"Wow, what floor were you guys on?" · 7:11am Jan 15th, 2016
I don't usually find SNL funny, but this is GOLD.
I don't usually find SNL funny, but this is GOLD.
(Rewatched November 20th, 2023.)
Rewatched this with my parents. Still a great movie to my view.
Nicolas Winding Refn's brutal, bare bones neo-noir tale is a dreamlike, intensely cerebral thriller, interspersed with explosions of brutal, uncompromising violence. Combine that with Refn's supremely singular visual motif of primary colors, and hyper stylized slow motion, and you have an incredibly unique, yet vital entry into the genre.
The Big Short is director Adam McKay's intentionally frenetic and bitingly satirical look at the 2008 global economic collapse, and, while it does manage to be an admiral attempt, ends up stumbling over it's own sense of self importance and self righteousness.