Saw a meme that said there's two types of finance guys - ones who say Wolf of Wall Street is their favorite movie and ones who say the Big Short is their favorite.
Which one is your favorite and why is it better?
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Wolf of wall street is 10% Finance 90% drugs. Therefore, The big short is better. The book is also pretty good.
Wolf of Wall Street is an entertaining movie with good actors. Sadly, it glorifies some of the shittiest and shadiest parts of finance.
Neither are my favorite movie but (taking the main characters at face value as how they're presented in the movies) if you're asking if I'd strive to be a low-class kitschy drug addict criminal or an intelligent opportunistic investor finding a way to profit off of big bank and government negligence, I'll take the latter.
Separately, I've always loved the scene in The Big Short when the young guys realize their trade is going to start paying and they are celebrating. Brad Pitt's character gives them a dose of reality about the gravity of the situation and says "Just don't fucking dance".
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Strictly finance, it might be The Big Short. I also really like Margin Call. Jeremy Irons's character has some awesome boardroom monologues.
Yeah I like Margin Call too.
+1 to this. Jeremy Iron's performance was incredible.
Margin Call was better than both.
But, Big Short >>> Wolf of Wall Street. Anyone who glamorizes Jordan Belfort's career is a degenerate.
Wall Street is the only correct answer.
Toxic guys like me fancy American Psycho
"Objectively" Wolf is way more entertaining. I enjoy both but margin call is such a slow burn and I do really think the fire sale scene in that movie might by my favorite sales scene from all Wall Street movies but other than that it's super slow. Big short combines the best of all worlds as a finance movie and entertainment. All that being said, I prefer Wolf over margin.
Margin Call
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