The Worst Film Ever

A Disappointing Continuation

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Many people considered this like a continuation of Wall Street. To me it looks much better, because it has a much more balanced view of the finance industry.The movie was so realistic that it seemed real and made me wonder who the unnamed company was. What was interesting that people from so many different levels were presented, all of them very well paid, all them willing to burn the midnight oil, and all of them trying to do what they thought best for the company.There was no false sentimentalism, their business was to make money. Once they figured out that the ground was shifting under them, they did the logical thing, getting rid of the toxic assets at the first chance. This was their job, not saving the world.So I had more sympathy for the Jeremy Irons character than for the Kevin Spacey characters. All the actors were very good as was the direction and the dialogue. It makes me wonder which company provided the inspiration for the movie. Because of its quality it could have been only Goldman Sacks or Morgan Stanley. Since GS went relatively early out of MBS and since one of the management sacrificial lambs was a woman I think it was Morgan Stanley.

The story behind this biography-drama-thriller is the only thing that kept me interested. It was well written to play out over such a short period of time.Where it fell short for me was assembling such a great A-list cast that seemed they were forced to play their roles. I felt that not one of these A-listers where passionate enough in their character, and all seemed rather stale. The only exception (and not by a large margin), was Jeremy Irons, who was the only convincing character in this film.The pace was very slow, and perhaps adding an appropriate score may have made it feel faster, as it felt there was just too much blank/boring time in between scenes.So it's a 7/10 mainly for the interesting writing.

This film presents us with a group of traders who discover that, oops, they may have made a teeny, weeny error and are about to crash the bank, plunge the Western world into recession and cost millions of people their jobs and homes.As they scrabble to save their sorry backsides the film makers clearly hope that the viewer will feel sorry for them. This on the rather thin grounds that: 1. they're all terribly good-looking; 2. they're only doing what they've been told to do; 3. trading and making obscene amounts of money is 'all they've ever wanted to do' (yup, stand back, this guy has a dream); 4. the people they work for are even more hideous than they are.In a desperate bid to extract some sympathy from the viewer Kevin Spacey cries over his dead dog and attempts to flee the impending chaos, only to be reined back in by CEO Jeremy Irons. Mr Irons is allowed to retain his British accent to ensure that the American audience will immediately realize that he is a being of pure unadulterated evil. He snacks casually while Rome burns and offers Kevin a slice of puppy sandwich while insisting he sticks around to make yet more money.Well, these are the people who rule the world, film studios included, so I suppose they have to try to make you believe that they have redeeming qualities. Even if you don't, they all got off Scot free anyway so what you think of them is really of very little importance.

What an excellent cast for this movie that depicts how the Wall Street collapse of 2008-9 could have been triggered. The firm seems to have overextended itself. Now what were they going to do about it?This film featured excellent acting, and tight script, and really strong character development. You really felt you learned some of the key parts of each person within the swift 1hr40min film.It was interesting to see how the chain of command was played out, with Zach Quinto reporting to their boss Will (Paul Bettan) who reports to Sam (Kevin Spacey) who reports to Jared (Simon Baker) who finally reports to CEO Jeremy Irons. But in the end, the CEO got the straight story directly from the young Quinto. The director JC Chandor did a terrific job depicting the cut throat life on Wall St, layoffs, big money, fascination with salaries, it all revolves around money. No apologies were made for making the money, or losing the money. Perhaps you learned the most from the CEO's chat with Sam at the end. In the end, it seems with sad acceptance that we all are slaves to money in some sort. the movie is telling us that there are always winners, and losers, and you don't need to apologize for being either. This was a far superior film compared to the trashy Wolf of Wall St. Margin Call makes you think a lot about what is really important in your life at the end of the day. Money, sure, but other stuff needs to play a key role too.You should really enjoy this film - great acting, great screenplay, great direction.