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There is a good group interview on RUclips with the book author, director, and some of the cast that is worth watching. Adding the link: ruclips.net/video/NcV2FPXg5is/видео.html
I love this movie so much. I am amazed that they could find a way to tell this story coherently and still make it completely entertaining. Really impressive.
Very true, I was so glad I saw a clip of the movie on youtube because I wasn't aware of this movie at all and the clip made me wanna see more and I wasn't disappointed.
Yes. When you compare it to the script of "Dumb Money" you realize how clever this movie is. I liked "Dumb Money" but even though I knew the story it was a little confusing.
Indeed, it shows a level of commitment to getting the story out there. Just a shame it's not a more mainstream film to react to. Not enough drugs and hookers, I guess.
The Big Short was advertised as a sort of a comedy, but it's actually a horror movie. Can't believe how easily the world economy can crash and burn, and all thanks to some greedy dudes, who don't get punished, and are still doing the same things today. Now that's more scray, than Freddy Kruger, or an alien invasion. Also, there is a movie called "Margin Call", that is incredibly good, and covers these same events from the POV of a larger company, on the evening of the market crash. These two movies work well hand in hand.
Yeah it’s definitely able to tap in and out of different genres simply due to this being a very REAL thing that happened. Just told through a lot of styles!
Personally, I believe that the Housing Market Crisis was an event that was conspired to happen. And I'm not mad at all that a handful of people were able to catch it and profit from it. Why? Because the banks that were bailed out were the main ones to profit from this evil event in human history.
It is indeed a horror movie. It treads on comedy early until Brad Pitt's character yells at them in the casino. The stats about deaths and turning people into numbers act like a slap in the face to the characters of Jamie and Charlie and to the audience.
Nominated for 5 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Adapted Screenplay. Watching the end of the movie made my cry, showing us that the housing market will never recover, no matter what corporations the houses are built by, or who buys them, and what happens next. My dad says the housing market is frickin ridiculous, and that the film serves as a cautionary tale for which corporation you give your money to.
I read Lewis’s “Liar’s Poker” back in the 90s while we were working with Wall Street bankers on various deals. There were lots of good people in that business, and then there were a few in positions of power who were absolute scum.
There are a couple of reactions to The Big Short. But, hopefully this film will get the exposure that it deserves due to James' following. In fact, James Vs Cinema is the 2nd biggest Reaction channel to react to this great film.
Oh man, I’m glad you’re watching this one. For some reason, this is one of my favourite films of all time. I think just because of how the film is presented, uniquely edited, and exposing light on a part of modern history most people probably didn’t understand, especially me. Like Wolf Of Wall Street, The Big Short makes the world of finance look fun, way more than it seems lol. Great vid as always bro
That because it's real and your about to see it play out, im just here because AMC brought me. Don't believe everything in Hollywood a lie they love to subject you to harsher truths coated in laughter. just connecting the dots
@@evergreenforestwitch It really only tells half the story. It neglects the decades and decades of governmental policy, government sponsored entities (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), and the pressure of politicians on these corporations to do exactly what they did. The Frank-Dodd act? Those senators were some of the biggest proponents of predatory/bad lending. Of course it’s not going to be fixed, it’s government sponsored crime.
@@evergreenforestwitch it unfortunately is, you can look up videos of senator Barney Frank up to 2007 demanding lowering the lending standards and having banks do more and more of these types of loans. It’s insane.
15:30 yep. I’ll give you a little story. In 2006 we had a neighbor. He had his own small contracting company that was doing really well for a few years up to that point. He ended up taking out a second, and third mortgage on their house, was in the process of adding on an extension on their house (wouldve made the house 1/3 larger) and adding a gigantic pool / water slide / few hole golf course on their property. Then I remember suddenly one day, they were just gone. Moved out. I didn’t know it yet but they economy was going t¡ts up. The bank took their house and there it sat for years, unfinished, half open, giant dirt hole in the backyard. Someone ended up buying that property in 2010 and undid everything that was started. Patched up the holes in the walls as cheap and fast as possible, and filled the dirt hole, replanted a bunch of grass. The square footage actually ended up being less than the house originally started with. It continued to change hands between different renters until about 2018 when a family finally bought it and moved in. I always look at that house and what it symbolized to me. At a certain point I remember almost half the neighborhood was for sale/ for rent / brown dead grass, dark windows with no one in them. And it was like that across the whole city, the whole nation. It’s wild to think about. And it will happen again, it is inevitable, the way the system is set up it is too intertwined not to be. And unfortunately we barely learned from our mistakes.
That's sad man, I saw that story many times during the crash. Everyone was euphoric with how much money they were making in the early 2000's. Everyone involved in a real estate escrow was raking in dough, even appraisers and inspectors. Then the crash happened and countless lives were upended or ruined. I worked in the short sale business from 2009-2013 and heard clients crying over the phone, talking about divorces, lost jobs, missed meals, and suicide of loved ones. Saw alot of Realtors turn into therapists, mind you the realtors themselves were barely surviving and dedicating many stressful months trying to short sale their client's property only for it to fail at the 11th hour. Such an awful time.
At the time of the crisis (2007-2009), I worked for one of the world's foremost authorities on historical credit crises. Hearing him calmly describe the $46 trillion of global assets which were destroyed was chilling. If it's too big to fail, it's too big.
The film got 5 Oscar nominations (including editing) and won for its screenplay. It's kind of a masterpiece of storytelling using humor to lead you through what was to be a horrific crisis.
This movie is so great. And no one ever reacts to it. I’m so glad you did James. And yes this movie is A LOT to unpack. I always considered it a dark comedy. It blends tones super well. Always great to see ya uploading 💜
Never gonna stop, either. You know right now some corrupt shit is going on under the radar that's gonna be the subject of a movie like this in the future, and the bankers and capital owners are gonna get off while everyday people get their lives ruined.
There was soooo much good information in this movie. Made my head spin the first time I watched it. All these years later, the one thing that sticks with me is from the Anthony Bourdain clip, "Never order the 'fish stew' on a Sunday".
if you liked this, you've got to watch margin call. I've never seen a better portrayal of how financial institutions are run than whats seen in that movie.
The scene where Mark is in the restaurant talking to the human leech - I had to step away from my tv for about ten minutes to compose myself the first time I watched it because it made me so angry.. It's a little known fact that Greece, the entire country - went bankrupt as a result of the collapse of the housing market and is still in 2022 taking loans from the EU to get itself out of debt. It's been almost 15 years.
I was studying in Greece in 2013 and were eating somr dinner. Some pickpocket kids stole one of my friend's cellphones and obviously got upset. The owner of the restaurant gave him enough money to buy a new phone because he doesn't want foreigner/visitors having to tell that story and have even less people come to Greece (which hurts the economy obviously). It was so sad. A sweet sweet man, but so awful that he felt the need to do that.
Didn't the Republic of Ireland go bankrupt too? Edit: maybe they were able to avoid bankruptcy. I'm pretty sure they froze bank accounts so nobody could make withdrawals.
I love how halfway through, you ask if this could be a crime drama. And yet, among the people who caused the most damage, none went to jail. Great video as always man!
FANTASTIC MOVIE!!! You HAVE to follow it up with "Margin Call"!!! HUGE Ensemble cast, and takes place in the middle of this. As Charlie see's CountryWide go bust is basically the end of Margin Call :)
I think I heard somewhere that the guy who plays Gosling's assistant wasn't supposed to have a speaking part, but they had such a good chemistry on set that they allowed them to have a couple of lines of dialogue together.
Literally my favorite movie of all time. The way they described this event is actually much more clear than I thought it was going to be. Incredible acting and the editing of it way phenomenal. Absolutely love this movie. All-star cast absolutely killed it. Can’t praise it enough!
James da 🐐🐐. Your videos always make me happy. I relate with you so much and appreciate your unique thoughts on all films. Love from Boulder, Colorado.
One of my favorite films of the last several years. Such an important story and executed so well and so memorably. Really glad to see you give it a look. Thanks!
This movie is one of my favorites. Finances... It could have been an incredible snooze fest where you wouldn't understand shit. But the script is smart. The characters take you by the hand and explain everything. It's fun and enlightening and the actors are all playing their part perfectly.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in addition to nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Bale), and Best Film Editing.
FINALLY!!!!! SOMEONE DID A REACTION TO THIS MOVIE!!!!! This is one of the most heart wrenching movies to watch that makes you lose faith in humanity on a level never considered
The line at 11:32; "that's a nice shirt, do they make them for men?" was first used in the 2000 film 'Chopper' when it's said to Eric Bana's titular character by his dad. Actually, that's another powerful film for James to react to.
I found your channel today and I have to say I love the reaction style of both analytical and entertainment. I was also happy to hear that you were having a good time watching this film because it's easily in my top 3.
Has anyone else ended up in a rabbit hole of clips of this movie before? I swear I've sat through this one like 5 times purely through RUclips clips lmao
So glad you're covering this gem! It's wildly entertaining, while serving dishes of information that makes you sick and angry while still laughing. It's brilliant, and the ensemble of actors are too. It certainly got nominated for some awards, but if we just watch at the Oscars it got nominated for best picture, best supporting male actor (Bale), directing (McKay) and editing (Hank Corwin) and won for best adapted screen-play.
I'd be willing to bet that you'll watch this movie again when you're not "reacting" to it. There's so much to absorb, and sometimes you were laughing or talking during subtle little moments that added extra flavor to the film. Two more most excellent films that are along this same line, as in, based on a true story, of real events, with real people, and will make you want to know more about them: "Spotlight", and "Dark Waters". You will thoroughly enjoy both of them. Keep up the good work!
First time I watched this I fell in love with the editting. It was the first tim as a layman I appreciated how much good editing can make a good movie great.
One of my favorite movies of recent years. Like you said, the editing and cinematography of the movie is so good and fast paced. And even though its subject matter is dense and hard to consume, its delivery is done so well. So many great scenes and many great actors.
This is up there as one of, if not my favourite movies of all time. I’ve probably watched it 7 times now and it never gets any less interesting/entertaining!
A lot of hard, sad truth in this film unfortunately. But in spite of that my hat is off to Adam McKay. The filmmaking (in particular the editing) is sick.
Great reaction James! The Big Short is one of my all-time favorite movies (and I know a lot of films). For another take on the same financial mess check out Margin Call from 2011.
They’ll be making a movie along these same lines in the next few years about what the banks, Fed, IMF, and WEF are orchestrating, and it’ll make the housing crisis look small, sadly. Brilliant film, and BRILLIANT writing and acting!
SO glad you picked this one. It's a great movie about a very important subject, or series of events that led to the big financial collapse. Thank you :)
Everyone, especially those who lost value in their house and doesn't understand why, should see this film. You are the first watcher/reviewer I've seen take on this movie. Bravo!
One of the best movies of all time - captures a major event in history. It gives you the full gambit of emotions from laughing to scared to mad to sad.
I don't know why, but I rewatch this movie every year. It has an amazing rewatch value, and I'm not sure why. There are many reasons: Amazing casting, great acting, editing, humor. But I never expected to rewatch this so many times, a movie about a housing market... a housing market, that I never gave 2 shits about! Such a good movie.
The movie is based on the book 'The Big Short' by Michael Lewis. If you enjoyed the movie, I highly recommend giving the book a read/listen. It has the same vibe as the movie, including the dark humour and the easy-to-understand analogies. One of the best book-to-movie adaptations imo.
i really love your lighting for your facecam. im a new reactor and was told to try and emulate someone you like and so i chose you, as one of my favorite reactors but i just cant seem to get my lighting right, its either too bright or too dark. somehow you got the perfect mix.. any tips? also great vid too as always...
My friend walked away from his house after the crash when it was worth half of what he owed on it. I remember every house on his block at the time had a for sale sign on it.
I've watched this movie too many times and it still hit's me the same way every time. The sad part about all of this is that it's on it's way to happening again because nobody was held responsible.
A group of friends and I watched this when it was still new in theatres on a complete whim. There was nothing else at the time we were interested in seeing, we knew nothing about the movie, and we had zero interest in business at all. Until we watched the film. We were all pleasantly surprised by how gripping this turned out to be! Excited to see what you think of it 😁 EDIT: I forgot the bits where they got Margot Robbie and Selena Gomez looking hot and explaining business jargon. Like, what a tongue-in-cheek self aware thing to do.
I watched this movie with a rough idea of economics and finance, wall street and all that stuff. Ended up reviewing it three times and buying the book which is awesome btw. I'm 100% with you when it comes to watching films and learning from it. Not only film-making aspects but other ones too.
Great film. If you're looking for another brilliant film on the same subject then "Margin Call" is one to watch. It's much more a straight drama but just as good.
Two additional movies that compliment this one are Too Big to Fail and Margin Call which showcase the 2008 Financial Crisis from the perspectives of the government and an individual company. Seeing all three gives a better understanding of how the crisis transpired and the lead up to the crisis as well as the actions taking place behind the scenes from what was being reported by the news at the time.
I liked your reaction. Another film on the 2008 financial crisis that I think is worthwhile is Too Big to Fail, with William Hurt as the Secretary of the Treasury and Paul Giamatti as Chairman of the Fed. I think you will appreciate it.
Sometimes I can't believe when the title says "first time". I know it's impossile to see EVERYTHING and The Big Short isn't a household name like everyone's seen it but it's so slickly made. It does so many things right and the performaces the cast give I'd say are the best of their careers. Steve Carell's performance here I think is the best work he's ever done. Gosling's dark comedic narrator perforance is underrated and Christian Bale is basically amazing in everything. I think this is a classic - taking a real event that was so dark so complicateed and turned it into something palatable and watchable is masterful. Far better than Wolf of Wall Street!
The thing is, everybody with a basic understanding of economics would know that this eventually would happen. It just brought in so much money that they forgot and/or didn't care
Something about your reaction the first few minutes into it struck me about basically what makes this movie so great. It takes a subject like "boring old banking" and helps us learn it throughout the movie enough for our understanding in an obviously very entertaining fashion. At the end of the movie, you feel like you have a real grasp or idea of what crashed the market and you didn't feel like you were sitting in a class learning about numbers. It was a fun, thorough movie and you just happened to learn a little about Wall Street along the way.
These stories are interesting because they are ultimately about people. And people are interesting. You might like the documentary film Enron: The smartest guys in the room.
Just watched this and loved the reaction. The one part that stuck out was when you asked if it should be in the crime genre. Matt Taibbi was a journalist who helped expose everything the banks were doing. He said that someone in the financial world told him that he will find more about the market crash if he looked at it as a crime story and not a financial story. You are 110% correct. It is a crime movie.
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This is a lot to unpack..but here we go!
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You need to watch Margin Call now
Watch the documentry - Enron the smartest guys in the room
There is a good group interview on RUclips with the book author, director, and some of the cast that is worth watching.
Adding the link: ruclips.net/video/NcV2FPXg5is/видео.html
@@IndyTravelGuide yes, also The Company Men for the more human side of it
I Love that movie so
I love this movie so much. I am amazed that they could find a way to tell this story coherently and still make it completely entertaining. Really impressive.
Very true, I was so glad I saw a clip of the movie on youtube because I wasn't aware of this movie at all and the clip made me wanna see more and I wasn't disappointed.
Yes. When you compare it to the script of "Dumb Money" you realize how clever this movie is. I liked "Dumb Money" but even though I knew the story it was a little confusing.
Indeed, it shows a level of commitment to getting the story out there. Just a shame it's not a more mainstream film to react to. Not enough drugs and hookers, I guess.
The Big Short was advertised as a sort of a comedy, but it's actually a horror movie. Can't believe how easily the world economy can crash and burn, and all thanks to some greedy dudes, who don't get punished, and are still doing the same things today. Now that's more scray, than Freddy Kruger, or an alien invasion.
Also, there is a movie called "Margin Call", that is incredibly good, and covers these same events from the POV of a larger company, on the evening of the market crash. These two movies work well hand in hand.
Yeah it’s definitely able to tap in and out of different genres simply due to this being a very REAL thing that happened. Just told through a lot of styles!
Personally, I believe that the Housing Market Crisis was an event that was conspired to happen. And I'm not mad at all that a handful of people were able to catch it and profit from it. Why? Because the banks that were bailed out were the main ones to profit from this evil event in human history.
Double vote here for Margin Call.
It's not just some greedy dudes, the whole incentive system is broken. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
It is indeed a horror movie. It treads on comedy early until Brad Pitt's character yells at them in the casino. The stats about deaths and turning people into numbers act like a slap in the face to the characters of Jamie and Charlie and to the audience.
Nominated for 5 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Watching the end of the movie made my cry, showing us that the housing market will never recover, no matter what corporations the houses are built by, or who buys them, and what happens next. My dad says the housing market is frickin ridiculous, and that the film serves as a cautionary tale for which corporation you give your money to.
You've GOT to watch "Moneyball"--also Brad Pitt, also based on a book by the same author as "The Big Short!"
I read Lewis’s “Liar’s Poker” back in the 90s while we were working with Wall Street bankers on various deals. There were lots of good people in that business, and then there were a few in positions of power who were absolute scum.
@@rustybarrel516 liars poker is one of my favorite books ever! Michael Lewis is such a great writer
One of my favorite movies ever that no one reacts to! You goated for this one James!
My guy!! Cheers!!
My thoughts exactly
There are a couple of reactions to The Big Short. But, hopefully this film will get the exposure that it deserves due to James' following. In fact, James Vs Cinema is the 2nd biggest Reaction channel to react to this great film.
@@JamesASharp who’s the first?
@@ITzL3ACH The Homies channel.
Another interesting film on this subject is "Margin Call". It's not as flashy as "The Big Short" but it's quite tense with some great acting.
Dude you got to watch Margin Call. Look forward to you watching that also
I love Margin Call. Almost as good as The Big Short.
I just made the same coment!comment!! It basically takes place right in the middle of The Big Short :)
HUGE Ensemble cast!!
Great Double feature
The tension in Margin Call is off the charts! Good idea for a future reaction! Also has a stacked cast like this one.
Oh man, I’m glad you’re watching this one.
For some reason, this is one of my favourite films of all time. I think just because of how the film is presented, uniquely edited, and exposing light on a part of modern history most people probably didn’t understand, especially me.
Like Wolf Of Wall Street, The Big Short makes the world of finance look fun, way more than it seems lol.
Great vid as always bro
Excellently said. Everything was carried with intention in this film.
ive rewatched this movie over 5 times and i still dont get tired of it, shows how amazing it is telling a story like this.
That because it's real and your about to see it play out, im just here because AMC brought me. Don't believe everything in Hollywood a lie they love to subject you to harsher truths coated in laughter.
just connecting the dots
As a financial analyst - this movie is pretty incredible at breaking down CDO’s, synthetic CDO’s, derivatives etc.
I appreciate your comment. Not being a financial analyst, I wasn't sure how accurate this was. Thanks.
@@evergreenforestwitch It really only tells half the story. It neglects the decades and decades of governmental policy, government sponsored entities (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), and the pressure of politicians on these corporations to do exactly what they did. The Frank-Dodd act? Those senators were some of the biggest proponents of predatory/bad lending. Of course it’s not going to be fixed, it’s government sponsored crime.
@@NotoriousMinion seems depressingly accurate
@@evergreenforestwitch it unfortunately is, you can look up videos of senator Barney Frank up to 2007 demanding lowering the lending standards and having banks do more and more of these types of loans. It’s insane.
@@NotoriousMinion maybe I'll look that up when there are fewer existential crises in play. I'm kind of at saturation rn. LOL
15:30 yep. I’ll give you a little story. In 2006 we had a neighbor. He had his own small contracting company that was doing really well for a few years up to that point. He ended up taking out a second, and third mortgage on their house, was in the process of adding on an extension on their house (wouldve made the house 1/3 larger) and adding a gigantic pool / water slide / few hole golf course on their property. Then I remember suddenly one day, they were just gone. Moved out. I didn’t know it yet but they economy was going t¡ts up. The bank took their house and there it sat for years, unfinished, half open, giant dirt hole in the backyard. Someone ended up buying that property in 2010 and undid everything that was started. Patched up the holes in the walls as cheap and fast as possible, and filled the dirt hole, replanted a bunch of grass. The square footage actually ended up being less than the house originally started with.
It continued to change hands between different renters until about 2018 when a family finally bought it and moved in. I always look at that house and what it symbolized to me. At a certain point I remember almost half the neighborhood was for sale/ for rent / brown dead grass, dark windows with no one in them. And it was like that across the whole city, the whole nation. It’s wild to think about.
And it will happen again, it is inevitable, the way the system is set up it is too intertwined not to be. And unfortunately we barely learned from our mistakes.
That's sad man, I saw that story many times during the crash. Everyone was euphoric with how much money they were making in the early 2000's. Everyone involved in a real estate escrow was raking in dough, even appraisers and inspectors.
Then the crash happened and countless lives were upended or ruined. I worked in the short sale business from 2009-2013 and heard clients crying over the phone, talking about divorces, lost jobs, missed meals, and suicide of loved ones. Saw alot of Realtors turn into therapists, mind you the realtors themselves were barely surviving and dedicating many stressful months trying to short sale their client's property only for it to fail at the 11th hour. Such an awful time.
At the time of the crisis (2007-2009), I worked for one of the world's foremost authorities on historical credit crises. Hearing him calmly describe the $46 trillion of global assets which were destroyed was chilling.
If it's too big to fail, it's too big.
Crazy fact: Christian Bale really learned to do that with his eye. No CGI.
In American Psycho, Christian Bale would break out in a sweat at the same moment in each take of the business card scene. He is scary good.
The film got 5 Oscar nominations (including editing) and won for its screenplay. It's kind of a masterpiece of storytelling using humor to lead you through what was to be a horrific crisis.
Had an economics teacher put this on in class it was pretty dang good, looking forward to the james vs cinema rules podcast! Love both channels
Love when teachers look out for the students haha
This movie is so great. And no one ever reacts to it. I’m so glad you did James. And yes this movie is A LOT to unpack.
I always considered it a dark comedy. It blends tones super well.
Always great to see ya uploading 💜
The fact that Christian Bale trained his eye so it would look like that is insane. One eye! Amazing movie!
YES so happy someone is giving this the time this film deserves. 2008 did everyone so dirty and after COVID its happening again😬😬
Never gonna stop, either. You know right now some corrupt shit is going on under the radar that's gonna be the subject of a movie like this in the future, and the bankers and capital owners are gonna get off while everyday people get their lives ruined.
The editing of this movie is just inspiring. Such an incredible story, and left me absolutely seething with rage.
‘Truth is like poetry, people hate poetry’ is such an awesome quote holy crap
Love this movie. Your reaction was grand. I'm just a man from the valley in the blue ridge. This should be shown in schools!
Words can’t explain how much I love this movie.. one of my all time favorites.
There was soooo much good information in this movie. Made my head spin the first time I watched it. All these years later, the one thing that sticks with me is from the Anthony Bourdain clip, "Never order the 'fish stew' on a Sunday".
if you liked this, you've got to watch margin call. I've never seen a better portrayal of how financial institutions are run than whats seen in that movie.
Noted!! Thanks Greg!
YES!!!!! 👍😎👍
@@JamesVSCinema ALL the upvotes!
Margin Call has the best board room scenes ever filmed
The scene where Mark is in the restaurant talking to the human leech - I had to step away from my tv for about ten minutes to compose myself the first time I watched it because it made me so angry..
It's a little known fact that Greece, the entire country - went bankrupt as a result of the collapse of the housing market and is still in 2022 taking loans from the EU to get itself out of debt. It's been almost 15 years.
I was studying in Greece in 2013 and were eating somr dinner. Some pickpocket kids stole one of my friend's cellphones and obviously got upset. The owner of the restaurant gave him enough money to buy a new phone because he doesn't want foreigner/visitors having to tell that story and have even less people come to Greece (which hurts the economy obviously). It was so sad. A sweet sweet man, but so awful that he felt the need to do that.
Didn't Iceland go bankrupt as well?
Didn't the Republic of Ireland go bankrupt too?
Edit: maybe they were able to avoid bankruptcy. I'm pretty sure they froze bank accounts so nobody could make withdrawals.
This is one of my favourite films. It’s so so well made. And it’s a masterclass in editing.
If you like this movie, I highly recommend Margin Call. Another film about the collapse with an amazing cast of actors.
It took me three viewings to get my head around THE BIG SHORT, but it's been worth it.
I love how halfway through, you ask if this could be a crime drama. And yet, among the people who caused the most damage, none went to jail. Great video as always man!
Great reaction bro! I'm so glad that you're the 2nd biggest Reaction channel that has reacted to The Big Short. Congrats! 🎊
love that you did this, not many people tackle this one
FANTASTIC MOVIE!!!
You HAVE to follow it up with "Margin Call"!!! HUGE Ensemble cast, and takes place in the middle of this. As Charlie see's CountryWide go bust is basically the end of Margin Call :)
I think I heard somewhere that the guy who plays Gosling's assistant wasn't supposed to have a speaking part, but they had such a good chemistry on set that they allowed them to have a couple of lines of dialogue together.
Watched this movie in business class for school, one of the only films throughout school which actually taught us and kept us entertained
Literally my favorite movie of all time. The way they described this event is actually much more clear than I thought it was going to be. Incredible acting and the editing of it way phenomenal. Absolutely love this movie. All-star cast absolutely killed it. Can’t praise it enough!
James da 🐐🐐. Your videos always make me happy. I relate with you so much and appreciate your unique thoughts on all films. Love from Boulder, Colorado.
Ayyyy Colorado! Basically a second home at this point. Love Boulder.
Oh hell ya man! Born and raised here. Keep doing your thing man. Much love.
love how i didn't understand 80% of the movie but was engaged and entertained the whole way.
One of my favorite films of the last several years. Such an important story and executed so well and so memorably. Really glad to see you give it a look. Thanks!
One of the best breakings of the 4th wall in movies. Every time they do it, it's pure gold. Even when those last for two seconds.
This movie is one of my favorites. Finances... It could have been an incredible snooze fest where you wouldn't understand shit. But the script is smart. The characters take you by the hand and explain everything. It's fun and enlightening and the actors are all playing their part perfectly.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in addition to nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Bale), and Best Film Editing.
I saw what you did at that perfect "stupid look on his face" moment. That's brilliant and hilarious! Love ya, man! Keep making these videos, James.
FINALLY!!!!! SOMEONE DID A REACTION TO THIS MOVIE!!!!! This is one of the most heart wrenching movies to watch that makes you lose faith in humanity on a level never considered
Just found your channel…this is in my top 10 list.
Great freaking job on the reaction!! Liked, sub’d, all notifications on!! Thanks bro!!
Cheers!!
The line at 11:32; "that's a nice shirt, do they make them for men?" was first used in the 2000 film 'Chopper' when it's said to Eric Bana's titular character by his dad. Actually, that's another powerful film for James to react to.
I found your channel today and I have to say I love the reaction style of both analytical and entertainment.
I was also happy to hear that you were having a good time watching this film because it's easily in my top 3.
Glad you reacted to this! One of my favourites.
If they made educational films like this I’d be a certified genius
Hahaha shoutout to RUclips. Definitely some great channels that speak on subjects like this!
Line Goes Up - The Problem with NFTs is a recent in-depth YT video on a similar subject. Sadly, it's not quite as star-studded as this movie.
@@cthulhuwu_ I was just thinking if someone got a sick cast and did a similar style movie on the topic of Crypto it would be awesome
Great reaction.what a devastating loss for a lot of people ❤
I really love the different kinds of films that you react to that other channels don't often go for.
One of my favorite films, for every reason you pointed out!
Ryan Gosling basically plays the same character in Crazy Stupid Love if you haven't seen that yet 😅
Has anyone else ended up in a rabbit hole of clips of this movie before? I swear I've sat through this one like 5 times purely through RUclips clips lmao
So glad you're covering this gem! It's wildly entertaining, while serving dishes of information that makes you sick and angry while still laughing. It's brilliant, and the ensemble of actors are too. It certainly got nominated for some awards, but if we just watch at the Oscars it got nominated for best picture, best supporting male actor (Bale), directing (McKay) and editing (Hank Corwin) and won for best adapted screen-play.
I'd be willing to bet that you'll watch this movie again when you're not "reacting" to it. There's so much to absorb, and sometimes you were laughing or talking during subtle little moments that added extra flavor to the film.
Two more most excellent films that are along this same line, as in, based on a true story, of real events, with real people, and will make you want to know more about them: "Spotlight", and "Dark Waters". You will thoroughly enjoy both of them.
Keep up the good work!
So happy you watched this one! One of my favorites of all time.
First time I watched this I fell in love with the editting. It was the first tim as a layman I appreciated how much good editing can make a good movie great.
One of my favorite movies of recent years. Like you said, the editing and cinematography of the movie is so good and fast paced. And even though its subject matter is dense and hard to consume, its delivery is done so well. So many great scenes and many great actors.
So great seeing someone react to this fantastic movie :)
It's like a whole course on writing, visual storytelling and editing in one movie.
This is up there as one of, if not my favourite movies of all time. I’ve probably watched it 7 times now and it never gets any less interesting/entertaining!
A lot of hard, sad truth in this film unfortunately. But in spite of that my hat is off to Adam McKay. The filmmaking (in particular the editing) is sick.
Wildly great editing here!
awesome reaction never seen it done like this hope you keep it up
Just watched it last weekend and I was looking for a reaction. Immaculate timing.
Couldn’t have said that better 🙏🏽
Every character in this movie no matter how small of a role is off the charts.
Such a great movie!! Dude your movie selections are the best on youtube!!!
Great reaction James! The Big Short is one of my all-time favorite movies (and I know a lot of films). For another take on the same financial mess check out Margin Call from 2011.
They’ll be making a movie along these same lines in the next few years about what the banks, Fed, IMF, and WEF are orchestrating, and it’ll make the housing crisis look small, sadly. Brilliant film, and BRILLIANT writing and acting!
SO glad you picked this one. It's a great movie about a very important subject, or series of events that led to the big financial collapse. Thank you :)
Everyone, especially those who lost value in their house and doesn't understand why, should see this film. You are the first watcher/reviewer I've seen take on this movie. Bravo!
Yoooo I’m so hype you’re doing this can’t believe you haven’t seen it. Lessgo
Thanks for this! Such a great movie! Great reaction!
One of the best movies of all time - captures a major event in history. It gives you the full gambit of emotions from laughing to scared to mad to sad.
I don't know why, but I rewatch this movie every year. It has an amazing rewatch value, and I'm not sure why. There are many reasons: Amazing casting, great acting, editing, humor. But I never expected to rewatch this so many times, a movie about a housing market... a housing market, that I never gave 2 shits about! Such a good movie.
The movie is based on the book 'The Big Short' by Michael Lewis. If you enjoyed the movie, I highly recommend giving the book a read/listen. It has the same vibe as the movie, including the dark humour and the easy-to-understand analogies. One of the best book-to-movie adaptations imo.
This is expert filmmaking. The editing is incredible. The acting from everyone is top notch. Steve Carrell should have been nominated.
This is my favourite McKay film. All his movies are funny but this one lands the best. Best acting, funniest and most informative of his.
Never seen anybody do a reaction to this before, really pleasantly surprised!
i really love your lighting for your facecam. im a new reactor and was told to try and emulate someone you like and so i chose you, as one of my favorite reactors but i just cant seem to get my lighting right, its either too bright or too dark. somehow you got the perfect mix.. any tips? also great vid too as always...
I find it hard to feel bad for the people who got screwed in this. They were the ones who accepted the loans on houses they could NEVER afford.
My friend walked away from his house after the crash when it was worth half of what he owed on it. I remember every house on his block at the time had a for sale sign on it.
This movie is so funny, so sad, and so good. It's also really scary, especially the one word at the end: "water".
I really enjoyed this reaction.
I've watched this movie too many times and it still hit's me the same way every time. The sad part about all of this is that it's on it's way to happening again because nobody was held responsible.
A group of friends and I watched this when it was still new in theatres on a complete whim. There was nothing else at the time we were interested in seeing, we knew nothing about the movie, and we had zero interest in business at all.
Until we watched the film. We were all pleasantly surprised by how gripping this turned out to be! Excited to see what you think of it 😁
EDIT: I forgot the bits where they got Margot Robbie and Selena Gomez looking hot and explaining business jargon. Like, what a tongue-in-cheek self aware thing to do.
Adam McKay is doing briliant work on Succession, his style is truly amazing and woks marvels with big casts and scenes
Excellent reaction. Thank you.
I watched this movie with a rough idea of economics and finance, wall street and all that stuff. Ended up reviewing it three times and buying the book which is awesome btw.
I'm 100% with you when it comes to watching films and learning from it. Not only film-making aspects but other ones too.
Great film. If you're looking for another brilliant film on the same subject then "Margin Call" is one to watch. It's much more a straight drama but just as good.
Two additional movies that compliment this one are Too Big to Fail and Margin Call which showcase the 2008 Financial Crisis from the perspectives of the government and an individual company. Seeing all three gives a better understanding of how the crisis transpired and the lead up to the crisis as well as the actions taking place behind the scenes from what was being reported by the news at the time.
This has one of my favorite quotes “truth is like poetry and most people fucking hate poetry”
I liked your reaction. Another film on the 2008 financial crisis that I think is worthwhile is Too Big to Fail, with William Hurt as the Secretary of the Treasury and Paul Giamatti as Chairman of the Fed. I think you will appreciate it.
I liked Danny Moses, the optimist of the bunch.
Funny, positive, a smart trader asking Jared Vennett the insightful questions.
Sometimes I can't believe when the title says "first time". I know it's impossile to see EVERYTHING and The Big Short isn't a household name like everyone's seen it but it's so slickly made. It does so many things right and the performaces the cast give I'd say are the best of their careers. Steve Carell's performance here I think is the best work he's ever done. Gosling's dark comedic narrator perforance is underrated and Christian Bale is basically amazing in everything. I think this is a classic - taking a real event that was so dark so complicateed and turned it into something palatable and watchable is masterful. Far better than Wolf of Wall Street!
The thing is, everybody with a basic understanding of economics would know that this eventually would happen. It just brought in so much money that they forgot and/or didn't care
Aw dude... Never enough reactions to this movie. For some reason I never get tired of watching it.
Good god I adore this film, radically edited and told.
The editing is TOP NOTCH.
Something about your reaction the first few minutes into it struck me about basically what makes this movie so great. It takes a subject like "boring old banking" and helps us learn it throughout the movie enough for our understanding in an obviously very entertaining fashion. At the end of the movie, you feel like you have a real grasp or idea of what crashed the market and you didn't feel like you were sitting in a class learning about numbers. It was a fun, thorough movie and you just happened to learn a little about Wall Street along the way.
SIR, UR KILLIN IT WITH PICKS LATELY...
You know how we roll out here!!
Also like the scene where everyone is leaving the Vegas hotel. One by cab, another by car, and another by limo.
These stories are interesting because they are ultimately about people. And people are interesting.
You might like the documentary film Enron: The smartest guys in the room.
Just watched this and loved the reaction. The one part that stuck out was when you asked if it should be in the crime genre. Matt Taibbi was a journalist who helped expose everything the banks were doing. He said that someone in the financial world told him that he will find more about the market crash if he looked at it as a crime story and not a financial story. You are 110% correct. It is a crime movie.
Oh nice, I was hoping this one would pop up at some point!