"Arbitrage" Movie

Quote from chicagodon:

Saw this last night, I was enjoying it until the end. I think they were going for more of an 'artsy' type ending, kind of like the Soprano's ending. I enjoyed the movie for the most part, but just felt like they could have taken an extra 20mins to wrap up a few loose ends. I heard Pacino was originally billed, I wonder if he left after reading the script. Not a trading movie, he just owns a 'trading firm'.
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I thought "A Perfect Murder" was much better. Better ending too. I just don't understand why they made this film since it was so similar to that film. I mean I realize every plot twist has been played out over the last 100 years, but they could have done something different with this.

If you haven't seen "Margin Call", it's a much better flick and a much better ending. Great cast too.
 
Quote from Maverick74:

So I saw this movie over weekend. I thought the film was OK. Reminded me a lot like "The Perfect Murder" with Michael Douglas. Both guys sitting on losses they are trying to hide. Both guys have the perfect family that is not perfect. Both guys trying to cover up a murder. Both guys have a cop after them that knows he is guilty.

I did NOT, repeat NOT like the ending. It's not going to go over well with people at all. I thought "Margin Call" was much better.
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i just saw it too. the ending was dopey. agreed, although i enjoyed the daughter role in it.
as a trader u gotta see the trading movies even if some of the actors are commies..ie: gere
 
Saw it last night.

Wow, I expected a bit more discussion on the mechanics of the merger in the movie from the financially savvy posters on EliteTrader. Oh well.

A lot of reviewers are hung up on the $400M "hole" in the accounts. The question coming down to who pays back his friend (who was financing the variation margin call):
a) Gere's character, from his share of the $525M proceeds from the sale; OR
b) the new owner.

I go with the new owner: it's simply a financing issue and the cash is sitting there in escrow anyway as collateral for the forward copper sale hedges: they pay the friend back. Gere's fraud was in the internal accounting boosting reported trading profits to explain where the $400m originated from, to keep his friend's involvement hidden from his partners.

Yes, the Russian copper mine might be a lemon, but there was no $400M hole as such.
 
Meh, got it off torrent. Movie just seemed more a psychological play off Gere's girlfriend, daughter and wife. The trading drama was pretty tame and in the background. I wouldn't recommend it as a "trading" movie i.e. in the same vein as Trading Places, Wall Street, Margin Call or even Boiler Room.
 
I watched it a while ago and I liked it a lot. It is not a wow movie but it is entertaining specially with Richard gere. It is not all about trading. It is a drama , about family issues, loyality, personality and conflict of interests.
 
Quote from PointOne:
----$400M "hole" in the accounts.
----who pays back his friend (who was financing the variation margin call)....
----a) Gere's character, from his share of the $525M proceeds from the sale; OR
b) the new owner.
----I go with the new owner....
----cash is sitting there in escrow anyway as collateral for the forward copper sale hedges....
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Was that supposed to be an "homage" to Bank of America buying out Merrill Lynch in 2008 and discovering gigantic losses and not reneging on the original deal? :confused: :eek: :cool:
 
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