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[Barack_Obama]

http://www.dealthemovie.com/Looks like the best poker movie since Rounders.

[Roo6339]

Better than Lucky You? Yeah right! That movie had it all: Acting, storyline, realistic...sw

[Naslund44]

It looks surprisingly decent from the preview.edit: weeee the only one who thinks so!

[ObeyTheDog]

Barack_Obama, on Thursday, June 7th, 2007, 5:29 PM, said:

http://www.dealthemovie.com/Looks like the best poker movie since Rounders.

I think it looks awful. Bad dialogue, bad acting, makes a movie shet sandwich.Poker just doesn't work well in movies. And trying to WPT/WSOP it all up only makes it more cheezy.If someone wants to make a good poker movie, it needs to be set 30-40 years ago, in back alleys and basement games with unknowns and shotguns.

[crocd99]

looks to me like it took the script from "the color of money" and just switch the pool playing with poker.

[stan394]

I think it's terrible

[pokerinc]

this has all the bad cliche bits rolled together. It's like there's a cpu program that writes scripts, you just plug in the topic, the biggest cliches about it and call Burt Reynolds. Boo-ya, movie.Seriously the AA vs. KK heads up. Maybe Burt justs runs like I do... but still very lame.

[7s7c]

Shannon Elizabeth = Bonertown

[fatman]

7s7c, on Thursday, June 7th, 2007, 8:58 PM, said:

Shannon Elizabeth = Bonertown

QFT

[Roo6339]

Just watched the trailer. Unfortunately it looks incredibly cheesy. I'd probably still see it... Trailers can mislead sometimes... But I got no high hopes for it.

[Skittles]

"Alex is a cocky, hotshot card playing senior at Yale University. He is the best player there. " -- Is this a biography of Alex Jacob?Edit: And why is Scott "I call all my chips off on full blown monkey tilt" Lazar in the movie?

[Yoda]

He gets pocket Kings a lot. I just don't think I can buy Burt Reynolds in a poker movie

[fatman]

Yoda, on Thursday, June 7th, 2007, 9:12 PM, said:

He gets pocket Kings a lot. I just don't think I can buy Burt Reynolds in a poker movie

Any movie Burt Reynolds is in will automatically be a great movie

[Yoda]

The best thing Burt Reynolds ever did was SNL Jeopardy.See what I did there?

[Poppy_Hillis]

Wow, that looks super cheesy.

[Royal_Tour]

ObeyTheDog, on Thursday, June 7th, 2007, 5:42 PM, said:

I think it looks awful. Bad dialogue, bad acting, makes a movie shet sandwich.Poker just doesn't work well in movies. And trying to WPT/WSOP it all up only makes it more cheezy.If someone wants to make a good poker movie, it needs to be set 30-40 years ago, in back alleys and basement games with unknowns and shotguns.

stan394, on Thursday, June 7th, 2007, 5:53 PM, said:

I think it's terrible

Roo6339, on Thursday, June 7th, 2007, 6:04 PM, said:

Just watched the trailer. Unfortunately it looks incredibly cheesy. I'd probably still see it... Trailers can mislead sometimes... But I got no high hopes for it.

Poppy_Hillis, on Thursday, June 7th, 2007, 6:56 PM, said:

Wow, that looks super cheesy.

IT LOOKS HORRIBLE.J. TILLY?. comon? honestly? WPT? really?Playing in a home game and talking about being an 80% fav vs the guys 14%.. who talks like that?stfu this movie looks like another reason ban online poker

[NocturnalRob]

fatman, on Thursday, June 7th, 2007, 11:18 PM, said:

Any movie Burt Reynolds is in will automatically be a great movie

QFT

[reedmcneal]

Is it common for previews to show the movie's climactic moment?Sounds like its going straight to video.

[Seany Gee]

The trailer leads me to believe that this is the Poker version of "The Color of Money"same story, Old dude finds young superstar player,backs himthey fall outold guy makes comeback in tournament against the young guythe endexactly the same as color of money

[timwakefield]

Burt Reynolds has had too much plastic surgery. Also, the movie looks like a commercial for the WPT.