I've never seen Wargames. I've seen Rounders many times, most recently maybe 2 years or so ago. Agreed that it holds up and Norton is tremendous in it. Despite all the rewatches, I never had much of an issue with KGB's tell. Please elaborate. I've just come up with a reason for it to bother me now that you mentioned it, but I'm curious to hear why it doesn't make sense to you.
The cookie just seems to have no relation to the hand he's playing, I guess did he eat it when not bluffing and then not eat it when he was bluffing? Seems like that would have been too obvious, so I just am not really sure what it's supposed to be.
I think it is just that he eats the cookie when he has a hand and doesn't when he's bluffing. I do agree that it's probably too obvious a tell to have not been discovered far sooner by a player of Mike's caliber. But the more I think about it, my real beef here is just with the sheer number of Oreos he must go through in one session. Is he eating one every single time he has a good hand? Even MV thinks that's too many cookies.
Out of the blue on Friday, P2 told me he wants to be an explorer when he grows up. Frankly I'm not sure that's even a real job, but it sounds fun. Anyway, this led him to bring up Indiana Jones and he asked if we can watch those movie films. So Friday evening we fired up Raiders of the Lost Ark, which I hadn't watched in many moons. The kids seemed to enjoy it; we will likely continue the series soon.
I have seen this often referred to as "a perfect movie," perhap even by members of this very chattingboard. I understand the sentiment here, since the overall plot is very well-crafted and most folks wouldn't want to change anything about it. With that in mind, I would like to pick a few nits about specific plot details.
When they first lift the stone lid off the ark, and it's just like 2 dudes barely exerting any effort on either side of what is likely a thousand pound stone slab... That grinds my gears a bit.
In a similar vein, there's a point where Indy and Marion are climbing out of wherever they were, and they do so by pushing a cement block out of the wall. They shove this thing aside like it's made of foam, and it creates a man-sized hole that he climbs through with no difficulty. Fuck that, there's no way in hell that thing even budges.
Never caught this before, but during the bar fight when the place is on fire and she stops to grab a sip out of the punctured beer keg... pretty prettay cheesy, Steven.
This is an iconic scene that we all know and love, but when he first finds the idol at the beginning of the movie and he's about to throw the sand bag there to offset the weight. He's standing there and apparently the thought that goes through his mind is, "From looking at this thing for 5 seconds, I have decuded that its exact weight is the bag of sand in my satchel... minus one handful. Holy shit, it's so fucking dumb that he dumps some of the sand out. It's equally dumb that it bothers me probably, but good lord does this one stick in my craw.
These are all minor and I've probably only focused on them becuase I've seen the movie too many times. Now I'll get to my take, which I will spoil in the event that anyone doesn't want me to ruin the ending of a 42-year-old movie...
{Spoiler} I legitimately hate the climax of this movie. It's 90 minutes of a thoroughly entertaining and nearly flawless action adventure, with a bunch of moments that obviously require some suspension of disbelief but are ultimatley realistic. And then they open the ark, and all of a sudden this is a Sci-Fi flick with ghosts flying around and people's faces melting and shit? Do not like.
If you stop and do the math, I think the implication is that Indy fucked Marian when she was like 14.
The biggest nitpick I commonly see thrown around for this movie is that if Indiana Jones didn't get involved, it would have ended up the exact same way. I'm not sure I entirely buy that.
Also, per this week's Rewatchables, the dude on the train who gives Indy his hat during the flashback in Last Crusade was supposed to be Marian's father.
If you stop and do the math, I think the implication is that Indy fucked Marian when she was like 14.
The biggest nitpick I commonly see thrown around for this movie is that if Indiana Jones didn't get involved, it would have ended up the exact same way. I'm not sure I entirely buy that.
Also, per this week's Rewatchables, the dude on the train who gives Indy his hat during the flashback in Last Crusade was supposed to be Marian's father.
You definitely have to put aside the nitpicking and just enjoy the ride--kind of like the original Star Wars. It's cheesy, but it's good clean fun and it's the good guys vs the bad guys. If you're a 10 year old you absolutely love the swashbuckling nature of both films but as an adult you recognize they've got their flaws.
One nitpick I've always had with this film--when he's trying to escape the temple in the opening scene why doesn't he just let the boulder go over him instead of trying to outrun it?
If you stop and do the math, I think the implication is that Indy fucked Marian when she was like 14.
The biggest nitpick I commonly see thrown around for this movie is that if Indiana Jones didn't get involved, it would have ended up the exact same way. I'm not sure I entirely buy that.
Also, per this week's Rewatchables, the dude on the train who gives Indy his hat during the flashback in Last Crusade was supposed to be Marian's father.
You definitely have to put aside the nitpicking and just enjoy the ride--kind of like the original Star Wars. It's cheesy, but it's good clean fun and it's the good guys vs the bad guys. If you're a 10 year old you absolutely love the swashbuckling nature of both films but as an adult you recognize they've got their flaws.
One nitpick I've always had with this film--when he's trying to escape the temple in the opening scene why doesn't he just let the boulder go over him instead of trying to outrun it?
I think the implication is that it would trap him inside. It doesn't continue to roll once he gets outside the cave.
Listening to the Rewatchables of A Few Good Men....I don't think I've ever seen the beginning of this movie? Does it actually start with the assault on Santiago?
take, which I will spoil in the event that anyone doesn't want me to ruin the ending of a 42-year-old movie...
