Fans who like Bell must not miss this movie!

Olin 2022-03-23 09:01:14

The big short Several discerning investment ghosts on Wall Street saw through the illusion of the bubble before the 2007 storm. They benefited substantially from shorting subprime loans and became one of the few investment heroes who made huge profits in the financial disaster. Batman Bell played a very cool hedge fund manager, one of my favorites among these four works. In order to help the audience overcome the psychological barriers of financial knowledge barriers, even supermodels, chefs and other "outsiders" that everyone loves to explain, shortened the distance with the audience, and also showed determination: this is a movie that really wants you to understand what happened. What's wrong, rather than a financial documentary film with mystery and piling up terminology.

In the Inside job documentary, Matt Damon explained that the characters are all big names, involving senior American executives, top bankers, financial analysts, university professors, and even government officials from Singapore, China, and France. The scariest movie I have ever watched.

Too big to fail tells how from the collapse of Lehman Brothers to the 700 billion bailout plan, the financial team with the Bush Administration’s Treasury Secretary Paulson at the core made decisions and tried to save the financial crisis. William Hurt was nominated for an 11-year Golden Globe and Emmy Award for playing Paulson.
Take away: As long as it criticizes the work of the financial industry, it will definitely emphasize that the government has spent more than 800 billion US dollars in taxpayers' money to rescue these financial institutions. But in fact, the money is used to buy preferred stocks of these financial institutions. We can think of preferred stock as a kind of bond, with 8%~12% interest per year. After the worst year of the subprime mortgage crisis has passed, the rescued financial institutions have all repaid the money the government aided them. The government not only did not lose money, but made a lot for taxpayers.

Margin Call is a story alluding to Goldman Sachs's fire sale on the eve of the crash. "Financial engineers earn a hundred times more than engineers. Engineers build bridges. Financial engineers make dreams. When the dream turns into a nightmare, others pay for it."
Take away: Never be superstitious about VAR, even if there is no other choice, do not set the threshold too low (the next volatility and VAR predicted by the EGARCH model)

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  • Beaulah 2021-10-20 19:01:00

    8.5 It is rare to see such a wealth of audiovisual language, straightforward and honest attitude and objective sense of morality in a Hollywood A-level production. In terms of photography and editing, it is like an American New Wave movie, with free and changeable techniques. Even Margot Robbie will be invited to explain financial terminology for you to replace traditional narrative devices. The play is also anti-hero and anti-climax, and this may be the most appropriate attitude towards this subprime mortgage crisis story.

  • Luciano 2022-03-21 09:01:12

    Hollywood can always change the story of a social crisis into an inspirational story that makes a lot of money for individuals. This time it was a man-made disaster, so it also criticized Wall Street with a hint. But which of these protagonists does not belong to Wall Street? The fancy form doesn't help fill the sense of morality that the play wants. It is simply shameless like the "Wolf of Wall Street", but it can be ironic.

The Big Short quotes

  • Vinnie Daniel: But wait, you *are* the bank, I mean, you work for the bank. I bet your margins are pretty nice and fat.

    Jared Vennett: Let's not talk about my margins by the way. Being nice and fat... That's a nice shirt, do they make it for men?

  • Charlie Geller: Our investment-strategy was simple. People hate to think about bad things happening so they always underestimate their likelihood.