1/ Paul Newman is so fucking cool. Never seen anything he’s in before. He is most certainly him.

2/ Dorky young Tom Cruise is such a great actor. The man lives for the cinema and you can tell.

3/ Josh Safdie must love this movie. You can see all the inspirations he took from this when making Marty Supreme.

4/ Martin Scorsese is also him. The camera work, especially in the pool scenes is awesome.

1/ Paul Newman is so fucking cool. Never seen anything he’s in before. He is most certainly him.

2/ Dorky young Tom Cruise is such a great actor. The man lives for the cinema and you can tell.

3/ Josh Safdie must love this movie. You can see all the inspirations he took from this when making Marty Supreme.

4/ Martin Scorsese is also him. The camera work, especially in the pool scenes is awesome.

porn is less erotic than some of the shots in this film

porn is less erotic than some of the shots in this film

“Hey, I’m back”

I love Scorsese’s movies and I know the rest are amazing but I had so much more fun watching this than most of his other movies. Maybe it’s because I really loved Fast Eddie in The Hustler and I finally got to see this but it’s just a lot of fun.

Scorsese directed the hell out of this. From the way the camera moves with the players as they dance around the table to those shots on the pool table while the balls roll. There’s just so much fucking sauce in this movie and its characters.

Tom Cruise is a weird little freak in this. I have mixed feelings about his performance. One thing’s for sure though, his smile proves that he had to play this role. It’s so fucking psychotic that he just embodies Vince.

I think it’s so cool that Paul Newman and Tom Cruise went head to head here. Movie star of the past vs. the present. Regardless, Newman never loses his touch. He’s so cool no matter how old he is. When he gets those glasses, no one else in the room is as cool as he is.

Genuinely such a cool story about a teacher and a student just going at it.

I couldn’t fucking understand a word they were saying sometimes though. Mumbling and speaking low and shit, I don’t know. Aside from that, so good to see this in a theater but I’ve got a feeling I’d love to rewatch this with subtitles.

“Hey, I’m back”

I love Scorsese’s movies and I know the rest are amazing but I had so much more fun watching this than most of his other movies. Maybe it’s because I really loved Fast Eddie in The Hustler and I finally got to see this but it’s just a lot of fun.

Scorsese directed the hell out of this. From the way the camera moves with the players as they dance around the table to those shots on the pool table while the balls roll. There’s just so much fucking sauce in this movie and its characters.

Tom Cruise is a weird little freak in this. I have mixed feelings about his performance. One thing’s for sure though, his smile proves that he had to play this role. It’s so fucking psychotic that he just embodies Vince.

I think it’s so cool that Paul Newman and Tom Cruise went head to head here. Movie star of the past vs. the present. Regardless, Newman never loses his touch. He’s so cool no matter how old he is. When he gets those glasses, no one else in the room is as cool as he is.

Genuinely such a cool story about a teacher and a student just going at it.

I couldn’t fucking understand a word they were saying sometimes though. Mumbling and speaking low and shit, I don’t know. Aside from that, so good to see this in a theater but I’ve got a feeling I’d love to rewatch this with subtitles.

This didn't do a lot for me. Maybe I just wanted more of The Hustler. Characters felt very surface level to me. And the structure of the movie was strange it kinda of meandered for most of the runtime. Maybe I watched it wrong idk

This didn't do a lot for me. Maybe I just wanted more of The Hustler. Characters felt very surface level to me. And the structure of the movie was strange it kinda of meandered for most of the runtime. Maybe I watched it wrong idk

The Color of Money catches up roughly 25 years after Eddie’s life as a pool hustler. A bit trivial, but i love how this movie doesn’t make a grand entrance and feels more like another filler episode, opens with Paul Newman chatting up, drinking, and betting. Then the camera pans to focus on young Tom Cruise, rocking 80s shaggy hair, playing Vincent Lauria, a young hotshot pool hustler. 

Him and his girlfriend Carmen, played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, bring their romantic relationship into a hustling lifestyle through Eddie’s persuasion, as Eddie eventually becomes a mentor to Vincent. Yet Eddie sees his past in Vincent, and it reach to the point where the relationship becomes parallel.

Martin Scorsese turns the continuation of Fast Eddie Felson’s tale into a man who is somewhat more subdued, more charming, and wiser. An endearing closure to what he should've earned. Corroborated by amazing cinematography, making The Color of Money a kinetic, intense, and arousing sequel.

The Color of Money catches up roughly 25 years after Eddie’s life as a pool hustler. A bit trivial, but i love how this movie doesn’t make a grand entrance and feels more like another filler episode, opens with Paul Newman chatting up, drinking, and betting. Then the camera pans to focus on young Tom Cruise, rocking 80s shaggy hair, playing Vincent Lauria, a young hotshot pool hustler. 

Him and his girlfriend Carmen, played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, bring their romantic relationship into a hustling lifestyle through Eddie’s persuasion, as Eddie eventually becomes a mentor to Vincent. Yet Eddie sees his past in Vincent, and it reach to the point where the relationship becomes parallel.

Martin Scorsese turns the continuation of Fast Eddie Felson’s tale into a man who is somewhat more subdued, more charming, and wiser. An endearing closure to what he should've earned. Corroborated by amazing cinematography, making The Color of Money a kinetic, intense, and arousing sequel.