The Hustler or The Color Of Money

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kag2-1 — 14 years ago(October 18, 2011 08:44 AM)

The Hustler - All-time classic, probably the top film of its decade.
The Color of Money - Quite good, but not great.
Newman is excellent in both films.

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manage-932-700755 — 14 years ago(November 20, 2011 09:38 AM)

The Hustler by an edge- 9/10 vs. 8/10.

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jharmon64 — 13 years ago(April 22, 2012 07:16 AM)

Hustler 10/10
Color of Money 9/10
Apples and oranges and you can watch Color of Money without seeing the Huster, but if you've seen the Huster it makes Color of Money that much better.
Both are great.

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jimmyderzko — 13 years ago(June 15, 2012 03:52 AM)

Hustler 10/10
Color Of Money 5/10

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m-slovak79 — 13 years ago(October 05, 2012 10:22 PM)

-The Hustler (1961) - 9/10 (the oldest film i like a lot in general)
-The Color of Money (1986) - 8/10
if there is one role i like Newman in the most it's the Fast Eddie Felson character.

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DracTarashV — 13 years ago(October 14, 2012 03:21 PM)

I love The Color of Money, it's my second favorite pool film after the original '61 version. It's not just an underrated Scorsese or Newman film, it's an underrated film in general. If Newman didn't win for this, I get the feeling more people would forget its existence. The sequel is a great film, and it's more of a pool film than The Hustler, which is not a bad thing to say. If it surpassed the original in one particular area, the pool scenes in TCM were greater and more fascinating to watch. Plus those close-up shots of the pool table were wonderul to look at but that is where it ends. Nothing disappointed me in the sequel Scorsese's directing, the soundtrack, the locations and of course, the great acting from the cast; it was all top notch. But The Hustler, is undoubtedly a better film and a masterpiece. I'm confident in saying the sequel is a classic in its own right though.
The prostitution rests.

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rochelle-rochelle — 13 years ago(October 22, 2012 09:46 PM)

The Hustler. Eddie vs Minnesota Fats, no comparison.
However, the most heart-breaking scene of The Color of Money was the Eddie/Amos scene (
). That scene was so good that I just can't watch it. The Hustler got hustled.
Is it okay if I do it for mom and not you? 'Cause I really like mom.

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balboa76 — 13 years ago(November 04, 2012 07:21 AM)

Sorry to the OP but this is one of the all time dumbest questions on IMDB. The Hustler is an all time iconic classic, one the greatest films ever made, great cast, screenplay and direction, this film should be in the dictionary next to the phrase they don't make them like this anymore. The Color of Money is average at best, to compare it to the original is comical and an insult to the original.

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stevielanding — 10 years ago(November 09, 2015 10:54 PM)

You got that right. The Hustler was about a guy who knew how to hustle, albeit, not as well as he should have. The Color of Money was about a guy who would have gotten his ass kicked in every pool hall for his showboating and about an over-the-hill guy who miraculously regained his skills for no apparent reason.
Mairzy doats and dozy doats, but liddle lamzi nothing.

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diego_hentschke — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 11:22 PM)

I enjoyed The Color of Money a lot more