21

Who: Rochelle & Bob
What: 21
Where: (Stinky) Pleasure Island AMC
Why: Sounded good, we were available, and had free passes

This was an interesting movie. Kevin Spacey plays a professor at MIT who puts together a team of really smart people to go to Las Vegas and win big money through card counting. The main character, Ben, is this low-key brainiac who needs $300K to attend Harvard Medical School. Spacey's character recruits him to be a part of the team and the story progresses from there. The story starts out a little slow but it gets pretty exciting half way through--just stick with it. It was really neat watching "Ben" transform from this quiet, shy guy to this confident, high-roller young man. He was a good guy in the fast lane but all along he treats his mom well. He learns some valuable lessons about friendship and you get a glimpse of what it would be like to be swimming in money. The best part was when the professor asks a statistical question to his class about picking between 3 doors to win a prize. I actually knew the answer! What I found the most intriguing was that "Ben" hid his money in the ceiling of his dorm room. Wads and wads just stuffed behind a panel. While "Ben" was no doubt a genius, wouldn't it have made more sense to put that money in the bank to earn interest! Duh!