Movie review thread...
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@mariner4life Don't get me wrong it was well made and for the best, well acted. It was just too slow for me. Still if we all liked the same stuff we'd all be chasing after the same woman. Just as well really.
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The Big Short
Fuck what a great movie. Sure, scary as fuck that the world's biggest financial systems are run with the same conscience as a bunch of three-year-olds in charge of a pile of chocolate. And that its happening again.
But really interesting look at the way things went down.
Great acting. Great fourth wall breaks. Great humour despite the utter shitfight it must have seemed at the time.
5 out of 5 CDOs
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@NTA Haven't seen the film Nick but concur with your view. Scary indeed but not in the least surprising. The only thing that shouts loud and long is money. Heard some shit the other day about loans being collateralised, repackaged and sold as "investments".
Too soon.
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@Catogrande there was a quote at the end of the film about something called a "bespoke tranche opportunity" which was basically the same product as what escalated the mess.
What I love is that there are still people out there who blame government interference on housing policy for the utter fucking greed of financial institutions and the culture they promote.
Some great quotes from the movie, from what little I understand of the financial market - it was pretty good at explaining that in (mostly) layman's terms:
The Big Short (2015) - Quotes - IMDb
The Big Short: Directed by Adam McKay. With Ryan Gosling, Rudy Eisenzopf, Casey Groves, Charlie Talbert. In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
Mark Baum: [of Collateralized Debt Obligation funds] So mortgage bonds are dog shit. CDOs are dog shit wrapped in cat shit.
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Watched Home Alone 1 with the boy, don't think I've seen him laugh so much at a movie before. He was pissing himself when Kevin was fucking up the bad guys. Movie holds up well given how old it is now.
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@No-Quarter CF Jnr loves that film, it is a classic. John Candy makes his cameo as well but it is Culkin Pesce and the guy that plays Marv that are the most fun. He loves #2 as well
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@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Big Short
Fuck what a great movie. Sure, scary as fuck that the world's biggest financial systems are run with the same conscience as a bunch of three-year-olds in charge of a pile of chocolate. And that its happening again.
But really interesting look at the way things went down.
Great acting. Great fourth wall breaks. Great humour despite the utter shitfight it must have seemed at the time.
5 out of 5 CDOs
Thanks for the heads up old bean
What a great way to tell a story
Rivetting viewing all round. Horrible feeling at the end though with the realisation that the fluffybunnies who were responsible will never be brought to task.
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Chasing Great.
A little bit meh. Some interesting stuff, but I would have much preferred a doco about the entire team.
Still, he's an absolute farking legend.
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Our Kind of Traitor
Film adaptation of the John le Carré novel about a British couple on holiday in Morocco to salvage their marriage who unintentionally get caught up in the plan of a Russian oligarch seeking to defect to the UK to save his family from certain death from the Russian mafia. The good performances from the main cast (Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis and Naomie Harris) make up for a somewhat predictable plot.
3 Russian mobsters out of 5
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The Arrival: Getting a lot of hype but actually left me feeling a bit meh. Well acted, kind of interesting story, but I just thought it was ok.
The Accountant: This one is getting shit, but it was actually a decent thriller/action movie.
The Big Short: I just recently re-watched The Big Short on a bus in Malaysia. It was still good a second time round.
The Founder: About Ray Kroc and McDonalds, Keaton is really good in this and it's a good story. I read the book it was partially based on so the story wasn't new to me.
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@Nepia I thnk there are plenty of movies that 'critics' have thier reviews already written prior to viewing depending on who stars in them...
ANything with Affleck seems to get slated
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@taniwharugby Agree, except with Affleck it's only his acting, they love the stuff he directs. Also, I think he got credit as being the good thing in Batman v Superman.
I do sometimes wonder what some critics want from their movies, I have a low bar that usually involves being entertained. Do that and I'm happy. That's my main issue with Snyder's films, I get actively bored through them (well since 300) while still being able to enjoy something like Suicide Squad even though it's not a great movie.
But I guess we're all opinionated as fuck, I'm as likely to illogically dislike something as the next guy.
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@Nepia you like what you like...plenty of movies in here have been slated and i either enjoyed or thought was ok, while others i thought was shit and others liked...
I still havent watched Batman v Superman, more cos i dont really like Superman...
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia you like what you like...plenty of movies in here have been slated and i either enjoyed or thought was ok, while others i thought was shit and others liked...
I still havent watched Batman v Superman, more cos i dont really like Superman...
It's at least 50% a Batman movie if that helps ...
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As they say, opinions are like arseholes... A "critics" opinion is no more valid than yours or mine.
An example, I watched the restored version of Spartacus last year - all 3 hrs+ of it. This is a movie that won 4 oscars and is rated amongst the best movies ever made. Even accounting for the fact that is was made in 1960 I thought the movie was slow-paced and boring.
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
As they say, opinions are like arseholes... A "critics" opinion is no more valid than yours or mine.
An example, I watched the restored version of Spartacus last year - all 3 hrs+ of it. This is a movie that won 4 oscars and is rated amongst the best movies ever made. Even accounting for the fact that is was made in 1960 I thought the movie was slow-paced and boring.
I think that movie holds up terribly. Spartacus is just so unbelievable because he is such a perfect and idealised character. I think Ben-Hur holds up mostly well (until the Jesus stuff at the end). Mostly because the action scenes in that film are both incredible.
