I'm very surprised at the quality of The Big Short, directed by Adam McKay. Considering how fluffy his repertoire looks at the moment, this is really a huge step up for McKay.
Good for him! He has been on the radar ever since the Ant-Man gig almost went to him before going to Peyton Reed. Though McKay did stay on as a writer and is also writing the sequel, Ant-Man And The Wasp.
This movie tackled the very dry and boring subject of the failure of the mortgage subprime loans that led to the housing bubble collapsing in 2008.
McKay had a few genius ideas on grabbing the audience's attention while trying to explain the tedious mortgage loan situations.
The movie boasted huge names in the movie industry at the moment, led by Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale and Brad Pitt - although Pitt had a very minor role and hence his name shouldn't even be up there. But it is his Plan B Entertainment producing it along with Regency Enterprises, and his name does have the pulling factor; so who is to argue against it?
Marisa Tomei and Melissa Leo also had very minor roles that weren't significant at all, but it was Leo that stole the scene when she appeared for those very brief moments.
There were a slew of actors who had much more prominent roles, and they were all great in their performances; so much so that they really supported the main cast.
At the end of the day, this movie was more like a very entertaining documentary rather than a feature film because of the subject matter. To see how some people actually saw the bubble collapsing and couldn't do anything about it was quite incredible.
Everyone should watch this movie and get a bit of history lesson about the property and financial industry.
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