• ch00f@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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.
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        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.