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re: I hated The Big Short - spoilers

Posted on 3/16/16 at 6:33 pm to
Posted by jackwoods4
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 3/16/16 at 6:33 pm to
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What I hated about this movie was all of the investors who were right and made a lot of money were all sad and seemingly embarrassed about profiting off of their ideas and conviction.


Well, the financial crisis destroyed the livelihoods of so many people. I thought it was telling that even the greediest people in the world recognized how damaging it was worldwide when they ended up being right.

ETA: As some people have mentioned, those were also the characters people were rooting for and they needed to appear human.
This post was edited on 3/16/16 at 7:13 pm
Posted by LeonPhelps
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 3/16/16 at 6:34 pm to
I would be fine with the $4B John Paulson personally pocketed. Call me an a-hole in that scenario, but a ridiculously rich a-hole.
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