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04-12-2017 , 07:18 PM

#51

wombat4hire

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I liked the trailer. I'll prob watch it this weekend. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

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04-12-2017 , 07:40 PM

#52

donkology101

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Don't know what you guys are talking about recommending this film. Degen scum bag gets a chance to steal from guy who trusted him. Degens almost all of it then wins it all back in HS game just in time to pay him back no interesting HH just degen degen degen. Horrible movie.

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04-12-2017 , 10:00 PM

#53

12bigworm81

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Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,040

Awful movie. Got halfway thru and bailed.

Definitely not a poker movie. The 2-3 scenes of poker are 5 card draw where they never show hole cards, players against or a showdown.

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04-12-2017 , 10:29 PM

#54

youriw21

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6/10 weak ending

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04-13-2017 , 01:16 AM

#55

mecantplay

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Nice movie, just watch it.
It is what i expect from watching trailer and it delivered.

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04-13-2017 , 08:13 AM

#56

OvertlySexual

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Originally Posted by rbenuck4

Rounders took in 23 mil on a 12 mil budget. Not exactly setting the world on fire. It got decent but not great reviews overall from the critics (65% on rotten tomatoes). WE consider it a classic and arguably the best gambling movie. MOST PEOPLE would not classify it as such. DUCY?

The majority of the critics who said it wasn't that good felt that there really wasn't any drama or character development throughout. I'll quote a few

'Though it's a good-looking flick with some smart acting and a few flashy runs, it barely breaks even dramatically, and feels, overall, like a good chance wasted.'

'This ode to the allure of clipping suckers and psyching out the competition is richly atmospheric but thin in the character department.'

'According to director John Dahl's Rounders, professional poker players are very, very interesting people -- for about five minutes.'

Obviously WE can appreciate subtleties like Damon flopping the nuts on the last hand and slow playing it like his hero Chan did in the WSOP video he keeps rewatching, but my guess is that is completely lost on the average viewer. They were more interested in story and character arcs, and were disappointed with the lack of that.

I for one love the movie, but aren't I just a wee bit biased?

You re selling Rounders short because you re omitting the fact that it became an underground cult hit in the video rental market in the years following its release.

I saw the movie and loved it long long long before I got involved with poker. Its appeal isn't the depiction of the poker action, but the depiction of characters living an unconventional life in the shadows of polite society. I know that for my late twenties self Rounders belonged to a group of films like Fight Club, Permanent Midnight, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels that left quite an impression.

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04-13-2017 , 10:14 AM

#57

CosmicCharlie

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Originally Posted by youriw21

6/10 weak ending

Completely agree good story line, like the actors but weak ending. 6/10 is the perfect rating. Its still a movie worth watching.

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04-13-2017 , 02:22 PM

#58

Stinky Stu

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Originally Posted by DC2LV

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3155328/...?ref_=tt_ov_rt

The first review has a typo in it and another calls the film "moderately entertaining."

Even the reviews themselves don't seem so great.

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04-14-2017 , 03:18 AM

#59

MK7749

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the best degen gambling movie is Owning mahoney with Philip seymour hoffman.

i swear to god the scene where he's the big roller VIP at the casino is what we all dream of haha, us degens anyways.

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04-15-2017 , 09:46 PM

#60

Teph

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Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,830

lol god you are some miserable ppl. its by no means an amazing movie, but jfc it's not deserving of this level of hate.

6.5/10 seems right. jake johnson is really really good in it, key as well. story is predictable and kinda zzz. could certainly be worse.

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04-15-2017 , 10:47 PM

#61

parisron

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Originally Posted by MK7749

the best degen gambling movie is Owning mahoney with Philip seymour hoffman.

i swear to god the scene where he's the big roller VIP at the casino is what we all dream of haha, us degens anyways.

Ribs with no sauce on permanent stand by.

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04-15-2017 , 11:17 PM

#62

fishfood69er

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it was decent.

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04-15-2017 , 11:53 PM

#63

Videopro

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Just got off a 2 hr flight where I watched the movie. Made it seem like a 4 hr flight.

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Originally Posted by youriw21

6/10 weak ending

Definitely agree with the weak ending. Looked like they had a shooting or budget wall and had to wrap it up.

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04-16-2017 , 09:23 AM

#64

SamueMX

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I watched but didn't pay too much atention. Where did Eddy get the money to play in the high stakes game? He was talking to his sponsor and the next thing I know is he has a bag full of money.

Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk

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04-16-2017 , 11:19 AM

#65

freddy10-4

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it was all he had left in the original bag of money. terrible film, and as someone else mentioned a bizarrely abrupt ending

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04-16-2017 , 10:40 PM

#66

the orange crush

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bad with a bad ending

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04-17-2017 , 11:48 AM

#67

pokerbeastsu

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I'm going to jail for a little and need to stash money who should I entrust with this bag of money?? I know, my friend the degenerate, he'll keep it safe. Awful plot, just awful.

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04-17-2017 , 12:53 PM

#68

DangerNoodle

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Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 350

there are a lot of valid criticisms for the movie, but it not having enough poker def is not one, it's not even supposed to be a poker movie. Details about a hand would add nothing to the movie

"hey guys doug polk here....."

it was a real basic cookie cutter type plot for a degen debt story and they were either not v creative or v lazy with the ending, but i still watch the walking dead so i have a higher pain tolerance than most i guess

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04-17-2017 , 01:35 PM

#69

sheetsworld

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I still don't like that they showed Mike's hole cards in Rounders when he flopped the nuts.

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04-17-2017 , 08:30 PM

#70

sactownjoey

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Rotten Tomatoes has a 91% positive critic score. Manchester by the Sea was, I think, higher than that when I eagerly ran out to see it and wanted to douse myself with gasoline 30 minutes in. I'll turn this on because it's on Netflix and I like Jake Johnson (who made the first 35 mins of Let's be Cops funny) but won't feel bad if I bail quickly.

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04-17-2017 , 11:21 PM

#71

BDHarrison

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What are people looking for in a poker movie? I can't imagine a movie that tries to portray professional poker as a noble profession would make for a good movie. I'd imagine something more like The Wrestler, but with poker instead of professional wrestling. If you wanted to make some sort of uplifting poker movie, it should be along the lines of Whoopi Goldberg in the WSOP main event as part of a Hail Mary effort to save the convent in Sister Act 3.

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04-18-2017 , 12:09 AM

#72

Pendaflex89

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[ ] movie about poker
[x] movie about drama and life

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04-18-2017 , 01:09 PM

#73

parisron

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It is pretty ******ed that someone would leave someone with a bunch of money and even pay 10k for it.

I would trust a hole in the ground in the woods a lot more than anyone that I know and that option costs nothing. And to leave it with a degen gambler. lol