This movie does a great job at taking a big, complicated, and very boring financial plot and making it flashy and easy to understand. The first time watching this movie feels like and experience. Part documentary, part PSA, and part crime drama. Like a lot of classic Scorsese movies, we follow the actions of self serving, villain characters as they unveil their master plan and slowly come to terms with who they are.
However, the characters in this movie are pretty one dimensional caricatures, where the actors were focused more on a physical or behavioral gimmick than portraying the real human emotions involved in this situation. When the plot and informative nature of this movie is stripped away, you're just left with star power phoning it in.
In hindsight we've seen this movie again from Adam McKay in Don't Look Up. A movie that is full of slightly interesting characters that all make up a piece of a bigger jigsaw puzzle. And rewatching this movie is like trying to build a puzzle I've already completed before. It's no fun.
However, the characters in this movie are pretty one dimensional caricatures, where the actors were focused more on a physical or behavioral gimmick than portraying the real human emotions involved in this situation. When the plot and informative nature of this movie is stripped away, you're just left with star power phoning it in.
In hindsight we've seen this movie again from Adam McKay in Don't Look Up. A movie that is full of slightly interesting characters that all make up a piece of a bigger jigsaw puzzle. And rewatching this movie is like trying to build a puzzle I've already completed before. It's no fun.