![]() ![]() Think about watching this movie as someone who doesn't play poker. The only real difference is that Mike gets lucky and doesn't lose his shirt again. This is classic compulsive gambler behavior. When he successfully gambles it up to have enough to pay back his debt, he continues gambling with it anyway, to try to catch back up on all his previous losses so he can run off to Vegas. ![]() Mike borrows $10K from his law professor to go gamble with. His point in beating the games straight-up to pay back Gramma seems more like an ego thing than doing what's right.Īnd I mean, okay, gambooooool, but let's be blunt here. But over the course of the movie, it's made pretty clear that he has no real moral qualms with cheating and will readily participate in it. Yeah, I know, in the end he insists on beating the games straight-up and eschews Worm's tactics. But the more times I've watched it, the more I've realized that our intrepid hero Mr McDermott is a bit of a piece of shit. You say a line from that movie, and I immediately know the whole context it came from. It's one of my favorite movies, and I've watched it countless times. ![]()
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