The Big Short!

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2016)

Wow! I can't remember the last time I watched a movie that entertained the way that The Big Short managed to. Somehow while sitting there I learned a 1,000 things I had no clue happened during the housing market collapse of 08, while laughing out load every 15 minutes and feeling like I was going to throw up during others. I love movies where the underdog wins or in this case is right. I love movies where the underdog gets rich even more. I don't know that I can say that any of those types of movies have ever taught me anything important about recent history. Erin Brockovich might be the last one that even came close and that story did not impact the world the way the housing market collapse did.
The acting was amazing! Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale hit it out of the park. Steve Carell who I have never been able to see as anyone other than Michael from the office gave the best performance of his life. Overall this was a stroke of genius in casting. The only criticism I can give would have to be with the shaky, unfocused single camera approach that they took with shooting this film. It is just not my cup of tea. It looks cheap and annoys me. Sure this was supposed to be a documentary style type of a thing where the characters break the fourth wall every chance they are given, but still. I hate it and I always will. You can thank Cloverfield for that.
Overall this was a great way to kick off 2016 at the movies. Great acting, and a great story telling when the story should have been complicated and boring. Let's call it 5 stars.
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