Have You Seen the Movie 21?

Chipsahoy · #1 02-15-2009, 04:27 PM

Its a true story, and i was wondering has anyone ever seen a counter at the tables in vegas or anywhere else? and how do you pick them out without losing all your money first??

thanks

dominique · #2 02-22-2009, 04:24 PM

I been meaning to watch that but haven't gotten around to it yet.

A few years ago I read a couple of books on card counting. It takes a lot of concentration, and you can't let anybody see that you are concentrating.

Not my cup of tea.

winbig · #3 02-22-2009, 07:10 PM

Read the book, it's more exciting and riveting. They don't go into the details as much as you would think. The book is more about how they pulled this off. The book this movie is based off of is "Bringing Down the House."

I tried watching the movie "21," but didn't last more than 15-20 minutes into it. IMO, they totally ruined it by trying to make the book into a movie.

dominique · #4 02-23-2009, 04:25 PM

That is sooo often the case, movies never can live up to the books.

Eyeofngt · #5 02-23-2009, 09:14 PM

That is so true!! But think about it,if they went right by the book, the movie would last for hours..LOL They have to cut some of it out to shorten the movie. At times they cut out the best parts tho.

vegasrocks · #6 02-24-2009, 03:03 AM

Books are almost always way better than the movies. Whenever I have read a book and they turn it into a movie, I cannot sit there and watch it because my expectations are way higher than what the movie ends up being.

Whats the movie 21 about? I haven't heard about it.