Margin Call, The Movie
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jackely
Margin Call, The Movie
Watched it last night. It's a dramatization of a Lehman-like investment bank meltdown in 2008 and well worth the $1 rental fee at Redbox. It's a lot better than "Wall Street" but unlike that movie the crooks walk away with lots of money in the end and nobody goes to jail. In other words a true story.
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I saw it... great movie.
I especially liked the guy reminiscing on how he engineered a bridge that saved people, collectively, thousands of days of their lives in sitting in traffic... obviously comparing it to what he was doing packaging mortgages, where he made gobs more money but delivered significantly less value.
I especially liked the guy reminiscing on how he engineered a bridge that saved people, collectively, thousands of days of their lives in sitting in traffic... obviously comparing it to what he was doing packaging mortgages, where he made gobs more money but delivered significantly less value.
"Men did not make the earth. It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property. Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds."
- Thomas Paine
- Thomas Paine
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Was this the same one that was on TV a few months ago?
"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is. "
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I think it just came out on video... doubt it.
It has Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore in it.
It has Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore in it.
"Men did not make the earth. It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property. Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds."
- Thomas Paine
- Thomas Paine
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Is it like "The Usual Suspects" meets "Ghost"?moda0306 wrote: I think it just came out on video... doubt it.
It has Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore in it.
Q: “Do you have funny shaped balloons?”
A: “Not unless round is funny.”
A: “Not unless round is funny.”
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jackely
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I think it's mostly about how to rationalize being an evil person on planet earth. Not really that hard.MediumTex wrote:Is it like "The Usual Suspects" meets "Ghost"?moda0306 wrote: I think it just came out on video... doubt it.
It has Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore in it.
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Oh, so it's kind of like "American Psycho" meets "Wall Street"?jackh wrote:I think it's mostly about how to rationalize being an evil person on planet earth. Not really that hard.MediumTex wrote:Is it like "The Usual Suspects" meets "Ghost"?moda0306 wrote: I think it just came out on video... doubt it.
It has Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore in it.
That sounds pretty good.
Q: “Do you have funny shaped balloons?”
A: “Not unless round is funny.”
A: “Not unless round is funny.”
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I redboxed it last night.. Was pretty good. Kevin Spacey is always good, he seems to play the part of a "business executive" in many movies. I guess he just looks the part.