On Jul 23, 6:38=EF=BF=BDam, croupe <crou...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 23, 12:52=EF=BF=BDam, "Irish Mike" <mjos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Just watched the "21" DVD, which I got through Blockbuster Online.
=EF=
=BF=BD(So glad
> > I didn't pay the theater ticket price to see this dud). =EF=BF=BDThe
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alog is silly
> > and the acting isn't any better although Kevin Spacey does what he can
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with
> > a lame script. =EF=BF=BDYou can see the "plot twist" coming a mile
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.. =EF=BF=BDHere's
> > just one of the dumb things in this movie. =EF=BF=BDYou've got a
brilli=
ant MIT math
> > genius who is so clever he can anticipate future probabilities and
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the
> > right decision. =EF=BF=BDYet, as he's ac***ulating $300K, which he
desp=
erately needs
> > for medical school tuition, where does he hide it? =EF=BF=BDIn a Swiss
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bank account?
> > In a safety deposit box under a clever fake identify? =EF=BF=BDIn a
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ret spot in
> > his Mother's home known only to him? =EF=BF=BDIn a gym bag in a locker
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at the bus
> > terminal? =EF=BF=BDNope. =EF=BF=BDHe removes one of the pop-out
ceiling=
tiles over the bed
> > in his tiny college apartment, where he doesn't bother locking the
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, and
> > sits the cash there. =EF=BF=BDDoesn't even use a brown paper bag. =EF=
=BF=BDThen he's shocked
> > to find that - taaa daaaa! one of his disgruntled partners stole all
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s
> > money!
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> > Irish Mike
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> As stated - the book explains things much better and the Hollywood
> ending doesn't happen.
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I saw the movie on dvd last night. It's ****trayal is the mob is still
in control of Vegas? Is it? This movie can't help Vegas. Beating up
blackjack counters, and coming close to killing them or state they
would be killed?
Stupid ending. This movie looked like fiction to me.
Keiser Mose
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