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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHelp me out, Loungers: "Blues Brothers" or "Trading Places" ?
I can't decide which to watch tonight.
uppityperson
(115,678 posts)Archae
(46,340 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,691 posts)I'd have to go with the Brothers. They're on a mission from God.
(Original only, of course
uppityperson
(115,678 posts)and they usually ignore me
orleans
(34,071 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,691 posts)but a sequel, with new actors and premise.
mucifer
(23,559 posts)Trading Places is good, too. But, I'm a Chicagoan and my grandpa had a store on Maxwell Street.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)What they did in the penultimate scene
Brigid
(17,621 posts)When I finally got my head wrapped around the idea that Winthorpe and Valentine were actually selling futures contracts at high prices, which they did not yet own, then buying them later in order to fulfill them -- at much cheaper prices. Those who had bought contracts from them earlier were stuck with paying the higher prices they had agreed to.
orleans
(34,071 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)A very touching movie starring Martin Sheen as a man who walks the Camino de Santiago in honor of his son called "The Way."
orleans
(34,071 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)rurallib
(62,433 posts)malthaussen
(17,215 posts)I'd go with the one I've seen least.
-- Mal
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses."