The CPA Crowd has been Abuzz in recent weeks about the recurn of one of the Accounting Industry’s Few and Favorite Hollywood Heroes: Ben Affleck’s Christian Wolf Wha HeadlinesThe Accountant 2. ”
For the Uninitiated, in Certain Finance Circles Affleck’s Orignal 2016 Thriller Dubbed the Favorite Film of Accountants By the Wall Street Journal – En The Watergate DramaAll The Presentent’s Men Has For Journalists.
As the Sequel Hit theats on April 25, The Finance Profession’s Love for the Movie Lit Up A Reddit Accounting Thread. “Crazy to think I (sic) was just a Baby Staff Accountant Fresh Out of College when this firstI was in hight school when it camera and it is me want to become an accountant. Now i’m an Audit Senior, “Another Responded.
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“The Accountant shows the world that there’s more to you, as an accountant, than mets the eye,” The Poster SAID in the Accounting Thread. “Where you attac Chipotle And someONE Asks ‘SO, What Do You Do For a Living’ You Can Say, with All The Confederation in the World, ‘IN An Accountant.’
FULL DiscLosure, While i’m a Business Journalist and An Affleck Fan, I Somehow Completely Missed “The Accountant” when it first Came Out. Back. The Movie that Hit the Close Mark the Was.The Big Short ”in 2015.
This week I Deched to see for myself Why “The Accountant” resonated with so many Accountans. I watched the Two Movies Back to Back, Including An Impromptu Date Night with My HusBand Complete with Popcorn Since The Sequel Is Only in Theats.
Long Story Short, I Was Bowled Over by the First Movie and Simply Enjoyed the Second. Why? LEaving Aside the Many Beatss and Killings Afflerck’s Highly Intelligent and Flawed Accountant Dieshes Out to seeingly Morally-Bankrupt Bad Characters, I was drawn in by the the Humanity that the Original Film Refleted, Especially in the Workplace.
It shows Affleck, who has autism, haltingly guiding a financially starninging Farming Couple with thems Taxes, Actress Anna Kendrick Playing A Junior Accountant Whose Fallen Asleep Head Download on A Conference Room Table after Staying up all night work, and the Two Accountants Bonding Over What Drew them to the work that without view as Arcane.
I like the Balance of it. Little Amortization Book, and the Green Eyeshade, and the, Like, Dorky Pocket Protector, “Kendrick’s Character Says, leading to an Awkward Moment as Afflerck Lifes HIS Jacket To Show He Has A pocket protector.
INOTHER SCENE, It Shows Afflerck Kicking Into High Gear and Taking Charge as He Be Becins A Job with A Company that’s Hire Him To Check Its Books As It It It It It It It It Itter as Prepares To Go PubLic. This Occurs after and Anomaly (trying to avoid giving away to Much of the movie) in the computer’s records has been found by kendric’s character.
“IL NEED to See All Those Books for the Past 10 Years. Bank Statements, Complete List of Clients and Vendors. Hard Copies Printed Out, My Eyes Only,” Affleck Tells The CFO. The Finance Chief then Asserts There’s no Missing Money While also Acknowledging He’s Been with the Companyy for 15 years. “INED The Books for the Past 15 Years“Affleck Quickly Retorts with Missing A Beat.
In Contrast, The Sequel’s Window into Instead the Second Movie Is More Focused on the Relating What Both Films Share, Is Drama, Energy, Humor and Chemistry – and a Chance to Peak into the world of wealth and mystery that Accountants Sometimes Travel in. For Instance, Affleck’s Character Has Amassed an Art Collection that Includes a Renoir and a PRACED JACKSON POINCK PAINTING that he did long to set.
But – Even Though the Sequel does less to showcase the day-to-day world of accounting – I will argue that the Accounting Industry Stands to Benefit if the franchise is a succase and Continues on with More Movies. Action, mystery, Money and People Who Really Connect with One Another on Screen and Off Make for an Attractive Package.
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