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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

21 was a great movie about this

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It...really wasn't a great movie in general nor about card counting. Reasons:

  • Actual people it was based on were all Asian, but they had to put white people in it because Hollywood.
  • The actual people played in Atlantic City which makes sense considering Las Vegas is like 2000 miles away from MIT.
  • When they arrive at the casino, the rag tag cast shows up in style and makes it incredibly obvious that they are all a part of the same group which is like card counting kryptonite.
  • Morpheus delivers the least convincing punch since the 3 Stooges.
  • It takes place well after casinos started shuffling after every hand. The strategy would not have worked in 2008.
  • Dumbass kid stores thousands of dollars in the ceiling of a building where he doesn't even have the only key. Safe deposit boxes are not expensive.
  • MIT uses a 5 point GPA system, so a 4.0 GPA is not terribly impressive.
  • I got a 3.8 from MIT, don't tell anyone that last point.
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The book was called Bringing Down the House, and it was fantastic and written by one (or more) of the MIT students, IIRC.