I also came to praise this piece.

Doris 2021-11-16 08:01:27

So far, no movie with Edward Norton has disappointed me, even if he is the male number two-that will only make the male number one more stressful, and Matt Damon is no exception. However, I like the way that Matt Damon used the narration to string together the whole story. He speaks moderately, his tone is gentle, and he doesn't use strong words. He also has no reason to use strong words, because the lines themselves are very powerful and the screenwriters are everywhere. The machine front.
There are many movies about fighting wits and courage, but real wisdom contests are always popular and endless. What's more, besides wisdom, this movie also has something to say about the choice of life. "You will win if you love to fight". Here is "You will win if you love gambling". It is Matt Damon who sits at the poker table for twenty to thirty hours and keeps turning his brain and making judgments. Ideal life, character determines life, this is no way, of course, this is also the reason why Matt Damon and the heroine broke up.
Speaking of the heroine, I can't help but want to say that she is well-off, but it's a pity that the role is missing. In one scene, Matt Damon praised his girlfriend for being smart in front of Edward Norton, saying that as long as she was willing to make a move, she designated a good player at the poker table. Seeing this, I wonder if the plot will develop to the point where both men are in desperation at the poker table, and finally the girlfriend came to the rescue and turned things around in one fell swoop. Alas, I admit that I am naive.
Of course, different directors can tell the story at the poker table differently, and you can also have a more relaxed way, but how can I feel that all the gambling movies in Hong Kong look like a joke after watching this movie?

PS: It is not recommended for teenagers to watch this film in the presence of rigid-minded parents. They will denounce it, keep you at a distance from such rubbish, and sincerely suspect that the directors of these capitalist countries want to attract the next generation. Where. You can shrug your shoulders and explain to them: "Oh, this is just a movie!" "It's just trying to tell us there may be more interesting possibilities in life!" But I'm sure they won't listen.

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Extended Reading
  • Adell 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    our destiny chooses us !

  • Demario 2021-11-16 08:01:27

    1. The best Poker movie at the current location. Edward Norton showed off his acting skills and Matt Damon stimulated his dreams. 2. Johnny Chan is too speechless. 3. Chow Yun-fat eats chocolate, but Malkovich eats Austria Neo, it smells like an old man. 4. The old professor's "What Choice" is the finishing touch to the whole show.

Rounders quotes

  • Professor Petrovsky: [sitting across from each other in a bar] I know a magician doesn't reveal his secrets

    Mike McDermott: I'm not a magician

    Professor Petrovsky: If it wasn't "magic", how did you know what everyone held?

    Mike McDermott: It's a combination of things: I was watching when the cards came out, that's just an old habit with me, it's like breathing

    Professor Petrovsky: Watch the cards?

    Mike McDermott: I watch the cards but I also watch the player react to the cards. That's how I knew the DA made his two pair and judge Kaplan missed the flush, I was watching their eyes when they checked their river cards, their faces tell you everything

    Professor Petrovsky: [Confused] you watch the man? I never knew you had to calculate so much in cards

    Mike McDermott: here's some advice, just play premium hands, you only start with jacks or better if its good enough to call you've also got to be in there raising, tight but aggressive and I do mean aggressive, you've got to think of it as a war

    Professor Petrovsky: [Jokingly] you're officially never invited to our game again

    Mike McDermott: I don't blame you, put a guy like me in that game, cards don't even matter I'll play it blind

  • Mike McDermott: [sitting across from each other in a bar] You have a respectable profession

    Professor Petrovsky: Not to my family my parents were devastated, destroyed by my decision my father sent me away to New York to live with distant cousins I eventually found my place, my life's work

    Mike McDermott: What then?

    Professor Petrovsky: I amerced myself fully, I studied everything I could about the law I felt deeply inside that it was what I was born to do

    Mike McDermott: Did your parents get over it?

    Professor Petrovsky: No, I always hoped that I would find some way to change their mind, but they were inconsolable, my father never spoke to me again