The Big Short 2015
- Director: Adam McKay
- Based on the strue story: yes
- Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Marisa Tomei, Melissa Leo, Margot Robbie
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor/actress in:
- All of them – many times
- Why – the cast
- Seen: 9 October 2024
Finance bores me to tears and I
actively hate capitalism but these actors are promising.
Housing,
mortgage bonds, funds – all that stuff, even the film itself admits that it’s
all incomprehensible, even with cameo appearances by the likes of Margot Robbie
giving explanations that don’t help a bit.
Michael (Bale) is an
eccentric genius who predicts the crash of 2008 but nobody believes him. Mark
(Carrell) is a broker (or something) who loves his job and hates everything
else except his wife Cynthia (Tomei). Jared (Rosling) is out to make money, big
money. Brad Pitt, retired banker, comes out of retirement to get in on the
money-making.
It
plays like a spoof of the very true story of the American housing crash, a
seriously not funny tragedy for millions who lost their houses, their jobs,
their pensions, and some their lives, while individuals within the financial
system made millions, even billions.
Believe
it or not, it’s very funny. And horrible. This hateful system is still going
strong.
Revolution.
Now. Please.
4* of 5
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