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  • "The Card Counter" Paul Schrader loses it SPOILERS!!!

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 7 23:20:34 2021
    This movie was fine, a contemplative study of a soldier turned card-counter who has a dark past. But, the event at the end was so incredibly STUPID it drove the movie down. No, not the torture scene (which we don't see anyway), the part where the kid
    decides to face-down a professional soldier with a pellet gun!! The whole point was, until that event, the kid displayed NO such stupidity. It just came off as ridiculous.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11196036/?ref_=tt_urv

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  • From JG Rove@21:1/5 to RichA on Mon Mar 6 14:54:26 2023
    On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 1:20:35 AM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
    This movie was fine, a contemplative study of a soldier turned card-counter who has a dark past. But, the event at the end was so incredibly STUPID it drove the movie down. No, not the torture scene (which we don't see anyway), the part where the kid
    decides to face-down a professional soldier with a pellet gun!! The whole point was, until that event, the kid displayed NO such stupidity. It just came off as ridiculous.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11196036/?ref_=tt_urv

    And the soldier is back in Leavenworth for a civilian homicide. This movie wasted it's potential.

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  • From Irish Mike@21:1/5 to RichA on Thu Mar 9 05:37:07 2023
    On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 2:20:35 AM UTC-5, RichA wrote:
    This movie was fine, a contemplative study of a soldier turned card-counter who has a dark past. But, the event at the end was so incredibly STUPID it drove the movie down. No, not the torture scene (which we don't see anyway), the part where the kid
    decides to face-down a professional soldier with a pellet gun!! The whole point was, until that event, the kid displayed NO such stupidity. It just came off as ridiculous.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11196036/?ref_=tt_urv

    Absolutely one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Period!
    Nonsensical plot, terrible, terrible acting, horrible score and a
    rock bottom low budget. And if you have an interest in playing
    poker, as I do, don't bother. There is nothing in this mess about
    real poker. It looks like a group of high school seniors
    scrapped together a few $thousand bucks, wrote this silly mess
    and filmed it over the weekend! Don't waste your time!

    Irish Mike

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  • From bingo jones@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 15 14:57:19 2023
    schrader's wife mary beth hurt has alzheimer's. they live in the same
    assisted living home. he doesn't have dementia but lives there too to keep
    her company, though they are in separate units.

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