At this point it's foolish to
bet against the film especially given the underwhelming performances by Black Panther's box office competition.
With little else to go on, that is probably the biggest reason to
bet against the film at the moment.
Not exact matches
A surprise nomination for «Casino Royale» in this category two years ago proved that BAFTA voters aren't snobbish about genre
films, so it may be unwise to
bet against «The Dark Knight.»
To
bet against Redmayne and his winning streak would be imprudent, but Keaton is still viable option for a Best Actor win if his
film scores the Best Picture trophy.
The eccentrics extolled in the opening scene include Michael Burry (Christian Bale), a Northern California — based MD and money manager who invents the credit default swap in the mid-Aughts, when the
film's central action kicks off; Mark Baum (Steve Carell, also hideously coiffed), an obnoxious hedge fund manager whose backstory involving a dead - by - suicide brother somehow positions him as the
film's most steadfast moral compass; and Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt), a onetime trader for Chase turned secular eschatologist who advises two young, aspiring operators, Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) and Charlie Geller (John Magaro), how to
bet against Wall Street.
Given that both the content guys (major publishers, record labels,
film studios) and the retailers (iTunes, Amazon, etc.) are dead set
against Digital First Sale, you can
bet that it ain't gonna happen anytime soon.