Did anyone see the new movie Lucky You?

[Poker Face]

I didn't see a movie section so I'll post this here.

On Ebert and Roeper, Richard Roeper (he loves and plays poker) said that the poker playing scenes in the new movie Lucky You were authentic and gave it a Thumbs Up. Do you agree?

I was thinking of going to see it this week, even though it's been delayed for 2 years.

[dupree]

I hear its crap.

[BTMegaCash]

big long post about it in news and gossip...it was great till the last hand but the last hand blows the whole movie

[7n7]

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big long post about it in news and gossip...it was great till the last hand but the last hand blows the whole movie

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I saw it and welllll, back to the drawing board for poker movies. I posted about it briefly in NVG and the Reviews forum.

I also just saw that it completely tanked over the weekend making only $2.5 million.

[stephenNUTS]

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big long post about it in news and gossip...it was great till the last hand but the last hand blows the whole movie

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I saw it and welllll, back to the drawing board for poker movies. I posted about it briefly in NVG and the Reviews forum.

I also just saw that it completely tanked over the weekend making only $2.5 million.

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I didnt see the movie yet(probably take a shot this w/e),but I "think" they were only "expecting a 2.5 million gross" from the studio release earlier in the week?
I may be wrong ,but obviously it DWARFED in comparison to the SpiderMan realease which I believe was in excess of 100mm+........wow!

Anyway,what should I expect from the movie,as I thought ROUNDERS was a great movie way before its time/place in 1997 with regard to the NLHE pokerboom!
Is it on the same calibur?

~stephen

[7n7]

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big long post about it in news and gossip...it was great till the last hand but the last hand blows the whole movie

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I saw it and welllll, back to the drawing board for poker movies. I posted about it briefly in NVG and the Reviews forum.

I also just saw that it completely tanked over the weekend making only $2.5 million.

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I didnt see the movie yet(probably take a shot this w/e),but I "think" they were only "expecting a 2.5 million gross" from the studio release earlier in the week?
I may be wrong ,but obviously it DWARFED in comparison to the SpiderMan realease which I believe was in excess of 100mm+........wow!

Anyway,what should I expect from the movie,as I thought ROUNDERS was a great movie way before its time/place in 1997 with regard to the NLHE pokerboom!
Is it on the same calibur?

~stephen

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I also caught a rumor that it was expected to lose around $40 million overall but not sure how that number was crunched.

As for comparison to Rounders, there is absolutely no comparison other than the fact that poker is played.

In Lucky You, the audience is expected to be intrigued by both the life of a professional poker player as well as the developing love between Drew Barrymore and Eric Bana. In my opinion it failed at both. Drew and Eric's love affair just wasn't that believable in my opinion, definitely no sparks or screen magic.

As for the poker itself, while it was fun to see the close-ups of all the pros and listen to some of them do lines (Farha actually had a few), most of it was pretty laugh-able. From the table talk to the actual hands to the unethical behavior in the tournaments, most of it was way too hollywood to be believable. Of course, most on this board are pretty serious about their poker and that makes for a tough audience. I'm not sure what the average Joe Home Poker Player would think about those scenes.

All in all, I didn't think the movie was a complete waste of time, but I'd likely recommend you wait for the DVD.

[MrFizzbin]

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I didn't see a movie section so I'll post this here.

On Ebert and Roeper, Richard Roeper (he loves and plays poker) said that the poker playing scenes in the new movie Lucky You were authentic and gave it a Thumbs Up. Do you agree?

I was thinking of going to see it this week, even though it's been delayed for 2 years.

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The ending pissed me off badly. If you watch it, and you play poker for real you'll know why.

[metsfan88]

i really dont feel like wasting money to go see it but can someone pm what is so bad about the ending?

[flytrap]

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i really dont feel like wasting money to go see it but can someone pm what is so bad about the ending?

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I would also like to hear a description of the ending. I have no intention of seeing this, I'd just like to know what the ending is.

[BTMegaCash]

son mucks the winner AA to his dad who shows KK at the FT of the WSOP