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Topic: 21
Posted By: AfricanAmerican
Subject: 21
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 11:50pm
I don't know if there was a topic on this already even though I think there was, I could care less.
Bad ass movie. I loved it.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 11:51pm
Really?
I honestly don't know how a movie about blackjack could be anything but crap.
Maybe I need to see this...
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Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 12:01am
I heard it was a lot about the card-counting, and basically how it all works. Sounds really interesting to me, I'd probably dig it.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 12:10am
carl_the_sniper wrote:
Really?
I honestly don't know how a movie about blackjack could be anything but crap.
Maybe I need to see this... |
Why would it suck? Rounders was about poker, and that was a great movie.
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 12:12am
choopie911 wrote:
carl_the_sniper wrote:
Really?
I honestly don't know how a movie about blackjack could be anything but crap.
Maybe I need to see this... |
Why would it suck? Rounders was about poker, and that was a great movie. |
QFT...although I don't think many people have ever seen it.
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 12:13am
It seems OK.
The true story of it is really cool.
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 12:17am
Did anybody read the book? I was thinking about picking it up on Amazon the other day, but I didn't order yet.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 12:37am
choopie911 wrote:
carl_the_sniper wrote:
Really?
I honestly don't know how a movie about blackjack could be anything but crap.
Maybe I need to see this... |
Why would it suck? Rounders was about poker, and that was a great movie. |
The previews looked terrible.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 12:47am
ALso, on the subject of current movies, I highly recommend the bank job.
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 12:53am
carl_the_sniper wrote:
ALso, on the subject of current movies, I highly recommend the bank job. |
Wow, I hadn't heard about this movie. The trailer does look good. And it's based on a true story too.
I like to see Jason Statham in decent roles. He seems talented, but he's in some awful, awful movies, like Crank.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 1:00am
Shub wrote:
carl_the_sniper wrote:
ALso, on the subject of current movies, I highly recommend the bank job. |
Wow, I hadn't heard about this movie. The trailer does look good. And it's based on a true story too.
I like to see Jason Statham in decent roles. He seems talented, but he's in some awful, awful movies, like Crank. |
Oh no you didn't!
Seriosuly though, it got fantastic reviews with the critics and is definately the best movie out there right now.
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 1:07am
How much less could you care?
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 2:16am
Shub wrote:
Did anybody read the book? I was thinking about picking it up on Amazon the other day, but I didn't order yet. |
This sounds like the makings of "The book was far better than the movie" type deal.
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 2:40am
pb125 wrote:
How much less could you care?
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I've been trying to figure that out myself... we shall see.
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 3:20am
Shub wrote:
choopie911 wrote:
carl_the_sniper wrote:
Really?
I honestly don't know how a movie about blackjack could be anything but crap.
Maybe I need to see this... |
Why would it suck? Rounders was about poker, and that was a great movie. |
QFT...although I don't think many people have ever seen it. |
Seriously good movie. Flopped at the box office but it was well done.
Probably one of the best examples of Hollywood portraying something with reasonable accuracy.
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 5:21am
I watched 21 a couple of days ago. Not bad at all. Its not very accurate, but it is close enough.
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 11:10am
I enjoyed it. I went into the movie with a basic background of the story and I think that made it more interesting.
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Posted By: Snake6.
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 11:19am
Uncle Rudder wrote:
I enjoyed it. I went into the movie with a basic background of the story and I think that made it more interesting. |
Same. I don't know if someone who has never read about the MIT Blackjack team or counting cards would enjoy the movie as much.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 4:47pm
Man Bites Dog wrote:
It seems OK.The true story of it is really cool. |
Truth, how card counting came about is pretty impressive, along with things like this story. Back before vegas became a disneyland version of itself.
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Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 5:40pm
Did anyone catch the 2 hour documentary, on the history channel a few months back?
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:27pm
impulse! wrote:
Did anyone catch the 2 hour documentary, on the history channel a few months back? |
Yeah I did which is really a big reason why I went to go see the movie.
Did anyone else walk out of the movie feeling stupid. The fact that these peoples minds can do math so fast like that with all the distractions blows my mind.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:28pm
Uncle Rudder wrote:
impulse! wrote:
Did anyone catch the 2 hour documentary, on the history channel a few months back? |
Yeah I did which is really a big reason why I went to go see the movie.
Did anyone else walk out of the movie feeling stupid. The fact that these peoples minds can do math so fast like that with all the distractions blows my mind. |
Yeah, and theres even sharper people than that out there. Damn my feeble brain.
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 8:32pm
choopie911 wrote:
Damn my feeble brain. |
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Posted By: Bolt3
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 8:56pm
carl_the_sniper wrote:
ALso, on the subject of current movies, I highly recommend the bank job. |
That was a HORRIBLE movie.
I could barely sit through the whole movie.
Uncle Rudder wrote:
Did anyone else walk out of the movie feeling stupid. The fact that
these peoples minds can do math so fast like that with all the
distractions blows my mind. |
Right, I wonder ...
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 9:03pm
Bolt3 wrote:
carl_the_sniper wrote:
ALso, on the subject of current movies, I highly recommend the bank job. | That was a HORRIBLE movie.I |
I heard that too.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 10:22pm
Really? Everyone I talked to as well as all of the critics loved it.
Why didn't you?
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 12:35am
carl_the_sniper wrote:
Really? Everyone I talked to as well as all of the critics loved it.
Why didn't you? |
No idea, I just heard it sucked from a couple people. Haven't pursued any reviews or anything about it, so I don't know if its good or not. I generally like Jason Statham, but Crank WAS weak, so who knows.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 1:07am
choopie911 wrote:
carl_the_sniper wrote:
Really? Everyone I talked to as well as all of the critics loved it.
Why didn't you? |
No idea, I just heard it sucked from a couple people. Haven't pursued any reviews or anything about it, so I don't know if its good or not. I generally like Jason Statham, but Crank WAS weak, so who knows. |
I liked crank actually.
This is nothing like crank however.
It's the best movies I saw this year next to no country for old men.
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Posted By: ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 3:10am
Eh, I thought 21 was OK. Maybe I didn't think it was that great because I was pretty tired throughout the movie, and actually dozed off for a minute or two a couple times.
I actually think the card counting would be do-able. Maybe tricky at first, but with some practice, I think I could do it. The hardest part for me would be picking up the key word that the spotter says, and remembering what current count that word equals.
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