Worst Pool Movie EVER!

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justinb386

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Brags said:
I have to nominate Pool hall junkies. While Virgin pockets had potential as a low budget porn flick...judging by the trailer it is a terrible movie. Pool hall junkies had Christopher Walkin, Chaz Palminteri...and the kid from silver spoons. The bar would have to be set higher.
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I really enjoyed Pool Hall Junkies. Yeah, the pool in it was very bad (very stupid), but other then that, it was a pretty good movie, in my opinion. In ways, The Color of Movie was not very good either. The actual pool in it was really stupid (I always thought), but a very well made movie other then that. Can't really compare any movie to The Hustler (by far, the best pool movie ever made).
 
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boogeyman said:
I always give kudos to those who create art; no matter the outcome.
BUT, the acting is horrible! It's horrific if that can be spotted in a trailer.
If people can't even be themselves in front of the camera, how the hell do you expect them to "act."
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Maybe they were being themselves. It was possibly the worst acting I ever seen. Very painful to get through that trailer. I thought it was never going to end.
 
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Add your Pool Movie suggestion to this list....
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=454313


Straightpool_99 said:
Why are there so many TERRIBLE pool movies?

I haven't seen 9-ball the movie, and I likely never will as I'd never pay as much as 5 cents after watching the trailer! It's lika an APA commercial!

Then there is "Stickmen", "Kiss Shot", "Baltimore Bullet" (I'm sorry but it's terrible), "Poolhall junkies", "Shooting Gallery"....Etc, etc..

You know, you could make a KILLER movie about Earl Strickland. It would be gritty, dark, but also inspirational. A rags-to riches-to rags story. You could get some really awesome lines from just listening to Earl talk for a few hours. Have a method actor following him around. He wouldn't have to imitate him 100% either...rather use his own interpretation. Of course they could take some liberties with history as well. Get someone who can really act to play Earl and a knockout supporting female actor, and baby you've got a movie! There could be all sorts of characters in it, crazy situations but it could still actually be realistic, not over the top like other pool movies...Frankly, I can't believe nobody has made it yet! The great thing is, it wouldn't really need a big budget. Real actors and decent camerawork is all it would take. You allready have a guy that can perform any of the crazy pool shots needed.
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cuesblues

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Straightpool_99 said:
Hey!

I found another movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRduuoVApU

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! Toilet humour and mexican wrestlers, half naked latinas, this movie has it all! The sad part is, without having watched it, I bet it's better than half the pool movies that are more known...I'm only sorry my Spanish is bad. Well, time to brush up on it, I guess.
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That's fantastic, definitely an epic film, but I'm afraid it will lose something through the subtitles.
I played for 5-bucks a game in a pool hall in Juarez Mexico back in 1971, so I get it
The first one by the OP blows worse than the tv show in New York a couple years ago.
 
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justinb386 said:
Wow, that was very painful just to get through the 2 and a half minute preview, lol. When people talk about bad acting, they just do not understand just how bad the acting can get in movies, until they watch something like this. The pool in the movie was very laughable too. Just horrible. I am amazed that movies like that (that bad) can even get financed. Probably did not cost much to make anyway though (very low budget).
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On youtube the "director" said that they shot the 'movie' on a $3000 budget. I'm guessing all of that was for the title graphics.
 
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Straightpool_99 said:
Why are there so many TERRIBLE pool movies?

I haven't seen 9-ball the movie, and I likely never will as I'd never pay as much as 5 cents after watching the trailer! It's lika an APA commercial.
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I think there are so many bad pool movies because they keep trying to insert pool players. Lets' face it - pool players (most) are horrible actors. Steve Mizerak, Keith McCready, not bad though.

.... and 9 Ball, it was awful, but with a better writer, real actors, better director, it had a chance, that is the idea wasn't horrible. A tweak here and there, some rescripting, Gina Gershon or Michelle Rodriguez and a good girl fight instead of Jennifer Barretta, it maybe could have had a chance
 
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MattPoland

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LOL. My wife and I watched Virgin Pockets one night. It is as bad or worse than the impression the trailer leaves. We made a drinking game out of it. Drink every time they do a close up shot of a female player blowing on the tip after chalking. You might not finish the movie able to walk.
 
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MattPoland said:
LOL. My wife and I watched Virgin Pockets one night. It is as bad or worse than the impression the trailer leaves. We made a drinking game out of it. Drink every time they do a close up shot of a female player blowing on the tip after chalking. You might not finish the movie able to walk.
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I'm amazed you both weren't in the hospital with alcohol poisoning. Those shots made up half of the movie!
 
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justinb386

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BassMasterK said:
On youtube the "director" said that they shot the 'movie' on a $3000 budget. I'm guessing all of that was for the title graphics.
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I do not know, but I wonder if the budget includes the salary that they agree to pay the actors before filming.

I see that Poolhall Junkies had a $4,000,000 budget.
 
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justinb386 said:
I do not know, but I wonder if the budget includes the salary that they agree to pay the actors before filming.

I see that Poolhall Junkies had a $4,000,000 budget.
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Yep, $4M to make, and it grossed only $500K. That my friends is why it takes more than 2 weeks to write a script. Don't try that at home.

If you want to see a real movie based on bare bones, try "El Mariachi" which was filmed for less than $7K, all actors were friends or family folks with no acting experience except for one guy and they didn't get paid, and the director sold blood to raise the $7K. Decent movie that got the director noticed and got big budget offers after that one.
 
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"Turn the River" never gets mentioned...there was a lot not to like IMHO...:( A lot of great actors, some decent quality filming, just a story that wasn't remotely plausible. Another swing and miss.
 
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Straightpool_99 said:
Why are there so many TERRIBLE pool movies?

I haven't seen 9-ball the movie, and I likely never will as I'd never pay as much as 5 cents after watching the trailer! It's lika an APA commercial!

Then there is "Stickmen", "Kiss Shot", "Baltimore Bullet" (I'm sorry but it's terrible), "Poolhall junkies", "Shooting Gallery"....Etc, etc..

You know, you could make a KILLER movie about Earl Strickland. It would be gritty, dark, but also inspirational. A rags-to riches-to rags story. You could get some really awesome lines from just listening to Earl talk for a few hours. Have a method actor following him around. He wouldn't have to imitate him 100% either...rather use his own interpretation. Of course they could take some liberties with history as well. Get someone who can really act to play Earl and a knockout supporting female actor, and baby you've got a movie! There could be all sorts of characters in it, crazy situations but it could still actually be realistic, not over the top like other pool movies...Frankly, I can't believe nobody has made it yet! The great thing is, it wouldn't really need a big budget. Real actors and decent camerawork is all it would take. You allready have a guy that can perform any of the crazy pool shots needed.
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The main issue is people start with wanting to make a pool movie as opposed to telling a story where pool happens to be the backdrop.

The hustler was about fast eddies growth as a character with a tragic love story. He just happened to be a pool player. Also I think it's really hard to fake good play playing. Though nowadays cgi could probably make things slightly believable.

An Earl Strickland or Ralf Greenleaf story would be great so long as it focused on their life story and not just playing pool.
 
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I'd like to buy this DVD. Where is it available?

Update - I found it on Amazon and it said I ordered back in June of 2008. I have no recollection of that. I must have watched it and then threw it out lol.
 
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Cameron Smith said:
The main issue is people start with wanting to make a pool movie as opposed to telling a story where pool happens to be the backdrop.

The hustler was about fast eddies growth as a character with a tragic love story. He just happened to be a pool player. Also I think it's really hard to fake good play playing. Though nowadays cgi could probably make things slightly believable.

An Earl Strickland or Ralf Greenleaf story would be great so long as it focused on their life story and not just playing pool.
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You mean you don't like the close up shots of random balls falling into a pocket. Not showing how it was hit, or the difficulty of the shot, just ball after ball being filmed dropping into a pocket. That's about as exciting as watching paint dry. and if I don't care, the non playing pool public really does not give a flying fudge ;)
 
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