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The Color of Money (1986)
Rate:
9
Viewed:
7/05, 2/06, 11/12
7/05:
A cool-sounding title, The Color of Money is a superbly directed Scorsese picture with great performances
by Tom Cruise and Paul Newman.
All in all, The Color of Money is a cinematic rarity: two heavyweight actors, movie idols in their own right but
from different generations, clash with each other before they make a change of the guard.
2/06:
The Color of Money is a brilliant movie.
It's a dog-eat-dog world of hustling. What's interesting is, as the mentor-protégé thing goes astray, the former ends
up wanting a shot at the latter who in turn denies him his best game.
All in all, The Color of Money is all about Tom Cruise and Paul Newman, and they're fantastic.
11/12:
After finally having seen The Hustler for the first time, I went ahead with The Color of Money and feel
it's superior to the original in many ways.
Thanks to Tom Cruise's overlooked performance, Paul Newman won the Oscar for the first time ever, and he hadn't been this good
in years with the exception of The Verdict. They bring a lot of excitement to the film, hence
the quick pace with high replayability value. In the meantime, I wish there were some references to
The Hustler.
It'll be nice to have some connection. By the way, who's that guy at the bar? Why...it's none other than Iggy Pop.
All in all, let's hear it one more time from Fast Eddie Felson: "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."
*the sound of breaking balls*