Review of Croupier (1998) by Terry M — 04 Sep 2004

[font=Georgia][size=3]Along with 'Blade Runner', I rented this movie again. As you can probably tell, I love Clive movies! With one exception, I love them. I haven't seen them all, or the tv stuff not out on dvd, but I know I will love the rest. Unless it's like the one with Halle that's just awful. [/size][/font].

[font=Georgia][size=3]Okay, the movie. It was interesting (go blond again!) as I live near Atlantic City and have an outsider's knowledge of casino life. You know, just what I hear from the people who do work there and what's in the news. It's always interesting to hear who's in town (what doesn't make it to the media) and what's happening. It's never been that much of an attraction for me, when I turned 21, I don't even think I went there for a while. If anything it's brought better entertainment here, versus having to go to Philly. I know, not such a long drive and not everyone comes here but it's still nice. It's also brought some pretty crappy stuff here, entertainment-wise, at least. I won't even go into everything else it brought. Although the HBO doc last night on 'AC Hookers' was kinda weird. I wondered if they showed it across the country, and I found it on HBO West so I guess they did. What a postcard for the town, huh?[/size][/font].

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I digress. Again. It was interesting for me to hear his views on gambling. How he emphatically proclaimed he didn't gamble through out the movie. Maybe I missed something, a prior addiction problem, although I thought it was because the father had raised him and worked in casinos also. I guess I don't understand gambling or addiction really. I would say I'm addicted to shopping, if I had to pick one thing. I can't say I'm addicted to movies, because it's entertainment and I really don't need one to get through the day. On that note, I don't need to shop to get through the day, either so am I really addicted to shopping? I think my problems are more deep-seated (ooh I spelled it right!) than that. I won't go there because that would use up too much of the old hard drive.

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