Hi, I'm 50 years late but gotta say...I was hooked. The writing, the characters, the family, the story, the structure, the conflict, the accuracy of the roller coaster one goes through while gambling, felt the lows and the highs and was all in.
And Caans character was killer - love the writing and not making him a cliched degenerate who is some drab sad sap lonely clam the bartender cuts off - nope, he's got a prestigious job, recognition, a loving family, a beautiful girlfriend who would kill for him, and let's not forget style. In fact, he's so fly he buys button up shirts, doesn't even need to button them...tho that may just be a Caan thing. Everyone's rooting for this guy, even the bookies hurt to see him lose.
I'm all in.
Up until the last five minutes. WTF was that? Did the writer hand over the script and say yall finish it, it's basically done and someone completely fubar'd it?? WHO WROTE THAT GARBAGE ENDING? Cus you almost, ALMOST, ruined it. Good thing the other 95% was killer, cus that at the end...complete nonsense. You don't have to give us a fairytale ending, but that?? Nope, it stunk -- you hear me? S-T-U-N-K.
And Caans character was killer - love the writing and not making him a cliched degenerate who is some drab sad sap lonely clam the bartender cuts off - nope, he's got a prestigious job, recognition, a loving family, a beautiful girlfriend who would kill for him, and let's not forget style. In fact, he's so fly he buys button up shirts, doesn't even need to button them...tho that may just be a Caan thing. Everyone's rooting for this guy, even the bookies hurt to see him lose.
I'm all in.
Up until the last five minutes. WTF was that? Did the writer hand over the script and say yall finish it, it's basically done and someone completely fubar'd it?? WHO WROTE THAT GARBAGE ENDING? Cus you almost, ALMOST, ruined it. Good thing the other 95% was killer, cus that at the end...complete nonsense. You don't have to give us a fairytale ending, but that?? Nope, it stunk -- you hear me? S-T-U-N-K.