Pool Hall Junkies

12310bch said:
WTF? Who the hell are you to tell us what to post? TX Pool Nut has 9902 posts and I, another smartass, have 1992 posts. You the smartass police? Dumbass original post anyway. :kma:
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So his post count is point for stature?? PIFT!!! LOOK AT ME I HAS 10K POSTS SO THAT MAKES ME AN AZ GOD?? WHo gives a Shite?? Post counts are nothing!!! -------->GTFO!!!!

I think the noob just missed the whole idea of a ribbing and thats all. I think he took offence do to his lack of texted humor. But I sure you already had that figured out now didnt you??

Take it easy mang.. Just take it for what it is. Seems to me that somebody has a case of the angers... Take a Valium and have a beer or two and you'll be all better :thumbup2:
 
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I'm on the fence with this movie. I'm glad they did another movie about pool, I just wished they could have afforded to spend more time getting the story and pool to be a bit more realistic.

I would love to see a well done movie about the darker side of pool. Show the ups and downs of a great road player, and the pitfalls of the lifestyle. I would like to see somebody's life story like Kieth's, Louie Roberts or Cornbread, or maybe a fictional character made up of several different real players experiences.
 
Has anybody noticed that the beginning and the end have a lot in common?? First you have Joe the smiley backer that uses him for his talent waliking into the bathroom telling him to up the bet and finish up quick!! In his words... " I don't wanna be here all night..." :rolleyes:

Than you have Walken coming into the bathroom in the final set with the same kind of setting. What's different here?? Walken is more of a coach than a smiley low life con man that Joe was. He actually cared about his player and brought him up rather than down.

That was the best part of the movie for me... Being a former hockey player i understand the true meaning in a motivational speech.. My coach gave a great speech to our team when we completely out classed in a tournament!! We were the lowest seed and playing against the highest ranked seed that annihilated every other team that kicked our arses in this robin robin tournament!

He told us... "MEN!!!!! That's what you are arent ya?? We'll all I can say is that these kids you are playing against are the best here!! You are not!! You can be but you arent right now!!! They know it and the rest of the teams here know it but you know what!?!?!?! I dont see it like that!! I think you guys have been sleeping the whole time!!

You have been sloppy and intimidated by teams that you are better than!!! YOU THINK YOU CAN WIN!!! I THINK YOU CAN!!!! I THINK YOU CAN!!!! Maybe thats the problem... Maybe its your ownselfs letting these CHUPS!!! beat on you!!! Im going out to the bench and you can do what you want!! But I know im my eyes and more importantly in my heart that you guy are better than any team here!!! You and only YOU can bring out that inner motherf+cker that resides inside!!! Ill see you out there..... (long stares across the dressing room)

We sat in silence for a soild 2 minutes staring at the floor and thinking about it all... Then our captain got up and looked at all of us.. "You gonna believe that guy??? Do you honestly believe him?? I SURE AS F+CK DO!!!! I think he's right.. HICKEY!!!! You know that you can score!!! MATT!!!! Your a wrecker in the corner and in front of the net!!! JESSE!!!! You are one of the top goalies in the STATE!!!! They aint getting by ya!!!! YOU WANNA WIN BECAUSE I SURE AS F+CK DO!!!!! Let's show them boys!!! Let's show them how we do!!!! SHOW NO MERCY!!! WE ARE GONNA WIN!! LETS GO!!!!!

Everybody was banging their sticks and yelling and just plain pumped up!! We took the ice and took it hard.. Breath taking passes, saves and goals were made and scored!! We won 6-3 and it was the best game I had the pleasure of playing in.. Every teammate was playing at their peak with that nothing to lose attitude. Yeah we lost the tournament that weekend.. Finished dead last but I will tell you this. The Springfield Junior Indians will always remember the Binghamton Jr Rangers!! The one team that beat them and the team that came in dead last...

I will never forget how my coach told me later that we all have it in us.. That desire or burning to do great things. You just have to bring it out from deep within. He did just that... Brought out the ice pic murders that we were!! The guys that grinded it out to the bitter end and tasted sweet victory. To me we won that tournament by beating Springfield!! I will always remember that and smile a huge smile :D

Here's a great clip on of the movie Mystery Alaska.. Funny but it brings up a lot of emotion every time I watch it. Reason being... Well... Watch this and you will know what Im banging on about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVFUioUTnA&feature=relmfu

Never ever underestimate anybody!!!! They my beat you.. take your money... Kick you in the nuts and steal your girl. RIP Liscotti :lol:
 
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measureman said:
Just set up a camera in "Hanks" on a Saturday and you will have an Academy award nomination film. Probably similar to "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest"
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More like Pool Hall Rehab, the sequel to Pool Hall Junkies.
Starring Nick Nolte as Phil "The Fin", Adam Kutcher as "The Kid", and Selma Hayek as Squeaki.
Who plays Roofer Ray, Larry "The Whimpster" Lassiter, Measureman "The International Poolplayer",
and of course "Puerto Rican" Hank.
 
Cdryden said:
I would love to see a well done movie about the darker side of pool. Show the ups and downs of a great road player, and the pitfalls of the lifestyle. I would like to see somebody's life story like Kieth's, Louie Roberts or Cornbread, or maybe a fictional character made up of several different real players experiences.
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That's an idea... what about an adaptation of Hustler Days that follows Wimpy Lassiter and Jersey Red? If memory serves, the book sets up a rivalry between the two; maybe not heated, but Jersey Red lost a bunch of tournaments to Wimpy, right?
 
12310bch said:
WTF? Who the hell are you to tell us what to post? TX Pool Nut has 9902 posts and I, another smartass, have 1992 posts. You the smartass police? Dumbass original post anyway. :kma:
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In his defence, your post was not the most enlightening was it? It was a cheap shot. However you are right to be offended, the post was in no way smart.

I quite enjoyed the film.
 
krupa said:
I realize it's a subjective thing, but really... it is not a good movie. It is a very bad movie. Rick Schroder's cue is at the bottom of my list of why it's bad.
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That is a great answer. I wish I could send you money or naked people (coz I don't know which of the 3 you like and I wouldn't want to send you something you wouldn't think was awesome and could make you happy like cash is pretty good but it gets used unless you buy something like art and humans need food daily and the start to smell funny and they mak lots of noise and stuff and have opinions).
 
Pipe down there, 10k.

RunoutJJ said:
So his post count is point for stature?? PIFT!!! LOOK AT ME I HAS 10K POSTS SO THAT MAKES ME AN AZ GOD?? WHo gives a Shite?? Post counts are nothing!!! -------->GTFO!!!!

I think the noob just missed the whole idea of a ribbing and thats all. I think he took offence do to his lack of texted humor. But I sure you already had that figured out now didnt you??

Take it easy mang.. Just take it for what it is. Seems to me that somebody has a case of the angers... Take a Valium and have a beer or two and you'll be all better :thumbup2:
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pt109 said:
I agree with you about the graphite cue..a little r&d would not have allowed
that.
I think any movie with Walken in it is worth seeing, however....
The scene where he talks about how to compete is great...imo
...didn't understand that? ..did I stutter?:cool:

I disagree about your reaction to TX Polnut's post....
...it was better than the movie.
The last shot is totally unrealistic...you need a gun to collect in that spot.

PS...This scene was worth the aggravation of watching this flawed movie.
https://www.google.ca/url?url=http:...walken&usg=AFQjCNGJYE-PB8L80UIi5BhsJ9GpzN4cJQ
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Is this double hemlock? What's going on Double Hemloack?
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
TX Poolnut said:
because it's not real life.
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It's funny when I read your answer and seen the lashing afterwards,I thought
what you said.Being a movie, the average person wouldn't give a flying
f--k what cues they were using.Being pool people we do,but thought your
comment was pretty dead-on.
 
supergreenman said:
wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????
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No, really.
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m79a said:
Why on Earth do they have Ricky Schroder Playing with a cue that appear to have a graphite shaft?
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I think basically, he played the bad guy. So they gave him that cue due to the dark color.
I watched this movie yesterday, had to laugh at some of the situations. For entertainment it was ok, the younger brother and his buddies made me laugh.
 
pmata814 said:
What about the 'crease in the pants'? When the guy can tell Walken has been playing pool because of the crease in his pants. Couldn't they have put chalk on his fingers or something? Has anyone gotten a 'crease on their pants' after playing pool? And then... so unique that "it can only be caused by leaning on a pool table"?

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That always bugged me too. So dumb. Any little thing could have worked instead of that... chalk on the palm, making a closed bridge instead of an okay sign, he says some pool slang like 'sweating' or 'the nuts' or whatever... the crease in the pants was written by someone who never actually spent 5 minutes around pool players.
 
CreeDo said:
That always bugged me too. So dumb. Any little thing could have worked instead of that... chalk on the palm, making a closed bridge instead of an okay sign, he says some pool slang like 'sweating' or 'the nuts' or whatever... the crease in the pants was written by someone who never actually spent 5 minutes around pool players.
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I wear holes in all the jeans I wear to play pool, and all in the same place: where I lean my thigh against the table when shooting.

It's really hard to throw a pair of jeans with my "pool playing hole" in them away...

pj
chgo
 
Patrick Johnson said:
I wear holes in all the jeans I wear to play pool, and all in the same place: where I lean my thigh against the table when shooting.

It's really hard to throw a pair of jeans with my "pool playing hole" in them away...

pj
chgo
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I have a bunch of pairs with rips in the same area around the pocket where the room owner hadn't fixed an overhanging bit of metal near the corner pocket. One pair was just a day old. That would have worked in the movie too.
 
There were problems with the movie but I enjoyed it.

Also, after I finished watching it I still had Walken's lion speech fresh in my mind and I told my wife I was going to go play some pool "like a man possessed", and I did. Pool table was ten steps from the TV in that house.

1 minute after the movie ended I was running more than one rack of 9-ball and almost running the rest, which is rare for me.
 
I like PHJ. Good fun. Couple good lines in that movie and some cool trick shots. I think Mars can probably shoot some solid pool in real life.
 
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