The Big Short (2015)

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The Big Short cannot be dedined as a bad film. It is funny, interesting and in general a very good satire of the high life in America. The film also boasts a massive cast, all of whom do well, in particular Steve Carell and Christain Bale.However, the film tries to do too much for a single film. There are too many characters, organisations and terms to keep up with and as a result the film becomes very confusing. The celebrity cameos work very well in explaining certain terms. Unfortunately there are only three of these in the entire film. Its also a classic case of style over substance. The film tries to give off a modern, cool feeling which does not apeal to all viewers. The final result feels more like a sketch show about a few flashy Americans with a plot so complex that it tends to alienate the viewers and failing to actually inform, which is what most viewers want from this film.

Mixing fact with fiction, the months that precede the financial disaster of 2008 is chronicled in a satirical way. Various financial players who are able to foresee the outcome end up betting against the U.S. economy for their personal gain. Some of them include an eccentric (Christian Bale), a bully (Ryan Gosling), and two others who have not fully lost their sense of morality (Steve Carell and Brad Pitt).While this event affected (and continues to affect) many lives quite deeply, there remains a challenge in explaining the beastly details to average moviegoers with a minimal knowledge of economics. For the most part, it helped to have players occasionally speaking to the camera to explain in laymen's terms regarding what is happening. This helps a great deal but the movie's length does not. There are many scenes of economic types in deep conversation. Some of these scenes are great while others create and compound confusion. This is unfortunate as the subject matter is important and worthy of being filmed.There is also the challenge of dealing with an ending which the audience already knows is coming. The movie does end well with a good commentary. With fine acting and success at finding humour in tragedy (without being condescending), the film might have have had more impact with a shorter length. It was still a worthy attempt.

If you ever wanted to understand (on a easy to follow basis) why everything went wrong in 2007 and caused the Global Financial Crisis, then this is the movie for you. Even if you aren't interested in why, this movies offers insight into a world only few of us can ever really get our heads around.Unexpectedly funny and informative, this will outline why the system was doomed to fail, all but for a small handful of people who saw what was coming and made millions from a financial disaster.

It's smart not because it wants to but because it needs to. Facts are thrown in to this brilliant emotional narrative with just the right angles to tell the story from. It presents the hard truth to the characters and they all take it in their own way. You're watching an event that brought down the world economy through the eyes of the people who first discovered it and their reactions are what make the movie. Steve Carell plays a well-written character with real emotion put into the performance making it his best one so far. The way the movie is told is innovative, charming and funny when it needs to. It uses the advantage of breaking the 4th wall in unexpected ways that add to the experience. The soundtrack is fitting too.