21 Is Here: Who's going to see it this weekend?

[SPX]

I probably will. Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow.

Who else?

[rogue1]

yep!

[la_dee_daa]

Im seeing it today in a few hours i think now

[21forme]

I'm seeing it tomorrow with another counter and a friend who is an MIT alum.

[vonQuux]

I'll see it, no doubt, but I'll be downloading it. With the prices of theatres today, I only go when the movie absolutely must be seen on a big screen.

vQ

[Mimosine]

the book was great the trailers and the reviews already tell me it isn't worth the time to watch it.

count me out. har har!

[BJinNJ]

from the theater. $9 is the only downside.

It's entertaining, and the BS plays I noticed were
correct. Watch the chip stacks grow, and surveillance
try to catch them. A good amount of treachery, too.
Isn't that what always happens when money is involved?

At least the kid got the girl, after all is done.

BJinNJ

[la_dee_daa]

Just got back from watching it a while ago.
It was a good movie. if you are looking for a good AP movie go elsewhere!!! i enjoyed it others enjoyed it thought it was great fun movie. Just a little slow in the start there though, good end to it.

Just remember its a Hollywood movie for people who aren't APs or BS players, let alone even set foot in a casino.

we've got a movie based on a book based on a real story. Don't expect the book.

il give it a 3.5-4/5

[SPX]

I expected this thread to blow up, so I'm a little disappointed to see the lack of responses.

I went to see the movie this weekend and, all in all, I enjoyed it. As an aspiring filmmaker myself, I was really able to appreciate the film's visual style. They had a good cinematographer.

From a blackjack perspective, they don't go exceptionally deep into the realm of AP play (and why would they?) but everything that is included is solid. I remember another poster saying that the movie teaches that high cards are +1 and low cards are -1. This is incorrect. All the card counting information is legit, as is the explanation of the Big Player strategy.

In regard to the story itself, it is really a greatly simplified and slightly altered version of the book. It is dramatized--even more dramatized than Mezrich's account, but again, this is to be expected.

Overall? 3 stars out of 4.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by SPX

As an aspiring filmmaker myself, I was really able to appreciate the film's visual style. They had a good cinematographer.

Russell Carpenter was also the DP on True Lies and the Charlie's Angels movies. He's got a pretty good eye and he knows how to do action movies.

[EDIT: Russell is also featured in this month's copy of American Cinematographer magazine. He talks all about shooting 21.]

-Sonny-