She lives and goes bankrupt - Last Holiday (2006) Discussion

[–] novastar_6 17 years ago

You forget, she won over a hundred thousand dollars gambling on top of all the other money she still had, and if in Beauty Shop she could buy a hair salon for thirty thousand, she can definately open up a restaurant with a hundred thousand.

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[–] XYZZY123 17 years ago

I was thinking about that. First, as someone suggested, the casino winnings amounted to about the same as what she spent on that trip. Also, she might have a civil case against the clinic that misdiagnosed her. (If not for that, she would not have quit her job, cashed in her 401K and flew off to Europe.)

As for the money she needed to open the restaurant, perhaps the senator or the chef invested in it.

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[–] novastar_6 17 years ago

And if 5 million dollars couldn't buy her a restaurant, nothing could.

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[–] elkpear 17 years ago

The amount seen on the receipt during the Smokey performance is actually in Czech koruna ... when they are counting out her winnings you hear the lady say "3 point whatever" koruna..and that's when she asks Miss Burns how much US money that would be. Even though most of Europe is on the Euro, some places still have their own currency.

You can't hit a home run, if you don't step up to the plate.

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[–] Isaac5855 17 years ago

THANK YOU!!! She took her life savings on that trip...Sean must have had the money stashed away somewhere to help her open that restaurant or maybe Chef Didier helped her because, yes, Georgia should have been broke at the end of the movie.

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[–] Dreamwatcher14 17 years ago

Hardly, she had meant to stay for a couple weeks at least. She had won $223,487.84463 (according to April 21, 2008 exchange rate) and most likely had only spent half of what she brought with her. Now, if I could only find out how much that was...

I had tried to pause it while she was in the bank, figuring that each bundle was a thousand dollars, and was going to try to count how many bundles she had... But it wouldn't pause at the right moment, it went by too fast. Got frustrated and gave up.

"You have no idea how many times I have wanted to use my finger for the betterment of all mankind"

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[–] jimbenben 17 years ago

Wouldn't most people have thought to use the casino winnings for that surgery she couldn't afford through her HMO? Oh wait...that would have been logical. Let's see.. she is already in Czechoslovakia and just happens to run into her boss AND the Senator who was supposed to be at her church that week. And then her boyfriend is walking around an avalanche to reach her. And, oops, CAT scan error means a happy ending. Queen L deserved a better script than this.

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[–] Dreamwatcher14 17 years ago

A lot of movies have similar themes. It's just that type of movie. If she wasn't interested in doing a 'tragedy gets resolved and love blooms' type of movie she wouldn't have.

"You have no idea how many times I have wanted to use my finger for the betterment of all mankind"

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[–] screwtape2713 17 years ago

The original movie HAD a much better script than this. But I guess it wouldn't have played in Hollywood. To see what I mean, watch the original 1950 British version starring Alec Guinness as the dying man.

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[–] CallMeJerm 17 years ago

She wasn't spending her money, she was spending the bonds her grandmother left her.

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[–] novastar_6 17 years ago

Besides, didn't they say the surgery would be over 350 grand WITHOUT anasthesia? And they never said if the surgery would work, so if you had a choice, would you rather put ALL your money into a surgery that might not work and even if it did, nobody's going to come and see you afterwards, or would you take it and make the most of the time you had left when you had spent your WHOLE life playing it safe?

I wouldn't die in the box I'd lived in which is some of the point she made, I'd take the money and blow it and have a good time doing it.

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[–] TuDiosEsMiBastardo 16 years ago

and as someone said, she might have had help... Didn't she made many friends there? I mean, how do you think she had such distinguished guests for the opening of her restaurant? They considered her a friend now and could easily helped her either with no qualms on the cost (among them there are filthy rich people) or with a contract ensuring it is a loan that will be paid by the restaurants earnings... Didier in particular might have cared nothing about costs and... She no longer required the surgery which her casino winnings might have been necessary to pay... So, yeah, she counts on that money and the money Sean has not spent (he pretty much did the same she did, quitting his job and all) to start a restaruant of her own (and, did I mention all her rich friends that would probably just not care to add some cents?)

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