Poolhall Junkies
Not a great movie.
The acting pretty much sucks.
The cinematography is mega cheesy!
However.... Christopher Walken has an AWESOME monologue. Johnny is about to play a game of pool, with a lot of money riding on it. Pool shark vs. professional. The backer for his opponent is his old manager who got pissed at him and broke his hand. Johnny has removed his cast before his hand healed in order to play the game only because he needs to win the money to get his dumb ass brother out of jail. Mike (Christopher Walken), the billionaire, is the financial backer for Johnny. Johnny is in the bathroom, splashing water on his face, after playing a few rounds. He is nervous about playing for so much money and with his brother's freedom from jail riding on this game. Mike comes into give him a pep talk. For your reading pleasure.........
"You watch those nature documentaries on the cable? You see the one about lions? You got this lion. He's the king of the jungle, huge mane out to here. He's laying under a tree, in the middle of Africa. He's so big, it's so hot. He doesn't want to move. Now the little lions come, they start messing with him. Biting his tail, biting his ears. He doesn't do anything. The lioness, she starts messing with him. Coming over, making trouble. Still nothing. Now the other animals, they notice this. They start to move in. The jackals; hyenas. They're barking at him, laughing at him. They nip his toes, and eat the food that's in his domain. They do this, then they get closer and closer, bolder and bolder. Till one day, that lion gets up and tears the shit out of everybody. Runs like the wind, eats everything in his path. Cause every once in a while, the lion has to show the jackals, who he is."
...of course you would have to see it to get the true effect but if you love Christopher Walken like I do, you can imagine him and the delivery.
That is all....
The acting pretty much sucks.
The cinematography is mega cheesy!
However.... Christopher Walken has an AWESOME monologue. Johnny is about to play a game of pool, with a lot of money riding on it. Pool shark vs. professional. The backer for his opponent is his old manager who got pissed at him and broke his hand. Johnny has removed his cast before his hand healed in order to play the game only because he needs to win the money to get his dumb ass brother out of jail. Mike (Christopher Walken), the billionaire, is the financial backer for Johnny. Johnny is in the bathroom, splashing water on his face, after playing a few rounds. He is nervous about playing for so much money and with his brother's freedom from jail riding on this game. Mike comes into give him a pep talk. For your reading pleasure.........
"You watch those nature documentaries on the cable? You see the one about lions? You got this lion. He's the king of the jungle, huge mane out to here. He's laying under a tree, in the middle of Africa. He's so big, it's so hot. He doesn't want to move. Now the little lions come, they start messing with him. Biting his tail, biting his ears. He doesn't do anything. The lioness, she starts messing with him. Coming over, making trouble. Still nothing. Now the other animals, they notice this. They start to move in. The jackals; hyenas. They're barking at him, laughing at him. They nip his toes, and eat the food that's in his domain. They do this, then they get closer and closer, bolder and bolder. Till one day, that lion gets up and tears the shit out of everybody. Runs like the wind, eats everything in his path. Cause every once in a while, the lion has to show the jackals, who he is."
...of course you would have to see it to get the true effect but if you love Christopher Walken like I do, you can imagine him and the delivery.
That is all....