How many times can you watch the same movie? When the commentary’s interesting and you have some miniatures to paint and you’re suddenly not sick the correct answer in the case of Rounders is three.
Because that’s me. Not sick. Awake early AM. Painting some miniatures. Listening to Rounders for the second and third time only the second time is with the writers, director and Edward Norton talking about what it’s like to learn how to play poker, and the third time is listening to professional poker players commenting on the game.
I stopped the DVD so that I could sleep some more (so the correct answer is you can watch the DVD twice before exhaustion sets in) but before I cut it off, the poker experts weren’t really explaining the game so much as commenting on what a bad idea it was for Matt Damon’s character to bet his entire bankroll on one game.
It made me wish that a panel of experts could run commentary on blunders in my life that I could shut on and off at will.
Then maybe I would’ve gone to sleep earlier.