What connections, symbolism, references are made from this film to the 80's flick?

Reply to What connections, symbolism, references are made from this film to the 80's flick? on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:16 GMT

fgadmin — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:16 GMT

m-slovak79 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 04:15 AM)

It's a disgrace to the original. Absolutely horrid.
I would disagree. that's a bit of a exaggeration to say the least, right?
The Color of Money is underrated as while it's not as good as The Hustler (1961) it's not far behind it in my mind
-The Hustler (1961) - 9/10 (within my Top 31 movies)
-The Color of Money (1986) - 8/10 (within my Top 65 movies)
i just finished re-watching The Hustler (1961) just now on Dec 29th 2016 and it remains top spec. my most recent re-watch of The Color of Money (1986) is July 6th 2015.
the Fast Eddie Felson character is the character Paul Newman is born to play as you can really feel the passion of that character.
p.s. for measure there is only 202 movies out of the 2,000+ total movies i have seen that i gave a 7/10 or higher. so i don't hand out high rating routinely like some do around here. with that said it's not that i limit a movies rating just to limit it, it's simply because i rate movies based on my all around enjoyment of them and it's just that not many movies stand out to any higher degree for me is all. i still mildly like movies i give a 6/10 though and do re-watch those from time to time. there is roughly 575 movies i gave a 6 or higher.

My Top 100-ish Movies of All-Time! =
http://goo.gl/EYFYdz

Reply to What connections, symbolism, references are made from this film to the 80's flick? on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:15 GMT

fgadmin — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:15 GMT

violence_and_electronic_music — 9 years ago(September 22, 2016 08:14 PM)

It's a disgrace to the original. Absolutely horrid.

Reply to What connections, symbolism, references are made from this film to the 80's flick? on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:14 GMT

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garnerphils — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 04:37 PM)

There are a handful of references in "TCOM" that are direct cues from "The Hustler." One example is Bert's speech to Eddie about character, juxtaposed with Felson telling Vincent he's a character. Vincent misinterpreted that as Eddie saying he had character, to which Eddie says, "i didn't say you had character. You're an incredible flake."
As to the comment below, I won't dignity it with a retort. I would encourage anyone who is a fan of "The Hustler" & Scorsese to see it & make your own judgment.

Reply to What connections, symbolism, references are made from this film to the 80's flick? on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:12 GMT

fgadmin — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:12 GMT

heyuactor — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 11:11 AM)