21, Bookies, Bugsy, California Split, Casino Royale, Casino, Croupier, High Roller, House of games, Oceans 13, Oceans 11, Oceans 12, The Cooler, The Grand, The Sting. And THE COLOR OF MONEY is the Pool Hall Movie. Some are very old but are all great movies.
He said poker movies.... these are movies that have a very loose and small connection to poker, if at all...AkronMatt said:
There is no poker in Oceans films (a little blackjack)...and most of the other films have 1 hand or 5 mins of poker, they arent poker films..
Surprised you didnt mention Wierd Science, has more poker in it than Oceans films..
stg1969 said:
Actually, there's a short poker scene early on in Oceans Eleven where Rusty is teaching poker to the Hollywood kids - then Danny sits in and delivers one of the best slowroll lines ever ("I'm not sure what four nines does, but the ace, I think, is pretty high?"). IIRC there's some short poker scenes in Oceans Thirteen too.
Agree absolutely though, they're hardly "poker movies". If we were judging by those standards, then Poseidon and In Time would be poker movies too
OzExorcist said:
Yeah but you can't have any respect for what "Rusty" is supposed to be teaching them, why wasnt he giving them all a complete bollocking when they all flat called Dannys raise, utter crap...
I love the Oceans films, but there are many parts like most Hollywood movies that get dumbed down for the audience, like when Livingston Dell is explaining to Rusty and Danny how Blackjack works, "the idea is to get 21"... Like as if Danny and Rusty dont know that, its to dumb it down for the audience.
MediaBLITZ said:
My bad. lol. jlabruno's post wasn't there when I was going to post, but got caught up with work before submitting and his post squeezed in there.
Dunno how any poker player can like that movie. The way they play poker in that movie is so absurd it makes me angry.
I have seen Rounders and Deal.
Rounders was a lot better because it was more about actually playing poker.
Deal was still a good movie, except it was more about the players journey from an internet satellite winner to going to the WPT.
It was cool because Antonio, Laak, and a bunch of other pros had a few scenes in the movie.
I just put Cincy Kid on my netflix que 🙂
Rounders was a lot better because it was more about actually playing poker.
Deal was still a good movie, except it was more about the players journey from an internet satellite winner to going to the WPT.
It was cool because Antonio, Laak, and a bunch of other pros had a few scenes in the movie.
I just put Cincy Kid on my netflix que 🙂