Weekend so far: fine. Watched “The Color of Money,” since I’d just seen “The Hustler.” Didn’t age as well as I thought. Oh, you can get past Paul Newman’s 80s duds and smoked aviator glasses, and Tom Cruise’s hair – on loan from Ray Luca – but it just feels like another example from Scorcese’s Trying Very Hard period. Also, it’s nine hours long. But still! Tom Cruise is very convincing as a cocky, large-toothed lunatic. Almost as if he was born to play the role.
“Large-toothed lunatic.” Heh.