Watching Color Of Money Amazon Prime

[Biloxi Boy]

I agree Vincent is completely ignorant of a whole lot about pool, including etiquette, but TCOM is the education of Vincent. He is taught a lot about gambling and hustling, but he should have been "schooled" about sharking, also. I was raised in pool to behave right or get out -- older players constantly called me down for various faux pas -- poor pool etiquette was simply not tolerated.

For me, I want so much from pool movies because they portray my sport to the public. Pool movies provide a view, and, hopefully, an education, that, short of joining our ranks, cannot be acquired by any other means. (Reading a book may also qualify, but who reads these days?) I believe that intimate exposure to all aspects of our sport is what leads moviegoers to become pool players and also advances our sport in a variety of ways.

One very intriguing aspect of pool is found in the paradox that a sport held in universal disrepute has a very significant code of etiquette.

 

[MattPoland]

Still love that movie. Definitely better than the book.

My only beef is when Eddie unscrews his cue at the end and forfeits a match and then walks over to Vince in front of a crowd of people and slapped a stack of cash on him. Vince already told him he dumped on purpose for a score. Eddie just outed Vince publicly. Some bad men could be looking for Vince in the days to follow. For what? His pride? Obviously not for money, he got a cut. And Vince’s move was exactly what Eddie had been teaching him. I just couldn’t see how doing that publicly was in character.

 

[Rocket354]

The ending to COM completed the ending of The Hustler when he was left shut out of big action and had to quit pool. COM is as much about Eddie coming back into the game as it was about anyone else, his "I'm back" was his return to action. What action in the future he will be in, that is left up to the unknown and would have been another movie at the end of this one.

I understand that. But having that be the "big ending" was underwhelming and anticlimactic. Having that as one aspect in an ending would have made it interesting. Especially since many people watching TCoM probably had not seen The Hustler. I've seen the Hustler and that ending felt almost like a bait and switch as to what the main focus of the entire story arc really was.

And, yes, setting up for another sequel that never was just emphasizes that a fully satisfying denouement was potentially intentionally withheld.

 

[middleofnowhere]

YouTube just offered me Color of Money for free (with ads). Don't know if the link will work for others. Click the "Watch on YouTube" link.

I tried to watch it and saw the same warning. I guess I have to do another step to bypass that. Funny though, I watch youtube movies and some are really explicit and I have never seen that warning before. I guess COM is too rough for a minor to watch?????

 

[hang-the-9]

I understand that. But having that be the "big ending" was underwhelming and anticlimactic. Having that as one aspect in an ending would have made it interesting. Especially since many people watching TCoM probably had not seen The Hustler. I've seen the Hustler and that ending felt almost like a bait and switch as to what the main focus of the entire story arc really was.

And, yes, setting up for another sequel that never was just emphasizes that a fully satisfying denouement was potentially intentionally withheld.

I don't think that it was a setup for another movie, although it if was it would have worked. Some movies just let the viewer go with the ending with where they want to take it and not tell you exactly. Casablanca, girl flies off, last line is "this can be the beginning of a beautiful friendship", so what happened after that, what did they do together? Plenty of movies ended without tying all the ends.

 

[hang-the-9]

I tried to watch it and saw the same warning. I guess I have to do another step to bypass that. Funny though, I watch youtube movies and some are really explicit and I have never seen that warning before. I guess COM is too rough for a minor to watch?????

Usually to watch anything with grown up content that they know about, you need to be logged into your account that has an age statement.

There is nudity in it, plus they show pool playing, which we all know is a hobby only criminals or bikers engage in LOL

 

[ghost ball]

Still love that movie. Definitely better than the book.

My only beef is when Eddie unscrews his cue at the end and forfeits a match and then walks over to Vince in front of a crowd of people and slapped a stack of cash on him. Vince already told him he dumped on purpose for a score. Eddie just outed Vince publicly. Some bad men could be looking for Vince in the days to follow. For what? His pride? Obviously not for money, he got a cut. And Vince’s move was exactly what Eddie had been teaching him. I just couldn’t see how doing that publicly was in character.

Sounds like a sequel. Bad men force Vince out of the game, where he is forced back into the toy store. At the toy store, he finds a kid who plays jam up pool on the store's bumber pool display and Vince teaches him the ropes (stick twirling, etc.) and takes him on the road.

 

[9andout]

Usually to watch anything with grown up content that they know about, you need to be logged into your account that has an age statement.

There is nudity in it, plus they show pool playing, which we all know is a hobby only criminals or bikers engage in LOL

DVD still works for me!!

 

[boogieman]

Also, the movie had a lot of build up to this big tournament but then the ending was just Eddie declaring he's "back." Ho-hum.

It's kind of anti climactic for sure, but anyone who has taken a few years off of pool knows how good it is to get back to your old level and surpass it.