2 movies I've watched this week

[S.D. Jones]

1. You Can Count On Me. I heard rave reviews from everyone that saw this movie and I thought it was EXTREMELY :| . Anyone else see this one? Matthew Broderick was ok in it, but I thought it was a pretty boring terrible movie.

2. Smartest Guys in the Room. The story behind the fall of Enron. I thought it was great. I was working at Andersen at the time of the collapse and got out right before everything fell apart. Amazing how many mooks pretty much bought everything these guys told them. Also amazing how they were able to build so much based on smoke and mirrors. Kind of like what we're doing with FAI.

Anyone else see either of these? Thoughts?

[CMT]

No. I need more tea.


:dunno:

[TK]

Kind of like what we're doing with FAI.


INNER MONOLOGUE, FOCKER!!@# :twak:


Anyone else see either of these? Thoughts?

Also no. :|

[dolfan06]

2. Smartest Guys in the Room. The story behind the fall of Enron. I thought it was great. I was working at Andersen at the time of the collapse and got out right before everything fell apart. Amazing how many mooks pretty much bought everything these guys told them. Also amazing how they were able to build so much based on smoke and mirrors. Kind of like what we're doing with FAI.

Anyone else see either of these? Thoughts?

I read this book. It really pissed me off how they thought they could get away with abusing all those accounting rules. :wigglypea:

[CMT]

I read this book. It really pissed me off how they thought they could get away with abusing all those accounting rules. :wigglypea:


BECAUSE IF ACCOUNTING RULEZ ARENT SACROSANCT, THEN WHAT IS? WHAT IS?????

[torridjoe]

Saw the Enron movie. Chilling. Those guys were fucking with the power of millions, and were almost gleeful about it. They were lying through their teeth about how successful their company was, and didn't seem to think it was that big a deal.

Fuckers.

[TK]

Saw the Enron movie. Chilling. Those guys were fucking with the power of millions, and were almost gleeful about it. They were lying through their teeth about how successful their company was, and didn't seem to think it was that big a deal.

Fuckers.

Boilerroom? :dunno:

[torridjoe]

Boilerroom? :dunno:

Kinda like it--although the guys in Boilerroom knew they were just out to scam people. The guys at Enron thought they were running a legitimate business.

[S.D. Jones]

The guys at Enron thought they were running a legitimate business.

For a while they did, but when they had to start covering all their fake profits, it was pretty obvious that there wasn't much legitimate business going on.

They did a great job describing what went down during the California black outs. Unbelievable.

[torridjoe]

For a while they did, but when they had to start covering all their fake profits, it was pretty obvious that there wasn't much legitimate business going on.

They did a great job describing what went down during the California black outs. Unbelievable.

And I remember the whole time they were going on, the typical right wing trolls at FFT were saying it was Gray Davis and the horrible regulatory rules in California that were holding down capacity. I kept saying it was the power companies shortchanging the supply and deliberately overcharging.

I wonder who was right?

[S.D. Jones]

And I remember the whole time they were going on, the typical right wing trolls at FFT were saying it was Gray Davis and the horrible regulatory rules in California that were holding down capacity. I kept saying it was the power companies shortchanging the supply and deliberately overcharging.

I wonder who was right?

Sad to admit this, but I didn't follow this story closely when it was going on. What was the prevelent feeling among non-FFToday mooks? Did most people think something was going on with the power companies?

[Autumn Wind]

Sort of related to Enron - I read part of a book dealing with famous business frauds. This one part dealt with Crazy Eddie, a huge discount electronics chain in the NY metro area back in the '70s and '80s. Holy shit, the outright fraud was unreal.

The owner of Crazy Eddie actually sent one of his nephews to school to become an auditor, and then he was assigned to audit Crazy Eddie.

Also, Eddie Antar (aka Crazy Eddie) used to stack boxes of TVs to the ceiling. But only the front row actually had any in them. :hyper: :hyper:

[Gutter]

And I remember the whole time they were going on, the typical right wing trolls at FFT were saying it was Gray Davis and the horrible regulatory rules in California that were holding down capacity. I kept saying it was the power companies shortchanging the supply and deliberately overcharging.

I wonder who was right?

Don't break your arm slapping yourself on the back there, adolph. There was the whole you laughing at Dan Sez about the New Orleans disaster.

[Autumn Wind]

Don't break your arm slapping yourself on the back there, adolph. There was the whole you laughing at Dan Sez about the New Orleans disaster.

PWN4D!

[torridjoe]

Don't break your arm slapping yourself on the back there, adolph. There was the whole you laughing at Dan Sez about the New Orleans disaster.

I didn't laugh at Dan Sez about the NO disaster, you idiot. I laughed at his perennial doomsday style, particularly as it regarded the environment. Dan's smarter than all of us--I'd never laugh at his content.

[torridjoe]

Sort of related to Enron - I read part of a book dealing with famous business frauds. This one part dealt with Crazy Eddie, a huge discount electronics chain in the NY metro area back in the '70s and '80s. Holy shit, the outright fraud was unreal.

The owner of Crazy Eddie actually sent one of his nephews to school to become an auditor, and then he was assigned to audit Crazy Eddie.

Also, Eddie Antar (aka Crazy Eddie) used to stack boxes of TVs to the ceiling. But only the front row actually had any in them. :hyper: :hyper:

Nobody beat The Wiz.

[SigEp316]

you guys should check out Two for the Money

[Gutter]

you guys should check out Two for the Money

In my Netflix Queue, long wait :sadbanana: