According to Dumb Money, we could all have made a fortune a couple years ago, but I think that's a little naive and one-sided. Still, for The Big Short Lite, it's fun enough. At least, once you get past the stocks jargon. Dumb Money recounts the events of the 2020 GameStop stock brouhaha as a comedy, focusing on the man who YouTubed the idea into the hearts of millions of Redditors, but also reaching out to otherwise unconnected characters who decided to invest in a failing stock - manipulating it into going up - and the billionaire leaches who were affected by it because they were shorting the very same stock. But can democratizing the market actually make it accessible to regular people. The movie says yes, but again, I'm not sure we're really equipped. Paul Dano is as good as usual as the unassuming everyman, probably more unassuming (and therefore sympathetic) than the real "Roaring Kitty". And the cast around him (and at the far ends of his story's hydra) are pretty great too (Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson - who has all the best lines as Dano's deadbeat brother - Clancy Brown, Nick Offerman, Sabastian Stan, America Ferrara - who I wanted to see more of - Anthony Ramos, Vincent D'Onofrio... a very nice bounty of talent). If you're wondering what happened there, you could do worse, but I'm not sure I understand the market any better. When my time machine arrives in the mail, I'll nevertheless go back to 2019 to buy some stock. Just about the only reason to go back to that dreadful time.
The amount of retarded [I quote] Redditspeak in this is unfathomable and the level of details quite astonishing for such a big movie, saying as someone who's "been there". I can only imagine how much people aged 40+ who didn't watch the news back then will be scratching their heads about what the heck is going on here.
btw, don't you think Keith Gill would've been perfectly matched by a younger Luke Wilson? Paul Dano of course did a great job, as always.
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According to Dumb Money, we could all have made a fortune a couple years ago, but I think that's a little naive and one-sided. Still, for The Big Short Lite, it's fun enough. At least, once you get past the stocks jargon. Dumb Money recounts the events of the 2020 GameStop stock brouhaha as a comedy, focusing on the man who YouTubed the idea into the hearts of millions of Redditors, but also reaching out to otherwise unconnected characters who decided to invest in a failing stock - manipulating it into going up - and the billionaire leaches who were affected by it because they were shorting the very same stock. But can democratizing the market actually make it accessible to regular people. The movie says yes, but again, I'm not sure we're really equipped. Paul Dano is as good as usual as the unassuming everyman, probably more unassuming (and therefore sympathetic) than the real "Roaring Kitty". And the cast around him (and at the far ends of his story's hydra) are pretty great too (Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson - who has all the best lines as Dano's deadbeat brother - Clancy Brown, Nick Offerman, Sabastian Stan, America Ferrara - who I wanted to see more of - Anthony Ramos, Vincent D'Onofrio... a very nice bounty of talent). If you're wondering what happened there, you could do worse, but I'm not sure I understand the market any better. When my time machine arrives in the mail, I'll nevertheless go back to 2019 to buy some stock. Just about the only reason to go back to that dreadful time.boulderman
It'll be completed to The Big Short. It's not as good but it's compelling enoughTorgo
The amount of retarded [I quote] Redditspeak in this is unfathomable and the level of details quite astonishing for such a big movie, saying as someone who's "been there". I can only imagine how much people aged 40+ who didn't watch the news back then will be scratching their heads about what the heck is going on here.btw, don't you think Keith Gill would've been perfectly matched by a younger Luke Wilson? Paul Dano of course did a great job, as always.