Why would Vince dump the game where he wins $16,000 when if he won he would make it to the semi-finals and win $50,000 i
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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.