Rounders 2 Nowhere Close To Being Real

Matt Damon

The guys that so beautifully wrote Rounders, the 1998 movie that started the Texas hold ‘em craze, have stated that they want to do a sequel. Brian Koppelman and David Levien say that is something they “plan to do”.

As of yet though there are no concrete plans, but Koppelman told MTV “we made promises to a lot of people that we won’t do it if we can’t find a way for it to not suck”. That’s encouraging because it means that they will take it seriously and not just try to cash in on the original movie.

As far as plot goes, “We have this idea that we really want to pick these characters up down the road. So it is something we plan to do, we just don’t have it on the calendar yet” says Levien.

Ed Norton recently said that he would be down for a sequel if the writers return. Matt Damon may be a harder sell, considering how much his career has exploded recently with his successful Bourne franchise. He doesn’t need to do this film if he doesn’t like the screenplay.

Honestly I do see this movie being made someday. Rounders was too entertaining to pass up on a sequel, but it might have to wait until Damon has a tough stretch in his career and needs an extra paycheck.

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DVD Profile: Dogma

Kevin Smith’s supernaturally religious tale is intelligent and thought provoking. If you have ever questioned organized religion and found funny little contradictions from the churches hierarchy, you need to see this movie.

The film follows the tale of two fallen angels trying to find a way back into heaven. Bethany, a woman who has lost her faith, is charged with the quest of stopping them. It turns out that if the two angels are successful on their mission then existence will end.

The movie also includes Jay and Silent Bob, as two prophets. The two play their usual roles. Jay as the crude, and sometimes unintentiona,l hero. Bob, as the silent, but wise sidekick.

Cast

Director: Kevin Smith

Screenwriter: Kevin Smith

Stars: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Alan Rickman, Salma Hayek

Rotten Tomatoes: 67%

Reviews

James Byron Clark of South Lemon: This movie made me think, those are the types of films that I am generally drawn to the most. Dogma was no exception. It, like all Kevin Smith movies, is dialogue driven. There are no shortages of  ”mini lectures” on moral issues and our view of religion in our lives. This is one of my favorite films. Sometimes I watch it for a laugh, sometimes to spark inspiration.

Philip Martin of  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Dogma is a film that employs blasphemy as a marketing technique.
It is, on the other hand, a surprisingly tender and humane movie that seems touchingly confident of God’s sense of humor and infinite patience with his most favored creatures. Smith may well be — as he’s claimed — a man of faith. His argument is not so much with Christianity’s traditions as with its bureaucracies and the bigotry induced by literal-minded certainty. If the film is not quite honest — and it’s not, it sets up a kind of trendy straw Catholicism that doesn’t fairly reflect the attitudes of most devout church members — it does have the considerable virtue of being a very funny movie.

In Summary

Unless you have serious reservations about films that question religion or movies that make you think; this should be a no brainer for your DVD collection.

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Rounders 2 a possibility

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