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Okay, so we know why the 2008 financial crisis occurred. Basically western economies grew at 3% but investments grew at 6%, creating a bubble. As the bubble hit its natural peak, financial institutions and government institutions basically kept the process going, as they always do.

But this documentary says the economists don't understand this. They also say that they don't predict bubbles, despite the fact that economists know exactly how to predict bubbles.

The take one out of date and somewhat discredited economist from the 1950s, Minsky, who argues for regulation over free market principles, despite the fact that we know that regulated economies are far less stable than free market economies.

They even say that economics at university doesn't teach you how to manage the economy. Which is true, as most economics graduates just do basic financial calculations in businesses. You know, working out how much it is feasible to borrow for a business, how to manage business risk and so on, and not on how to manage a countries economy.

Basically they set up a strawman who doesn't get a right of reply to their BS. Their whole argument is that the current financial system is not perfect, therefore we need a new one. They talk vaguely about Minsky and regulation, but don't propose an alternative solution.

Basically pathetic, and a waste your time. The first paragraph of this review contains more information about the 2008 financial crisis than the entire hour and 10 minutes of this rubbish.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was the nickname for the Special Operations Executive. They along with other special operations groups were formed in WWII following on from the Commando tradition established in WWI and abandoned in the interwar period. They recruited highly motivated personnel who needed to invent special operations warfare, and of course part of the story is that they had to invent this type of warfare.

This movie is not that story. Instead it is a story of a completely unsanctioned mission with a group of people who arrive already skills in arts needed for Special Operations. They have a few silly adventures, they beat the Nazism obvsiouly, and supposedly undertake actions so vital to the war effort that they change the course of the war. I mean, if you apply even a little bit of logic here, this is not true, but they shoot lots of Nazis.

Could have been an amazing movie, but the story is so dull, pedestrian and boring. A bit of over the top actions makes it worth watching. But that is about it.

So Pop Tarts are an huge American breakfast phenomena. There is probably an interesting story in its creation, but it would probably be a bit banal. So Unfrosted tells the completely made up story of the invention, naming and success of Pop Tarts.

The movie creates a fictional and somewhat unhinged universe for this crazy story to take place in. The movie doesn't just go off the rails, it goes so far off the rails it builds new rails for it to go on and then goes off them again.

Now one issue is the inconsistency in the story. Sometimes the characters step out of the universe and criticise what they are seeing, which in such an unhinged universe, it would have been better for them to double down.

But the real issue is whether you agree or don't buy into the whole experience. If you do, you will love, if you don't, you will hate it.

So if you subscribe to Netflix, watch at least 20 minutes, and if you hate it, turn it off. It is okay. I am not judging you, even if the Machine Learning Algorithms of Netflix are.