Margin Call

Very realistic depiction of what went on during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis and specifically the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Kevin Spacey was so good I almost forgot that he did those things to little boys. Joe from Netflix’s “You” is also featured. Good film.

Enjoyable, but not any extrordinary. Fine as motivation for this semester however.

Boring version of the big short

the 08 crisis was fucked

Margin Call...and decline. I kept waiting for it to boom into the 'thriller' it calls itself. All it does is fall into disappointment. With an ensemble as heavy as this, you'd expect something bigger or at least better. Almost everything feels dull, the actors, lighting, colouring, dialogue, pace, and retelling. The repetitive, boring, workplace blame is great for realism, but well away from being enjoyable or even borderline watchable. There are far better financial movies, and I'd recommend most of those over this. Also, Spocks' eyebrows took way more attention than they needed.

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