Poker Movies - Any Good ones out there ? ? ?

pocketdooz

Does anyone know of any good poker films out there ?

Not "Rounders" or "The Deal" please. . .



Thanks

KevIRL

The Grand is decent, some laughs in it

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427998/

www.thegrandthemovie.com

Edited your OP btw. No asking for where to find movies online allowed on boards.

zuutroy

I thought The Grand was awful.

pocketdooz

KevIRL wrote: »

The Grand is decent, some laughs in it

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427998/

www.thegrandthemovie.com

Edited your OP btw. No asking for where to find movies online allowed on boards.

No worries - didn't know that. Thanks

digiman

zuutroy wrote: »

I thought The Grand was awful.

Shocking movies IMO, didn't find it funny at all.

pocketdooz

Wow

Watching The Grand was painful !!

Tar.Aldarion

No good ones.

pocketdooz

Tara Le d'Arion wrote: »

No good ones.

shame, you'd think with all the popularity over the past few years they would have made a few by now

Tar.Aldarion

If you see any post it up.

Slash/ED

Meah I liked the grand. David Cross is a genius, and some of it was funnyish. Nothing special but worth one watch.

Macspower

recent ones I've seen are the grand... meh and Lucky you.... lol at the cheese...

What seems semi interesting with Vince Vaughan is the series TILT .. I've watched 2 episodes from the makers of rounders and it has a few moments....

Love the one where Vince fills his str8 vs donks set of 2's..... he says " you have a set of 2's ...they are like a mackeral in the moonlight....one minute they are nice and shiney and next minute they stink"

mdwexford

The Grand is very funny imo, well worth a watch if your into that Arrested Development/Curb Your Enthusiasm type stuff.

bigslick

+1 for TILT. Have them on dvd and are great entertainment to watch. The makers actually understand poker and it comes through. Done by ESPN, so has credability i guess.

Also its Michael Madsen, not Vince Vaughan :P

ditpoker

i have tilt on dvd if anyone wants it, wont be able to get it to you until august though.

anyone know if any cousins have the grand available?

bigslick

ditpoker wrote: »

i have tilt on dvd if anyone wants it, wont be able to get it to you until august though.

anyone know if any cousins have the grand available?

Could try help out with Tilt as well if few ppl interested.

DIT I have The Grand if ya want

ditpoker

Macspower wrote: »

recent ones I've seen are the grand... meh and Lucky you.... lol at the cheese...

What seems semi interesting with Vince Vaughan is the series TILT .. I've watched 2 episodes from the makers of rounders and it has a few moments....

Love the one where Vince fills his str8 vs donks set of 2's..... he says " you have a set of 2's ...they are like a mackeral in the moonlight....one minute they are nice and shiney and next minute they stink"

also, its not vince vaughan (funny man from wedding crashers, old school) its michael madsen (mean guy from kill bill, reservoir dogs)

pocketdooz

ditpoker wrote: »

i have tilt on dvd if anyone wants it, wont be able to get it to you until august though.

anyone know if any cousins have the grand available?

Pm sent re: grand

[nicK]

not sure if there is such a thing as a good poker movie, yet, but for some good entertainment with poker related goodness.. "the cincinnati kid" and "the sting" must be mentioned..

TripleAce

I saw a movie called "All in" - the story of a girl winning tournaments by fishing and rivering straights every sigle time! If a non-poker player watches the movie and then starts playing poker, happy days for all of us

All in: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475217/

ditpoker

just watched the grand... its... hmmm.... questionable.

pocketdooz

ditpoker wrote: »

just watched the grand... its... hmmm.... questionable.

Agreed - it's fairly brutal to be honest - but the cast aren't bad etc. Depends on what type of comedy you're into I suppose . . .

Tar.Aldarion

Hmm questioning if I should bother getting it from cousins and other thinly veiled phrases.

shanethemofo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338467/

stuey?

And did people not enjoy rounders?

Macspower

bigslick wrote: »

+1 for TILT. Have them on dvd and are great entertainment to watch. The makers actually understand poker and it comes through. Done by ESPN, so has credability i guess.

Also its Michael Madsen, not Vince Vaughan :P

correct...... must get round to watching the rest of it

Macspower

TripleAce wrote: »

I saw a movie called "All in" - the story of a girl winning tournaments by fishing and rivering straights every sigle time! If a non-poker player watches the movie and then starts playing poker, happy days for all of us

All in: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475217/

yeah saw this too..... low budget tripe I thought.... but good point about the poker

jimmii

I'd imagine the reason why there are no decent poker movies are that the regular public would not understand why a well played poker hand was any good but a Royal flush vs four ace they understand! There are probably some low budget films done by people who understand the game and aren't under pressure to make something "entertaining" that the studios are going to like.

cokedrinker

MAVERICK
CASINO ROLYALE

Nah, yea stuey and cinninnati kid are good

jimmii

Are we talking films with poker in them or poker films. Plenty of decent films with a few poker clips in. Does anyone here watch Hustle? Some really bad poker scenes in that. Good programme all the same though.

pocketdooz

jimmii wrote: »

Are we talking films with poker in them or poker films. Plenty of decent films with a few poker clips in. Does anyone here watch Hustle? Some really bad poker scenes in that. Good programme all the same though.

Was really talking about poker films but either or at this stage . . .

high roller was OK, Michael Imperioli (spelling?) portrays him quite well I thought. The book, the Man behind the Shades was class - worth a read imo

g.quagmire

[nicK] wrote: »

not sure if there is such a thing as a good poker movie, yet, but for some good entertainment with poker related goodness.. "the cincinnati kid" and "the sting" must be mentioned..

Agreed classic films "the sting" is in my top 5 of all time favourite movies a must see for OP IMO.

robinlacey

california split is really good,its a seventies robert altman film with elliot gould

DeadParrot

TILT is a brilliant show, its a shame it got cancelled. A lot of the pros complained about it.

You played that like you had a pair.

No I played it like that becasue I HAVE a pair.

Brilliant line

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Turn the River (2007) is meant to be good. Has good reviews on imdb. available from cousins

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811128/

YULETIRED

Hawkeye. The Last of the Greenhorns It's set in Vegas it a bit like dumb and dumber only slighly less believable

glenjamin

TripleAce wrote: »

I saw a movie called "All in" - the story of a girl winning tournaments by fishing and rivering straights every sigle time! If a non-poker player watches the movie and then starts playing poker, happy days for all of us

All in: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475217/

Awful, awful film!! The only highlight was the appearences of John Juanda and Eric Seidel.

lillou

Turn the river... Is that comedy or serious?

anyone in it?

Clareman

I'm watching Maverick at the moment, I remember watching it when I was younger and trying to figure out if other people did the same things when they were playing cards for matches (they did), I wonder why I'm a degenerate now

Anyone know whey The Grand can be watched on DVD??

pocketdooz

Just watched The Sting, class movie

Also watched Stuey a few days ago - very good

davidgti

lillou wrote: »

Turn the river... Is that comedy or serious?

anyone in it?

rubbish imo:(

CelticPhantom

Which would be better?

"Stuey" or "High Roller"?

pocketdooz

I think they are the same, Stuey and High Roller. Hard to find though. I can't get it anywhere online and block buster etc.

Samson

pocketdooz wrote: »

I think they are the same, Stuey and High Roller. Hard to find though. I can't get it anywhere online and block buster etc.

R1 version available here:
http://www.playusa.com/DVD/Region_1/3-/586288/-/Product.html?searchstring=high+roller

Disco.John

Every now and then I go on youtube and watch short poker movies,heres some of my fav's

tylerdurden94

I thought stuey was brutal your man from The Sopranos was awful in it, i like The Grand i thought it was funny when i got it first it had a big watermark in the bottom of the screen which was really annoying but the other day i got a proper version and its perfect.

Heisenberg.

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pocketdooz

The Scientist wrote: »

How did you see this already?

PM sent re:

davidgti

The Scientist wrote: »

How did you see this already?

yea same here cant find it anywhere

Tar.Aldarion

There's PMS? I want PMS!

tylerdurden94

PM's sent.

Tar.Aldarion

The girl in the grand is hot. There are some hilarious lines in an average film. 'It might be pleasant to discuss strategy in a quiet social setting, we could use our vouchers for the same restaurant at the same time and sit at the same table'
'I like chinese' '...people?'

mewso

High Roller is not a poker movie. Good or bad there is virtually zero poker in it and unfortunately not that much insight into Stuey really.

The Grand good or bad does have poker in it as does Rounders and Lucky You. Lucky You when I think about it is the only movie that kind of took the traditional sports movie type approach. Didn't work that well but it's mildly entertaining.

Deal with Burt Reynolds is out on DVD soon. Str8 to DVD mind you so I expect a masterpiece.