the color of money

so after finishing the book of this by walter tevis, which was fantastic, i went and rewatched this movie. and boy was i disappointed. The book was great, i even edited the entry in wikipedia because whomever wrote it said the book was exactly like the movie. The movie is nothing like the book. Tom Cruises character doesn't exist in the book. I didn't miss him one bit. The whole book focused on what it was like to be great and then slowly slid into mediocraty. Then fight you're way back to the top. The movie was a cheesy way to get two stars together in the same movie. Scorsesse did what he could with it, and made it watchable, but having read the book it ruined the movie for me. It could have been so much more. Now granted jackie gleason wasn't dead when they made this but he died the next year, but it would have been cool to see him play Minnesota Fats and go with all that stuff. I don't understand why they didn't just stick with the story. I don't know why it bothers me so much. This is the second book of tevis' that i have read the first being the man who fell to earth. And both of them have been made into movies that i like but after reading the book they could have been so much more. Both movies have been made by people who think alot about themselves, and that might have something to do with it. I would like to read the Hustler now, but I'm afraid if i do that i won't like the movie anymore either. shitty.

book 4 out 5 tacosauce packets

movie 2 out 5 tacosauce packets

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