This is a lot to unpack..but here we go! Want to vote on what I should watch next? Click here! www.patreon.com/jamesvscinema Revisiting Tron Legacy Friday! Enjoy the day!

@IndyTravelGuide

2 жыл бұрын

You need to watch Margin Call now

@fclopez1

2 жыл бұрын

Watch the documentry - Enron the smartest guys in the room

@rustybarrel516

2 жыл бұрын

There is a good group interview on KZread with the book author, director, and some of the cast that is worth watching. Adding the link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJeKlKiJiMqbmdY.html

@chernobyl68

2 жыл бұрын

@@IndyTravelGuide yes, also The Company Men for the more human side of it

@prapsschnalinen6536

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@1100MC

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@EdDunkle

7 ай бұрын

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.

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.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

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!

@JamesASharp

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jshell

2 жыл бұрын

Double vote here for Margin Call.

@pistolen87

2 жыл бұрын

It's not just some greedy dudes, the whole incentive system is broken. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

@paulhewes7333

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

One of my favorite movies ever that no one reacts to! You goated for this one James!

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

My guy!! Cheers!!

@Gosu_Noob

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@JamesASharp

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@ITzL3ACH

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesASharp who’s the first?

@JamesASharp

2 жыл бұрын

@@ITzL3ACH The Homies channel.

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!"

@rustybarrel516

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@gabrielherman8930

2 жыл бұрын

@@rustybarrel516 liars poker is one of my favorite books ever! Michael Lewis is such a great writer

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.

@nickwaughman5514

2 жыл бұрын

Dude you got to watch Margin Call. Look forward to you watching that also

@truthbetold2567

2 жыл бұрын

I love Margin Call. Almost as good as The Big Short.

@michaelriddick7116

2 жыл бұрын

I just made the same coment!comment!! It basically takes place right in the middle of The Big Short :) HUGE Ensemble cast!!

@jaymartini

2 жыл бұрын

Great Double feature

@jimhsfbay

2 жыл бұрын

The tension in Margin Call is off the charts! Good idea for a future reaction! Also has a stacked cast like this one.

As a financial analyst - this movie is pretty incredible at breaking down CDO’s, synthetic CDO’s, derivatives etc.

@evergreenforestwitch

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your comment. Not being a financial analyst, I wasn't sure how accurate this was. Thanks.

@NotoriousMinion

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotoriousMinion seems depressingly accurate

@NotoriousMinion

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@evergreenforestwitch

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotoriousMinion maybe I'll look that up when there are fewer existential crises in play. I'm kind of at saturation rn. LOL

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

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Excellently said. Everything was carried with intention in this film.

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.

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.

@TheMsr47gaming

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.

Crazy fact: Christian Bale really learned to do that with his eye. No CGI.

@aklimar2208

9 ай бұрын

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 fact that Christian Bale trained his eye so it would look like that is insane. One eye! Amazing movie!

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

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

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 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.

@lbierman21

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@davidedelstein6600

10 ай бұрын

Didn't Iceland go bankrupt as well?

@mcruz2357

4 ай бұрын

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.

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.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Noted!! Thanks Greg!

@michaelriddick7116

2 жыл бұрын

YES!!!!! 👍😎👍

@YourXavier

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesVSCinema ALL the upvotes!

@michaelfarkas2257

2 жыл бұрын

Margin Call has the best board room scenes ever filmed

The editing of this movie is just inspiring. Such an incredible story, and left me absolutely seething with rage.

YES so happy someone is giving this the time this film deserves. 2008 did everyone so dirty and after COVID its happening again😬😬

@SuzakuX

2 жыл бұрын

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.

If they made educational films like this I’d be a certified genius

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha shoutout to KZread. Definitely some great channels that speak on subjects like this!

@cthulhuwu_

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@tylerbramhall6596

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

If you like this movie, I highly recommend Margin Call. Another film about the collapse with an amazing cast of actors.

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.

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.

‘Truth is like poetry, people hate poetry’ is such an awesome quote holy crap

Words can’t explain how much I love this movie.. one of my all time favorites.

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 :)

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!

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'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!

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!

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!

Great reaction bro! I'm so glad that you're the 2nd biggest Reaction channel that has reacted to The Big Short. Congrats! 🎊

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.

love how i didn't understand 80% of the movie but was engaged and entertained the whole way.

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.

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 KZread clips lmao

I really love the different kinds of films that you react to that other channels don't often go for.

So great seeing someone react to this fantastic movie :) It's like a whole course on writing, visual storytelling and editing in one movie.

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.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Ayyyy Colorado! Basically a second home at this point. Love Boulder.

@benhillegas3319

2 жыл бұрын

Oh hell ya man! Born and raised here. Keep doing your thing man. Much love.

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.

Glad you reacted to this! One of my favourites.

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 happy you watched this one! One of my favorites of all time.

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".

Such a great movie!! Dude your movie selections are the best on youtube!!!

SIR, UR KILLIN IT WITH PICKS LATELY...

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

You know how we roll out here!!

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!!

@JamesVSCinema

10 ай бұрын

Cheers!!

love that you did this, not many people tackle this one

Just watched it last weekend and I was looking for a reaction. Immaculate timing.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t have said that better 🙏🏽

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.

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.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Wildly great editing here!

awesome reaction never seen it done like this hope you keep it up

Great reaction.what a devastating loss for a lot of people ❤

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!

Yoooo I’m so hype you’re doing this can’t believe you haven’t seen it. Lessgo

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 :)

Thanks for this! Such a great movie! Great reaction!

One of my favorite films, for every reason you pointed out!

Cannot express the level of anger I had after seeing this

It took me three viewings to get my head around THE BIG SHORT, but it's been worth it.

Good god I adore this film, radically edited and told.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

The editing is TOP NOTCH.

Oh nice, I was hoping this one would pop up at some point!

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.

Never seen anybody do a reaction to this before, really pleasantly surprised!

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.

Watched this movie in business class for school, one of the only films throughout school which actually taught us and kept us entertained

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!

Love this film! Editing on point!

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.

@andrewward5891

11 ай бұрын

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.

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

ooooo ive been waiting for this one

Aw dude... Never enough reactions to this movie. For some reason I never get tired of watching it.

Ryan Gosling basically plays the same character in Crazy Stupid Love if you haven't seen that yet 😅

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.

Excellent reaction. 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!

Thanks as always, hope you are well, stay awesome, stay genuine, much love

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Love ya!

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.

I recently saw this movie for the first time. Glad to see you watched it too.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

We had to watch this movie as part of my editing class, it was probably my favorite movie that I've seen as part of a class.

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

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.

I was working at Wells Fargo when all this stuff went down. I remember that morning everybody panicked because Bear Stearns went down the tubes. We didn't know it we were going to have a job the next day.

Margin Call (2011) is the better film (dramatically) on this subject in my opinion and gives more of an ‘inside’ view. The Big Short explains the situation better but at the price of being less engaging. (To be clear, I recommend seeing both).

@michaelsegriff3362

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@YourXavier

2 жыл бұрын

They're difficult to compare, because they have such different style, mood, and focus. Both is definitely the way to go.

@Maya_Ruinz

2 жыл бұрын

I concur, margin call has a great scene toward the end, really frightening but great acting.

@michaelsegriff3362

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maya_Ruinz The scene where all those involved brief the Board Chairman, played by Jeremy Irons? He was masterful.

@michaelsegriff3362

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer Margin Call. The tension and stress are palpable in that film. Plus, I lived through this sh** at a large financial institution.

When people wake up to find out that Water is not going to be something you can just get is going to be the biggest wake up call ever

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.

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.

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.

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.

Also like the scene where everyone is leaving the Vegas hotel. One by cab, another by car, and another by limo.

I liked Danny Moses, the optimist of the bunch. Funny, positive, a smart trader asking Jared Vennett the insightful questions.

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.

Great pick by you and great picture too. I love the directors approach at making what a lot would deem boring information(certainly not movie theatre worthy exciting stuff) and turning it into, not just palatable, but great filmmaking.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Which is why the comedy is truly genius.

@doctor_del

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesVSCinema Only Adam McKay could have made THIS version.

I love this movie, I dont know how many times I've seen it but its always so entertaining. Also I studied business management and finances so the topic is just so interesting to me, and helps understand some things even if simplified

This movie is definitely a gem. Great reaction, man! The real-life events spill over into everything when it comes to business. It doesn't matter if it's good business or bad business. Business is about making money. Just look at Holywood. Many films have a lot of interference from producers watering down a director's vision. Producers want certain criteria met and a film is drastically changed to draw in a bigger crowd. Even in film classes, it's being presented that if you want a truly unique story, go indie

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.