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re: Did a rewatch of Maverick (1994) and it holds up well.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 12:09 pm to TTownTiger
Posted on 4/29/25 at 12:09 pm to TTownTiger
The only thing I can think of is they both assumed the Commodore would steal everything in the long run.
It's never fleshed out why they did it that way. Even in the bathhouse they just make jokes about shooting the Commodore but don't offer an explanation.
It's a small gripe, but like I said it just points to the fact that nobody in the entire movie was trustworthy, so maybe the Maverick boys had it planned out that if Bret didn't win that Coop would go along with it, as to double cross the Commodore.
I'm guessing Bret knew all along which made him confident enough to blindly throw the Ace of Spades...he knew he would get the money either way.
It's never fleshed out why they did it that way. Even in the bathhouse they just make jokes about shooting the Commodore but don't offer an explanation.
It's a small gripe, but like I said it just points to the fact that nobody in the entire movie was trustworthy, so maybe the Maverick boys had it planned out that if Bret didn't win that Coop would go along with it, as to double cross the Commodore.
I'm guessing Bret knew all along which made him confident enough to blindly throw the Ace of Spades...he knew he would get the money either way.
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Posted on 4/29/25 at 12:14 pm to Ranger Call
The Lethal Weapon bit in this movie is one of my all time favorite "wink and nod" moments in a movie
Posted on 4/29/25 at 12:26 pm to ned nederlander
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Say what you will about racist arse melly gibson, but in addition to his Mt. Rushmore of movies, his undercard is filled with a bunch of watchable movies:
Maverick
Payback
Man with a face
Forever Young
Ransom
Conspiracy Theory
Signs
Hamlet
Tequila Sunrise
We were soldiers
What women want
(His acting Mt Rushmore of course being braveheart, mad max, lethal weapon, Patriot)
No "Daddy's Home"???? Whaaaaaaaaaaat?
Posted on 4/29/25 at 1:37 pm to GetCocky11
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The Lethal Weapon bit in this movie is one of my all time favorite "wink and nod" moments in a movie
Absolutely, and the soft LW music played, Danny Glover saying "I'm too old for this shite" as he hops on a horse after a bank robbery is perfect.
I even checked this time to see what kind of pistol he was shooting, thinking they may have snuck old timer hand cannon in there, too, but they didn't.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:03 pm to TTownTiger
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Haven't seen this movie in quite a few years. Remind me again why Coop stole the money. If Mav wins the tourney, why was it necessary for the theft? Maybe it's discussed when they meet up in the Spa afterwards, but I don't recall the specifics.
Wasn’t it basically so people would assume Gibson didn’t have the money because someone stole it.
And then Jodie Foster figured out their connection so she tracked them down and stole it.
Is that not accurate?
Also, can we talk about the absolute absurdity of that final hand? Just the odds of those hands happening alone are crazy, but for all three in the same hand is hilarious. And yes, I realize that's the point of the movie. But still, it was always just funny to me.
I absolutely love this movie. It's nothing but pure fun.
This post was edited on 4/30/25 at 7:22 am
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:44 pm to Ranger Call
"everybody's got a gun!" is a line I use all the time. among many others from this classic.
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