Opinion of the candidates' favorite movies

[The Free North]

The Big Short was actually a fantastically well done movie (finance nerd).

[Wisconsin+17]

Someone else liked Shawshank?

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Someone else liked Shawshank?

All of IMDB.

[RaphaelDLG]

The Big Short was actually a fantastically well done movie (finance nerd).

The Big Short is an amazing book, and a great, funny, emotionally powerful movie.  It also helps to spread a great essential message - that wall street is out of control and we need to get it to back to some saner, less criminal, more socially valuable place.

However, I have a big problem with both the book and the movie in that they lionize the people who shorted the failing market - thereby pouring gasoline on a fire and making a crisis explode into a depression. 

While what they did was both legal and logical, it doesn't feel right to celebrate people for destroying a damaged American economy buying insurance on something they didn't actually own (i.e., straight up gambling). 

The book and movie fail to mention that the heroes, while upright and non-fraudulent, made America much worse because our system allows financial instruments with such potential leverage and moral hazard.

[Famous Mortimer]

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Typical Hillary. Respectable but not interesting. Probably not representative of her real views and more an attempt to be inoffensive. Except Out of Africa. She might actually like Out of Africa because it's not super well regarded like the others and the name is enough to make a bunch of reporters go and watch it to comb for racism.

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It's a good film but no way it's his favorite. Bernie must be dull as hell in his personally life. He literally isn't interested in anything that's not directly related to economics. See also how he only listens to explicitly socialist folk music.

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Basically the same as Hillary except Gone With the Wind is probably a dog whistle to people who get called racist but insist they aren't racist.

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I actually don't like this film but it's definitely the "hippest" answer. In terms of pop culture consumption, Cruz is almost certainly the trendiest of the field. He's also shown himself to be pretty good at navigating internet culture. I think he would probably be the coolest candidate to watch TV with, if you could ignore how horrible he was in every other regard.

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This is probably actually his favorite film, there's no other reason to pick it. A kid's movie starring Jack Black. God, Kasich is lame.

[DemPGH]

Clinton and Trump FF.

Seriously, I love all those movies on Trump's list, haha. Don't know how many times over the years I saw The Godfather and Goodfellas. Damn, Raging Bull needs to be on there. Hell of a movie.

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Bernie must be dull as hell in his personally life. He literally isn't interested in anything that's not directly related to economics.

It actually wasn't economics that first got Bernie interested in politics. It was the fact that a political party resulted in his father's family all being killed that first got him interested in politics.

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Bernie must be dull as hell in his personally life. He literally isn't interested in anything that's not directly related to economics.

It actually wasn't economics that first got Bernie interested in politics. It was the fact that a political party resulted in his father's family all being killed that first got him interested in politics.

Stop. This isn't even a criticism of Sanders' politics, it's a criticism of him being a dull person, which he is. Are you this obsessed with Sanders that you can't fathom anybody insulting him?

[RaphaelDLG]

Bernie must be dull as hell in his personally life. He literally isn't interested in anything that's not directly related to economics.

It actually wasn't economics that first got Bernie interested in politics. It was the fact that a political party resulted in his father's family all being killed that first got him interested in politics.

Stop. This isn't even a criticism of Sanders' politics, it's a criticism of him being a dull person, which he is. Are you this obsessed with Sanders that you can't fathom anybody insulting him?

Yeah, c'mon, Jfern, I'm all aboard the Sanders choo-choo as well but don't tell me you believe that obviously canned line about the Holocaust.

Also, he's reportedly and very believably an unpleasantly all-business person behind the scenes who runs through staffers like old diapers:  http://www.celebritytypes.com/quotes/bernie-sanders.php

(NONE of which matters, of course, because he's by far the best choice on policy goals and record)

[Joe Republic]

Bernie must be dull as hell in his personally life. He literally isn't interested in anything that's not directly related to economics.

It actually wasn't economics that first got Bernie interested in politics. It was the fact that a political party resulted in his father's family all being killed that first got him interested in politics.

Stop. This isn't even a criticism of Sanders' politics, it's a criticism of him being a dull person, which he is. Are you this obsessed with Sanders that you can't fathom anybody insulting him?

Yeah, c'mon, Jfern, I'm all aboard the Sanders choo-choo as well but don't tell me you believe that obviously canned line about the Holocaust.

Also, he's reportedly and very believably an unpleasantly all-business person behind the scenes who runs through staffers like old diapers:  http://www.celebritytypes.com/quotes/bernie-sanders.php

(NONE of which matters, of course, because he's by far the best choice on policy goals and record)

All of the descriptions in that link also apply to jfern himself.  All business, no personal anecdotes, no personal charm.  No wonder he identifies so closely with Sanders.

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Bernie must be dull as hell in his personally life. He literally isn't interested in anything that's not directly related to economics.

It actually wasn't economics that first got Bernie interested in politics. It was the fact that a political party resulted in his father's family all being killed that first got him interested in politics.

Stop. This isn't even a criticism of Sanders' politics, it's a criticism of him being a dull person, which he is. Are you this obsessed with Sanders that you can't fathom anybody insulting him?

Yeah, c'mon, Jfern, I'm all aboard the Sanders choo-choo as well but don't tell me you believe that obviously canned line about the Holocaust.

Also, he's reportedly and very believably an unpleasantly all-business person behind the scenes who runs through staffers like old diapers:  http://www.celebritytypes.com/quotes/bernie-sanders.php

(NONE of which matters, of course, because he's by far the best choice on policy goals and record)

I didn't say he had the most wonderful personality of anyone imaginable. But he cares about more than economic issues.

[DINGO Joe]

Substitute "No Country for Old Men" for "Gone with the Wind" and you'd have the finest collection of psychopaths and death scenes Hollywood has to offer.  Totally Trump.

[SillyAmerican]

Clinton and Trump FF.

Seriously, I love all those movies on Trump's list, haha. Don't know how many times over the years I saw The Godfather and Goodfellas. Damn, Raging Bull needs to be on there. Hell of a movie.

The one that should have been on Trump's list is To Kill a Mockingbird. Hell of a movie.

[sparkey]

I found 2 of the Greens:
Jill Stein: Avatar
Kent Mesplay: Phenomenon

[Slow Learner]

I found 2 of the Greens:
Jill Stein: Avatar

Massive HP.

[Shadows]

Trump is the man & it's not even close - You go Don!

[Shadows]

BTW I have never heard Sanders say that the Big short is his favorite movie, he just said it's an excellent one - The one compiling probably added that because it is convenient.

Bernie did cameo roles in a couple of movies I think.

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Austin Petersen has the best pick.

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OK, time for really relevant question: what about DW Perry?

Bernie must be dull as hell in his personally life. He literally isn't interested in anything that's not directly related to economics.

It actually wasn't economics that first got Bernie interested in politics. It was the fact that a political party resulted in his father's family all being killed that first got him interested in politics.

Stop. This isn't even a criticism of Sanders' politics, it's a criticism of him being a dull person, which he is. Are you this obsessed with Sanders that you can't fathom anybody insulting him?

Yeah, c'mon, Jfern, I'm all aboard the Sanders choo-choo as well but don't tell me you believe that obviously canned line about the Holocaust.

Also, he's reportedly and very believably an unpleasantly all-business person behind the scenes who runs through staffers like old diapers:  http://www.celebritytypes.com/quotes/bernie-sanders.php

(NONE of which matters, of course, because he's by far the best choice on policy goals and record)

All of the descriptions in that link also apply to jfern himself.  All business, no personal anecdotes, no personal charm.  No wonder he identifies so closely with Sanders.

You may not like Sanders, but come on, very few would deserve such a devastating comparision.

[pho]

Goodfellas FTW

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Okay, this totally compensates for Trump having freepcrusher's support. Back on the train.

God, I am more than disappointed with Kasich. First vote of my life wasted.

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BTW I have never heard Sanders say that the Big short is his favorite movie, he just said it's an excellent one - The one compiling probably added that because it is convenient.

Bernie did cameo roles in a couple of movies I think.

You may be thinking of the other senator from Vermont who makes routine cameo appearances in Batman films. (Seriously)

[RaphaelDLG]

BTW I have never heard Sanders say that the Big short is his favorite movie, he just said it's an excellent one - The one compiling probably added that because it is convenient.

Bernie did cameo roles in a couple of movies I think.

You may be thinking of the other senator from Vermont who makes routine cameo appearances in Batman films. (Seriously)

I'm a big fan of how Patrick Leahy's Dark Knight cameo gets repurposed in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzcxBWlfkII