The Hustler Movie Analysis
"The Hustler"
Most movies that come out today are practicable, I'm not saying that this is bad thing, but in the movie "The Hustler" the unsuspecting scene's drove the movie. I really enjoyed watching this movie and I was really surprised to enjoy a film this much that was made in 1961. Robert Rossen was the director of this movie, and I thought he did a wonderful job picking out the cast for this film. Every character was believable, and they all played excellent roles, but the role of "Fast" Eddie stuck out to me because of the strengths in the character. Paul Newman was the perfect actor to play the role of "Fast" Eddie Felson, I thought he played the role perfection. From the beginning of the movie it is made obvious that …show more content…
Instead of going back with this woman that he cared so much about, he stayed to try and come back. " Fast" Eddie ends up losing so much that Bert tells him that he won't put out any more money for him, so he ends up going upstairs into Sarah purse where he takes five hundred dollars back that he gave to her. This shows Newman's character at rock bottom. He stole from the only person he cared about, and things just got worse from there. The director makes the viewer feel that Bert is done putting his money out for Eddie, but at the last minute he decides to let him bet. He ends up getting into a game for two thousand dollars a game. It seemed that he was destine to lose even more then he was , but then his luck starts to change. To me it seemed that this was going to be it for "Fast" Eddie, but then he comes back and wins all the money. When Eddie and Bert finally left they were up by a lot, but when Bert handed Eddie his share it was like his life finally came into focus. He realized that he was the one that was really getting hustled, so he told Bert that he didn't want to take a Taxi home, instead he wanted to walk. By the time he makes it home, he find police in his hotel examining Sarah's dead body. This changes Eddie for the better because he realized the mistakes that he made and now he was going he was a stronger person, but now it was to late. Sarah killed herself, and he should have been there for
Most movies that come out today are practicable, I'm not saying that this is bad thing, but in the movie "The Hustler" the unsuspecting scene's drove the movie. I really enjoyed watching this movie and I was really surprised to enjoy a film this much that was made in 1961. Robert Rossen was the director of this movie, and I thought he did a wonderful job picking out the cast for this film. Every character was believable, and they all played excellent roles, but the role of "Fast" Eddie stuck out to me because of the strengths in the character. Paul Newman was the perfect actor to play the role of "Fast" Eddie Felson, I thought he played the role perfection. From the beginning of the movie it is made obvious that …show more content…
Instead of going back with this woman that he cared so much about, he stayed to try and come back. " Fast" Eddie ends up losing so much that Bert tells him that he won't put out any more money for him, so he ends up going upstairs into Sarah purse where he takes five hundred dollars back that he gave to her. This shows Newman's character at rock bottom. He stole from the only person he cared about, and things just got worse from there. The director makes the viewer feel that Bert is done putting his money out for Eddie, but at the last minute he decides to let him bet. He ends up getting into a game for two thousand dollars a game. It seemed that he was destine to lose even more then he was , but then his luck starts to change. To me it seemed that this was going to be it for "Fast" Eddie, but then he comes back and wins all the money. When Eddie and Bert finally left they were up by a lot, but when Bert handed Eddie his share it was like his life finally came into focus. He realized that he was the one that was really getting hustled, so he told Bert that he didn't want to take a Taxi home, instead he wanted to walk. By the time he makes it home, he find police in his hotel examining Sarah's dead body. This changes Eddie for the better because he realized the mistakes that he made and now he was going he was a stronger person, but now it was to late. Sarah killed herself, and he should have been there for