Shout by Acoucalancha

The Big Short 2015

"Truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry."

No idea what was happening most of the time because this is really deep economical and financial gibberish (at least to me) but it was still very entertaining. The back and forth with the deals, market and tactics is pretty captivating. The comedy hits most of the time but the tone is inconsistent between scenes I had no idea if I was meant to laugh or take it seriously at times. There's some fourth wall breaking throughout and it mostly worked. The celebrity spots are entertaining and funny but I don't see how it really connects to the story. Margot Robbie was the best of them. Christian Bale was really good but Steve Carrell absolutely carries the movie. Ryan Gosling was a disappointment. The shaky cam is a bit much but it reminds me of Succession so maybe this is what inspired Succession (edit: turns out Adam McKay was in fact a producer/director on the show). I thought the movie was for sure ending around the 1h40 mark but then it just goes on and it was too much.

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