One sentence synopsis: four outsiders in the world of high finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble-collapse of the mid 2000's decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed.
One sentence trailer thoughts: it's like The Wolf of Wall Street had a one night stand with Ocean's Eleven, and this is the baby.
Expanded thoughts: my first impression when I saw this trailer was of the "HOLY SHIT!" variety. Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, and Ryan Gosling together? And yes, Steve Carrell's Academy Award nomination for Foxcatcher earns him enough cred points to be mentioned in with the other three, so let's throw him in. Not only that, but this movie actually looks good, stars or no stars. Never mind that I didn't know what was going on half the time during the trailer, I still managed to get enough of the gist to understand these guys were going all David vs. Goliath on the U.S. Banking Industry. That's an old formula, but hey, it works.
There were two movies this trailer reminded me of: the fairly recent The Wolf of Wall Street (my second favorite movie of 2013), and the 2001 remake of Ocean's Eleven, if only because once again here's Brad Pitt sharing the spotlight with other A-listers as part of a team. And because the banks seem to be interchangeable with Las Vegas casinos for some reason. Probably due to all the money and greed both deal with daily.
Now, the trailer says "From the author of Moneyball and The Blind Side". Moneyball was a pretty good movie, and while I haven't seen The Blind Side, I know it is hailed as a really good sports movie. Both also happen to be based on true events, like this story, which means that whether they stay true to the source material or not, the execution should be right on point.
Expectations: High.
There were two movies this trailer reminded me of: the fairly recent The Wolf of Wall Street (my second favorite movie of 2013), and the 2001 remake of Ocean's Eleven, if only because once again here's Brad Pitt sharing the spotlight with other A-listers as part of a team. And because the banks seem to be interchangeable with Las Vegas casinos for some reason. Probably due to all the money and greed both deal with daily.
Now, the trailer says "From the author of Moneyball and The Blind Side". Moneyball was a pretty good movie, and while I haven't seen The Blind Side, I know it is hailed as a really good sports movie. Both also happen to be based on true events, like this story, which means that whether they stay true to the source material or not, the execution should be right on point.
Expectations: High.
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