I lived this. Made money, and lost some too, on paper (Still holding 💎:raised_hands_tone2:) activist-trading meme stonks during the battles of early 2021 🚀. All the while scanning r/wallstreetbets and watching Roaring Kitty’s live streams every chance I got. This movie doesn’t even come close to the thrill of that small period of time when we scared the bejeezus out of Wall Street. 🚀🚀🚀🚀 It’s not a bad movie. Maybe if I watch this again after 10 years, when my lived experience is a distant memory, I might enjoy it. If I do, I’ll come back and update this comment, in 2033. PS: Shailene Woodley is getting very attractive in her newer movies.

>Roaring Kitty here. I’m going to pick a stock and talk about why I think it’s interesting. And that stock is GameStop. I remember following this in real life and thinking it was so crazy but I wasn't sure how it all began. Dumb Money tells a funny story about how it all went down but I wouldn't say it is as jaw dropping as something like The Big Short.

Unusual that a history breaking true story gets a movie made from it just 2 years after it's events, but nevertheless this was a very well made and entertaining film about the stock shortage of Gamestop. The fact that it started in the heat of the action and introducing all of the characters in a unique way that has to do with the root of the story is vey intriguing. I loved that the whole film was upbeat and went along to the rhythm of the situation. The way they tied in the flashbacks of the past of the characters was really cool. As well as the way they took random assorted characters to represent the way this thing affected all kinds of people and how as one they all had a big part of history.

There's a strong case to be made for comparing "Dumb Money" to "The Big Short." Both films are very similar, both thematically and tonally. Both deal with relatively recent cases in the financial world in which a group of outsiders bet against "Wall Street". However, "Dumb Money" clearly draws the short straw in the comparison. "The Big Short" did a much better job of explaining the context to non-experts. You should ideally know all of the technical terms before watching "Dumb Money." But the movie is by no means bad. The pace of the story is good, and the cast is impressive. However, it might have been better to cut a few of the characters and instead focus on a smaller number of them. As it is now, you don't really get to know much about anyone. Paul Dano comes closest to having something to do, but even with him, more screen time would certainly have helped. The film's overall presentation is adequate at best. It certainly wasn't a bad idea to incorporate a lot of TV and social media snippets into the movie. After all, it perfectly captures the main theme of the story. On a technical level, however, it's anything but exciting. And I also found the choice of music too aggressive at times, without much being memorable. The latter also applies to the movie as a whole. Unlike "The Big Short", I probably won't watch "Dumb Money" more than once because, unfortunately, the movie isn't more than just okay.

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