Your Favorite Movie That Takes Place In Las Vegas?
05-24-08, 10:05 AM
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Your Favorite Movie That Takes Place In Las Vegas?
Mine:
Leaving Las Vegas
Why?
It tears down that glamorous wall that people think of when they think of Las Vegas. Vegas is really a shitty, downtrodden town with a really good marketing machine behind it. You never hear about Vegas' homeless problems. You never hear about the bad side of Vegas...only the good.
So, to see a film as daring and as bold as LLV, it's really something. By far, it's the most honest film based in Vegas.
Leaving Las Vegas
Why?
It tears down that glamorous wall that people think of when they think of Las Vegas. Vegas is really a shitty, downtrodden town with a really good marketing machine behind it. You never hear about Vegas' homeless problems. You never hear about the bad side of Vegas...only the good.
So, to see a film as daring and as bold as LLV, it's really something. By far, it's the most honest film based in Vegas.
05-24-08, 10:19 AM
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you nailed the first one that came to my mind in your post...
i suppose my personal favorite is 'Hard Eight'... for some of the same reasons...
i suppose my personal favorite is 'Hard Eight'... for some of the same reasons...
05-24-08, 12:19 PM
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Only part of it takes place in Vegas, but oh well:
Go.
Go.
05-24-08, 12:39 PM
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Leaving Las Vegas and Go are some of my favorites too. Another (obvious one) is Casino - great movie. Very Bad Things is an excellent dark comedy with some scenes in Vegas. I'd also recommend The Cooler and Bugsy.
By the way, if I remember correctly Hard Eight takes place in Reno. As does the underrated California Split - definitely worth seeking out.
By the way, if I remember correctly Hard Eight takes place in Reno. As does the underrated California Split - definitely worth seeking out.
05-24-08, 05:58 PM
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Casino
Ocean's 11
Leaving Las Vegas
Ocean's 11
Leaving Las Vegas
05-24-08, 06:23 PM
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Common no one is going to mention Showgirls. 
05-24-08, 11:10 PM
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Leaving Las Vegas has to be #1 in my book, mostly for reasons mentioned and for being one of the darkest love stories ever.
Casino is a close 2nd because it is the most realistic view of the mob in Vegas ever made. I lived there through some of it, and watched as the mob died and the corporations took over (not for the best BTW).
Casino is a close 2nd because it is the most realistic view of the mob in Vegas ever made. I lived there through some of it, and watched as the mob died and the corporations took over (not for the best BTW).
Last edited by DeputyDave; 05-24-08 at 11:36 PM.