It was never going to be a long time until someone started making more Financial Crisis films. So far we've had unemployment dramas like The Company Men and Up In The Air, and lots of finger-pointing documentaries, as well as the strangest romantic comedy ever in Larry Crowne, but few have trodden the same path as Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. But that changes with the surely Oscar-worthy The Big Short, which looks not only at the idiots who caused the crisis, but the geniuses who profited from the crash, with a cast that boasts an embarrassment of riches. Thankfully, the film isn't being made by Oliver Stone, who might well have killed everyone with weightiness and accidentally forgotten to make his film entertaining among the lessons. The choice to go with Adam McKay and push the comedy of the source material adds an entirely different level of intrigue. And if you're looking for further final indication that the film is going to be excellent, it's written by Michael Lewis, pensman of The Blind Side and Moneyball. So yeah, Oscars. Less Exciting: Movie critics (and fans) turning into instant financial experts after release. And those awful people who will probably take the film as inspiration to profit from trading in negative futures no matter industry they're in.
