Smitty-48 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:41 am
Rounders I couldn't get into, I'm not a degenerate gambler, not interesting
I find that interesting, I've always been of the opinion that Rounders is a good enough film to stand in its own right whether you love poker or not.
It has drama, humour, action the lot. It is a study of human nature and the relationship between Mike and all the important people in his life. The girlfriend, his poker mentor, his college professor, his nemesis and most of all his best friend.
It is a buddy movie that happens to be about poker rather than a poker movie.
I do love poker though.
In fact, I might go and play some online, no limit, Texas Hold'em (the Cadillac of poker) rather than watch another episode of Breaking Bad.
I too have seen the Blues Brothers enough times to have almost memorised it word for word, I can almost do that for Rounders as well though.