Blowing Smoke: A movie about poker, cigars, women, and getting screwed

Monday
June 18, 2007

Who said Hollywood is completely out of ideas?

Male Jim Treacher | Category: Movies

Ridley Scott is going to make a feature-film version of Monopoly. Yeah, the board game. Maybe you used to play it, way back when you didn't have absolutely anything better to do with your time than play Monopoly. But hey, there's a precedent: Shakespeare wrote a whole play based on the game Othello. "A minute to learn, a lifetime to master!" I'm pretty sure I'm exactly right on that one.


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Comments

Does this mean that everyone will avoid the last 10 minutes of the movie because it's more expensive to sit through?

Comment by Katherine Coble on June 18, 2007 11:57 AM

Monopoly must be the most boring board game ever. I don't think I ever made it through a whole game without wishing I could die. Even when I was winning! Give me Trivial Pursuit or Sorry any day.

Comment by Jackie on June 18, 2007 12:27 PM

All I want to know is who is going to play the top-hat.

Comment by Zelda on June 19, 2007 12:25 PM