Margin Call Movie

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"Arbitrage" was tangentially related to finance, which I found to be entertaining.

I haven't watched Arbitrage yet, as I am currently a little busy with my studies, but I will definitely once I have more time again. Thanks for the recommendation!

Kevin Spacey as Sam Rogers, Head of Sales and Trading. Paul Bettany as Will Emerson, Head of Trading. Jeremy Irons as John Tuld, CEO and Chairman of the Board. Zachary Quinto as Peter Sullivan, Senior Risk Analyst. Penn Badgley as Seth Bregman, Junior Risk Analyst. Simon Baker as Jared Cohen, Head of Capital Markets. Stanley Tucci as Eric Dale, Former Head of Risk Management. Demi Moore as Sarah Robertson, Chief Risk Management Officer.

Source: Wikipedia

good find.

trailer's good, but the "we did this on purpose to save our asses" is bullshit. This is why I hate Hollywood.

Okay, still not a trailer. Here are the clips that have been released so far (looks great, by the way):

looks boring

Absolutely cannot wait for this

^Word.

That looks pretty terrible/boring in my opinion.

I might (keyword here) be able to make it to the early viewing this week. If I do end up seeing it I can post a review if anyone is interested.

Can't wait baby

sign me up.....

Wow, it looks like it's not... preaching. That's a nice change from the steaming pile that was Wall Street 2. Sadly I doubt it'll get much of an audience.

I wonder if the "equation" they're referring to is the Gaussian copula?

I wrote a review of the film when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year. You can read it here if you so choose.

Looks a little better than the movie lookatmycock's friends made in their basement. The storyline is no match though.

Looks garbage.

I'm hoping it's at least better than the clusterfuck of a movie that WS2 was - setting the bar low to avoid disappointment.

Can't wait haha

They should make a real wall street movie. It could be a 16 hour long docudrama about excel shortcuts.

Just read James Hunt's review which confirmed my assumptions. Trailer didn't even grab my attention. Plus, what's with the cheesy filler lines: "The first 12 hours of the financial crisis that changed history." I'll most likely pass on this one.

The formula that killed wall street:

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant?currentPage=all

Without getting into any specific details, I've actually been very familiar with this movie for quite some time now. Prior to production I had an opportunity to read the script and in my opinion, it was very good actually (would have made for a great book). Anyways, I didn't have an opportunity to see the cut that was screened at Sundance, however after purchasing the rights to the movie, Lions Gate may made it a bit more audience friendly (aka cleaned up / shortened it to be more in line with mainstream America's viewing habits).

On a side note, I recall after a few friends read the Wall St. 2 script, they were mortified over how bad it was (and we know how that turned out). So if the script is any indication (and after the studio massaged it a bit), it may turn out halfway decent.

They need to make a movie about John Paulson dominating.

Hollywood needs to give the crisis a rest. We get it. We all know what went down.

People who don't get it hated WS2 because it was filled with technical jargon and a typical hollywood plot line, and people who knew what happened were bored by it. This will have some phony little cheesy plot line as well. These movies don't make enough money or have enough fans because only a very small percentage of the population can understand and follow them.

That being said, I took WS2 for what it was and enjoyed the movie and I'll probably enjoy this one. But c'mon hollywood...inside job, wall street 2, now margin call? There will be an opinion or political view pushed. I promise

I think they will do a Wall Street reality show next.

I break Wall Street movies into 3 distinct categories:

1) Documentaries - These are straight-up, just-the-facts, here's what happened kind of movies. There are a ton of these, and many of them are very good. Inside Job is a recent one that I thought was great.

2) Docu-Dramas - These are dramatizations of things that actually happened. There are quite a few of these as well, and most are pretty enjoyable. They tell a mostly accurate story but they use Hollywood actors and ramp up the drama. Prime examples are Barbarians at the Gate and, most recently, Too Big to Fail.

3) Dramas - These are few and far between, and the decent ones are even more rare. They often have no basis in actual events, and just serve to entertain and tell a story. The gold standard here is probably the original Wall Street and Trading Places.

I'm hoping Margin Call is decent flick, because there has been a ton of dreck in the third category over the years.

I am NOT fucking with you. See #1 Bonus Banana from two weeks ago:

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/bonus-bananas-july-15-2011

Hahah I missed that one...thanks.

fcking double posts.

the movie categories was legit however the problem with the new wall street is that instead of making a totally new fictional story they tried to combine it with truthful recent events. While negatively viewed I found it entertaining.

Inside job was great. But again, they pushed a policy and very specific opinion very harshly: Regulation of the industry and salaries which gives a good documentary a bad after taste.

Haha where does Boiler Room fit in at?