The world changed.
Just about everything became politicized.
Those who "long for those days" are old men....lost in the past.
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Just about everything became politicized.
Those who "long for those days" are old men....lost in the past.
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Why?
The statement in itself is explanation enough.
No need for long winded editorializing.
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^ What he said.
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Isn't that the point of a discussion forum?
"Your reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable not for the rightness but uprightness of the decision.... Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion." Thomas Jefferson
I forgot this is a "Pool" Forum.
Sorry, I'm expecting too much.
"Your reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable not for the rightness but uprightness of the decision.... Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion." Thomas Jefferson
I forgot this is a "Pool" Forum.
Sorry, I'm expecting too much.
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Well, most of us here are men, at least 99%. Thus, if you want us to explain our every actions, and speak in paragraphs when 3 words will do the same thing, or talk about our feelings, you might want to locate the "Pretty Flowers" website and go hog wild
Are we not Men?Well, most of us here are men, at least 99%. Thus, if you want us to explain our every actions, and speak in paragraphs when 3 words will do the same thing, or talk about our feelings, you might want to locate the "Pretty Flowers" website and go hog wild
We are DEVO!
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One factor was the popularity curve after the Color of Money simply started to run down. The other was the fact that the guy that held it all together Tom Salter developed a drinking problem and lost his mojo. Then he was fired.
That was a really big deal cause this cat put all these desperate elements together. The new management tried to segue into a nightclub and the nightclub business in Hollywood is notorious for running hot and cold. Many new clubs are out of business in 6 months.
The " new " Hollywood Billiards was a great pool hall in its own right and was lucky that the HAC closed. HB had a solid northern Italian restaurant in it and was a great place.
When the owner decided to go into the nightclub business after an extensive remodel he was out of business in a year.
Lease rates in Los Angeles have risen to extent that if you pay market rates today to rent space its almost impossible to make pool pencil.
When the HAC was opened it was in the middle of a big real estate downturn and they got a good value. So the combination of of the downturn in interest in pool and a upturn in lease rates makes new pool halls non existent.
Pool halls are closing in the LA area.
Thank You for an intelligent and informative answer.
M'Lord,
And the correct answer is they should NOT have been allowed to. It was beyond horrible. The writing was atrocious, the plot was a disaster, and folks that make movies like this usually don't make a second movie unless they are named Ed Wood.
And it certainly does not help the next guy who writes a billiard related screen play
I thought I should really watch it a second time to make sure my opinion of it is valid, but I'm afraid I'll stab myself in the eyes with a fork if I do
The best review I could find for this on Rotten Tomatoes was this: If you saw this film, then you were hustled or The cinematic equivalent of a train wreck.
OK, RJ-Ebert, it wasn't frickin Chekov. I went to the premier and it was very evident that it was a low production movie with bad lighting.
I was not that impressed. But a few years ago I watched it again and I think they re-edited and cleaned up the lighting with something like photo shop and it was entertaining.
Its not everyday that a 20 something kid gets actors like Rod Steiger- (who starred in Dr Zhivago), Chris Walken and Chaz Palminteri to star in a movie he co-wrote.
Then he also directs the movie.
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The low production and bad lighting had NOTHING to with it being a bad movie. It was only one thing, the writing was horrible, almost like a 1st grader using paste for the first time.
If a blind Chimp was able to talk Lawrence Olivier into one of the worst films ever, I'm sorry, I still would not be impressed
Sorry M'Lord, I calls them like I see's them. You know that by now
Lest we judge too harshly.
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I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you in person. So, I have no way of comparing whether the Richard Portnoy matched you in likeness and in mannerism.
He looked a lot like me. So much so that some people congratulated me on my acting job in the movie.
I met him at the Premiere and he was a very nice guy. Quite a well known character actor in Hollywood (Richard Portnoy).
Anyone who likes PHJ hates movies...and thinking.
COM was just borderline watchable, which can be completely attributed to Scorsese understanding his craft (unfortunately he had a lapse of judgment on the script).
Hustler is a very good film.
Stickmen was slightly worse than PHJ. Right about the waste-of-talent that was Turn the River.
COM was just borderline watchable, which can be completely attributed to Scorsese understanding his craft (unfortunately he had a lapse of judgment on the script).
Hustler is a very good film.
Stickmen was slightly worse than PHJ. Right about the waste-of-talent that was Turn the River.
I respect your opinion to not respect others' opinions.