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The Cincinnati Kid -- McQuees is the Man!
|    | 8 | 10.67% | |
Rounders -- Matt Damon is so Damn Dreamy
|    | 67 | 89.33% | |
Honeymoon in Vegas -- What's Not to Love with Flying Elvi?
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Yentl -- Babs, man, Babs!
|    | 0 | 0% |
10-04-2005, 11:49 AM
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Doing a quick search of the archives, lots of Rounders references, but hardly any to the Cincinnati Kid. I'll admit it I'm biased -- Steve McQueen is DA MAN (no offense to Yeltzen), and there's hardly a better finishing line in Holly wood history" "You're good, Kid, but as long as I'm around, you'll always be second best."
But is there really a consensus that Rounders is hands down the best poker movie ever? I included a few other options rather than the generic "other." |
10-04-2005, 11:58 AM
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honeymoon in vegas: not a poker movie. but had a reasonable poker scene!
yentl: ???????    
cincinatti kid: a pretty darn good movie. but the final scene ruins it for me. it's supposed to be surreal, i s'pose. there's no way i think i can be expected to believe that that hand occured. overall one of the few best.
rounders: i think captures the gambling scene better than any other. and it's hold 'em. well-written and smart (even when it's dumb). the nuts.
not mentioned:
big hand for the little lady: really dumb, but it's about poker, which is good.
high roller: didn't see it |
10-04-2005, 12:00 PM
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Why aren't you studying Dave? |
10-04-2005, 12:15 PM
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Obscure but good - "Stuey", the Stu Ungar story. Now he was "The Kid"! |
10-04-2005, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveHNK Steve McQueen is DA MAN (no offense to Yeltzen) | Straight out heresy - how could you say this? 
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10-04-2005, 01:02 PM
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A couple of my alltime favorite movies --- not really about poker, but with good poker scenes:
The Sting (I'm a big Scott Joplin fan, love the movie in general, and it has a great poker game)
Cool Hand Luke --- sometimes "nothin'" is a pretty cool hand
Shade --- incredible extras with the card mechanics
For others, see: http://www.playwinningpoker.com/poker/movies/ for example.
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10-04-2005, 01:14 PM
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Hard to not go with Rounders. It was a good movie, plus it had Johnny Chan in it!
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10-04-2005, 01:27 PM
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Rounders is my favorite, but Maverick is a decent movie w/a poker background. |
10-04-2005, 02:12 PM
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Probably needed to include High Roller (Ungar), Shade, and Manerick in the list to get a really comprehnesive one going.
Even with those - Rounders still comes off as the best IMO. Cinci was good, but I thought that a lot of the poker scenes seemed "off". People complained at length about Shade's non-compliance to the "rules" of poker. Kid seemed to have just as many. Heck - even "Tilt" did not allow string betting "Oh yea - I reraise" (you have to include the image of the 9mm being pulled in response to the sting bet).
Even during the final game (in Kid), the dealer announces no string betting. Yet it happens all the time at the final table. Just seemed wrong. |
10-04-2005, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by CaptLego A couple of my alltime favorite movies --- not really about poker, but with good poker scenes:
Shade --- incredible extras with the card mechanics
| i'd have to agree. pretty cool to see it in slow mo and at different camera angles. |
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