I liked the movie

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21forme

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Saw it today and thought it was entertaining, which is what a movie like this is supposed to be. It wasn't true to the book, which wasn't true to the real story.
 
I liked it to :) non counters i went with also liked it. i think the main people who won't like it are the ones that want the true story or the book story.
 
I also liked it. This story made a great book but only a good movie. I thought it followed the book story pretty close until the end. Not sure if an average movie attender would enjoy it though.
 
We liked it, a few comments, The hand signals were too obvious. The lead girl was comped a room at the Hard Rock, but the view out the room's window was not from the Hard Rock. The movie made it appear, you could not loose in a good count. We rate this two snaps and a twist.
 
mdw said:
We liked it, a few comments, The hand signals were too obvious. The lead girl was comped a room at the Hard Rock, but the view out the room's window was not from the Hard Rock. The movie made it appear, you could not loose in a good count. We rate this two snaps and a twist.
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Plus they don't beat people up in back rooms anymore. Too much liabilty risk (plus it is wrong...and illegal).
But the thing that bothered me the most...smartest boy at MIT doesn't know how to use a bank!?
 
I've read the true story but still enjoyed the film although it is no where near as good or complecated as the book, but thats what you get with films so :)
 
ace-o-aces said:
Plus they don't beat people up in back rooms anymore. Too much liabilty risk (plus it is wrong...and illegal).
But the thing that bothered me the most...smartest boy at MIT doesn't know how to use a bank!?
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haha yea that was the only thing that i didnt like. as far as im concerned it was just usual hollywood entertainment and i enjoyed it but it didnt make sense that this guy with a genius IQ was placing that much money in such a stupid place lol. you knew right away that the money would get stolen
 
I'd live with most of the inaccuracies, but I thought the 8's vs 10's comment was inexcusable (did enjoy the movie)
 
lol, tried to explain that line to my friends at the cinema. They just looked at me as though I was crazy? Splitting 8s against a 10, of course you should never do that they said! I gave up after a while.
 
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I just watched the movie. Lots of stuff was "off the mark" but I guess it's a matter of making the movie interesting. I think the movie will attract lots of people to the casinos, thinking it's all such "easy money". Besides the little details that have been pointed out, such as the room view that is not from the depicted casino, etc., there is the obvious.
The movie makes it look like there's no such thing as losing in a good count, which is ridiculous. Those of us that play 25-50 hours of blackjack a week know darn well that huge losing streaks and horrific losses can occur even if the count is good. Of course the movie can't depict that because it would take away from the glitz factor of the movie. The fluctuation factor and the cold, hard fact that with an insufficient bankroll, lack of practical application, lack of experience that lends to having common sense and money management skills, etc....you can be the best card counter going and will still likely fail in the long run.
The other things, which were pointed out such as the smartest kid at MIT that stuffs loads of cash in his dorm and has no clue what a safety deposit box in a bank is....I mean...come ON! How many people are THAT stupid???? I thought the movie was still entertaining regardless.
 
Tarzan said:
I just watched the movie. Lots of stuff was "off the mark" but I guess it's a matter of making the movie interesting. I think the movie will attract lots of people to the casinos, thinking it's all such "easy money". Besides the little details that have been pointed out, such as the room view that is not from the depicted casino, etc., there is the obvious.
The movie makes it look like there's no such thing as losing in a good count, which is ridiculous. Those of us that play 25-50 hours of blackjack a week know darn well that huge losing streaks and horrific losses can occur even if the count is good. Of course the movie can't depict that because it would take away from the glitz factor of the movie. The fluctuation factor and the cold, hard fact that with an insufficient bankroll, lack of practical application, lack of experience that lends to having common sense and money management skills, etc....you can be the best card counter going and will still likely fail in the long run.
The other things, which were pointed out such as the smartest kid at MIT that stuffs loads of cash in his dorm and has no clue what a safety deposit box in a bank is....I mean...come ON! How many people are THAT stupid???? I thought the movie was still entertaining regardless.
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Very well said. You can be a movie critic... hehe ;)

About what you have posted (the bold words)... I think it is very clever to put your money (huge money) in the ceiling of your dorm and not in a safety deposit box. hehe ;)
 
Tarzan said:
The movie makes it look like there's no such thing as losing in a good count, which is ridiculous. Those of us that play 25-50 hours of blackjack a week know darn well that huge losing streaks and horrific losses can occur even if the count is good.

The other things, which were pointed out such as the smartest kid at MIT that stuffs loads of cash in his dorm and has no clue what a safety deposit box in a bank is....I mean...come ON! How many people are THAT stupid???? I thought the movie was still entertaining regardless.
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Exactly, these are the two key reasons why I thought the show stunk. I know the writers had to take some artistic license--and appeal to a broad audience--but come on! Their deviation from believability results in two thumbs down.
 
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Finn Dog said:
Exactly, these are the two key reasons why I thought the show stunk. I know the writers had to take some artistic license--and appeal to a broad audience--but come on! Their deviation from believability results in two thumbs down.
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I get a good laugh out of it again when I remember how when security came running from out of nowhere, scattering people and causing general mayhem, before abducting Ben and dragging him off to the backroom for some knuckle therapy. Yeah, right... Watch out next time you go to a casino... you too could get kidnapped, with a bit of luck. Look out! Here comes security, all running again! Get out of their way, quick!:laugh::laugh::laugh: :cat:
 
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