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A funny/sad commentary on the plight of senior citizens...

posted 12 years ago by kartoon-1
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At the end of the movie Georges character states he likes prison.
He gets three squares a day and other privaleges.
He's getting it better than when he lived on the outside.
And the money is going to his younger relatives so they can make a fresh start.
He and his buddies wouldn't have pulled the heist in the first place if society hadn't of been so unfeeling in the first place.
So you're left to wonder whose more at fault; the bankrobbers or a cold-hearted system that provoked such behaviour?

Consequently its all-in-all a funny/sad movie.

[–] snelling 10 years ago

I am planning for my old age now so I am not a bored senile old man. This movie is in my war chest for watching when I am 75 and after I finished going for a three-mile run 26 years from now.

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[–] gribfritz2 9 years ago

They pulled the heist because they were bored. Their lives were boring. And they've had boring lives for a long time and wanted to go out with a bang. Where in the film was "an unfeeling system" mentioned? They get their SS checks which are meant to supplement retirement income, not provide it (which is what 90% of Americans simply don't understand). And while Burns comments on the size of the electric bill, he doesn't comment on the size of the SS checks.

So should we blame the thieves or the cold-hearted system (unmentioned in this film) that forced them to act that way? Don't look now, but your liberal agenda is showing.

[–] PussyCrusher_Principal 7 years ago

Hey, you're a douchebag! But you knew that already, I'm sure, since you know things that 90% of people don't understand!

[–] gribfritz2 7 years ago

That was certainly uncalled for and completely inappropriate.

[–] boxerrebellion 7 years ago

He does mention the amount of the SS checks in a roundabout way... I can't remember the prison term he is 'guessing' that they'll get, but I think he said that they would have $8600 in SS checks waiting when they get out. I THINK he said 'ten years', so that would be $860 per year... which would be just north of $70/month,