This is the most dangerous movie for investors since Gordon Gekko sat in his ridiculous red chair in the movie Wall Street. Being in the industry since 1997, I’ve encountered countless brokers/investors who’ve tried to emulated either Gordon Gekko or Bud Fox. I’ve even bumped into a few attorneys who thought they were James Spader, trying to find out “what’s in it for moi”?
The Big Short is a well done movie. Steve Carroll stole the show, in my opinion–playing the competent, but rebellious, angry man who was pissed at the lunacy that was transpiring at the big banks and mortgage market. That’s all well and good–but I am sure this movie is going to inspire scores of impressionable child-men into thinking they too can find “the next big short” and instead find themselves BLOWING themselves into smithereens.
If you are a strong minded man and not easily swayed by moving images with voices, feel free to watch this movie over a bag of popped corn. However, if you’re one of those guys who screams out “Bluehorse shoe loves XYZ” after buying XYZ, with your hair slicked back, sitting in your bullshit red pleather chair from staples, avoid this movie like the plague.
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I’ll check it out, it’s in the “cheap” theaters already.
Spot on with your assessment of Carrell (helping a brother out on your spelling). He’s made giant strides as an actor. Bale played a very believable character as well. It appeals to finance junkies and their significant others.
Carell and Bale make the movie.
Lol – what if we identify more with Bretton James in WS2?
Are you a bee, Mr. Moore? Do you like to sting people?
That’s the problem with movies. Many people don’t know the difference between movies and real life. Fly is right about “impressionable child-men thinking they too can find “the next big short” and instead find themselves BLOWING themselves into smithereens.”
That’s the market– and Holloywood and the TV and the Internet too. A sucker born every minute– and 100 out to get him.
But quite a good movie if one knows the difference between a movie and real life. Michael Lewis, who wrote the book, is a brilliant writer and investigative journalist.
Baum: “Short everything that man has touched”. So, inspired by the movie, I immediately set out to short everything in Bill Ackman’s portfolio.
The current situation of the world. Short it all. Throw a dart.
Real traders are probably immune to it (I made my fortune when Bear went down and there is nobody living who is more cynical about banks than me), but this movie makes normal people madder than anything I’ve seen since the crisis. Which is exactly what it is designed to do.
Bluestar is currently starring as the Brad Pitt character, this time based out of the Haleakal? crater.