Comments on: 21 Website goes Live

By: bfbagain

bfbagain — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:27:32 +0000

Ok people. Who is going to tell these morons that the “Ben: character, on the interactive web site, got the Hi Lo counting system WRONG? The basis of the movie is on an MIT blackjack team – COUNTING CARDS – using the HI LO card counting system. Big cards, e.g., Ten valued cards are NOT valued at +1 but MINUS ONE!!!! Small cards, are NOT valued at -1, but PLUS ONE.

If that example is replayed in this movie, it will become a joke, along with everyone associated with it.

By: nate

nate — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:11:23 +0000

The story is real but the movie is not. The story was first written in wired magazine, you can read the whole story here:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.09/vegas.html

This is also the story when hollywood got the idea or the attention to make the story into a movie:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.05/hollywood.html

Both are a great read and you’ll learn a lot more on the real story behind 21 since the movie looks like it is fictional that will be based on the story.

IMHO, they should have stick to the real story rather than just based the story out of it.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:13:43 +0000

It is, in fact, based on a true story. I saw the doc on it about a month or so ago on one of the cable networks (Discovery Channel). Re-enactments, real video footage…

Will I see the film? No. The doc was more interesting and…Teller’s points are well noted, although the majority of the team were Asian-American, not “all” of them.

But I’ll skip the film simply because it comes off more as a made for TV film.

By: GODFATHER

GODFATHER — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:51:57 +0000

True points thus far: MIT Students went to Vegas and over the course of a few weekends, left with $Millions$; also, they were a team of (I’ve heard) up to 15, but whether they were mostly Asian or not, I don’t recall, although the top money winner was; the real-life story happened almost 10 years ago.

The trailer seems entriguing, but whether the film holds up to the hype? That I don’t think it will. The only thing I’m looking forward to is the little hot actress that seems to get “dirty”. I wonder if there’s any nudity? ;)

By: Teller

Teller — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:37:35 +0000

This movie just gives more Asian people to be angry , seeing as all of the real people who did this , (which the story is based on) are asian.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:36:20 +0000

Saw the preview last week and it looks like it could be a fun film to watch.

And wasn’t Kevin Spacey supposed to have stopped acting to work with theater? Not that I’m complaining…

By: House Money

House Money — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:34:00 +0000

FWIW, the book is called “Bringing Down the House.”

By: Bishop

Bishop — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:46:48 +0000

Honestly now. How many times is this movie going to get made? It feels like you could have a weeklong film festival about an authority figure adopting kids to play cards for him.

Ugh.

By: Billy Holiday

Billy Holiday — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:45:42 +0000

Yeah, I read the book as well, which was great. But who knows if they’ll pull it off. One funny thing is that the people involved were asian, but when they have to bring it to the masses, we get a whitey white hero, and maybe a couple of asians in his crew.

By: Josh Miller

Josh Miller — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:44:10 +0000

That poster screams Ocean’s 11 JR to me for some reason. Maybe that’s not really what I’m thinking of. Basically tha huge angled 21 looks like a rip off of some other movie with a big angled number.

By: Enrique

Enrique — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:00:48 +0000

This movie already exist and even think is canadian i remember watching it not to long ago in cable, was those kind of movie you don’t catch since the begining and just keeps you entertained.

By: Kevin C

Kevin C — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:41:10 +0000

There is a book out there that is supposedly a true story, pretty much identicle to the outline of this movie. The book was awesome. Ill be there to check this movie out, no doubt.