In class we saw half of the movie House of Games. My overall reaction to half of the movie is that it is a great movie. At first, we are introduced to the main character, which is a woman who seems to be a robot. She is blunt and indifferent, as a fan asked for her autograph on her book that she wrote. At first I though she was just a know it all as she was helping out her female patient and that she didn't really care about her patient. However that changed as she looked like she actually does care about her patient when the patient was desperate enough to kill himself if no one helps him as he owed someone thousands of dollars.
She actually went to the person to try to clear his debt away but almost got sucked into a con. The boss was going to get rid of the debt if she helped him win a poker hand against a person that kept on playing with his ring when he is bluffing. She agreed and did what she was told but it wrong and lost a 6,000 dollar hand. The winner of the hand threatened them by taking out his gun and said he was going to shoot them. She was about to write a check but saw the gun was fake as it was a water gun and found out it was con. From there on she was amazed about the art of con and asked to be taught. This was an interesting movie because here is a successful woman and she is amused and wants to learn more about conartists. Also it was interesting how it was all planned out from the patient to the poker game to where we ended.
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