Comments on: American Casino http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/09/03/american-casino/ Serving the opinion leaders of Long Island Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Foreclosure Recap – Week #35 | ForeclosureListings.com http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/09/03/american-casino/comment-page-1/#comment-3245 Foreclosure Recap – Week #35 | ForeclosureListings.com Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:34:57 +0000 http://www.longislandpress.com/?p=29906#comment-3245 [...] The Long Island Press brings us a story about a movie called American Casino, which basically is a film about the issues on Wall Street and how it has affected the mortgage and real estate industry among other areas of our life. The story gives a nice overview about the film and it might just make you want to go give it a view as well. [...] [...] The Long Island Press brings us a story about a movie called American Casino, which basically is a film about the issues on Wall Street and how it has affected the mortgage and real estate industry among other areas of our life. The story gives a nice overview about the film and it might just make you want to go give it a view as well. [...]

]]> By: Timothy Connolly http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/09/03/american-casino/comment-page-1/#comment-3201 Timothy Connolly Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:18:37 +0000 http://www.longislandpress.com/?p=29906#comment-3201 Gee whiz, Prairie! Leslie Cockburn illuminates a dismal situation, in an effort to...what, exactly? You see, I'm a "bread and circuses" kind of guy. I would have been right at home in ancient Rome, enjoying gladiators gettin' jiggy wit it at the Coliseum. Does "American Casino" sound like something I'd want to donate 90 minutes of my busy schedule to watching? Hmmm. I did squirm through Michael Moore's "Roger And Me" once upon a time. I sure wouldn't mind having those 90 minutes back again. I already know what I'd do with those 90 minutes too. I'd march right into the movie theater where I was working at the time, and ask a certain cute blonde girl if she'd like to join me for a cup of coffee. All that aside though, I'm sure "American Casino" is a powerful film, meant to expose things, and to enrage us, and so on. Maybe it's a necessary film. And maybe it's some people's idea of a good time. I don't know about that last bit. The one thing I am sure of, is that I will not be watching this film. I'll be keeping busy with "bread and circuses". And maybe that's my loss. ~T Gee whiz, Prairie! Leslie Cockburn illuminates a dismal situation, in an effort to…what, exactly? You see, I’m a “bread and circuses” kind of guy. I would have been right at home in ancient Rome, enjoying gladiators gettin’ jiggy wit it at the Coliseum.

Does “American Casino” sound like something I’d want to donate 90 minutes of my busy schedule to watching? Hmmm. I did squirm through Michael Moore’s “Roger And Me” once upon a time. I sure wouldn’t mind having those 90 minutes back again. I already know what I’d do with those 90 minutes too. I’d march right into the movie theater where I was working at the time, and ask a certain cute blonde girl if she’d like to join me for a cup of coffee.

All that aside though, I’m sure “American Casino” is a powerful film, meant to expose things, and to enrage us, and so on. Maybe it’s a necessary film. And maybe it’s some people’s idea of a good time. I don’t know about that last bit. The one thing I am sure of, is that I will not be watching this film. I’ll be keeping busy with “bread and circuses”.

And maybe that’s my loss.

~T

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