Uncut Gems movie
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Spoiler Alert if you are still planning on seeing it.
What did people think of the gambling scenes? Francesca isn't a good actor, not sure why he was cast.
The fact that Howard would place a bet without first asking the line was amateur hour; no gambler would do that or the bookie would shade him a full point or two. Also, has any degenerate ever done a parlay that included Winning the Opening Tip? I didn't even know that that was a thing. And would those correlated parlays be allowed? Lastly, no way Mohegan Sun would take that large a bet with props, would they?
I think we all know degenerate gamblers. I don't know one that is as bad as Howard is. Anybody? The movie certainly kept my interest but it isn't going to become a classic.
What did people think of the gambling scenes? Francesca isn't a good actor, not sure why he was cast.
The fact that Howard would place a bet without first asking the line was amateur hour; no gambler would do that or the bookie would shade him a full point or two. Also, has any degenerate ever done a parlay that included Winning the Opening Tip? I didn't even know that that was a thing. And would those correlated parlays be allowed? Lastly, no way Mohegan Sun would take that large a bet with props, would they?
I think we all know degenerate gamblers. I don't know one that is as bad as Howard is. Anybody? The movie certainly kept my interest but it isn't going to become a classic.
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Here ya go bucky
But, we talked to friends of ours saying how bad it was, and they really liked it.
The whole gambling aspect of it was brutal.
I though it was excellent, the casting of non-actors went really well. The pacing was on point. I had a little trouble with Sandler as being too unafraid of physical threats. I recognize the feeling of having a hidden insight (Garnetts increased confidence), but do you monetize that with an opening tip bet, or rather a shots attempted bet? Also the parlay anything at any price at Mohegan Sun seems like an unforced error.
On balance the directing/production/performance was so strong that I really enjoyed it despite the nerds-eye view of the unrealities of sports gamblin it depicts.