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Old 05-09-2007, 01:12 AM
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Anyway, if you want to watch a good poker movie, of course Rounders. Cincinati Kid is also good as well though it requires some ability to temporarily suspend belief in reality.

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The Kid was set up by his manager, the Man and Lady Fingers. Set up by everyone probably including the little kid who was always bothering him.

The final hand was unrealistic, even for a set-up. But so was the final hand in The Sting, but they were both good movies overall.
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Old 05-09-2007, 03:44 AM
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did you watch the sting? the final hand of it was a purposly stacked deck. It wasnt a random cold deck, the bad guy had the dealer give him 2 nines and newman 3 3's, then he drew 99 and newman drew his fourth three. Then newman switched his 3's with jack's because he knew it was a setup. He outcheated a cheater, it wasnt like some random full house vs strait flush cooler like in the cincinati kid, the fact they both cheated in the hand was a big involvment of the plot of the movie.
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Old 05-10-2007, 08:43 AM
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I liked how the movie captured the spirit of degeneracy at least
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Old 05-10-2007, 03:19 PM
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Hollywood is just not going to have a likable, successful gambler as the lead character.

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Maverick
The Sting

Arguably Rounders and The Cincinnati Kid.
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Old 05-10-2007, 05:49 PM
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I liked how the movie captured the spirit of degeneracy at least

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You soak that up much better at your local casino than via a movie.
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Old 05-10-2007, 05:59 PM
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Hi DD,

2nd everything in your review, though I'm sure she only gave him $100 to gamble with or something (he stole the $1000 later). Truly an abysmal film; the pretty good first scene suckered me into dropping my guard.

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Also the actor who played him did a great job (I'm too lazy to look up his name),

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Wowwwooowwww.
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Old 05-16-2007, 12:57 AM
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i might so see it now.

I thought, from seeing the trailers, it would be a chick flick that just happens to be set in a poker lifestyle, but it sounds pretty awesome.

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its funny when people are like, oh its about a degen, sounds kinda cool. its not. its insanely boring.

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yeah, it was terrible.

i had a two hour lunch break today so i went and saw it and i would have walked out if i had anything else to do. probably one of the worst movies i've gone and seen in a long time. i was super disappointed.
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Old 05-16-2007, 11:21 AM
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I thought most of the actual poker scenes were ok, but the rest was just awful.

Why can't we just have a Rouners 2????
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Old 05-16-2007, 04:32 PM
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Why can't we just have a Rouners 2????

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