So - The Big Short. We all know that the economy crashed in 2008. And I would argue that less than 1% of the population understood why. I was one of the more than 99%. And I still am. If we want to learn more about the crash and how the rich guys all maintained their wealth at the expense of normal people I'd want to watch a documentary. Or read books. Or do extensive research on the net. What I wouldn't do is watch a theatrical film loosely based on the 'truth' and find myself rewinding when the film itself tries to 'explain' - through random celebrities - what the hell is going on. But I did find myself constantly rewinding. I found myself googling all sorts of acronyms that this up its own arse film threw at me. I hated all the characters. I hated all the reconstructions. And most of all, I hated the film. I like a film to move me. Or educate me. Or entertain me. This film did none of that. But - as my unwritten rule forces me to - I watched til the bitter end. I'll give it 2 out of ten - but only because I did learn a bit about shorting (thanks to looking it up rather than anything the film told me). Alas, to be fair I'd rather hate a film than find it merely meh as it at least provoked a reaction in me. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr