Worst pool movie

I love Efren, and he would be the first to admit he is not an actor of any kind... the movie he was in called "PAKNERS" is easily the worst pool film ever made. The only good thing in the entire movie is Seeing Efren get into a fight in every other scene.

Lesh
 
Ak Guy said:
The pool movies portray pool players in a negative and shady way. They all show pool player being less then honest. The only reason The Hustler and Color of money were any good at all was because of George C. Scott, Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason.

What pool movie ever portrays pool players in a positive manner? Just saying.....
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Just curious, have you hung out with any real pool players?
 
Thought so....

Well SPKTUR, I thought I have hung out with real pool players. I like the ones I hang out with. They are good folks.

I did forget about Piper Laurie and she made "The Hustler" better. I think many world class players are good folks. Just don't see them portrayed in a positive way in most movies.
 
Hard to single out one, because they are pretty much ALL terrible, with the Hustler and COM as the only exceptions. The Hustler is WAY, WAY better than COM, but COM is still decent, with a few great moments.

Stickmen-awful
Kiss shot-God awful
The Baron and the Kid-less awful than the above, but preachy and still really bad.
Baltimore Bullet-terrible
Poolhall junkies-So bad even Walken couldn't save it.
etc. etc
Out of the ones I can actually remember, I think Kiss shot was the worst.

I have pretty much seen every pool movie ever made (I think) except 9-ball the movie. Not in any rush to see that, either.
 
I'm just gonna come & say it y'all are morons if you think pool hall junkies is a bad pool movie, it is far better than 90% of the dreck that has been mentioned on here with the exception of TCOM & The Hustler.

It had an all star cast for Christ sake Walken, Palmenterri, Schroeder, Eastwood & lest we forget Steiger in his final ever movie. Next to 9-ball the movie this is a freakin Oscar winner! (I kid) easily my favourite pool movie.
 
9 ball said:
I'm just gonna come & say it y'all are morons if you think pool hall junkies is a bad pool movie, it is far better than 90% of the dreck that has been mentioned on here with the exception of TCOM & The Hustler.

It had an all star cast for Christ sake Walken, Palmenterri, Schroeder, Eastwood & lest we forget Steiger in his final ever movie. Next to 9-ball the movie this is a freakin Oscar winner! (I kid) easily my favourite pool movie.
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Mine as well.
 
9 ball said:
I'm just gonna come & say it y'all are morons if you think pool hall junkies is a bad pool movie, it is far better than 90% of the dreck that has been mentioned on here with the exception of TCOM & The Hustler.

It had an all star cast for Christ sake Walken, Palmenterri, Schroeder, Eastwood & lest we forget Steiger in his final ever movie. Next to 9-ball the movie this is a freakin Oscar winner! (I kid) easily my favourite pool movie.
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The 'Lion' speech by Walken was worth the price of the movie...IMO.
 
What do you call a thousand lawyers buried up to their neck in sand?

Not enough sand.
 
I have a problem with most pool movies for scenes like this:


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The supposed "pro," who's ranked "13th in the country" just shot balls out of order. Plus, they always play shape for banks, etc. I can't watch a pool movie for the actual pool anymore, if I try to see it as anything other than entertainment it bugs me. In case anyone is wondering, he shot the 3-ball into the top left corner as you see it and did not contact the 1 first. Almost all movies have scenes like this where balls are shot out of order, etc.
 
Zphix said:
I have a problem with most pool movies for scenes like this:


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The supposed "pro," who's ranked "13th in the country" just shot balls out of order. Plus, they always play shape for banks, etc. I can't watch a pool movie for the actual pool anymore, if I try to see it as anything other than entertainment it bugs me. In case anyone is wondering, he shot the 3-ball into the top left corner as you see it and did not contact the 1 first. Almost all movies have scenes like this where balls are shot out of order, etc.
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Or here when Eddy kicks at the 6-9 wired combo... and the 3 ball is on the table.
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Both these movies had pro players on staff...were they playing gin at the time?
 
I have only seen the The Hustler, TCOM, PHJ, and 9-ball, but are there really worse pool movies than 9-ball?! One scene felt like a commercial for the APA ("If you want to improve your game, you should join the APA. It's handicapped, so anyone can play and anyone can win. And you can have fun building a team with your friends." or some drivel like that). Not only worst pool movie I've watched but worst movie in general I've watched start to finish.
 
Zphix said:
I have a problem with most pool movies for scenes like this:


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The supposed "pro," who's ranked "13th in the country" just shot balls out of order. Plus, they always play shape for banks, etc. I can't watch a pool movie for the actual pool anymore, if I try to see it as anything other than entertainment it bugs me. In case anyone is wondering, he shot the 3-ball into the top left corner as you see it and did not contact the 1 first. Almost all movies have scenes like this where balls are shot out of order, etc.
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Zphix said:

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Or here when Eddy kicks at the 6-9 wired combo... and the 3 ball is on the table.
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You know what, it's a movie, it's not footage of a real match. I would just bet that you were upset when Paul Newman beat Steve Mizerak or when Tom Cruiise beats Keith McCready, I could just hear you "Awwwww Geeze, Tom Cruise could never beat Keith McCready!" I'm reasonably sure that you watch Professional Wrestling and complain rather loudly because, "It ain't real". Just take it for what it is - a movie. Some Saturday evening entertainment.

Did you ever see The Exorcist, or Tombstone? Both movies I liked, but historically very inaccurate, but a high entertainment value to me.

You see, not every movie is a National Geographic Documentary, and in pretty much every movie the writer, director, actors, etc.... take some journalistic license and it makes very little difference in the story.

Who cares? it's not about pool, it's about a pool player and his mentor. It could have been a boxer, or a race car driver, or a doctor. None of the movies mentioned are really about pool, pool is incidental. The movies feature pool and as a pool player I found them fun to watch, except for Kiss Shot and that Jennifer Beretta / APA movie "9 Ball". Though I like looking at Jennifer Beretta, the movies weren't very good.

They're movies, don't try to make them in to any more than that.
 
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