I was half expecting a "coming this Fall to NBC" at the end of the trailer. I'm intrigued by the story, but the trailer makes the movie look like a Thursday night tv show.
@@dkelly26666 Sadly, this is what most moviegoers expect from movies today: easily digestible thrills, simplistic tales of good-versus-evil (with no nuance or complexity) and lots of CGI. And I say this as a person who most certainly enjoys superhero films! But damn, I miss the films that have more depth and a tad more dramatic gravitas. The Card Counter looks like a throwback to the kind of dramatic masterpieces that were often made in the seventies.
as someone who has worked in a Casino for almost 20 years, specifically in game protection... few concepts are overly exaggerated than "card counting".... I learned at 16, just about anyone can do it, the amount of decks barely matters and you can learn in afternoon--- and about 25% of the time you are playing blackjack you might get around a 53% chance to win the hand. It's a tedious grind, and you are probably better off with another scheme or a job. - Maybe, you can get a team where your "whale" pops in and only plays during a positive shoe, but so few games allow mid-shoe entry anymore that have rules that aren't entirely tilted to the house so far it's futile, but whatever.... I liked the way they portrayed it in The Hangover myself
Well, a psychological thriller from the guy behind Taxi driver (screenplay) and 1st Reformed, starring Oscar Isaac and William Defoe. If that doesn't sound exciting I don't know what does.
Honestly.. sadness of all the comments, is the fact that no one knows what exactly Paul Schrader has done. That may be the fact that he is probably one of thee greatest screenwriters of all time.
I loved First Reformed, and even though I personally enjoyed it a bit more than Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters, that was also very well-made. Maybe it’s just because of the trailer, but this looks pretty safe and standard as far as crime-dramas go; words I would NOT apply to those two Schrader movies I just mentioned.
He's a great screenwriter but I don't think he's that good of a director. Considering how this looks, the dialogue they've presented and the fact the main character is a card counter despite it being centered around poker, this might be a miss.
He's also a director with a distinctive style. When he directs his own work, count on a different experience than you'll get anywhere else. Love him or hate him, he's sui generis and there are fewer and fewer filmmakers about whom we can say that.
@sabahiya lol, I'm with you - I was like, how is he underrated?! Not to mention he's in the upcoming Dune and was announced last year to be the lead in Metal Gear Solid, as well as numerous other projects.
@sabahiya yeah he is in some movies and famous one too but most of the movies he is in as a support actor. But as a main actor his movies don't get recognize, probably bcz of low budget production. So even if he does high budget movies, It is not as a lead actor so therefor his appreciation level stuck at support role. It is just his fan following number is not that typical high. And lmao check his facebook fan followers 200k and Elizabeth Olsen 4.2mil followers with a dead account where she don't even post anything. So yup that is pretty underrated.
@jon orlando Or you're labeled a hater. The fact is... not all actors are great actors (or good for that matter). The Rock is the highest paid in Hollywood... that makes him a box office draw... not great actor.
It’s my man Oscar Isaac so it’s mandatory that I go see it, even despite the fact that I might be pissed off by the end from a weak plot caused by lackluster screen writing.
@@codyfaurie6203 what’s the time stamp? I must have missed it. Regardless, the synopsis specifically says he plays in the World Series of Poker. Seems odd to name it after a five minute blackjack scene.
Why’s a card counter playing poker? There’s no edge in that. All you’re calculating is odds, and everyone in the poker room already knows how to do that.
i was thinking the exact same thing...poker? mmm...nope....i like the actors, so i want to see how it makes any sense within the scheme of the movie..but i dont understand that aspect of the trailer at all...
I’m a mysterious man in a downward spiral. I’ve done bad things, was framed, and paid my debt to society. While incarcerated, since I am bad, I learned a new skill so that I can still be bad when I get out but without killing people. Being bad is all I know and there is no redemption for people like me. I think that about sums it up.
@@NeedsContent Watching a movie is not just about seeing how it ends. Basically this trailer showed you every setting where the movie takes place and pretty much every character in it. I'd say that's giving away a lot
@@Eralen00 Granted the trailer does reveal a lot, but there's still a sense of uncertainty in terms of what's going to happen. Sure I can make guesses, but the trailer hasn't given away "everything", not like some trailers that really do show the entire movie.
I tend to agree and disagree. I don't feel like I watched the whole movie, like some other trailers, but at the same time, it's not exactly confounding. Ex military, PTSD, either revenge or self-destruct... yadda yadda. We've seen this plot 100 times before, to the point that some of us won't really care how it ends... we just aren't drawn into it, to begin with. Rounders was clever because it took a bit of what worked in Good Will Hunting. This movie looks like a trailer for a TV series. But, what it fails to emphasize is how the protagonist got his gift... if he has one at all. Maybe that's the exposition of the movie? But, that isn't interesting. What's interesting is a Rain Man. Even lower grade gambling films like The Cooler had a great hook to them. I just don't see the appeal for this.
@@mvpfocus That's true, I don't actually plan on watching this. It looks... flat, I don't know how else to describe it. And I can see why people people feel like the trailer gave everything away. My guess is, the people that put the trailer together maybe didnt have a lot to work with.
I think the reason this trailer feels off is because they're trying to market a Schrader movie as a blockbuster. I reckon it's gonna be something Yorgos Lanthimos-ish
Oh wow this looks like a great film! Gosh so happy to see the growth of Oscar Isaac as an actor, I remember him from an Law & Order episode many years ago where he played a college student who felt into a skeem with a voodoo priestess.
Pity Oscar Issacs wasnt around in the 70/80s when they were making amazing films. He would have given Pacino, De Niro, Ford, Nicholson a run for their money. Fantastic actor.
I personally find Paul Schrader (somewhat) hit or (somewhat) miss, if that makes any sense. Yet here I am agreeing to watch his next instalment. Good writer, though definitely inspired by some very personal demons that I’ve come to respect he just keeps to himself, preferring to allowing us a brief experience in his 90-120 minute features that he writes and sometimes directs.
Card counter can be a counter of any cards..... That means they doesn't have to be sensed at particular game or particular cards..... It can be any type of cards.... Examples can be given as visiting cards, business cards and it goes on and on and on.... Guess it and feed it guys for future use....
Wasn't intrigued until I saw "Paul Schrader". Surprised he's still making films, but he always gives his lead actor Career Best roles and Isaac deserves the best.
I like Marvel movies and I love indie films too (Nomadland was great!). But I have to agree with some people here, the look of the movie looks a little odd. Still, I‘m gonna give it a shot, with Oscar Isaac as lead you can always count me in, great actor.
winner of the Cannes "least convincing back tattoo award."
right after they said he's "mysterious" and he's rocking a horribly spaced comic sans looking dogshit tat
To be fair it's supposed to be a prison tat
I bet the tat said, I cant believe Im in this serious dramatic movie with Tiffany Haddish!!..
@@Leon-zu1wp They don't use comic sans on prison tats.
my thoughts too. what a fucking mess
I was half expecting a "coming this Fall to NBC" at the end of the trailer. I'm intrigued by the story, but the trailer makes the movie look like a Thursday night tv show.
It said "Martin Scorsese presents" right at the start and then it went downhill from there
After watching this trailer that is probably insulting to a Thursday night TV show.
@@Ashish-xm9ol Ah, not enough comic book characters making things go boom for ya, huh? Poor wittle guy.
A lot of the shots look really goofy, especially the closeups of Tye Sheridan. Like he's doing a dateline interview.
@@dkelly26666 Sadly, this is what most moviegoers expect from movies today: easily digestible thrills, simplistic tales of good-versus-evil (with no nuance or complexity) and lots of CGI. And I say this as a person who most certainly enjoys superhero films! But damn, I miss the films that have more depth and a tad more dramatic gravitas. The Card Counter looks like a throwback to the kind of dramatic masterpieces that were often made in the seventies.
The delivery of some of these lines come off like an acting 101 class rehearsing for their inde film, final project
"I'm always looking for a good thoroughbred" So convincing...
This is a dreadful trailer.
But Oscar Isaac is one of the best working today so I will always be intrigued.
nail on head
You got that right..Oscar is a fantastic actor but as I was watching the trailer I couldn't believe how bad it looked
he counts cards
i agree, some trailers are done better than the entire movie but this was not that case i know the film will be better that what im seeing here
I was thinking the exact same thing
Dang it even had a trailer for the trailer at the begining.
Lol
Hate it so much
Its cool seeing the last few years being sort of a renaissance for Oscar Isaacs. He is a great actor.
A Very Violent Year was so good.
But, Duke Leto?? My mind is gonna explode!
@@brianhackett9649 uhh *A Most Violent Year lmao
@@brianhackett9649 Drive was the first film I seen him in and he was great. Then Ex Machina further proved that.
My favorite actor currently
every movies is one of the most anticipated films of the year.
True But thar is always followed with comments “he is such an underrated actor” blah blah blah
True story...
In a world of TH-cam comments, one man (woman?) delivers the most anticipated comment of the year... 😎
#truthbomb Dt!!! :D
Wise words
as someone who has worked in a Casino for almost 20 years, specifically in game protection... few concepts are overly exaggerated than "card counting".... I learned at 16, just about anyone can do it, the amount of decks barely matters and you can learn in afternoon--- and about 25% of the time you are playing blackjack you might get around a 53% chance to win the hand. It's a tedious grind, and you are probably better off with another scheme or a job. - Maybe, you can get a team where your "whale" pops in and only plays during a positive shoe, but so few games allow mid-shoe entry anymore that have rules that aren't entirely tilted to the house so far it's futile, but whatever.... I liked the way they portrayed it in The Hangover myself
And every casino has shuffling machines now, there's literally no way you can count
Biggest grind I can see is this trailer never mind counting cards!!! Am I right fellas
Thank goodness for Trailers, I've seen all I need to see thank you!
I love when critics, going off of inside industry news, tell you movies are "one of the most anticipated of the year."
Well, a psychological thriller from the guy behind Taxi driver (screenplay) and 1st Reformed, starring Oscar Isaac and William Defoe. If that doesn't sound exciting I don't know what does.
@@seankeating6376 fair point
@@seankeating6376 Barely exciting, bottom of he barrel for movies
I thought that was George Clooney for a second😂
I will watch anything directed by Schraeder. He has created some incredible films. Here’s hoping this one lives up to his name.
Honestly.. sadness of all the comments, is the fact that no one knows what exactly Paul Schrader has done. That may be the fact that he is probably one of thee greatest screenwriters of all time.
I loved First Reformed, and even though I personally enjoyed it a bit more than Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters, that was also very well-made. Maybe it’s just because of the trailer, but this looks pretty safe and standard as far as crime-dramas go; words I would NOT apply to those two Schrader movies I just mentioned.
He wrote Taxi Driver, he is very underrated
He's a great screenwriter but I don't think he's that good of a director. Considering how this looks, the dialogue they've presented and the fact the main character is a card counter despite it being centered around poker, this might be a miss.
He's also a director with a distinctive style. When he directs his own work, count on a different experience than you'll get anywhere else. Love him or hate him, he's sui generis and there are fewer and fewer filmmakers about whom we can say that.
I do love his movies and his movies aren’t for every one that’s why it’s good.
God I love Isaacs. Very much underrated actor.
yup he is.
Fuck that Paul Schrader is the real attraction
@sabahiya lol, I'm with you - I was like, how is he underrated?! Not to mention he's in the upcoming Dune and was announced last year to be the lead in Metal Gear Solid, as well as numerous other projects.
@sabahiya yeah he is in some movies and famous one too but most of the movies he is in as a support actor. But as a main actor his movies don't get recognize, probably bcz of low budget production.
So even if he does high budget movies, It is not as a lead actor so therefor his appreciation level stuck at support role.
It is just his fan following number is not that typical high.
And lmao check his facebook fan followers 200k and Elizabeth Olsen 4.2mil followers with a dead account where she don't even post anything.
So yup that is pretty underrated.
Really happy for the direction Tye Sheridan is going for in his career.
Tiffany Haddish trying to be half-serious? Interesting.
She is a good actress, just because she is also funny doesnt mean she cant play other roles
lyta quiroz i know you’re her on an all but damn. Chill
You're one of those who hates talented people, aren't ya? Oh, the misery and self hatred.. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
@jon orlando Or you're labeled a hater. The fact is... not all actors are great actors (or good for that matter). The Rock is the highest paid in Hollywood... that makes him a box office draw... not great actor.
For All you haddish lovers. Not because her role has been a comedian. She doesn't fit the script.
First saw Oscar Isaac as Standard, in Drive. Been a fan ever since.
It’s my man Oscar Isaac so it’s mandatory that I go see it, even despite the fact that I might be pissed off by the end from a weak plot caused by lackluster screen writing.
Lackluster screen writing is very much Paul Schrader's brand.
You don’t count cards in poker. The title makes no sense.
The title got you to watch this trailer.
He's playing blackjack at one point in the trailer if you watch it.
@@benstr8156 Right, because he thought it was a blackjack game.
@@benstr8156 actually it didn’t. The 2+2 poker forum brought me here after someone posted a link to the trailer to find out what people thought of it.
@@codyfaurie6203 what’s the time stamp? I must have missed it. Regardless, the synopsis specifically says he plays in the World Series of Poker. Seems odd to name it after a five minute blackjack scene.
Why’s a card counter playing poker? There’s no edge in that. All you’re calculating is odds, and everyone in the poker room already knows how to do that.
Exactly. Reading into a 52 card deck isn’t valuable when there’s 28 untouched cards at the end of the game.
@@suicideking89 plus you only get to see 5, 6, maybe 7 cards.
i was thinking the exact same thing...poker? mmm...nope....i like the actors, so i want to see how it makes any sense within the scheme of the movie..but i dont understand that aspect of the trailer at all...
Yeah, I was like, this should be all about blackjack, not poker.
Or the people are the cards he's counting and nobody is playing with a full deck.
How is no one here mentioning Paul Schrader?
On another note, "White Rajah" is an amazing book/biography as well!
My Boy Isaac is Bad Ass! He's the only reason Ima watch this.
Can't wait to see him as Moon Knight
I’m a mysterious man in a downward spiral. I’ve done bad things, was framed, and paid my debt to society. While incarcerated, since I am bad, I learned a new skill so that I can still be bad when I get out but without killing people. Being bad is all I know and there is no redemption for people like me.
I think that about sums it up.
hey man that sucks i'm sorry
@@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 not sure if.....
You're telling me this ISN'T, a lifetime movie?
We need more movies like this and less superhero BS if movies in theaters are going to survive as a thing.
This looks like a lifetime movie
This looks great!
I just watched this trailer on TH-cam!
This looks very interesting. I'm ready for it.😍
It looks extremely bad
@@jayt5779 Not to me and that's why I'm ready for it. Different strokes for different folks.
@@jayt5779 I think it's the trailer that is, but if the film will look really different from how the trailer is, that's interesting.
Was expecting some sort of cologne to appear at the end of this.
Yesssss...
Does anyone else feel like they accidentally watched the entire movie by watching this trailer? Or that's just me?
So tell us what you think is going to happen. And how does it end?
@@NeedsContent Watching a movie is not just about seeing how it ends. Basically this trailer showed you every setting where the movie takes place and pretty much every character in it. I'd say that's giving away a lot
@@Eralen00 Granted the trailer does reveal a lot, but there's still a sense of uncertainty in terms of what's going to happen. Sure I can make guesses, but the trailer hasn't given away "everything", not like some trailers that really do show the entire movie.
I tend to agree and disagree. I don't feel like I watched the whole movie, like some other trailers, but at the same time, it's not exactly confounding. Ex military, PTSD, either revenge or self-destruct... yadda yadda. We've seen this plot 100 times before, to the point that some of us won't really care how it ends... we just aren't drawn into it, to begin with. Rounders was clever because it took a bit of what worked in Good Will Hunting. This movie looks like a trailer for a TV series. But, what it fails to emphasize is how the protagonist got his gift... if he has one at all. Maybe that's the exposition of the movie? But, that isn't interesting. What's interesting is a Rain Man. Even lower grade gambling films like The Cooler had a great hook to them. I just don't see the appeal for this.
@@mvpfocus That's true, I don't actually plan on watching this. It looks... flat, I don't know how else to describe it. And I can see why people people feel like the trailer gave everything away. My guess is, the people that put the trailer together maybe didnt have a lot to work with.
That's a MUST SEE
Did you just show me a trailer of the trailer and then tell me to "watch the trailer" that I already clicked on?!
How do you count cards in poker?
Loved First Reformed, hopefully Paul Schrader is gonna keep the streak going.
Been waiting for another good card games show since the blackjack movie
I liked 21. The Rounders is a good one too
Youre gunna have to wait longer because this movie looks awful
@@BWeezie405 “ Play that man his money”
Rounders my friend
California Split is a good gambling movie.
Well, I saw Dafoe. I gotta watch this now.
willem dafoe is the fkn man💪🏻💪🏻
This looks great
Oscar Isaac has the grey hair I'm striving for.
great b/s you produced over there
Looks awesome
Love a good Poker movie.. gives me a rounders kind of vibe.. I’m intrigued I’ll watch it for sure
I think the reason this trailer feels off is because they're trying to market a Schrader movie as a blockbuster. I reckon it's gonna be something Yorgos Lanthimos-ish
Paul Schrader? Alright I'll watch it.
..was impressed with his last movie First Reformed.
Oh wow this looks like a great film! Gosh so happy to see the growth of Oscar Isaac as an actor, I remember him from an Law & Order episode many years ago where he played a college student who felt into a skeem with a voodoo priestess.
Looks like trash
What’s the song in the trailer?
Pity Oscar Issacs wasnt around in the 70/80s when they were making amazing films. He would have given Pacino, De Niro, Ford, Nicholson a run for their money. Fantastic actor.
yawn
I nodded off in the middle of this, how many cards were there?
53
6,000,000
Is anyone else wondering why he wrapped all the furniture in white cloth?? Also, that is a lot of cloth! I need the why's and the how's!
i want to watch this
Looks like going to be a great poker crime film the card counter
💥💥💥
I'm all in!
Well, there's blackjack, poker and roulette in this film. I like it. I'm watching this!! 👍🏻👍🏻
good cast
Looks really good..
Was this made for tv? And how many of the close ups were in front of green screen? Cause it doesn't look right.
Cool, Willem Dafoe and Oscar Isaac.
Every trailer : same hype music and theme
Poe must have given up his career as a rebel fighter pilot.
Okaaayyy Oscar and Tiffany gettin it in! Yep I'm down
Looks like a tv show
Seems great
Oscar isaacs is fantastic actor
if you want to learn about tilt just ask Hellmuth, he'll show ya. The actor looks kindda like Esfandiari.
Oscar Issacs is a great actor.
trailers now have their own trailers!
Tiffany trying to be seductive is hilarious
I personally find Paul Schrader (somewhat) hit or (somewhat) miss, if that makes any sense.
Yet here I am agreeing to watch his next instalment.
Good writer, though definitely inspired by some very personal demons that I’ve come to respect he just keeps to himself, preferring to allowing us a brief experience in his 90-120 minute features that he writes and sometimes directs.
This movie shows how the Duke Leto got own a planet.
Card counter can be a counter of any cards..... That means they doesn't have to be sensed at particular game or particular cards..... It can be any type of cards.... Examples can be given as visiting cards, business cards and it goes on and on and on.... Guess it and feed it guys for future use....
Oooh
I was hoping this would be about Lawrence Fishburne chasing down black jack counters and giving them a beat down.
The Card Counter😂
Mr Schrader is amazing man i love his work.
Nice
tv show vibe
this looks niiiice
Wasn't intrigued until I saw "Paul Schrader". Surprised he's still making films, but he always gives his lead actor Career Best roles and Isaac deserves the best.
He pushes the young guy onto the bed, then snaps on a rubber glove. Now you have my interest.
I'm interested
We’re counting cards !!!...Ray !!!
He goes to shot show. Very interesting
Alright, I’m in.
Ok then, I'm intrigued.
Looks like a good movie even with the miscast of Tiffayn Haddish
had me at Oscar Isaac
I'm WATCHING !! #TIFF
I'm in!
I was wondering when standard definition would make a comeback.
Dafoe, Isaac, Sheridan, and some hotass chick! yesssss... YESSSSS! I am THERE!
I like Marvel movies and I love indie films too (Nomadland was great!). But I have to agree with some people here, the look of the movie looks a little odd. Still, I‘m gonna give it a shot, with Oscar Isaac as lead you can always count me in, great actor.
Great actor. Dud trailer.
I'll just go rewatch Rounders again, thanks.
Now everyone will be educated on when someone is “tilting.”
I'll watch Oscar and Willem in pretty much anything.