Ending Doesn't Make Sense
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the amorphousmachine — 10 years ago(July 21, 2015 05:17 AM)
really, this is just petty. you are stretching here. I see no problem with "make" when pointing out a person's action when he or she is writing a post.
"would of" instead of "would have" is substituting a completely different word for another- much much worse. -
nbreyfogle-1 — 11 years ago(July 14, 2014 11:12 AM)
I've got no dog in your spat, but I just saw the movie and came here to read more about it and I, also, am getting very sick of so many people all over the 'net using "would of" instead of "would have". Frankly, making that error makes one look semi-illiterate, and the above commenter made it many times. One would do a lot better to just thank the person who politely corrects such an error, and then learn to not make it all the time any longer.
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SergeantElias — 11 years ago(July 19, 2014 11:49 AM)
nbreyfogle, while I agree with you that poor grammar can be an annoyance, it's somewhat arrogant to expect everyone to have the same education as yourself. Another thing to consider is that English may not be the poster's first language.
In fact, when you use grammatically incorrect sentences such as "learn not to make it all the time any longer", it frankly makes you look like a bit of a hypocrite. Perhaps you should learn how to use grammar correctly before you accuse others of bad grammar.
The previous comment that was correcting the grammar of this post was incredibly patronising. The words "my eyes rolled" being a prime example of this. IMDB is for discussing movies, not for picking on people or judging them on their English language skills. -
!!!deleted!!! (46827070) — 11 years ago(September 12, 2014 12:22 PM)
Grammar is needless. If a poster gets their point across without perfect grammar, more power to them. I can understand a teacher correcting a student's grammar, or a parent correcting their child's grammar.But a random on the internet? Talk about a waste of time.
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bigbadwolf666 — 4 years ago(August 28, 2021 04:17 AM)
yea I think this is the answer.
Vincent was always too good and he knew it so proving he was the best player was no feat. everyone knew it and he would prove nothing but being the better hustler was an art and maybe also not a big deal to him but he made more doing it that way. I think by being the better Hustler and getting back at Eddie it proved to be a double sweet prize.
Without strife, your victory has no meaning.
Without strife, you do not advance.
Without strife, there is only stagnation. -
cincykid07 — 11 years ago(January 27, 2015 08:55 PM)
I agree. Vince had way too much pride to dump. He has to be the best. I am a pool player he says to Eddie outside of Charkies. Eddie beat his ass and he got but hurt cause he thought he'd wipe the floor with him and got it handed to him. He tries to save face with the money to make Eddie feel like beep I think at this point Vince is the better player but Eddie was good enough to and did beat hi straight up.
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Mad_Dog_Tannen — 11 years ago(February 03, 2015 07:19 AM)
To carry a theme over from The Hustler, the real lesson Eddie was trying to teach Vince was character, that sometimes you have to lose to win. I'm not sure Vince learned character or not, but what he taught Eddie was that excellence is it's own virtue, it seemed that by the end of the movie Eddie was done Hustling and was only interested in playing his best, which is what Vince was doing from the beginning. Tricky movie, The Color Of Money, so many layers, so much going on, it's a shame so many people dismiss this movie and try to compare it to The Hustler, or worse, dismiss it because Tom Cruise is a Scientology weirdo, there's just so much to analyze about this movie it's a shame it's not higher rated and higher acclaimed.
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esb90 — 9 years ago(August 28, 2016 11:07 PM)
Agreed. Most people, especially today, don't pay attention to subtext in a well written film. Only recently I was trying to explain character subtext to an imbecile on youtube regarding a very underrated film called "Strange Days". Imo, if people took the time to analyze films for their stories worth, they'd be even more immersed in it's entertainment.