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Surfah · 01-10-2007, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

My favorite part of Rounders was when Matt Damon told all the judges what cards they were holding. Pretty funny.

Great scene. I was just watching a heads up tournament on TV and the two players each called the others hands. Pretty amazing.

Jeff Lebowski · 01-10-2007, 01:18 PM

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Boiler Room and Rounders. Both of these movies I had little expectation of but thought both were excellent, particularly Rounders which was just ahead of the poker craze.

Ditto on Rounders. I rented it about six months ago and loved it.

creekster · 01-10-2007, 03:00 PM

The only one that comes to mind is Cassino Royale, which I thought was much superior to the recent Bond movies I had seen and much better than I expected it to be.

mpfunk · 01-10-2007, 05:27 PM

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. I had high expectations going into the movie, but was still floored with how good the movie was. It was also a much different movie than I expected. I like Charlie Kaufmann as a writer, and think this movie is his masterpiece.

il Padrino Ute · 01-10-2007, 05:50 PM

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Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. I had high expectations going into the movie, but was still floored with how good the movie was. It was also a much different movie than I expected. I like Charlie Kaufmann as a writer, and think this movie is his masterpiece.

Still haven't seen it. I'll admit that it's because I've a preconceived idea that it's more of the chick flick genre so I'm not capable of giving it a fair chance.

SoCalCoug · 01-10-2007, 08:36 PM

Napoleon Dynamite. My brother told me before I watched it that it was the funniest movie he'd ever seen. So, of course, I was sure it wouldn't live up the hype.

But, to me, it's one of the funniest movies I've seen.

(It's no My Cousin Vinny, though)

01-10-2007, 03:00 PM	#33
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	The only one that comes to mind is Cassino Royale, which I thought was much superior to the recent Bond movies I had seen and much better than I expected it to be. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

01-10-2007, 08:36 PM	#36
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	Napoleon Dynamite. My brother told me before I watched it that it was the funniest movie he'd ever seen. So, of course, I was sure it wouldn't live up the hype. But, to me, it's one of the funniest movies I've seen. (It's no My Cousin Vinny, though) __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

01-10-2007, 05:27 PM	#34
mpfunk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,619	Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. I had high expectations going into the movie, but was still floored with how good the movie was. It was also a much different movie than I expected. I like Charlie Kaufmann as a writer, and think this movie is his masterpiece.