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Basketball scene and other scenes that didn't make sense

posted 9 years ago by velners
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Ok so what's up with the basketball scene, why is he trying to get mugged and lose all his money? Is he super depressed about the relationship he has with his mom that he just wants to lose everything? Is Tony Roundtree actually a friend of Curtis' and has a poker game or did Curtis just make that up? And how in the world does Curtis just happen to find Gerry in a random casino at a random blackjack table, was that ever explained or was it obvious and I missed it? And wasn't Simone and Vanessa supposed to join Gerry and Curtis, didn't Simone agree to do that yet she never did? I did really enjoy the movie but there seemed to be a lot of things that didn't make sense.

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[–] Imeowtoo 9 years ago

As far as the basketball game, I didn't really get that either. I think that perhaps Curtis wanted to get beaten up because he felt bad about winning money at the track and leaving Gerry behind. It was his way of coping with guilt.

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[–] velners 9 years ago

Yeah I was kind of thinking the same thing

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[–] vnse 9 years ago

It's really not that hard to figure out...

He could never lose gambling and he just wanted to go somewhere and be 100% guaranteed to lose. So playing basketball against those black dudes was pretty much 100% guaranteed loss.

Yes the game was real. But Tony wasn't going to let some stranger off the street join it.

They just met randomly. People meet randomly all the time. Why is this such a mystery? And it wasn't a black jack table, it was poker. Were you even watching the movie at all?

Simone was a hooker and would only go with him if he paid her. He didn't want to do that. It was very clear from the dialogue.

[–] dxben99 9 years ago

"And it wasn't a black jack table, it was poker. Were you even watching the movie at all? "

Yea he did, looks like you didn't watch it as it was very much a blackjack table in the scene the op is referring to. I hope you feel stupid. :D

[–] psmythe-03014 9 years ago

He found Gerry at the tables in the big NOLA casino. Where else to look?

[–] NoEasyBucketsBro 9 years ago

When he's talking to Gerry at the beginning he says he doesn't care if he wins. I don't think he was trying to get mugged and lose all of his money. I think he just does things for the experience and he wasn't going to pay the $100 just to see what would happen.

[–] petersharpe 8 years ago

Curtis was an attention seeker. From the first time we see him at the poker game he always wants to be center stage and loves getting reactions out of people.

You see it in the scene where he is talking to the prostitute how his mood changes after the condom remark. He is upset not because he really likes her but because he can't accept that he wouldn't be that special to her.

The basketball scene is just that he wanted attention and it was worth a hundred dollars and a punch in the mouth for him to get. He wasn't addicted to gambling like Gerry, he was addicted to attention.

Gerry was the opposite, he seemed to dislike attention. In both the realtor scene and the scene with the prostitute (who seemed to like him) he shys away from human interaction.

[–] rex (2808) 3 years ago

this could also be a nod to 'The Gambler movies