Were we watching the same show? The writing was embarrasingly theatrical, like the scene where Fold started reciting some biblical passage then his secretary joins in - come on, it was terrible. Or the scene where one of the suits starts talking about fight club - wtf?
The writing and over the top dramatics completely ruined it - these sort of conversations just wouldn't have happened. The writer took bankers and turned them into deep, shakespearian talking philosophers.
It was crap. However, the BBC also aired a documentary on the collapse called "The Bank That Bust The World" which was much more interesting and entertaining.
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CrazyBe
15 years ago
this show made me cringe - i work in at a big 4 firm and this dramatisation is laughable - its cheesy and awfully written. The part that made me laugh was when the guy's sister was giving her explanation of the sub-prime crisis *bangs hand on head* truly crap. They could have made that into a quality film..
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steveintucson
15 years ago
Guess its a matter of opinion. I just watched that scene with the biblical passage and I thought it was great.
Maybe its because a year has passed and this whole story is big in the news. I just liked it.
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youngian67
15 years ago
This was not meant to a highly technical drama-documentary which seeks to explain a highly technical chain of events but a tongue in cheek morality tale which was done with great flair and wit. This was obviously not verbatim dialogue that goes on between bankers which would be a vapid dull affair in anyones books.
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Prismark10
12 years ago
We have been seeing similar films released last year but the BBC got there first, it was quickly written and produced and I think it showed.
Its that man again!!
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fliphop
14 years ago
having just read 'house of cards' by william cohan, i would assume that they altered the way the bankers talk so that it would be airable on public television without 'bleep' occuring every 5 seconds.
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