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Why the hell did Dr. Conrad throw the valuable gem away? It was worth $10,000,000!!!!!! What an idiot. I know it's a mov

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    revivebill — 17 years ago(May 22, 2008 10:46 PM)

    Why the hell did Dr. Conrad throw the valuable gem away? It was worth $10,000,000!!!!!! What an idiot. I know it's a movie, but movies are supposed to be realistic as possible..

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      revivebill — 17 years ago(August 17, 2008 08:12 PM)

      any agreements here?

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        stillstanding — 17 years ago(August 28, 2008 02:55 PM)

        true, but the gem has caused a lot of problems for the family; if he'd kept it it would be a constant reminder of what happened, he wouldn't be able to sell it anyway because he doesn't own it; it was originally stolen; even if he did its blood money and he'd be living a privileged lifestyle funded by his daughters kidnapping; somehow i don't see him taking that option!

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          sun_scryer — 17 years ago(October 13, 2008 04:40 AM)

          if it was originally stolen from someone else before evil people got their hands on it. that's my opinion having not seen the movie. because i haven't seen the movie, there are different ways to interpret 'thrown away'. there's literal and there's figurative.
          if he literally threw it away, that's selfish. that's bad karma. why should he have his life back plus some, while someone else continues to experience loss?
          if he figuratively threw it away by giving it back to its original owners, or donating the gem to a good cause, that's good karma, that's completing a circle.
          which is what happened in the movie?

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                      Bhana32 — 16 years ago(July 19, 2009 06:53 AM)

                      When has a character in movies ever make sense.
                      "Death is too easy for you, BITCH!I want you to suffer."

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                        xerxerxex — 16 years ago(November 02, 2009 03:38 PM)

                        "but movies are supposed to be realistic as possible"
                        Where the hell did you get that idea? movies are about escapism
                        Don't worry, I saw Lord of the Rings. I'm not going to end this 17 times.

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                          k_einstein — 16 years ago(December 26, 2009 06:40 AM)

                          The forensic guys would have dug it up along with Koster's body for evidence. Unless Conrad didn't tell them about the ruby & made something up.

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                            orvil_pym — 15 years ago(April 08, 2010 02:20 AM)

                            Uh not be rude or anything but WHY are you discussing and speculating about a movie you haven't even seen? (If we are on the subject of characters in films not making sense people in real life seem to be on the same track, lol.)

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                              susy-7 — 16 years ago(December 28, 2009 06:21 PM)

                              Darn. I thought this thread was about Michael Douglas the actor being an idiot. 'Cause he is.

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                                Balberith — 16 years ago(February 28, 2010 09:59 AM)

                                Well said Susy!
                                "A real man would rather bow down to a strong woman than dominate a weak one"

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                                  Danomera — 16 years ago(March 18, 2010 05:36 AM)

                                  There was a lot of blood on that stone. Sometimes a good night sleep is worth more than money.
                                  For me, I don't sleep anyway, I would have kept that sucker. haha

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                                    Danomera — 16 years ago(March 18, 2010 05:36 AM)

                                    There was a lot of blood on that stone. Sometimes a good night sleep is worth more than money.
                                    For me, I don't sleep anyway, I would have kept that sucker. haha

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                                      max_demian — 15 years ago(October 09, 2010 10:01 AM)

                                      He obviously couldn't have benefitted from it, and didn't care too much what happened to it. And when he threw it into the trench he didn't know it would get buried: he just wanted to taunt Patrick.

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                                        TDeMona — 15 years ago(January 15, 2011 10:59 AM)

                                        "Movies are supposed to be as realistic as possible" = most idiotic sentence ever written.

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                                          Jakealope — 14 years ago(September 30, 2011 11:52 PM)

                                          Don't blame the actor, blame the bald arse head Klavan who wrote the pulp book.

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