The Big Short is just another Oscar baiting 'true story' about poisonous rich people

Rating: 5/10 (31 January 2016)

The Big Short focuses on four denizens in the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight.
I was looking forward to this movie but unfortunately I was disappointed. I must be missing something, something really fundamental about this film as it's received such high praise with big thumbs up reviews and nominated for 5 Oscars? Shaky cam, quick cuts, and horribly edited audio makes this flick a quick refund. This film is just another Oscar baiting 'true story' that shows abhorrent, poisonous rich people feel sorry for themselves, because something went wrong.
Even though the acting was OK (mostly Bale and Carell), the facts being somewhat accurate, I didn't enjoy the smarmy characters, heavy propaganda, and showing sympathy for the wrong people. As for the plot, there's nothing new here to see, even though the real event was earthshaking, the bad guys lose and the bad guys win. I've watched documentaries about the mortgage collapse, which were more superior to this. The events in question are still quite recent and fresh in our heads. I think for someone without knowledge in finance or the collapse of the mid-2000s would find this film exhausting.
The attempts at comedy fail and are distracting. Characters suddenly talking to the camera, loud death metal music, celebrity cameos trying to explain what's going on. These are just distractions. I guess they wanted an almost Michael Moore type vibe but in a more fictional type presentation.