Short Sales

Rating: 8/10 (2 January 2016)

Immediately following The Big Short, I had to watch the movie I hadn't seen in four years, but remember really liking and reminded me of this: Margin Call. So, back-to-back tales of Big Banks and Bigger Assholes destroying America for profit.
Sadly, for me, anyways, I understood very little going into these movies and less going out. Focusing on the very different, often attempting to be gravely humorous, The Big Short, I did get the "Don't Pass Bar" theorywhich is funny I use that analogy, since I understand Craps as much as I do these subprime falsehoods.
Basically, a few weird, albeit geniuses, saw what was coming in 2008 – the rug being pulled out from under America and the mortgage crisis. To stay afloat, they bet against the market and all the idiots, fools and incredibly bad humans in the mortgage industry laughed at them and took their bets and money.
Sadly, as comically as they tried to dumb down everything for the average schmo, I still didn't get all the terminology and pretty much gave up half way through. I'm guessing the leads of the story were supposed to be our heroes, and since they were scrambling to buy "shorts" – not the kinds you wear – and since I knew what was coming in 2008 with the housing crash, I just wanted them to get more "shorts."
The movie was very well made with a great cast you wouldn't see coming if you hadn't seen the poster first.
Now, after watching both Margin Call and this back-to-back, I take back that statement: "the newer one reminded me of the older film," as they couldn't be further apart aside from the end date. I gave both 4/5 stars and both are very good in their own ways. Personally, I would recommend (and wanna see again) Margin Call over The Big Shortbut just by a margin and it'd be your call.
That was bad. My apologizes. Still, see this movie. Especially if you understand all this mortgage mumbo-jumbo nonsense.