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Ever since I heard that Kevin Spacey<\/a> intended to make a movie version of Ben Mezrich<\/a>‘s book “Bringing Down the House<\/a>,” I knew I would want to go see it. I really enjoyed the book (even though it is coming under fire<\/a> for possible made up facts), love Vegas, and just thought it lent itself to film adaptation.<\/p>\n

They needed about four years to get the film done, and we got to see “21<\/a>” – they changed the name because of the Steve Martin\/Queen Latifah comedy<\/a> a few years ago – in the theater last night.<\/p>\n

For the first hour or so, I really felt like I would head home disappointed. They really oversimplified what Mezrich wrote about and turned it into a fairly shallow story. Then, they threw in a twist that neither Maria or I saw coming, and everything worked out. I usually hate people who whine about spoilers, but I liked what they did so much, I’m going to leave it at that.<\/p>\n

The movie does have plenty of action and fun with decent characters. I did have to hold myself back from complaining about small inconsistencies I found even though I have only visited twice, but most people wouldn’t notice that stuff. All in all, I liked the film.<\/p>\n

I still think they did the book a disservice by leaving out some of the layers of what allegedly went on with the MIT Blackjack team<\/a>. I say allegedly because Mezrich has really come under fire for basically making stuff up. It doesn’t seem as bad as some of the other non-fiction writers who have been busted mainly because he only exaggerated some points while much of the story is true. Still, it will make me look at the book a little closer when I read it again, something I am determined to do after seeing the movie.<\/p>\n

I don’t really know how “21” will fare in “The Brians.” Any non-comedy has its work cut out for it, and I don’t know how much of this will rise to the top, especially with “Forgetting Sarah Marshall<\/a>” next on our list of movies to see. I’d bet on that taking front-runner status pretty quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"