GameStop: Rise of the Players

This "Documentary" is not worth watching tbh. The writting is really bad and the music goes on in the background for the full duration of the movie to probably hide how boring this is.

The method of story telling in this film picks up all the stale tropes of modern documentaries. It is boring because the film just takes too long to actually go anywhere and the main characters are not interesting (Besides Deep F Value, that guy is a legend). I followed this entire story in real time on the Reddit WSB subreddit and I can't understand how this film failed to reflect how exciting this was at the time.

Two other huge things that tanked this for me:

1. I am so tired of stock footage being used in documentaries (e.g., when the narrator says welder and it cuts to a stock video of a welder or when it cuts to a Simpsons clip for no reason). It is lazy editing and adds nothing to the film.

2. This has to be the worst soundtrack for a film I have ever heard. IT NEVER STOPS PLAYING and is just the most basic score one could imagine. Let the characters talk, we don't need this bland garbage major key music playing for an hour and a half.

3/10, Strong recommendation to avoid.

This movie gives a brief understanding of the (first part!) of the Gamestop saga. It's a great starting point to educate people, and show how easy some wealthy Wallstreet investors can manipulate the whole financial system to their own benefit (Ken Griffin being the biggest among them), and how small retail investors om Reddit found out a leap in their cheating mechanisms.

However, unlike mainstream media like to make people believe this whole Gamestop saga is over, the situation hasn't changed. Shorts haven't covered and Ken Griffin isn't in jail. So the movie is a good start, but how the second part will play out is what I'm really excited for.

As the GameStop battle played out on social media and the news, the story of GameStop was sold as a battle of regular Joe's against the hedge funds. Watching the documentary, it seemed more like a small group of people who bought massive numbers of shares and then talked it up in chat rooms to others to boost the price and make off like bandits. Interesting but probably not for the reasons the filmmaker intended.

Take Gaslight, Casablanca, and Godfather part 2, this is what you get! I gave a standing ovation at the end! Bring tissues, and an extra diaper! This film is what the theaters were made for! GameSlop is amazing! This film hit every emotion and feeling i had!! I tripped over an oxygen tank when i exited the theater.