High Roller:the Stu Ungar story

[ckboddic]

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captain,

I thought this was in the running for worst movie I've ever seen. I can't think of a single thing about it that didn't suck.

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[captain2man]

oh c'mon....

the gin-rummy scene with Pat Morita was entertaining....and so was the 7-2o vs. KK scene.

[Hopey]

I thought it was entertaining, even if the movie as a whole was poorly made. I'm assuming it was straight to video.

[CrayZee]

I thought the movie was okay. A lot of that opinion is probably based on the fact the movie seemed ultra budget.

[Schuttwegraeumer]

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oh c'mon....

the gin-rummy scene with Pat Morita was entertaining....and so was the 7-2o vs. KK scene.

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Yes, the bluff was very impressive.

Can someone say who is this actor:

[Taso]

I thought it was terrible as well. Was thoroughly dissapointed in it. I can't remember specifics, but I made a post at another website about I think - yeah, here's what I said:

"I thought it was half-decent at best... Felt more like a remake of Rounders/Goodfellas/Sopranos than anything else. I don't know, it wasn't very informative...I think it should have been placed in the hands of a better director, like Scorcese, who is the master of bio movies."

Someone asked me if it was worth watching,

"I guess, if you have nothing better to do. honestly, I felt it told me nothing about Stu Ungar."

But yeah, didn't think Imperioli was good for this. And the editing/directing was terrible. I havn't seen it in a while though, so I can't add anything else.

[gimmetheloot]

seems people either really hate it or like it pretty well....still havent seen it and dont know exactly when ill get around to it...is there a youtube link to that one scene everyone is talking about?

[jjshabado]

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Or a Night at the Roxbury.

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captain,
I thought this was in the running for worst movie I've ever seen.

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That sounds like the opinion of someone who hasn't seen Shade.

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A Night at the Roxbury can't be considered the worst movie of all time, since it had no potential. It starts so low and is about such a stupid concept that no matter how bad it is/could be, it wouldn't be the worst movie of all time.

That's why I consider "The Day After Tomorrow" the worst movie of all time. It sucks on every possible level, but the people that made the movie clearly tried to make a good/serious movie. I never thought anything would beat Final Destination as my all time worst movie, but The Day After Tomorrow smoked it!

Sorry for the thread-derailing. I liked the movie, but it definitely could have been better. I find the personality/talent of Stu Ungar so interesting that it probably compensated for the bad parts of the movie.

[almostbusto]

-jj

Game Over


Stu really was bad though. bad characters, acting, script, cinematography. everything seemed amateurish. i strongly suspect the people defending the movie are just suckers for poker/gambling stories and may also have a stu ungar fetish. if thats really your thing, i can see being able to look past all that, but the average viewer would probably rather watch some vincent price b-movie than the Stu Ungar story.

[jjshabado]

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-jj

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Ooohhh... I'd forgetten about that movie. You're right thats some stiff competition.