Brief Movie Review for 'The Hustler' (1961)

Movie: The Hustler (1961)
Director: Robert Rossen 
Rating: 4.2/5 Stars ****'

After seeing The Color Of Money (1986) I decide I should see the original, and I must say it was quite a bit better than the follow-up, even though he actually won the Oscar for the The Color Of Money (1986). Definitely check this movie out, its a classic Paul Newman movie and well worth watching, even more than once too :)

Brief Movie Review: The Color of Money (1986)

Movie: The Color of Money (1986)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Rating: 3.3/5 Stars ***'

For some reason this 80's classic, and sequel to The Hustler (1961), eluded me until only recently, which is shocking seeing that it was a Scorsese film with Paul Newman and Tom Cruise! The focus is pool, nine-ball specifically, although thankfully there isn't too much of it in the film as it mostly focuses on old-hustler (Newman) and his desire to train and coach the young pool-prodigy (Cruise) to swindle and hustle the best of the best. The film lacked something however, it just never seemed to quite get traction as a film if that makes any sense, sort of leaves you floating in limbo wondering when the formula plot is going to kick in more, however if you saw the first movie you will want to follow it up with this one.