Maybe I missed something, but, throughout the whole movie, all he says is that he wants his money. Then at the end, he just walks away from it. Can anyone explain this to me?
shareWith two guys standing there waiting to kill you, would you go get the money? And that is assuming there was really money in the package. Remember what happened when he opened the package in the storm drain.
shareBrewster: "You threaten a financial structure like this for 93,000 dollars? No, I don't believe you Walker -- What is it you really want?"
shareThe money, like communism, was a red herring. It was all about revenge.
*/\*Goonies never say die!*/\*
Ghosts can't spend money...
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.Walker is a revenant (a ghost driven by vengeance) summoned by the Keenan Wynne character in order to eliminate his rivals in the LA syndicate. Once his purpose was completed Walker returned to the great beyond.
Walker really wanted revenge, not money.
Q: What's the biggest room in the world? A: The room for improvement.
Fairfax instructs James B. Sikking to "Leave it." After they were gone, Walker got his money and the girl and left.
shareI took the movie to be telling us that the entire life of a criminal is pointless. All these people do is backstab and betray each other. Fairfax's only motive is revealed to be revenge. Why stay in this pointless life? I read in a different posting how this sort of life has point "blank" meaning it has no meaning. There and then, Walker lets go of his rage and leaves his money alone.
shareNinety-three grand in 1967 was a lot of dough. Add to that the insult and the violence and there you have it. Lee Marvin's not a guy you mess around with. Remember what he did to Gloria Grahame's face in The Big Heat (1953)? His persona was one of a mondo-violent criminal, even if he did have a modicum of integrity in this film. But close to a hundred grand during the Vietnam War was twice as valuable as it is today and no crook other than Bernie Madoff would let it roll off his back and learn to live with it. That's a role for Burt Lancaster. Only Burt would would ignore the money and be more pissed about stealing his girl than either being robbed of his share or beaten and left for dead. Go figure.
sharetwice as much today?.. No.. More like 10 times as much.. at least..
share$93,000 would be the equivalent of about $270,000 in 2010 US dollars.
It would have a great deal of money considering the average car was $3-5000 and a home was about $20,000.
I have to agree w/ the earlier posters about the Walker/ghost theory.
He got what he "wanted" so there was no need for him to go and retrieve the money.
Suspension of disbelief: Yes. Suspension of logical thought? I'll pass.
$93,000.00 in 1967 had the same buying power as $610,433.34 in 2010.
Annual inflation over this period was 4.47%.
According to DollarTimes.com
I think it's a combination of him being double-crossed and baited with the money more than one time now and him maybe thinking that just leaving it at this will end the whole feud. And who knows, he may just go check out the money like he did when the car dealer and other head of the organization (Carter?) were killed.
sharehe's dedicated.
You stay classy, San Diego.
All the way through the film he genuinlly believes that his own motivation is business, "I want my money".
He's stripped away most of the normal emotions, so might not have embarked on something as frivolous as revenge, when he was risking his life and going to so much trouble (And time ) to achieve it.
When he's beaten them, taught them a lesson, rubbed their noses in it, he leaves it to show that if they'd treated him with respect in the first place and given him the money, the killing spree wouldn't have happened.
yes, good points.
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