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Entertainment & Artistry => Photography/Video/Movies & TV => Topic started by: Steve on May 22, 2008, 11:45:47 PM

Title: 21
Post by: Steve on May 22, 2008, 11:45:47 PM: I REALLY liked this movie. Great acting, solid story line, and truely entertaining. It was fairly predictable, but it kept attention anyway. First movie in a long time that i truely enjoyed through and through.

9.5/10
Title: Re: 21
Post by: Jake on August 07, 2008, 09:29:56 AM: We watched it last night and enjoyed it as well - 7.5/10
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Post by: Govtcheez on August 07, 2008, 09:46:31 AM: Quote from: RoD on May 22, 2008, 11:45:47 PM
movie in a long time that i truely enjoyed through and through.
Dude the last three movies you rated you've given a 9, 8, and 10.
Title: Re: 21
Post by: Steve on August 07, 2008, 11:34:06 AM: Quote from: Govtcheez on August 07, 2008, 09:46:31 AM
Quote from: RoD on May 22, 2008, 11:45:47 PM
movie in a long time that i truely enjoyed through and through.
Dude the last three movies you rated you've given a 9, 8, and 10.

Right, and you quoted a post from may....
Title: Re: 21
Post by: Govtcheez on August 07, 2008, 11:35:42 AM: Whoa, my bad. I didn't even see that.
Title: Re: 21
Post by: Steve on August 07, 2008, 12:38:09 PM: All good lol
Title: Re: 21
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on August 07, 2008, 03:23:44 PM: Pure POS. I read the book first. 21 was fiction with vague references to reality. Very vague. It was a complete and utter failure in it's representation of the book. It should have been named differently and not associated with the book. BTW the book was great.
Title: Re: 21
Post by: Steve on August 07, 2008, 03:26:37 PM: if you want a book, read a book. It's a movie about counting cards how accurate to the book does it really NEED to be? It's not like your talking bout LOTR here for christ sake.
Title: Re: 21
Post by: hans on August 07, 2008, 04:24:55 PM: I'm with KB, if you're going to do a movie based on a book, it must be verbatim damn it!!!

;)
Title: Re: 21
Post by: hans on August 07, 2008, 04:25:56 PM: Where are kids in the street to yell at when you need them?
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Post by: Mike on August 07, 2008, 04:49:25 PM: Not everything you do in a book translates well (or at all) to the screen.
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Post by: charlie on August 07, 2008, 05:01:29 PM: Yeah... but if it isn't a relatively faithful interpretation of the book, then it shouldn't really be marketed as based on that book.

(Note that I don't know if 21 the movie is marketed as being based on the book you guys are talking about.)
Title: Re: 21
Post by: Steve on August 07, 2008, 05:42:41 PM: big difference between based on a book and being an interpretation of the book.
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Post by: Cshot on August 07, 2008, 07:04:18 PM: 6/10 for me, saw this on a flight one time and was massively disappointed

I should've watched Vantage Point instead!
Title: Re: 21
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on August 07, 2008, 07:15:09 PM: It isn't remotely like the book. I understand some things translate poorly, but this was a completely different story.