What do you think guys?
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Concise_Statement — 16 years ago(September 28, 2009 09:12 AM)
Yeah, a British classic. Though Siskel and Ebert were incredibly snooty about it. And since they were also a bit reluctant on Trainspotting - one of the best films of the 90s - it makes me think that you had to be a certain age in the UK to fully appreciate that time in cinema. Human Traffic was also a nice companion piece to Trainspotting during that time but again I doubt S&E would have been much more receptive to that.
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whygohome725 — 16 years ago(April 30, 2009 06:07 PM)
I give it back in a heart beat. All currency is marked and it would eventually be tracked down. My problem with the movie is that Richie is frowned upon for giving it back when its the only thing he could've done (this side of ending up 6 feet under or being forced to live in Rwanda).
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MamaPapaXP — 16 years ago(May 12, 2009 10:58 PM)
Hell no.
After forty years on skid row (oops wrong film.)
Even if it meant stashing it for five or ten years and laundering it through as many banks as it took to avoid reporting laws and what-not. Even if it meant continuing working and using it sparingly to avoid suspicion from the taxman.
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jlz5018 — 16 years ago(June 08, 2009 12:08 AM)
Simply put, No.
The only people besides Richie Roberts that would return a million dollars are those who already have considerably more money than that, or people who believe in Karma. Needless to say, I do not fit under either of those categories. -
andy-todd-1 — 16 years ago(October 26, 2009 12:17 PM)
Don't know how many watched "The Shield" series when the cops stole the mob's money, intending to keep it, only to find that a portion had been marked. This, more than anything else, seem to be the beginning of their downfall.
Assuming a comment made in American Gangster (more than once, I think), that the money was unmarked and that if turned in, it would just go to the crooked cops (majority if NYC DEA) who wre also allegedly selling the French Connection dope back to the drug dealers, it would seem you could do no worse than keep it.
But Crowe's character "did the right thing" as he did in Cinderella Man when he repaid the welfare money he'd received.
In these days of out of control government (and personal) spending, and leaders both too willing to spend more than we have to constituents and private business, whether they need it or not, and unwilling to do the right thing. I doubt many recipients would do the right thing by saying "we don't need that much" or pay back when possible, like Crowe's Cinderella Man.
No, it appears most of us (leaders and common man alike) would take it if we get a chance.
