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'Thats not what we treasure' (liar)

posted 19 years ago by KahnuevsKrake
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After Van Dough discovers the vault isn't filled with diamonds, gold and money and asks Richard Rich sr why. Richard says "I'm sorry to disappoint you Lawrence, but thats not what we treasure", how come the gates to the mansion have dollar signs all over them, the mobile above baby Richies cot is solid gold with dollar bills and jewellery hanging from it, nearly everythings made of solid gold and the dog has dollar signs printed all over it.

If he doessn't treasure gold, diamonds and money, how come its all over the house.

[–] hbinc 19 years ago

That is a very good point!!!! "That's not what we treasure" but the producers of the film made is seem as though everything that they stood for represented money, money, money $$$$$$. I wonder if Bill Gates sees everything in dollar signs?

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[–] Mhjm6 19 years ago

Money makes the world go round.

[–] Krupnik 19 years ago

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After Van Dough discovers the vault isn't filled with diamonds, gold and money and asks Richard Rich sr why. Richard says "I'm sorry to disappoint you Lawrence, but thats not what we treasure", how come the gates to the mansion have dollar signs all over them, the mobile above baby Richies cot is solid gold with dollar bills and jewellery hanging from it, nearly everythings made of solid gold and the dog has dollar signs printed all over it.

If he doessn't treasure gold, diamonds and money, how come its all over the house.
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Those things are all over the house to represent the fact that to them, money and gold is disposable and merely an item of pleasure. They use gold in the way normal people use wallpaper, and diamonds in the way normal people use glass! But, what most of us keep locked away in safes and banks are expensive possessions. Their high-security vault stores what most of us place on display.

They place the sentimental value of objects above their financial value, which is opposite to the way so many people live. That's the whole point of that.

[–] francisco-belard 19 years ago

Hear, hear.

[–] Flippinpig 18 years ago

A good point there...

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[–] Messick1881 18 years ago

Well, if you heard about a secret vault, wouldn't you think it would be filled with money and gold and diamonds? This is one example why you should never assume. Their vault is decieving, but clever, nonetheless. I'd keep all of my priceless possessions in a vault inside of a mountain if I had one.

[–] InsomniacJack 18 years ago

"In banks, where else?"

Single best line in the whole movie. Scrooge MacDuck could learn a lot from these folks.

[–] PinkGriffin20 18 years ago

That seriously is the best line in the whole movie. It kinda takes a little bit of the cartoon quality out of it for the moment.

"We met on the internet and he lured me down to the park with promises of candy and funny stories."

[–] Sabinfujin 17 years ago

Scrooge (in RL play or the disney cartoon) trusted no one. He kept all of his money in a single room because that was the only way he could keep his eyes on it at all times. Let alone that at that point in time bank security and vaults weren't exactly flawless, and robberies were common.

[–] pt_lopez 18 years ago

"Well, if you heard about a secret vault, wouldn't you think it would be filled with money and gold and diamonds?"

Yeah, if I were living inside a cartoon. lol.

Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.

[–] asnatu 18 years ago

Isn't it obvious? Mr Rich said 'That is not what we TREASURE.' He *treasures* (as in does not spend) personal stuff, while flaunting, giving away, spending, blowing money and other similar things.

[–] SouthernDiva01 18 years ago

Maybe the dollar signs everywhere have something to do with the fact that their last name is RICH? I mean it could be just a pun on their name, they have R's and dollar signs everywhere. To me its symbolic of their name.
Now a days you probably do have to keep all your stuff in a vault, cause someone would steal it and put it on eBay. Its obvious they care about each other very much, I mean the dad has a device so his son can find him anywhere. He even stopped a meeting with the president to talk to his son!
Besides why keep all your money in a vault, you'd make more money on putting it in investments or gaining interest at the bank. How does he think they stay rich?? They're business people, they're not stupid.

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[–] arorashadow_2003 17 years ago

Incase you didn't notice, Richard was willing to keep United Tool Open and let the workers run the show. He opposed any downsizing and closures. Name any other rich CEO that would do that.

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[–] that_heiress 17 years ago

You know what part I realllllllly hate. Is when Gloria's mom says, "Poor kid" when Richie is getting into his private helicopter. Poor kid my ass!!! I hate movies that always try to portray rich people as soooo sad and lonely and depressed. Yea right!!!!! If my father was worth $70 billion, trust and believe I would be the happiest girl in the WHOLE world. There would be nothing you could do, besides killing my parents, that would break my PERMANENT high!! I'm tired of this whole "money doesn't make you happy nonsense". If it doesn't make you happy, then why do we spend our whole life trying to accumulate as much of it as we possibly can? So that we can live our later days in lesiure, that's why. Not having money is what's sad and depressing. Whoever said that moneny doesn't make you happy obviously didn't have any.

"Everyone wants this. Everyone wants to be us"-Miranda Priestly

[–] Kcos 17 years ago

You are Retarded.

[–] NewIDhasalreadybeentaken 17 years ago

"Whoever said that moneny doesn't make you happy obviously didn't have any."

Wrong. They didn't want other people to have any.

[–] actionmanrandell 11 years ago

Statistically speaking poor people tend to be far more happy than rich people

[–] Isaac5855 17 years ago

You do make a good point...they certainly treasure money up to a point...or do they have so much money that they have no clue what to do with it all and just spend for the sake of spending.

[–] TorontoJediMaster 17 years ago

The Riches find money valuable and thus keep it in banks as well as other investments. However, they don't put an emotional value on it. It's an asset and a commodity.

What they treasure, though, are objects that hold sentimental value to them -family pictures, memorabilia from earlier days, etc. Money is something that is impersonal and can be replaced. But something like Richie's baby pictures and finger paintings, the bowling trophy from their first date, their own childhood toys, presumably old family pictures of their own parents and grandparents, etc. These are things they cannot replace, but are emotionally priceless to them.

[–] jrtdbuisness 17 years ago

This is the funniest debate on IMDB.

[–] Goombas84 12 years ago

lol richie rich's dad is representing a Mason, and ivy league... blue blood, ofcourse what they treasure and worship is the dollar:) This film was cool when i was a kid, its not aweful now, but now i realise how the world works and who is who:)