I liked this movie better when it was called "Rounders"

That is total bullcrap. Do we say that, "I liked Remember the Titans better when it was called Hoosiers."?

Poolhall Junkies is about pool.
Rounders is about pokers.
Yes the storyline has some symmetrical aspects, but if you are going to compare it to something, how about The Hustler or The Color of Money, two POOL HUSTLING MOVIES. Poolhall Junkies is NOT Rounders. A very well done film.

A) The script was written 10 years ago

B) Who says that if someone does something first it must be better?

C) The biggest, most important difference between this movie and Rounders is that it's about pool and not poker. I'm a big fan of billiards and I thought that the movie was great. I loved the cameo by Mike Massey, anyone who thinks that any of the shots that they made were impossible or computer edited should watch this guy at work in Trick Shot Magic, it's truely unreal.

First let me say I loved both of these movies, and did indeed notice a few similarities. However, I would dispute a few of those points. While a very large part of poker is luck (a "dumb" player can hang in and river you on the only card in the deck that can save him and you've got nothing but your balls in your hand), I would say that there is a bit more skill to pool. I certainly wouldn't say that pool is a "a game of luck/chance."

In Rounders, Mike McD drove a truck; he wasn't a construction worker.

And I would also say that while he lost his girl temporarily and his brother got put in jail, I'd argue that the main character Johnny from Poolhall Junkies didn't really suffer any losses. Matt Damon's character lost everything and was truly on his last leg in Rounders.

If you want to call this movie an "impression" of anything, watch The Hustler. There are a couple of things Poolhall Junkies that came STRAIGHT out of that movie.

However, all things in the movies today aren't about originality; they're about storytelling. Back in the day there was a pretty popular writer called Virgil. Most all of his stuff was unoriginal, but he told the tales better than anyone else. The same goes for a guy named Geoffrey Chaucer. Almost all of his Canterbury Tales were taken straight from a guy named Boccaccio. Nine-tenths of the law seems to be presentation in storytelling. I think the guys behind Poolhall Junkies put together a few different stories pretty well, and if you're just going to call it an "impression" of something, try to credit all of the sources.

And your point is?

I liked "Rounders" better when it was called "The Hustler". As a matter of fact I liked "Star Wars" better when it was still good, but you don't see me raising a stink about it and being a dill hole. My point is this mon frere, there ain't a damn thing new under the sun so we may as well steal ideas from the right places... like "Rounders".

"In my younger and more vulnerable days I broke my leg while I was roller skating and had a ninety pound cast that went from my ankle all the way to my groin. Take a journey with me folks, and imagine having a ninety pound cast pull you off the John in mid defecation.... yeah, not a fun journey is it?"

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I noticed the similarities between Poolhall Junkies and Rounders and I often say Poolhall Junkies is Rounders in a billiard hall with Christopher Walken. But, despite that, I still enjoy the movie.

ok let me just say rounders and poolhall are two of my all time favorites. and this dip sh*t is compairing them because they are played on green felt...come on bro get a job. do you think oceans 11 was an impression of snatch simply because the both involve steeling something and the guys in the movies were going after money. you my friend are a grade A retard. next you are gonna say that poolhall is an impression of the hustler just because they drink and shoot pool at the same time.

I agree with many of your points, but Allison Eastwood is a babe (checkout her Playboy appearance), Gretchen Mol is a bloated be-otch. Tara was angry but supportive, I mean they rode off "into the sunset" at the end, she didn't jump ship like Gretchen Mol's character who weakly tied to make nice before Mikey headed out to Vegas. Plus she didn't go snooping around his pockest to find the "gangsta roll", he just left it on the table. Both are good movies, but I hear you on the similarities, I was thinking many of the same thoughts this weekend when I saw Poolhall Junkies for the first time.