Color of Money ending?

[pdcue]

Nah, I have watched this movie a hundred times at least. Vince was being a jerkoff when he delivered the money and told Eddie that he dumped. He was being sarcastic when he told Eddie that he would "appreciate it". He was showing Eddie the fruits of his labors in the most hurtful way possible because he knew that Eddie really just wanted to play great.

I don't know if you all ever noticed this but check out Vince's reaction when Eddie puts the envelope in Vince's arms in front of the crowd. Vince kind of looks around to see who's checking him out because Eddie just knocked him in front of everyone.

I am sure that a little anger does come from Eddie's reaction, that now he is not "sticking to the plan". But overall it's pretty much that Vince wanted to stick it to Eddie for all the manipulation to get him on the road and while they were on the road.

Pardon me for being captain obvious here,
but the number of times you have watched the movie
has nothing whatsoever to do with the validity of your assesment.

Dale<but who's counting>

 

[pdcue]

Sorry to revive a thread that ended three months ago, but the ending of CoM puzzled me too. It's Vince's "you used me" line, and Eddie's agreement, that I don't get.

The scene when Eddie dives in the pool and emerges from the water was a classic literary rebirth. That's when he completed his transition from hustler back to player. Since Eddie was clear about his wanting a cut of the money while coaching Vincent, he wasn't using him. Maybe the idea was that Eddie wasn't being honest with himself about his intentions for the trip, and thus by extension used Vincent. If that's what Vincent was getting at, he gained about 30 IQ points since Eddie left him and Carmen. It wasn't that cerebral of a movie, so I think the unclear ending is a flaw in the movie.

IMHO - there is no 'flaw' in the ending. Way to much has been
made of the dialog. The story deals with two guys that are
emotional and say the kinds of things that real people say
when agitated - even the girlfriend shows dismay at the
whole situation.

I've always felt that the fact that all the 'loose ends'
are NOT tied up at the end - as in some lame episode of
Perry Mason - was one of the film's strongest points.

Dale

 

[trueblu8]

In my fantasy world, Fast Eddie did nail Carmen that time Vince was off shooting against the Black guy with the cowboy hat and the scene was cut. Later on Carmen 'fessed up to make Vinnie jealous and that scene was cut too. That's why Vince was PO'd.
Isn't that a better story.

Hell yeah! She was hot man. That would've been great. But then everybody would hate Newman's character, and feel sorry for Vince. Lol.

 

[curt_bb]

Unfortunately, unless it's a remake, a third film will never happen.

As of May of last year, Mr. Paul Newman has officially retired from acting. However, any of us can continue the story of Fast Eddie by placing a bottle of his salad dressing on the table and making up our own adventures.

Also, there's the possibility of a spin-off film, where Vince scares his opponents away from their bets by attempting to teach them the benefits of Scientology.

 

[Robbie]

What someone should do is just make a movie version of the book Playing Off The Rail. So many amazing characters, and its real. Perfect.

 

[metallicane]

[Whereas when Newman took the part, he was acting, and it showed. I can't even remember his character's name. Can you?[/QUOTE]

Fast Eddie Felson.

 

[pwd72s]

What someone should do is just make a movie version of the book Playing Off The Rail. So many amazing characters, and its real. Perfect.

I'm in agreement...

 

[HollyWood]

wooden case (ending?

What about the wooden cue case Vincent puts on the table. I put a replica - hand painted rosemolly, signed.(up for sale) Some people claimed it wasn't there. I guess just because I see it on a dvd means nothing. it must be from mars mark thanks for looking for the case from mars mark