The Best Director

Chapter 240 No more blackjack movies! (Ask for a monthly pass!)

"The statement in the movie is correct, the slot machine is indeed that kind of system."

Recently, with the hot release of "t-21-team", card counting and grouping have become the focus of entertainment topics in the United States. The probability of winning the big prize in the slot machine is actually 1/+ every time? Many people know that slot machines are difficult to win; many people don't know that, ordinary people have an illusion, thinking that there are only a dozen symbols, and the odds of winning the lottery are one in a few hundredths, right?

"We have never tried to hide anything. Everyone knows that gambling is an extremely lucky thing. It is the same as buying a lottery ticket. The winning rate of the Powerball jackpot is more than 1 in 100,000,000! But everyone When you are lucky, you have the hope of winning the lottery.”

In an interview with The New York Times, Robert Stewart, a spokesperson for Caesars Entertainment, the parent company of Caesars Palace Casino, explained that for the film's "casino money making remarks", he also said: "Casinos and bars, nightclubs, amusement parks, Movie theaters, etc. are entertainment venues, and people and families spend money to get happiness from them. Our casinos also need operating costs, and we need to make a profit to survive. It is very irresponsible to say that we are vampires."

However, some people suggested that a label similar to "Smoking is harmful to health" should be pasted on the machine shell of the slot machine, stating the probability of this money-swallowing machine to spit out money, so that players know that they are doing a game of hundreds of thousands. A choice.

The casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City naturally ignored them, but even though there were no labels on them, since August, the profit of slot machines has been decreasing day by day, and the blackjack tables of the casinos are full, and even There are more tables; and the long-lasting slot machines suddenly lose a lot of customers.

Slot machines are the choice of many ordinary tourists and family travellers, who spend a few pennies and dimes to entertain themselves; among the tourists in casinos nowadays, there are even couples, friends, and families teaming up to count cards. The Thompson family who was interviewed played a game of card counting. The old Thompson said with a smile: "This is really interesting. We just use the high-low method. If you point high, you will bet big, and if you point high, you will not play."

The family of four was asked how their record was, and Thomson, who was in his early years, smiled and said: "I didn't win any money, maybe a bottle of champagne. We don't have this kind of idea of ​​making money. It's just fun. The family plays this kind of secret agent." It’s a team game, it’s not gambling, it’s fun.” Thomson’s younger sister Bertha said: “We design hand signals for ourselves, and our family understands what they mean, which adds a lot of fun to the journey.”

There are not many families of this kind, and it is even more impossible to win big money from the gambling table. The casinos are not worried about the current situation. It is just the center of the storm, and this card counting fever will definitely stop soon. The biggest difference between slot machines and blackjack is not the probability of high or low, it is no need to think, it all depends on luck, and the public will always like slot machines that do not need to think.

After the popularity of "The Hangover\

,"The number of tourists in Las Vegas has increased a lot compared to the same period, and there are a lot more farewell parties; now "t-21-team" has added a bundle of firewood to the fire, and the number of tourists is expected to increase again in the future holidays. This is also a kind of contribution to the city.

"We are very grateful to Fantastic Young for bringing these two films." According to the Los Angeles Times, Las Vegas Tourism Bureau spokesman Jeremy Handel said: "To thank this young man for his contribution to this city For his contribution, we are preparing to apply for an honorary citizen award for him, and welcome him to settle here." As for Miraculous Yang who has arrived in China, he and his team have not responded yet.

It's not just the Las Vegas Tourism Bureau that's talking, but also the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now both it and t students have a new image of "frozen cool". Regarding this kind of influence, which is good or bad, t spokesperson Patty Richards said: "every January, it's t year Once a short-term independent activity program IAP, this program allows departments to provide a series of professional topics that are not in the formal curriculum, allowing students to write research papers and qualifying examinations according to their interests."

"This is why t has a professional topic of 'If you must bet, how can you win?', why there is a history of t-21-team. We encourage students to create and explore, not limited to classroom books, to try various Possibly xìng."

Patty-Richards's final words are rather tactful: "But card counting is just a bad quantitative study. Easy money brings a lot of life and talent loss. If they use their smarts Putting it on other things, today's achievements may be higher."

And many media are not only focusing on star creators such as "t-21-team", Wang Yang, Natalie Terman, etc., they are also digging the background behind this adapted film and Ben Mozrich's adaptation theory. The real story of this is what the public wants to know.

Both "Ston Magazine" and "Ston Globe" reported the difference between the adaptation and the real details, such as the fictional call of strippers to exchange chips, the number of team members in the same period as many as dozens of teams, etc.; "San Francisco Chronicle" , "The New York Times" also reported that the t-21-team didn't disband until the end of the 1990s, that is, the time when Magic Yang picked up the dv, and the reason was that even men dressed as women could not fool the big casinos in the United States, plus the benefits Uneven, far less chic than the movie. ...

They all seem to want to say that in order to make the story exciting, both Miracle Young and Ben Mozrich have made large-scale exaggerated adaptations, and the income of 10,000 per person per year is completely different from the 10,000 per year income of six people.

But how could movie audiences care? Historical epic movies can be adapted, let alone a clearly positioned commercial film? As long as the technology is real and the story is brilliantly adapted, that's fine! Therefore, no matter what the mainstream media reports, the screening halls of "21" in movie theaters are still hot, and the number of people scoring on imdb, Rotten Tomatoes and other websites is increasing, and its box office is also increasing day by day.

When the week from August 8th to 14th became the past, the media and the public once again saw the power of "phenomenal directors". The box office trend of "t-21-team" fell slightly by 33%, and the home theater received 5 North American box office champion in the second week!

It was released for two weeks, and the imdb page score remained at 8.1 points, with 125,846 rating users; after Rotten Tomatoes newly included a lot of movie reviews, the public freshness of 215 articles was 87%, the famous freshness was %, and the audience's favorite rate was also %. And the total North American box office of this gambling film has reached 125.6 million, and the box office is only a few million away from Spielberg's "How to Get Away with Murder".

Maybe a week, two weeks...but it's just a matter of time, amazing percentage drop, amazing results.

"Magic Yang found a beautiful schedule." Yahoo Entertainment commented that this week's box office runner-up was the newly released "Anti-Terrorist SWAT Team", the third place was also a new film, and the fourth place was "American Pie" with 15.21 million yuan. Wan's Pirates of the Caribbean...barely a threat at all, and of course Pirates of the Caribbean is in its 5th week.

And "How to Get Away with Murder" faced opponents in the Christmas and New Year schedule at that time: "The Lord of the Rings 2", "The Hangover", "Mr. Hughes"...

But in any case, the "Magic Young vs. Spielberg" showdown hyped up by the gossip media before has an expected result. Yahoo Entertainment commented: "As before, many impossibilities have become possible. It once proved that as long as you are young, you are full of infinite possibilities. He realized his words and created a new record in the genre! We can only sigh, it is the time of young people (it is the time of Young)."

"Well, although the gap between the two is still far from any aspect, but this time, Magic Yang won."

Opal-e said so in the comment message board of this news, and he is not the only movie netizen who expressed his opinion. Hinton-c commented: "It's hard for me to say which one I like more, they are all Classic, each with its own characteristics. "How to Get Away with the Law" is more elegant and charming, in line with Spielberg's age; "21" is very wanton and crazy, the result of Fantastic Young + Las Vegas."

"I'm leaning more towards the type of film ung was talking about about gambling, or the blackjack type. He totally did it, watched 't-21-team', and I think I'll have a hard time being interesting in blackjack movies in the future unless they're It can be as professional and wonderful as "21"."

Flavia's message received a lot of support, because there are not a few movie viewers who have the same idea. Garrison-n, whose profile picture is a white youth, wrote: "Whether the story itself is blackjack card counting, or part of the story , I hope that no one will use "Rain Man" and "The Hangover" to confuse us. It used to be possible but not now. You can't do it? Then let him directly play the slot machine to win the prize, forget it !"

"This question won't be there, will there be a blackjack movie in the future?" Wortley-1 wrote: "What's the story, what card counting team is cooler than the team?" Another user Baird -f Followed by writing: "No one dares to challenge "21" in card counting, that would be too stupid! Most flame movie will remake this story later, watch it."

Ramengana, whose profile picture is a white girl, sighed and wrote: "What a pity! "21" made me very interested in card counting. I want to see more card counting movies and capture those hateful casinos, but Fantastic Young has filmed it to the end, why—!”

Movie fans are not the only ones who think so. The film critic Roger Ebert, who gave "21" two thumbs up, also said in his film review: "Magic Yang made 21 points lead a whole world." A good pension, gone from Hollywood, good job!"

"This is what I call card counting, and this is what I call a casino table movie!" Roger Ebert seemed to have a soft spot for Fantastic Young's movies, and praised a director for the seventh time in a row. I feel incredible: "When I watch Miracle Yang's movies now, I always have high expectations and a more critical look, but he always satisfies people every time, making you want to scold him for nothing. "

"This is a very wonderful entertainment blockbuster. Watching the group of college students sweep the casino, I was so excited that my mouth trembled a little! This is much more interesting than Michael Bay's boring explosions. I can't believe " He also filmed "Into the Deadly Island" and it was a horrible experience! Fortunately, there is still this young man."

The old man Albert continued his acrimonious film review style. While evaluating "21", he did not forget to ridicule "Absolute Police 2", and used it as a comparison: "I feel really happy. Magic Young is like a man without The haven of bad movies is so safe. This movie makes me feel young again, so beautiful and indulgent, the film technology in it is very elaborate, but the most fascinating thing is the boldness of the film, smart people control the world! "

"I was telling a story from the first second until the end of the credits. What kind of story is it telling? "Song and Dance Youth Net" is like a high school student with good character and learning, warm and sunny; and this "21 ", is an unrestrained crazy college student who is not afraid of anything and can do anything. Of course it is in accordance with the law. They still dare not take a bomb to play everywhere. But this kind of rational madness and calm arrogance is what I am The most appreciated treatment!"

After commenting and praising a lot of film content and the performances of the actors one by one, Roger Ebert's film review finally said: "After watching this film, I felt a bit like 'that', and it was with you. 'That' with those porn magazine covers down there, very-d!"

At the beginning of the third week of the box office list, there were 4 more movies released on a large scale this week, the skateboarding movie "Grinding" and the comedy "Spicy Baby"; Kevin Costner, who won the Oscar for best director at the age of 36, directed and starred in the new work "Infinity", will this western romance continue the golden raspberry or turn salted fish over?

However, among the four films, the new film that has received the most attention from filmmakers and is predicted by the media to take away the box office champion of "21" week is Hong Kong director Yu Rentai's horror action film "Freddy vs. Jason" directed by New Line Company. The two killers in the two horror series "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th" met unexpectedly. It vowed to kill a bloody road in 14 theaters. "21" seems to be time to give way.

It is about to give way in North America, but it has just begun in overseas regions. This time, there is no global simultaneous release, because it is not a big production after all, and there are market instability factors such as Chinese-American male protagonists. Overseas theater companies are unwilling to take the risk of making so many copies. To carry out some business cooperation, Flame Films has given the rights to certain countries of "21" to other companies.

With the arrival of the 15th and 16th, t-geniuses have logged into the United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Germany... and many other countries with strong votes, and of course there are three places on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

What kind of performance will "21" perform overseas, and can it collect the 188 million overseas box office of "How to Get Away with Law"? How much box office will there be in mainland China, where the promotion work is booming? These topics that countless movie fans care about are still unknown.

"Yan, are you really not coming back tonight?"

In Beverly Hills, Los Angeles at night, in the spacious living room of the house, Jessica was walking around holding a phone. Although she had been gone for less than a week, she talked on the phone every day, but she missed him very much in her heart. Going to pick up the plane, but also self-quarantine... Hearing that Wang Yang, who was in Beverly Hills over there, said that he could not return and would be quarantined for three days, Jessica said anxiously: "Go home! Immediately! You After entering the country safely, how could there be any SARS? I don’t care.”

Hearing the word me, Wang Yang, who just got out of the car and was about to walk towards the hotel gate, felt very warm in his heart, and also had an urge to rush home, but! He was wearing a mask, and his voice was a bit vague: "But I care, I don't want you to be in danger of getting SARS! Just in case, Jesse, I'll stay away from you for three days, let those damn viruses go away , and then travel.”

"What kind of virus, there is no such thing at all!" Jessica couldn't help laughing, she sat down on the sand with a huff, leaned on the back of the sand, and said, "I'm not so weak, I can even get infected with viruses that don't exist, look, my The cold is gone! There are others who need to be quarantined for seven days, what are you doing for three days?" She smiled and said, "Is it the countdown to the New Year?" Wang Yang then said in surprise: "Oh, that's right, do I have to quarantine for seven days?"

"Go home!" Jessica said weakly. She looked at the familiar furniture arrangement around her, and Danny, who was lying on his side not far away, seemed to be unable to cheer up without him. It was gentle, and said softly to the microphone: "I miss you."

Wang Yang stopped in his tracks, and looked up at the night sky and the surrounding bright streetscape with his cell phone in his hand. There were sporadic pedestrians coming and going, and the assistant Susan McCarthy who was walking in front also stopped suspiciously. Wang Yang suppressed the impulse in his heart, and said in a gentle voice: "I miss you too, but I can't help but miss you when I go back." He chuckled a few times, and said seriously: "Including tonight, I will quarantine tomorrow! Tomorrow See you tonight, okay? Counting down is fine, and having a buffer of time makes me feel at ease."

"Well, well, I'm going to sleep, and you should also have a good rest, good night, baby!" Thinking that it might not be a good thing for him to "quarantine" quietly for a whole night on a plane, Jessica squeaked through the microphone He took a sip and said with a smile: "Bye!" Wang Yang said: "Bye!"

Putting down the phone, she got up and walked upstairs in her slippers.

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