If you’re addicted to gambling, these movies make you relive too many tricks

sivertime — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:17:10 +0000

In the cinema, we can talk about everything. Including gambling and people who go crazy when they pass the doors of a casino.
There is bound to be something to be learned. The simple emotion, the adrenaline, the possibility to change a life, the choking failures, to know how to keep calm, when to stop … Mine of nothing, through the games of cards, the blackjack, the roulette and other, Learn life lessons . At worst, you spend two hours watching a good movie.
Rain Man
Charlie Babbitt is a player, and a ruined player. So when he learns that he must perceive an inheritance, it is a miracle. Except … that it passes under his nose. Then he seeks out why, to whom the money has gone. And he discovers that he has an autistic brother, Raymond Hoffman. Which shows incredible abilities when it comes to mathematics and calculation. What does Charlie do? He takes her to Las Vegas for a ride, as if by chance . And in addition, the two brothers end up making real bonds. Is not that nice?
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Scams, crimes and botany
You surely know “Snatch” of Guy Ritchie, and well this one remains in the same vein. And of the same time. In the shallows, with lascars, to the rather limit-limit behaviors. Here we see four friends collecting all their money to allow the best of them to challenge Harry Lonsdale to the cards . Problem: their champion Eddy is plucked, the game was rigged. He palms everything and the four thugs find themselves in the uncomfortable position of owing money to a big ugly.
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The Scam
The film dates a little but did not take a wrinkle. Released in 1973, he had won several awards: photo, screenplay, best director. Then, when you have Robert Redford and Paul Newman at the cast, it’s not disgusting. Inspired by real facts, taking up the misdeeds of real scammers who confided in David Maurer’s book (“The Big Coin”), the film shows us a certain Johnny Hooker tempted the risky shot of the Pigeon Drop. Give his thunes hoping for a return on investment, based on trust. There, Johnny bet $ 11,000 in cash to catch a larger sum afterwards. Obviously, he has in front of a bastard, organized crime boss, Doyle Lonnegan …
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Ocean’s Eleven
You want the example of a guy who never stops? Take Danny Ocean. While he is incarcerated, he only thinks of one thing: to point the biggest casinos in Las Vegas . As a project of reconversion and awareness, we saw better. His partner, Rusty Ryan, is hot boiling, so the two companions recruit a shock team. Seen the casting and the realization, you can only love. Without much pretension, you have a lot of fun. The actors too, apparently.
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Casino
A classic. Perhaps even THE classic in casino and gaming movies. Sent to Las Vegas by the Chicago Mafia, Sam Rothstein runs a casino and has to make sure that the interests of his clan are respected, protected . Accompanied by his friend, Nicky Santoro, everything rolls. They do biff, they control the city. Then the machine stops. A woman not simple, a stubborn cop, skidding … Another good Scorsese. If you had to retain only one, what would it be?

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You get annoyed at the end of the film and you are not talking about the same

sivertime — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:45:21 +0000

It’s kind of the thing that changes everything so it’s better to know if you’re talking about the same as your buddy. Serious? Yes, these films show different purposes. Truthful.
The most vicious: two ends at the theatrical release
“Hide and Seek” is not the most famous films in which De Niro plays and yet there would be reasons . Already because he encamped a doctor a little specious, far from his most famous roles. And especially because the director John Polson decided to offer two ends to the spectators. In the cinema, indoors. I would like to know the number of misunderstandings between the people who talked about it …
The classics: an alternative ending on the DVD
Nothing surprising, it is both a means for the real ‘and the prod’ to show the other track that had been dug and a “reward” to the buyer who will have an anecdote to tell in exchange Of the 22 balls he dropped. “And did you say thank you?” . Examples: ” Titanic,” “Salt,” “Final Destination 3”, “I Am Legend,” “Scream 4″ .
Public opinion: a comprehensible and adapted end
As when a company wants to release a product and ensure its success, it confronts it upstream to a limited audience. An important test phase. And when the majority does not like a proposed end, bah you fall back on the second and worse. Or you rework the first, you modify it a little so that it passes. Examples: ” Fight Club” (flashbacks added to make it more understandable), “Snake Eyes”, “Brazil” (a happy end to the Yanks, sad for Europeans).
The urgency of the competition: an end with a montage … not finished
Presented at Cannes in 1979, “Apocalypse Now” was not then a final version . A kind of work in progress. So, when Coppola’s film came out on DVD, the editing was over and had somewhat changed the end. Who were you aware of? And you saw both ends?

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If you’re addicted to gambling, these movies make you relive too many tricks

You get annoyed at the end of the film and you are not talking about the same