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[Screwball]

1 minute ago, oblong said:

One clarification on 9 ball.  You don’t have to pocket them in order. You just have to strike the lowest ball first with the cue ball. Granted that often leads to pocketing that ball but it’s not required. If the 9 ball ends up in front of a pocket you can hit the lowest numbered ball left to knock it in. 
 

and… I suck at pool.  I played it a lot. A friend had a table and as kids we aways were down there.  Then in college I spent a lot of time in two halls during my slacker days. I never got better at it.  I just couldn’t master it. 

Correct on the nine ball stuff.

Most people know pool as something you do in a bar with bad cue sticks and a table that isn't flat. Gleason was a good pool player, but nowhere near the class as Mosconi. Those guys are really some kind of good.

[oblong]

5 minutes ago, Screwball said:

Correct on the nine ball stuff.

Most people know pool as something you do in a bar with bad cue sticks and a table that isn't flat. Gleason was a good pool player, but nowhere near the class as Mosconi. Those guys are really some kind of good.

The skinny dude from color of money, at the tournament: was a pro player too. 
 

color of money grew on me after a few viewings. I just have to remember that this was pre top gun Tom Cruise. He’s almost a distraction.  

[Screwball]

Kind of weird in a way, but The Hustler was 1961 and The Color of Money was 1986 - 25 years apart - and "could" be called a sequel? Seems most sequels don't live up to the original, but both of these were kick ass IMO.

[Screwball]

Adding; I wonder how many people got the connection when Eddy said in TCOM "I'm back?"

[Screwball]

35 minutes ago, oblong said:

and… I suck at pool.  I played it a lot. A friend had a table and as kids we aways were down there.  Then in college I spent a lot of time in two halls during my slacker days. I never got better at it.  I just couldn’t master it. 

I was working during the day and went to school at night.  We used to skip the last class and go to the bar. They had a 3 or 4 tables. Cost a quarter a game, we played for a pitcher of beer. Losers buy. One of the best times of my life. And I'm still here...

Nothing like a bunch of drunks playing for money they don't have.

[oblong]

One of the places I used to go to is still open…. But now you need to pass thru a metal detector to go in. 

[Motor City Sonics]

You've seen Jaws, right? 

There's a seen where Chief Brody's son and his friends are on a little boat in the "Pond" and the shark is in the pond and there's a guy in a little rowboat and he says "Hey you guys, you guys okay over there?".    That guy makes me think of Mark Fidrych every time 

 

Edited February 3, 2023 by Motor City Sonics

[Motor City Sonics]

1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said:

You've seen Jaws, right? 

There's a seen where Chief Brody's son and his friends are on a little boat in the "Pond" and the shark is in the pond and there's a guy in a little rowboat and he says "Hey you guys, you guys okay over there?".    That guy makes me think of Mark Fidrych every time 

 

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[Cruzer1]

Jaws reminds me of this, the greatest premise in movie history...

 

[mtutiger]

On 1/9/2023 at 9:04 PM, 1984Echoes said:

Anybody see The Menu?

Pretty wicked...!

Just watched this recently... really really interesting movie.

In a weird way, the themes remind me a lot of the Michael Douglas movie "Falling Down" in that Fiennes' character identifies a lot of society's ills and those who have crossed or put him down, but ultimately goes about it in the most insane, psychotic way possible.

Edited February 5, 2023 by mtutiger

[1984Echoes]

And everyone was on board with it too!

Except one person...

I loved how Anya Taylor-Joy (as the Escort who didn't belong there) thought her way through the situation...

[mtutiger]

51 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

And everyone was on board with it too!

Except one person...

I loved how Anya Taylor-Joy (as the Escort who didn't belong there) thought her way through the situation...

Her character was the only true "good guy" in the film, and her humility, thrust into a situation that she didn't belong in (can't get into why because of spoilers), definitely got her through.

[1984Echoes]

I thought her cleverness reigned supreme...!

[oblong]

Saw Ant Man. Liked it.  Tight movie.  Didn’t feel bored. Majors was awesome. Sets things up real nice. credit scenes are really good. 

[Biff Mayhem]

So yesterday my wife and I drove from the GR area to Troy to see Hidden Blade. It was the only theater in Michigan showing the movie. Took a day off work to make this happen.

There were three languages going on so I had to read the subtitles. I couldn't tell who was Japanese and who was Chinese so an already confusing dialogue movie, which I already don't like, got even more confusing.

My wife, however, loved it so if you're into foreign dialogue movies with twists, go for it.

Hidden Blade (Mandarin) (mjrtheatres.com)

Also of note, the power in the area was interrupted with about ten minutes left in the movie so I was happy but my wife....not so much.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

I finally watched the Elvis biopic with Tom Hanks and Austin Butler and it was not good. The directing and film making were what bothered me most. In particular, the editing, and constant scene cutting was annoying and not enjoyable to watch. I think Tom Hanks was surprisingly disappointing as Colonel Parker as well. I thought his acting was campy and hokey.

I wanted this to be a standard biopic format from childhood through the end of his life, giving us the timeline of his life and career. I felt with all the constant scene cutting and jumping we didn't get that. Walk the Line and Straight Out of Compton did the music biopics right.

I might be in the minority on this, but I was hoping for an Elvis version of Walk the Line. Replace Johnny Cash's life and backstory with Elvis but follow the same template, editing, and directing style.

[oblong]

I love Johnny Cash and was not a big fan of Walk the Line.  I'll watch it when it's on but Phoenix didn't hit it right.  It might not be his fault but every time I see the guy I think he's a psycho who's about to snap.  Johnny was a gentle soul, not a lunatic.   He looked the part physically and I was very excited when I found out he was going to play him and that Johnny picked him.  I told a friend he was born to play it.

Also think they did his first wife wrong. 

I also share those feelings on the Elvis movie.  I knew it would be like that b/c of the filmmaker. And having someone like Hanks play that role that way is also a bad decision.  It's too distracting.

 

[CMRivdogs]

The picture was almost more of a Parker biopic that one for Elvis. I also think we compare a lot of these movies to Coal Miners Daughter. It's a tough compete

[oblong]

Love Coal Miner's Daughter.

When they started production the real Doolittle wasn't a fan of Tommy Lee Jones initially.  After the first day they went into town and got drunk and raised some hell.  They became close friends after that.

Loretta Lynn fainted when she got a glimpse of Levon Helm as her daddy because it was so good.

 

[smr-nj]

I watched “Operation Mincemeat” on Netflix yesterday. (WW2 drama - true story).

Colin Firth is in it… I like him. 
 

Very good movie and I had NO idea about this operation. Very interesting.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Coal Miner's Daughter and Sissy Spacek set the bar for biopics. Spacek as Loretta Lynn is incredible. I just thought the Elvis movie was all and all a poor biopic and not terribly enjoyable to watch.

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Coal Miner's Daughter and Sissy Spacek set the bar for biopics. Spacek as Loretta Lynn is incredible. I just thought the Elvis movie was all and all a poor biopic and not terribly enjoyable to watch.

Sometimes you're just limited by the subject matter. 

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Coal Miner's Daughter and Sissy Spacek set the bar for biopics. Spacek as Loretta Lynn is incredible. I just thought the Elvis movie was all and all a poor biopic and not terribly enjoyable to watch.

The musical attempt I thought was terrible. I also hate musicals.....

[oblong]

I hate musicals too.... I'm the dad in Holy Grail who yells out "stop that... stop that.  We won't have any singing while I'm around".

Except the Blues Brothers.  Can watch that all day.

[oblong]

I have The Fugitive on in the background.

Is it time to have a discussion on.... this being a bad movie?  I love it.  I will watch it anytime it's on. It's gripping to this day, same with Apollo 13.

But.... I have a hard time getting over the fact he was convicted.  Even when interrogating him.  The Chicago cop says... "book him!".  It's like a caricature.  And jumping off the empty dam and surviving.  Not being discovered in Chicago until he's on the train. I know it's a big city but....

I'm not sure without Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones this movie survives.

And since this is the second TLJ movie this page.... who wants to talk about Old Country For Old Men?