I'm resisting the urge to turn this into a tirade involving my own personal politics. Though I must say that I do feel a healthy bit of regulation would go a long way to correcting some of the problems inherent in a strictly capitalistic system. When your only goal is the bottom line, with no care for the people impacted, people are going to get hurt. It's part of the human condition that we need to push back against. We, as individuals, tend to develop a certain tunnel vision which leads to the blatant disregard for people with whom we do not come into any regular contact. Couple this with the amount of power and money at stake, it's easy to see how one can become corrupted. Though I am in no way granting permission or creating an excuse. Many of the subjects in this documentary are only concerned with being on the top, having the most money and toys. And I guess that is inherently wrong, possibly even evil. There. Off my soapbox.
Perhaps the most upsetting conclusion I drew from this film is that nothing has been done to prevent this type of collapse from occurring again. In fact, the financial firms are bigger than they were before, and continuing the exact same practices that nearly destroyed the world's economy (instead of just bringing us to the edge collapse).
Is this a film you need to see? Yes. Just prepare yourself for a healthy bit of disgust and spite. Oh, and write your congress person or senator.
P.S. Eliot Spitzer gets a bit of redemption as well. Was he ultimately responsible for his all down fall? Sure. But the context is a whole lot more interesting than you may have known. It shouldn't taint what he was trying to do, or possibly could of stopped...
Report Card: A
Inside Job is still available in select cities. No Blu-Ray/DVD release date has been listed at this time
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