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07-23-2022, 05:41 AM
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HUSTLE: Really Excellent Movie
I can't recall the last Adam Sandler movie we enjoyed, but this...
Hustle was just excellent.
Hustle on IMDB (NetFlix)
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07-23-2022, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
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thxs....seems like a more serious movie than his usual's
Happy Gilmore , Longest Yard ,Wedding Singer .....I like
Favorite is "Click"
Last edited by geroge.burns99; 07-23-2022 at 06:26 AM.
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07-23-2022, 12:09 PM
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Sandler's had a number of "serious" movies.
Uncut Gems wasn't all that good, but it was about gambling (sports).
Punch-Drunk Love which was very good IMO
There were probably some others I am forgetting.
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07-23-2022, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Sandler's had a number of "serious" movies.
Uncut Gems wasn't all that good, but it was about gambling (sports).
Punch-Drunk Love which was very good IMO
There were probably some others I am forgetting.
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and you know what.....I started watch those and didn't made past a half hour
because I said .."That not him!!!"
Am I Coocoo
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07-23-2022, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by geroge.burns99
and you know what.....I started watch those and didn't made past a half hour
because I said .."That not him!!!"
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Same here.
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07-24-2022, 02:20 AM
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He put up the cash for this one, Happy Madison productions et Al
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma's_Boy_(2006_film)
Such a great cast of actors. I like it
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07-25-2022, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
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Uncut Gems is probably my favorite recent movie of all time.
Loved it.
There were some silly parts, but the vibe and energy and having something of value that was a struggle to bring to market, I could relate to.
wasn't crazy about the uncut gem soundtrack but I youtubed it, and now I listen to "ballad of howie bling" on loud loop when i need to tune out a wife or simulcast pratter while I zone in.
Movies like "Hustle" turn me off initially because i've done the b-ball stuff
but thanks Dave, I will give it a shot. Maybe the 'vibe' that Sandler may or may not portray will catch me again.
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07-25-2022, 09:48 PM
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Yes I would 100% agree with Dave here with Hustle being a very good movie
And yes I do like the Uncut Gems movie too it is a pretty crazy movie though 
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07-25-2022, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
Uncut Gems is probably my favorite recent movie of all time.
Loved it.
There were some silly parts, but the vibe and energy and having something of value that was a struggle to bring to market, I could relate to.
wasn't crazy about the uncut gem soundtrack but I youtubed it, and now I listen to "ballad of howie bling" on loud loop when i need to tune out a wife or simulcast pratter while I zone in.
Movies like "Hustle" turn me off initially because i've done the b-ball stuff
but thanks Dave, I will give it a shot. Maybe the 'vibe' that Sandler may or may not portray will catch me again.
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Jason,
It's all about taste. LOL
I hated Gems - not sure we even finished it.
Hustle is like Costner's Draft Day but with lots of real action as opposed to board room moves and trades.
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07-26-2022, 12:56 PM
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clean money
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
Jason,
It's all about taste. LOL
I hated Gems - not sure we even finished it.
Hustle is like Costner's Draft Day but with lots of real action as opposed to board room moves and trades.
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all that praise i give Gems, and I probably couldn't watch it again. I could (and have a few times) have it on in the background while I watch replays, but not glued into classic scenes.
Now, I could watch Glengarry Glen Ross almost start to finish line-for-line, and not get one trip horse.
when I was 12 I would flock to Hustle for the b-ball element. "Hoop Dreams" is a solid documentary, but it was a heavenly gift to me.
Here I am 43 with a degenerative issue and I'm not helping some Croatian team win an extra playoff series, or assistant-coaching a division two women's team to some historic season. I'm not taking some fringe tall AAU(that's where they play now instead of the city parks outdoors) player into division-2 scholarship contributing player...
I'm sitting here 'hustling' the ponies and waiting to get healthy enough to do my spacing demonstration (loosely based on monkey-in-the-middle) on how a ballhandler can manipulate an opponnts defender, at a small youth center.
lol so any Disneyesque probably depress me, but there's a chance Sandler has some manic desperation moments that I relate to.
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07-26-2022, 02:25 PM
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Now, I could watch Glengarry Glen Ross almost start to finish line-for-line, and not get one trip horse.
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All about taste.
That was one of my all-time sleeper movies.
No, not THAT kind of sleeper.
The kind you fell asleep during. LOL
All I can recall is the rain.
I did, however, sort of like Reservoir Dogs. LOL
But Hoop Dreams is a good comparison, with good acting and lots of action.
Just a whole lot of phi-slama-jama.
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