Ed Norton played the snake friend so unbelievably well. Have met people like this in my life and they'll turn you on your head before you even know it.
You forget Worm was in prison for not telling, that is why he had Mike's loyalty in the first place. Worm's character is more the scorpion and the frog, it's his nature.
I'm so glad I watched this movie when I was young and learned that Worm isn't the type of friend you want to have later on life. They will drag you down hard.
you too haha. Happens all the time, kinda goes with the turf. What's really bad is when you go do something else, come back 3 hours later, and forgot that you jacked the volume up so much on the last video you watched :)
Worm is the kind of guy who cheats everybody, including his friends, but when there's a gun to his head and it's about to go off, he's thinking: "I wonder where I went wrong..."
Such a good movie. Could easily be made into a TV series that's how good it was as it had so many characters with so many different angles it could go on.
That's the point. Wasting opportunities and not appreciating what he has. The moment he gets it he's stripping parts of it off and throwing it on the street. Great character subtlety.
After Maurice realized he couldn't beat the sketchy underground card world of NYC, he had an epiphany, went back to med school, and later resurfaced as one of the finest ER doctors at Country General in Chicago. Quite the turnaround!
“The guy sees all the angles but doesn’t have the stones to play one” -Worm And then a little down the line in the movie, Mike says this exact thing to Knish. Point of the story, watch who you hang around, they’re influencing you
And poker players who watch this movie, don't get too influenced by it, most of those guys are or will end up broke. The Knish character was based on a real guy who did play for a living but he got his name from having a route of trucks delivering pastries. If you are going to live a risky life, always have a stream of regular income you can rely on. Most people just notice he seems to be careful and doesn't risk his bankroll. That's just a part of things.
The truly tragic thing here is that Worm has the skill and potential to be a good and clean player. But he instead chooses to play dirty. It's a shame really.
Worm has the traits of someone with antisocial personality disorder, one of them is a need for stimulation and impulsiveness and a lack of forward thinking. He engages in risky behaviours and seeks out risky situations because he grows bores without the thrill. People with APD also can have a grandiose sense 9f self, so telling him the Russians are mob guys likely only makes it more enticing to cheat them.
Everything to me felt so believable in this scene. For some reason I could real feel the disappointment for both characters at the very end when instead of meeting Worm at Stromboli’s in half-an-hour he’s got to meet his study group and then get ready for work.
Mike had his Life going Great for him until he went and Picked up Worm from Prison, I kinda would’ve gotten Back in the Game couple times but not quit School, Some Friends even Familia will put you in that Fucked up Situation
Now the game is filled with rich degenerate donkeys. Or degenerate donkeys, that watch poker vlogs and want to get rich quick at cash games. They are soooo bad, but somehow get there at the end despite all the odds stacked against them. The game isn’t the same. Not even like it was 10 years ago. These people will push you all in with J-10 suited and flop the world, tell themselves they’re pro, and then their buddies do the same thing. If they lose, then mommy and daddy gives them 5k and they’re right back at it. The game is filled with it now.
Interesting detail, don't know whether is intentional: they spoke about Knish and just like that you can see "Knishes" label on the yellow/red sign that hot-dog seller reveals for a while at that moment.
@@RileyHarrisVFX just being a smart ass... your supposed to say what u have all.at once... to say u have a pair and reveal your second pair after the fact is usually not allowed... i forget the term for it... and hes telling maurice basically like u knew i had the 7s, becauae card players can read people and know hands.... i hope i explained it well.. if your not a card player its hard to explain.. not that im a card playee of any calibur but some family members of mine are Edit: its called.SlowRolling
@@5280PolotheKid We all know what a slow roll is ... he even says it in the clip "You slowrolled me" .... slowrolling is not against the rules but its considered really bad etiquette that would get you a beating in certain places and in the old days would have got you shot on the spot.
What I never understood about this movie is that any decently intelligent person in the poker world knows EXACTLY what a Mechanics Grip looks like.... how the hell can Worm just be hitting up all these Poker clubs, who you'd assume have security people, and not expect to get spotted like 30 minutes into him dealing?
@@RolandRonald-r1z Ok so he can only stack the deck when he deals..... how many times does he win big pots when he is dealing, with a mechanics grip, before its obvious? An hour? Two?
The Worm character reminds me of a guy I knew in high school and in my earlier 20's who was just trouble. He had a decent personality and sense of humor but when you hung out with him you knew trouble would be right around the corner. Oddly enough he ended up getting in trouble with gambling himself except it was blackjack and not poker. He was like an adrenaline junky and always thought he could somehow outsmart the system and maybe he could temporarily but he would eventually get caught. He always had some scam or angle he was playing and was not a straight forward person. Eventually I had to walk away from him.
I'm 33, just found out my girlfriend is pregnant. I did 3.5 years in my mid-20s so, like Worm, I always feel behind. I'm just not sure how I'm gonna be able to sit around at home all day or get a real job like she wants. I have to hustle. It's like an itch that needs to be scratched every single day.
A little late but: “hey Mike, you here to play? We need some need some new blood - they’re putting a bracelet on me tomorrow for 4 months. I’m already stuck 2 racks!”
Worm eats the hot dog dirtying his hands, and then keeps touching and dirtying Mikes nice expensive coat. I wonder if that was a deliberate metaphor from the director.
I doubt very much he let those Russian guys win, but Matt Damon‘s character was brilliant good friend and said his buddy has been playing poker for 15 years making a living I know what make a living is working on this goddamn truck😂
Worm...he says it himself...doesn't see the big picture. Sure he can take a mark down...but in that circle, with those guys? how many times can he do it? once? twice? and then its time to face the music as Mike says...
Matt Damon absolutely kicked the crap out of his buddy Ben Affleck in the 15 years after Good Will Hunting, as far as making good movies. He did Rounders, the Jason Bournes, Saving Private Ryan, the Oceans movies, The Departed and others, while Ben was doing Gigli and some other crap.....it wasn't till The Town in 2010 that Ben finally started catching up, and made a few good ones.
Hey Mike, you here to play? Come on, we need some new blood. They're putting a fucking bracelet on me tomorrow for 4 months, I'm really stuck to rocks.
Tough men wow Anthony We do no need tought business anymore we need him miracle workers lawyers or docotr lawyers prefer more be cautious be careful about your next level of generation sir please once once once once once once once once soul men brothers
Someday I'm going to show my son this video under the topic of "how not to eat a hot dog." You don't use your finger to spread the ketchup, especially after getting up from a poker game where you handled the same chips, cards, etc. as a thousand other less-than-hygenic people. Bleh.
I thought Worm was a bad guy until he clarified that he was "distributing" credit cards rather than printing them.
I loved Matt Damon and Edward Norton’s chemistry in this movie. They played off of each other well.
They need to make another movie together.
Agree 100%
Extremely well, yes yin and yang
they sucked ea other off between scenes too
@@quickbakeVery specific fantasy you have there.
Ed Norton played the snake friend so unbelievably well. Have met people like this in my life and they'll turn you on your head before you even know it.
Scumbags
yeah poker attracts sometimes very undesirable company
Edward Norton plays anything and everything he’s in unbelievably well.
@@Luka23567 exactly what they are
You forget Worm was in prison for not telling, that is why he had Mike's loyalty in the first place. Worm's character is more the scorpion and the frog, it's his nature.
I'm so glad I watched this movie when I was young and learned that Worm isn't the type of friend you want to have later on life. They will drag you down hard.
Ah, yes. Nothing like having to turn up the volume because the sound is too low, then getting blasted in the end.
you too haha. Happens all the time, kinda goes with the turf. What's really bad is when you go do something else, come back 3 hours later, and forgot that you jacked the volume up so much on the last video you watched :)
Dude complain about the shitty place the world is heading. Not this.
Damon and Norton, two of my fav actors of all time, in a movie together, about Gambling. Heaven :)
This movie is so good. SUPER well cast, and very well acted. One of my absolute favorites!
Worm is the kind of guy who cheats everybody, including his friends, but when there's a gun to his head and it's about to go off, he's thinking: "I wonder where I went wrong..."
It’s a lil different than that because I was worm
Well put. Worm reminds me of Jonah hills character in war dogs. A guy who will also screw anyone over when given the chance.
Yes the lobby music at the end is the most important part, lets get those volume levels UP UP UP!
Such a good movie. Could easily be made into a TV series that's how good it was as it had so many characters with so many different angles it could go on.
I felt how he treated that hotdog was disrespectful.
Threw half of it away. In today’s NYC prices he just dumped 10.00 😂
That's the point.
Wasting opportunities and not appreciating what he has. The moment he gets it he's stripping parts of it off and throwing it on the street.
Great character subtlety.
eating animals lips and assholes is disrespectful
@@astroboirap wtf are you talking about? Don't tell me you're a muslim
@@sjpatrik2 tf? lol that sounds more like a vegan than a muslim to me but strange response even if he was
Norton plays the worm like a charm. Dam he's good.
There is absolutely no talking to Worm...no matter how hard you try to talk sense into him.
that guys plays a weasal really well
After Maurice realized he couldn't beat the sketchy underground card world of NYC, he had an epiphany, went back to med school, and later resurfaced as one of the finest ER doctors at Country General in Chicago. Quite the turnaround!
Edward Norton is one of the best underrated actor.
not at all
No, he’s a very famous actor, in some of the biggest movies ever made. He’s one of my favorite actors lol
Wtf? How is Edward Norton underrated?
Living on hotdogs, playing poker all day.
That is the life
Its awesome!
It's fun for about a month.
Norton played this part so well. Small tendencies like spreading ketchup on the hot dog with his fingers reveal so much about his character.
@Lubomir Radev bum life only if u lose money
@Lubomir Radev but hotdogs are good
Damon and Norton two great actors even to this day
“The guy sees all the angles but doesn’t have the stones to play one” -Worm
And then a little down the line in the movie, Mike says this exact thing to Knish. Point of the story, watch who you hang around, they’re influencing you
Seen this movie 25x and never thought about it that way
Stones? You little pahnk
And poker players who watch this movie, don't get too influenced by it, most of those guys are or will end up broke. The Knish character was based on a real guy who did play for a living but he got his name from having a route of trucks delivering pastries. If you are going to live a risky life, always have a stream of regular income you can rely on. Most people just notice he seems to be careful and doesn't risk his bankroll. That's just a part of things.
Great film.. Matt damon and Ed Norton are class actors.
The truly tragic thing here is that Worm has the skill and potential to be a good and clean player. But he instead chooses to play dirty. It's a shame really.
This movie is a freaknig gem
If you paid attention ... this movie taught you a ton of LIFE lessons..
Worm has the traits of someone with antisocial personality disorder, one of them is a need for stimulation and impulsiveness and a lack of forward thinking. He engages in risky behaviours and seeks out risky situations because he grows bores without the thrill. People with APD also can have a grandiose sense 9f self, so telling him the Russians are mob guys likely only makes it more enticing to cheat them.
The action is the juice
I've known ppl like Worm they're always in prison or jail and if you don't drop em and move on they'll get you in their trouble 💯🔥
Everything to me felt so believable in this scene. For some reason I could real feel the disappointment for both characters at the very end when instead of meeting Worm at Stromboli’s in half-an-hour he’s got to meet his study group and then get ready for work.
Mike had his Life going Great for him until he went and Picked up Worm from Prison,
I kinda would’ve gotten Back in the Game couple times but not quit School,
Some Friends even Familia will put you in that Fucked up Situation
Worm rules. "With those fake Versace shirts & shit?" Then the funniest realization ever. 🤘😁
Back when everyone’s dream was about becoming a World Series of poker champion :)
Still is.
I dreamed I was that good so I wouldn’t have to work. I wanted to punch Norton but he was great in this movie
Not even close....
Now the game is filled with rich degenerate donkeys. Or degenerate donkeys, that watch poker vlogs and want to get rich quick at cash games. They are soooo bad, but somehow get there at the end despite all the odds stacked against them. The game isn’t the same. Not even like it was 10 years ago. These people will push you all in with J-10 suited and flop the world, tell themselves they’re pro, and then their buddies do the same thing. If they lose, then mommy and daddy gives them 5k and they’re right back at it. The game is filled with it now.
*2:21* - *”With* *those* *fake* *Versace* *shirts* *and* *s--t?* *Jesus!”*
I FREAKIN’ LOVE THAT LINE! 😂
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Does anyone get that itch to play poker after seeing this movie!? Lol I’m off to the casino now 😂
DeeJay32 yep, later tonight
Not only do I wanna play poker right now, I'm craving a hot dog with sauerkraut and mustard!
I do a cop game
This movie is what many people think caused the “poker boom” and a lot of pros say that this movie led them to playing
just want a hotdog tbh
Do I have a sign on my back that says save me?!
I wonder if Worm eventually showed up in Vegas after Mike moved there
Part 2 in talks. All other poker movies have fuckng blown hard
Two phenomenal actors ... great movie.
LOL all this time and I just notice the Knishes sign on the food stand.
I would have never noticed. Thx for pointing it out.
Pause at 1:11, they are talking about Knish and the hot dog sign says "KNISHES" lol.
Lol
Jewish references were and still are in abondance in NYC. That's what happens when half the Jewish pop in the country live in NYC.
Knish was named after a player nicknamed Joey Bagels.
@@Mathemagical55 RIP Bagels.
😂
This movie so awesome!
0:27 Goran failing with the thumb flick.
I remember watching this because of my big crush on Matt Damon and now I'm here again because of my big crush on Edward Norton
Lol here for eddie norton too🤭😍
@@nikitadas9671 he's adorable right? :)
Really like Norton's act in this scene, it look natural
Interesting detail, don't know whether is intentional: they spoke about Knish and just like that you can see "Knishes" label on the yellow/red sign that hot-dog seller reveals for a while at that moment.
2 great actors on a screen
Edward, didn’t even offer to buy Matt a hotdog 🌭
Lol “you made me for the 7s Maurice your a player” I would of slapped the shit out of him right there
Organized Chaos what does that mean?
@@RileyHarrisVFX just being a smart ass... your supposed to say what u have all.at once... to say u have a pair and reveal your second pair after the fact is usually not allowed... i forget the term for it... and hes telling maurice basically like u knew i had the 7s, becauae card players can read people and know hands.... i hope i explained it well.. if your not a card player its hard to explain.. not that im a card playee of any calibur but some family members of mine are
Edit: its called.SlowRolling
@@5280PolotheKid
We all know what a slow roll is ... he even says it in the clip "You slowrolled me" .... slowrolling is not against the rules but its considered really bad etiquette that would get you a beating in certain places and in the old days would have got you shot on the spot.
@@5280PolotheKid its called calling your hand thats why some people let the dealer call their hand
If Worm slow-rolled like that in a game of Pre schools teachers, they’d beat the shit out of him. Let alone mobsters. Such a dick move. 🤣🤣🤣
Norton is great in this
Glad he listened to Matt Damon
Cheating and slow rolling? His judgement is so off
Exactly, a guy like him wouldn't make it to 30
He’d get his legs broken cheating in my local casino and it’s a straight place let alone in underground poker.
This was a great movie. I remember seeing this on night, but I’ll tell worm ate that hotdog and he ate and he basically threw half of it away.🤣
I wonder what Worm is up to now. Rounders 2 should explain it...
Buried in some prison cemetery . After cheating the wrong person in jail, and ending up on the wrong end of a shower shiving
He's fish food, is my guess. These types dont stick around long.
He's pumped up about 8 Gs and about to go on a run.
I love how in every movie the hot dog vendor is the ultimate confidant 😂
Buena película
I’m gonna take a a wild guess here and say that he did not make it look good lmao
Worm looks like a skinny Daniel Negreanu. He didn't want to be loosey-goosey at the table eating a sandwich so he ate a hotdog outside.
What I never understood about this movie is that any decently intelligent person in the poker world knows EXACTLY what a Mechanics Grip looks like.... how the hell can Worm just be hitting up all these Poker clubs, who you'd assume have security people, and not expect to get spotted like 30 minutes into him dealing?
it is a movie . no one deals all the hands who is in the game, it rotates.
@@RolandRonald-r1z Ok so he can only stack the deck when he deals..... how many times does he win big pots when he is dealing, with a mechanics grip, before its obvious? An hour? Two?
Worm is a true addict
so did he end up losing their money back to them like he said he would?
Grinding it out on his leather ass. 😂😂
Slow rolling is such a douchebag move. If you learn anything from this movie, it's to never act like Edward Norton's character
I don't slow roll I am just too slow to know what I have.
The Worm character reminds me of a guy I knew in high school and in my earlier 20's who was just trouble. He had a decent personality and sense of humor but when you hung out with him you knew trouble would be right around the corner. Oddly enough he ended up getting in trouble with gambling himself except it was blackjack and not poker.
He was like an adrenaline junky and always thought he could somehow outsmart the system and maybe he could temporarily but he would eventually get caught. He always had some scam or angle he was playing and was not a straight forward person. Eventually I had to walk away from him.
Is that Russian player the same guy from that ER show?
Yes, Goran Visnjic
One of the Russians is the guy who mock executed Christopher in Season 1 of The Sopranos.
Gotta love NYC street Hot Dogs. Mustard and onions help kill the taste of the Hot Dog!
Worm is wormy, but finger sliding that hot dog makes him wormier.
Is it a problem that I totally identify with the Worm character?
Not at all, I lived that lifestyle for nearly two decades, now I’m in my late 40s so I just took it down a notch..” enjoy the journey man!
I'm 33, just found out my girlfriend is pregnant. I did 3.5 years in my mid-20s so, like Worm, I always feel behind. I'm just not sure how I'm gonna be able to sit around at home all day or get a real job like she wants. I have to hustle. It's like an itch that needs to be scratched every single day.
Edward norton is sooo hot
Worm is so unfathomably hot
This guy worm was a probably the worst kind of friend to have.
2:59 So I threw it on the ground! I don't follow your rules of decorum! God doesn't play dice, grinding card man!
A little late but: “hey Mike, you here to play? We need some need some new blood - they’re putting a bracelet on me tomorrow for 4 months. I’m already stuck 2 racks!”
Edward Norton plays the perfect weasel
Ed Norton does pull of the sleazy pimp look quite well. He is like a walking red flag
Goran Višnjić..i cant remember him in this movie
2:58 what a waste of a hot dog
I cant even imagine the look of the guy who sold him that hot-dog, after that move :)
That always bothered me.
"i'm going all in"
*shoves sausage on the table
The sign on my back says "Follow me if you want to live."
Worm eats the hot dog dirtying his hands, and then keeps touching and dirtying Mikes nice expensive coat. I wonder if that was a deliberate metaphor from the director.
I doubt very much he let those Russian guys win, but Matt Damon‘s character was brilliant good friend and said his buddy has been playing poker for 15 years making a living I know what make a living is working on this goddamn truck😂
So weird seeing that miramax logo
Is this film been restored or it always use to look like these.?
Rounders 2 would be nice... They could shoot it in Vegas this time. I dont know if Matt and Eddie is up for it. What do u think?
preposterous
Pretty sure THE SPHERE will make an appearance in the next Bourne film
I wonder if anyone would care for a realistic portrayal which the movie definitely is not..
I watch this every time I go to Vegas or Tahoe or Reno.
Where is PART 2?
kinish... the hot dog stand says kinish on it too lol
Worm...he says it himself...doesn't see the big picture. Sure he can take a mark down...but in that circle, with those guys? how many times can he do it? once? twice? and then its time to face the music as Mike says...
Anybody know who makes Nortons shirt ? 🔥
Heavy
Check out Clowning a Rounders
Didn't know that Matt and Edward did a movie together..
Rounds is a great movie. Must watch if you like those guys.
Matt Damon absolutely kicked the crap out of his buddy Ben Affleck in the 15 years after Good Will Hunting, as far as making good movies. He did Rounders, the Jason Bournes, Saving Private Ryan, the Oceans movies, The Departed and others, while Ben was doing Gigli and some other crap.....it wasn't till The Town in 2010 that Ben finally started catching up, and made a few good ones.
I’m relatable to Mike
ok, now I'm hungry and want a hotdog.
Touch my Black Jacket with hotdog fingers again...
0:25 What does he say?
Hey Mike, you here to play? Come on, we need some new blood. They're putting a fucking bracelet on me tomorrow for 4 months, I'm really stuck to rocks.
Lawyers Galaxy
What a waste of a hotdog 😂
Spoiler: He didn't make it look good.
Tough men wow Anthony We do no need tought business anymore we need him miracle workers lawyers or docotr lawyers prefer more be cautious be careful about your next level of generation sir please once once once once once once once once soul men brothers
Worms a fucking creep.
Hey hey i thought so too NOW i know what WORK is 😆. Iam not going to lose a poker game and then go looking for a real job 😂😂
Someday I'm going to show my son this video under the topic of "how not to eat a hot dog." You don't use your finger to spread the ketchup, especially after getting up from a poker game where you handled the same chips, cards, etc. as a thousand other less-than-hygenic people. Bleh.
Ketchup on a hot dog ? ........................Bleh !
People in casinos washing their hands in the bathroom, you're lucky if it's 50%.....
Blech!
He just got out of prison. If that didn't kill him I doubt he's worried about getting a cold from touching something at the table.
@@IamnotJohnFord great point brad
"HONEY! HE SAID HE HAD JUST JACKS! STUPID INTERNET PLAYER"
Ketchup on a dog? Jesus man