Why? Surely not because of black and white? Some of the best movies ever made were B&W.
Ahhh cmon SeS I would've hoped you didn't think I'd be that closeminded 😭
Whilst B&W are way before my time I do enjoy (some) of them and don't dislike them purely because of it.
12 Angry
Men is one of my favorite movies and probably the best B&W I've seen.
Only ever watched it once but it's a great rollercoaster, and at that a movie primarily taking place in just one room, brilliantly written.
I think I've forgotten the feel of black and white movies.
When I said this I meant that I haven't watched a B&W movie in a few years and forgot how peculiar they are.
Because growing up in this era of cgi movies I feel that when I go back nearly a decade in films a lot of the staples of cinema I grew up with are missing in these old movies. (Not just the effects, but something like soundtracks I feel is more prevalent these days, very elaborate sets, maybe excluding monster movies from your day? and exposition in a way, the way a scene's build up and certain camera angles and effects and also transitions between scenes, some old movies feel very simple in those regards) I guess budgets are partly to blame?
And that in and of itself isn't a bad thing, it's just easy to make me feel like I'm missing something when the only thing I can resort to is acting in, I guess, its purest form. (Also because I haven't watched any of these practical stunt heavy movies of old, closest thing I've seen I suppose was the train scene in Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt).
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In this particular case I felt the acting was quite a letdown, I felt like Piper Laurie overacted and just thought the overall performance was strange.
Fats was great throughout, and from Newman I expected more as well as I'm supposed to believe he's one of hollywood's greats.
He did have one great scene, about halfway during a picknick he was talking with Piper's character about why he liked playing pool.
And I think that was my favorite scene throughout, I enjoyed every word of it. I felt why his character felt that way.
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If I go on to watch more 'colorless' movies right now and revisit the movie I might enjoy it more but as it stands I don't think it's a worthy prequel to Cruise's Color of Money, which I did enjoy immensely.
It is however nice to see Eddie again and learn more of his character. Be nice if they ever make a third.
Anyway I hope that answers your question SeS, hope I didn't trash on your 'old' movies too much 🫡