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Dont tell me you wouldn't have kept the money!

posted 12 years ago by I_Created_U
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I think... no... i KNOW that in the same situation i would have kept the money -4 million bucks dude!!- and imagined the same kind of plan as they came up with <keep the money somewhere safe, don't spend any dime till the story is forgotten and make sure you dont leave any trails>.
The only difference is i couldnt have killed for it. Altough the question isn't would you kill for it, rather what would you have done if you were with 2 dumbasses like Bill Paxton is in the flick and one of them kills some guy to protect the location as billy bob did. What would you do then? I mean, wouldn't you try to cover it up and make it look like an accident? Since u decided from the beginning to keep the money and your bro commits murder, which makes you an accessory to murder de facto, so yeah you'd kinda have to do what they did. Its difficult for me to imagine where i'd have drawn the line, where to stop, what's too much or not... I guess from the moment i see the guy's not dead on the snowbike, thats where the line is, you DO NOT kill him! You tell him the truth and offer him a share, even though its another loose end you'd have to deal with.
The only big flaw of Paxton's plan is being involved with 2 retarded morrons, you take them out of the equation, there might have been a happy ending out there!

So yeah, very difficult to imagine what i would have done since its easier to talk the talk, than walk the walk. I guess greed is a powerfull engine since dawn of humanity and it would definitly be my weakness too...

Wachu guys think? Where's the line? What would you have done?

Peace

[–] cpoet 9 years ago

People in this thread are answering the question from the perspective of being totally alone when they find the money, when pretty much the entire crux of the movie is that the situation is otherwise.

I've dealt with enough "Lous" in my life to know any kind of plan is doomed from the beginning with him as a co-conspirator. Stupid, broke, greedy, resentful--any two will likely sink the ship and Lou's hitting on all four cylinders.

The story's brilliant, though. I'd say the odds are microscopic that any three people could find that kind of money and skate by free and clear without betrayal, prosecution, prison, maybe murder--some form of ruination.

So. . .who else is around when I find this money?

[–] MoviemanCin 9 years ago

No, I would turn it in. I've seen too many movies like this and "No Country For Old Men" to take a chance on keeping it. And it's over four million dollars, so somebody is going to come looking for it. And the money could be marked or recorded or have a tracking device imbedded in it. And I don't want to have anything to do with it when the s**t hits the fan.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, and / or doesn't.

[–] Snoppkaka 8 years ago

It's easy to say that you would turn it in, or walk away, and I would like to say that I would do just that, but things are different if it actually happens in practice. I'd probably take some time to think about whether to keep it or not.

[–] Enoculator 8 years ago

Hell no I wouldn't have kept the money. This isn't $100. No one just loses $4 million in the middle of a forest and not looks for it, whether it's the authorities or the mob. If it was $100, I probably would have kept it. But that's way too much money for me to risk my life and constantly looking over my shoulder and being suspicious of everyone who talks to me. Not worth sacrificing my peace of mind.

[–] Jones70 (6534) 5 years ago

I would have for sure

[–] Jones70 (6534) 3 years ago

I would’ve kept it for sure.

[–] ExTechOp (2770) 8 months ago

I was one of the "turn it in" people originally, because it's not worth $4million to have to spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder

That much money, SOMEONE's going to miss it and only criminals move $4million around in C-notes. So you've got criminals after you for life.

Looking back on my responses here ... I wouldn't even turn it in. The criminals who lost it may well blame me for keeping it out of their reach, and may come after me anyway, figuring maybe I can get it back for them or earn it in other ways

Best to steer clear of trouble when it's that big