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- wisammy, on 11/18/2007, -4/+70I'm sure the movie and what happened in real life are very very similar. I mean nerds are totally hooking up with hot babes.
- ItsMyWii, on 11/18/2007, -1/+41WTF Morpheus get out of the Matrix.
- neocr0n, on 11/18/2007, -4/+42I'm sold at Kevin Spacey.
- ferrariman60, on 11/18/2007, -0/+28Hey man, if the nerds have money.........
- chillmandan, on 11/18/2007, -2/+24The true story is incredible, I can't wait to see how Hollywood is going to screw it up!
- stellamaris, on 11/18/2007, -0/+21Smart people are so attractive!
- Kidman13, on 11/18/2007, -0/+18Yahoo HD
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809834187/video/503 ... - schwit, on 11/18/2007, -0/+14Reenactments of this story have been on various cable channels for years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Vegas - tjasond, on 11/18/2007, -0/+13Here's a Wired article about the original story. Fascinating stuff:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.09/vegas.htm ... - thuang513, on 11/18/2007, -1/+14the real question is why was there a hot chick at MIT in the first place?
- neocr0n, on 11/18/2007, -0/+9He never quit he just made a decision to do more theater work instead of movies.
- inactive, on 11/18/2007, -9/+17Christ. Every movie now looks like a Mountain Dew commercial starring Dawson's Creek.
That looks AWFUL. - SpykerSpeed, on 11/18/2007, -4/+12I don't get why people hype the fact these were MIT students. It doesn't take a 4.0 Physics PHD student to figure out how to count cards in blackjack.
- Rikushix, on 11/18/2007, -2/+8I read the book, I can't wait for this movie to come out.
- TheMu, on 11/18/2007, -1/+6Sweet, I loved the book and I can't wait for the movie.
- zmjone2992, on 11/18/2007, -2/+7not really....
- Chmura, on 11/18/2007, -0/+5The last one was The Doors - Break on Through
- redfan, on 11/18/2007, -1/+6Whoa, I liked this book. Didn't know they were doing a movie. Looking forward to it.
- craprock, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5*looks in mirror*
*****!!! - Slick50, on 11/18/2007, -1/+5I guess that's why it won the best picture oscar and he the best actor oscar because it sucked, huh?
- Laughto, on 11/18/2007, -3/+7I thought Kevin Spacey quit acting? A third time, I mean.
- DFunk1132, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4dugg because they filmed some of it at my school (BU)
- Fourbin, on 11/18/2007, -2/+6I seriously enjoyed this book a lot and I have been eagerly awaiting a film version to come out. Too bad they made such an exciting story look like an American Pie movie. I'm also pissed they used Spoon in the trailer, great song.
- techlinks, on 11/18/2007, -0/+4Kevin Spacey in em?
:P - jjpertusch, on 11/18/2007, -1/+5the literature nazi has spoken.
- buba447, on 11/18/2007, -0/+4I hate trailers that step into the everything but the climax of the film. Yeesh.
Definitely want to see the movie, but the trailer didn't leave much to the imagination. - QuantumAvatar, on 11/18/2007, -0/+4That guy doesnt look like a true MIT nerd but the movie looks good.
- piratebr0adcast, on 11/18/2007, -0/+4I live in Boston and spend alot of ime in Cambridge. Im looking forward to seeing exterior shots. Oh, and a Kate Bosworth nude scene
wouldnt be bad either.... - Mark4483, on 11/18/2007, -0/+4They had a TEAM, which makes a huge difference. It's true that knowing the count gives a small edge but ONLY playing when the count is high - and adjusting your bet accordingly - is what makes the blackjack teams do so well. That and they are harder for the casinos to spot.
And you're right about not having to be a math genius, it just takes tons and tons of practice. - inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4MIT grades on a 5.0 scale.
4.0 would be a "B".
Card counters weren't the brightest group from MIT, but they were very smart and daring.
The guy that was running the whole thing was a bit creepy, as well. - inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4Now looking for the (twenty) one.
Sorry, in advance. - inactive, on 11/18/2007, -1/+4Discovery Channel documentary link (19 clips): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2XjtyGEB2w
- joshuaer, on 11/18/2007, -1/+4http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id= ...
history channel documentary - iblaine, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3great story, cool book. Can't wait to see the movie.
- joshuaer, on 11/18/2007, -1/+4You are thinking of the documentary Breaking Vegas, which recreated allot of the MIT story and has some interviews with some of them.
http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id= ...
but documentary and Based on are 2 different things! - hummeth, on 11/18/2007, -1/+3The book was good. I recommend it as a quick easy read.
- morph988, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2the masterminds version was so much better
- RealJimShady, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2did they have one of those auras?
- mvanhorn, on 11/18/2007, -1/+3If I remember correctly I think the blonde is a cheerleader for the cowboys that was hooking up with the main character in the book.. Ever heard of this idea of women being attracted to money?
- Narwaffle, on 11/18/2007, -1/+3First song was "My Mathematical Mind" by Spoon
- RealJimShady, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3I hope you feel dumb now.
- RealJimShady, on 11/18/2007, -0/+2I think you're talking about a documentry. There was a documentry on this topic.
- Mark4483, on 11/18/2007, -1/+3yeah, the math they use it isn't anything harder than undergraduate probability and statistics. (after all, it is "only" a card game)
What makes card counters amazing (no matter what school they are from) is how fast they are able to multitask counting cards, judge shoe sizes, "calculate" the proper bets and still look like they aren't cheating. I put calculate in quotes only because with the amount of practice they do everything is pretty much from memory.
This stuff is all standard card counting technique. It was the TEAM effort which made it so successful. - aj94109, on 11/18/2007, -4/+6 ***** that they changed the main guy in the movie to not Asian. That was a big part of the real story in the book.
- RealJimShady, on 11/18/2007, -0/+2Many years ago I read an article which I believe has inspired the book/movie. And from memory, the hot women actually played a central role in their whole scam.
- jpop, on 11/19/2007, -1/+2Undoubtably. Hollywood has re-make and sequalitis of the brain.
- RoshanK, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1thats like a lose-lose situation
- Super6, on 11/18/2007, -1/+2Yeah, the history channel shows on this were good. In fact, there are up there with the drug series and alcohol series for the best documentaries, in my mind.
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