bale is the best actor, so he's probably the star.

[@KainErrow]

Just because I'm really getting sick of hearing about how beautiful Margot Robbie is, can we please put her in Porn for say, 2 years, 50 hardcore movies, and see how that turns out? Honestly? Whenever someones beauty is emphasized this much, it's usually because they're plastic and nobody wants to or is willing to admit it.

[@JAContes]

+Gangrel Aussie She purdy, but she is lacking in the t&a department, which is kind of important when talking about sexiness...

[@KainErrow]

***** I don't know on that, I actually haven't watched to many of the movies she's been in due to _reasons_ (not really ever related to her but more often to her cast mates, or the director (I would _love_ to stab Scorcese in the eye with a fork)). She's definitely attractive IMO, It's more about how much this actor or this actress is being used to clobber people over the head. I was reading some story about the current status of a rape-murder case and certain difficulties in the prosecution when I come to the end of the page, and the ads want me to know all about Kate Middleton's something or other. It's the reason why I really start losing sympathy for when really horrible shit happens in the news, because I just can't stand people that are just so empty, yet that really seems to be all there is. (my single rant of the evening, I hope)

[@imsteezy1]

Margot Robbie is really pretty, but you could probably find a thousand different who look equally or better than her who are not famous

[@KainErrow]

imsteezy1 I ride public transit, it's really not that hard. The difference is that I more admire those that aren't using their looks as their sole selling point. I don't think Robbie is a terrible actress, but it's a little worrying (and telling) that whenever she get's brought up in these reviews, no mention is made of her acting, just, "Ohmigaw, she is soooo pretty!" Gag me.

[@mc-ge2bt]

Ever since a friend pointed out how short her neck is I stopped fawning over her. She's still pretty but can look like a Barbie broken off the body then shoved into the neck. Sorry but it's hilarious.

[@jhalenthompson3115]

Anyone else realize that what the flick spoils a lot of things in a lot of the movies they review. Yes the cameos in this movie are spoilers. Anyone new to this channel should watch their reviews after you've seen the movie.

[@Ryguyhaan]

Wow...spoilers?

[@nosuchthing8]

And the nazis lost ww2, another spoiler.

[@brendagz5417]

Sorry but the housing collapse was caused by the greed of people not banks. The population of San Clemente went from 9,000 in 1995 to 74,000 by 2005, and house prices went from $99,000 to over $1 million. This kind of growth at such a rapid pace will only have a bad outcome. Banks did not force people to move to S.C and raise the average price of a house, people did. Also government regulations forced banks to make sub prime loans.

[@nosuchthing8]

false. When banks make ninja loans, they know they will collapse the system eventually. They have all the facts, all the experts, and all the expertise.

[@brendagz5417]

Sorry but they were forced to by the Democrats. They were told to find a way to make the loans available to all people regardless of credit, Sub-Prime. Look it up. They even cheered when a man bought a house and could not read or write or speak English, he signed with an X.

[@nosuchthing8]

+BrendaGZ There was no connection between the CRA and the collapse. No one has ever proven any correlation, Wikipedia has a good section on it.No one was forcing the financial institutions to help millionaires sell and resell their homes.

[@brendagz5417]

The collapse happened because people that could not afford the house in the first place stopped making payments. If the prices weren't over inflated and houses were sold to only people that were credit worthy then there would have been no meltdown.

[@jzpding]

Steve Carrell was very good. That said, no mention of that cutaway explanatory bullshit? That ruined the movie for me. Condescending as hell. Robbie Margot: "Remember, every time you hear 'subprime' think oh shit!" Fucking seriously?

[@CasiodorusRex]

Steve Carell is not a good actor. Paul Giamati would have been better.

[@csjcsj2906]

+Joe Schmoe Must think Rhino! Must think Rhino!

[@graphiquejack]

Hated the movie. One of the worst I saw this year. Smug, annoying characters, talks down to us the entire time.

[@mauriciosoares9516]

+Graphic Jack too bad is the best movie of the year :p