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I would suggest "The Big Short". It mainly focuses on the huge disaster of the 2008 financial bubble, and what led up to it. Before watching the movie I had th
by catears 6y ago
I would suggest "The Big Short". It mainly focuses on the huge disaster of the 2008 financial bubble, and what led up to it.
Before watching the movie I had this feeling of how impossible it could have been for so many normal people to be screwed over so royally. The crisis obviously happened, but I lacked the understanding of how something like that could have happened. After the movie it was clear to me how systemic issues can be institutionalized if everyone is willing to look the other way.
Also, if you watch that movie and start hating everyone working with finance I recommend watching "Margin Call" and you'll only hate some people working in finance.
- iscrewyou 6y agoMargin Call has been on my list to watch for a very long time. You just gave me a reason to watch it sooner than later. I’d say Steve Carell’s character is the only protagonist in The Big Short.
- petewailes 6y agoMargin Call is possibly the best film about how the finance industry works at a micro level ever made.
- paul_f 6y agoTotally agree. Margin call is a gem, perfect movie IMO
- rtx 6y agoI didn't see any normal people getting screwed in the movie.
- debbiedowner 6y agoWhen the michael scott team went down to florida they met a man who had been paying rent to a landlord who never paid the mortgage. p.s. but the parent poster is probably referring to the people who were duped into a floating rate mortgage, or the idea of paying nth mortgage with n+1th mortage (which is reasonable as long as rates decrease/stay low forever), or retail investors/small time investors who bought securities they were assured were high quality but were not. These people didn't get much screen time (beginning of movie bankers, line of side bets at the roulette table)