Saturday, July 30, 2005

a non-poker post: wedding crashers

If you know what "ear muffs," "beautiful babies" or "You're so money" mean, go see Wedding Crashers.
Fans of Old School and Swingers will be happy to see Vince Vaugn back in Double Down Trent mode.
This is a funny, funny movie, especially for the first hour or so. It does lose steam towards the end, but there are still some good payoffs in the final scenes, and the first part is so funny it more than makes up for any shortfall later.
There is some nudity, and a lot of juvenile, crude sex gags and jokes. That's part of what makes it so funny. I saw it with my wife and her best friend, and both of them were cracking up, so most of the content won't offend your average woman. It is a 'guy movie' in the best sense (though the second part veers dangerously close to chick-flick with the romance of Owen Wilson's character), but one that most women will also really enjoy.

In order to tie this post into poker in some way, at one point Vaugn's character uses the expression, "I'm going to put my cards on the table."
This phrase has entered the vernacular to mean, I'm going to be completely honest.
Of course, the origin is from poker, meaning, 'show my hand' or reveal what I'm holding.

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