The true color of money-drunk life and dream of death

Fabian 2021-12-08 08:01:46

The film tells the story of a retired billiards veteran Eddie who ran into a young billiard genius Vincent in a bar. Eddie felt that cooperating with each other was exciting and profitable, so Eddie quoted Vincent on the road and taught him how to play Set up a game in the game to win money, as the journey of fraud continues, Eddie feels a crisis of his meaning in life. Later, Eddie chooses to face the contradictions in life and redeems himself. This is a story.

Vincent, played by Tom Cruise, who was full of cream at the time, was handsome, talented in billiards, skilled, clever and playful. He worked as a shopping guide in a supermarket.

When they met at the pool table, Eddie was attracted by the young man in front of him. Time and space seemed to have turned in half. The vigorous and energetic young man in front of him was just like himself back then, and his memories were suddenly and clearly shown in reality. The past sealed in my heart suddenly rushed to my heart, and the passion and longing left in my heart was ignited again!

Eddie couldn’t bear it anymore. Obviously, he was calm on the surface. His blood surged. He decided to train this young offspring. Maybe he wanted to pay some money. He wanted to relive the stimulating life of his youth through Vincent. I felt the arrogant self and wanted to regain his youth...

So he began to entice him to confuse, use human desires and suspicions, to fix Vincent and his beloved girlfriend, bind them to the road, and exhaust all kinds of methods along the way. Let it "grow"-how to use the game design to scam money properly...

With Vincent's on the road, under the familiar scams, each skill is precise and perfect, and a thick pile of The banknotes, the stimulus that influences the situation, completely awakened the wonderful memory of Eddie that had been in the dust for a long time, and his blood boiled again. A surging force dominated Eddie, and he was equipped with a pair of new glasses. After taking the guy given to Vincent, he went to the old friend's court to vent and release to his heart's content.

At the beginning, there were many surprises. It seemed that the state of the year was back, but in the end, an amateur player played by Forest Whitaker ended this illusion. Perhaps it was the opponent’s luck. After losing many sets, Eddie He was about to collapse. When giving the money, Eddie, who seemed to be in a trance, asked a few words, "Are you cheating money?"

At this point, we may have some understanding of Eddie.

He seems to be in his sixties, walking in a bar, in a suit and leather shoes, handsome, single, soaking in a bar girl, and living a bohemian, free life. We can probably imagine that Eddie was in his current state more than 20 years ago, seemingly confident and conceited to live freely, because he deceived many people, observed many people, and claimed to be very good in anthropology. Knowing how to camp in the crowd, needless to say, he must despise the ordinary people and ordinary life, he enjoys the sense of freedom in control of everything, he sees through life, sees through human nature, so he lives a life for a long time. Will be lonely, boring, boring to life, even alcohol is no longer stimulating, so he fell in love with Vincent! Through Vincent, he saw the exciting time he had had!

But as the story continues, Eddie is derailed, derailed in money, derailed in this kind of life, he knows that money is not what he really wants, and the little one who is comfortable with fraud is in front of him. Isn't the liar the same person he was back then? A vivid mirror stood in front of him, showing that he had nowhere to escape. Suddenly he woke up like a dream!

He decided to find himself lost in the

past and win back from the table... He lied for a lifetime, and finally found out that he was the biggest fool, the biggest deceiver in life, unable to estimate how much he missed. He was ensnared by money. The ironic money is probably to pay for his stupidity again and again, and he has lost a lot!

colour of money? Drunk life and dream of death!

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  • Jared 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    3.5 The actors are quite good. Newman Tom and even Whitaker's skills are quite good. At first I thought it was a match between old and young, and it developed into a road movie and then the last stop of a space cowboy-like twilight hero. In the end, it finally stretched out and turned into a bloody return of the veteran's rekindled fighting spirit to find his dignity and his true colors and money to stand aside. But just losing to Whitaker and wearing glasses doesn't highlight Newman's downfall, so it's hard to show his sudden emotional reversal.

  • Stefan 2021-12-08 08:01:46

    #钱本色#-7 points. The sequel to "The Prodigal Son". The Maotou boy of the year has become a big brother, but a new generation of masters has replaced his position in the past. Newman's aura is really different when he gets older, he looks wise and mature. And Tom Cruise was really young at that time, and his vigorous look is unforgettable. As for the female pig vase, I don’t know what is the purpose of appearing in the film~~~

The Color of Money quotes

  • Opening Voiceover: Nine-ball is rotation pool, the balls are pocketed in numbered order. The only ball that means anything, that wins it, is the 9. Now, the player can shoot eight trick shots in a row, blow the 9, and lose. On the other hand, the player can get the 9 in on the break, if the balls spread right, and win. Which is to say, that luck plays a part in nine-ball. But for some players, luck itself is an art.

  • Eddie Felson: Do you smell that?

    Vincent Lauria: What, smoke?

    Carmen: No, Money...