TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

lyndseyruthstone "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" is a highly informative and detailed example of how corrupt a business can become when it is not being regulated or watched over. Although the film is lengthy (and at times tedious), it covered large subject areas effectively. The way the film ends is slightly vague and some of the diction and terminology used was difficult for me to understand personally, which could be because I have never taken an economics class or any variation of such before but still. I learned a lot from the film and, if the films purpose is to inform and not so much entertain, then I consider it to be well put together.

pittsley I thought this was a well-performed documentary. I took a different view of it altogether. I believe that Enron is a small microcosm of the Conservative ideology. The greed, the flagrant disregard for innocent people and the manipulation of politics, economic policies to profiteer are all staple traits of Conservatives around the world. These people were not necessarily the smartest people in the room. They had no morals values, or considered ethics in any decisions made. Anyone can profit if you have no conscious.If Enron's practices and policies, corporate/ environmental deregulation (conservative values) were applied to global economics, we would all see the global economy crumble much the same, and the wealthy profit, while the working class pay the price and the poor become poorer.They showcased their new company motto, not as the world natural gas leader, but as the World Leading company. It appears they believed they were writing new economics and capitalism and proving to the world that their ideology was the right way.A great example of conservative policies/ ideologies negatively impacting the world and leaving a catastrophic mess for others to clean up and fix.

KineticSeoul I had to watch this movie for extra credit in one of my classes and it was well worth it. This is a well crafted documentary that will keep most viewers attention, especially if you like documentaries. When it came down to it this movie was basically about greed and how it can lead to downfall. One of the biggest company in the past went bankrupt in just 24 days because the higher ups fell so hard because there motives was all about making money. The movie shows when it comes to money how people can change even if there motives start out good. That is why a company that went from 10 billion to around 60 billion dollars worth ended up going bankrupt. The big question I had a lot when it came to people talking about Enron was. Who is responsible for the downfall of Enron and this documentary did a pretty good job of explaining that. Another thing that makes this documentary understandable and even relatable to some viewers is how it gives vivid and relevant examples. Gas is still very important in our society and it even showed how natural gas in the stock market and be corrupted. But what really got my attention was how the so called the smartest guys in the room made some dumb mistakes and decisions because of greed despite how much they had. Overall this is a good documentary that is worth seeing, especially for those who are planning to enter the business world.7.8/10

cfs-907-920005 If you haven't seen it or haven't seen it recently, it's well worth watching. Systemic fraud -- accountants, lawyers, regulators, investment banks, etc: "complicity across the board", "all too easy", accounting gimics, Alan Greenspan connections to the company, con man extraordinaire dissection of Jeff Skilling, massive egos, greed, lack of ethics among execs, connections with Bush family and Gray Davis downfall, testimony before House and Senate -- all well laid out in this documentary few years before the financial crisis hit: "Enron gambled entire future on the idea that its stock price wouldn't fall." Same rationale repeated a few years later with real estate as substitute. Doesn't offer much confidence that same exact thing is happening again in some form, papering over the losses from the the credit crisis with something else...Warning though: your blood will be boiling by the end of it.