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No way the two of them could serve enough drinks in that Cellblock bar


There had to be at least 500 people in that place. Two bartenders? Get the f outta here! No way.




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That's why the film, and the "bartending" fad of the late 80's was so ridiculous. How bizarre was it to see 100s of people watch 2 guys take 5 minutes to make a "clever" cocktail? People were retarded in the 1980s !?!

Total crap movie.

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I also wonder how Tom Cruise's "last barman poet" speech was heard by the entire three-story bar with NO microphone. When Gina Gershon ordered an Orgasm, it took BOTH bartenders to make it and it took about four minutes with the dance and "moves". I bet there were a LOT of thirsty patrons in the Cell Block.

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I'm guessing none of you know how to enjoy movies?

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They're both card-carrying members of the Society for Movie Physics.

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What about the customers standing in the top area? It would take 10 minutes to get down to the bar, and god knows how long to actually get your drink, then you would have to trudge all the way back up. By the time you were back up there your drink would be finished. What a sh*t bar.

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In most bars, clubs especially, there are more than one bar.
You always have your "main bar" which I'm assuming they were at.
But there are also probably at least 4 more in there somewhere.

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Is that all people like you guys do? Watch movies just so you can tear it down with your unrealistic B.S.?

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There are probably waitresses that we don't see too. It's escapist fun and great to pick apart after seeing it dozens of times!



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What naive questions! Have any of you been to big NY clubs? There are bars upstairs, downstairs, in the back of the room, and cocktail waitresses selling pre-mixed drinks off of trays... I figured the guys were more entertainers and specialty drink promoters at the showboat center of the room bar.

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Seriously, who cares? It's a film.

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Don't you know? Tom Cruise can do anything in a movie.



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Not to mention there is no way they'd have time to *entertain* the crowd and make hundreds of drinks!
Why would a crowd be interested in 5 minutes of bad poetry?


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yup , there should be an express bar for people who just want a beer

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I saw serious fire code violations in that place 🚒

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