I looked in the desert for holes!!!

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 1999)

I took my family to Vegas in October 98. While driving through the Nevada desert I couldn't help looking into the dirt to see if the wind had exposed any shallow "Holes". The movie Casino was still THAT vivid in my mind.
I don't know anything about "House odds" or professional gambling but I still couldn't help watching the casino staff ....you know - the dealer watches you, the floor manager watches him, the cameras watch...etc.
When a limo driver said to us while driving,"...you know this place was alot different when the mob owned it.." I replied "yes I know. I've seen the movie!"
it's scary how some movies are just entertainment and others make you stop and go WHOA! I'm just glad I didn't witness any heart attacks (electric cattle prod anyone?) or else I would have been really freaked.
I loved Las vegas. The whole city is one big movie soundstage! Scorcese really knew a diamond in the rough when he signed on to make this....and at half the price of waterworld, just shows you can get quality without big money but you never recoup big money without quality.
PS Joe Pesci just cuts me up. The funniest gangster ever, even better than his Goodfellas role, and that's high praise indeed!
10/10