Money Quotes and Movies in 2010

Movies  and Money
In the movie “Austin Powers,” Dr. Evil, the villain frozen in the 60s and thawed in modern times, tries to extort the world’s leaders. He demands $1 million, and they all laugh at him. Dr. Evil later figures out that he needs to ask for much more money — $1 million just isn’t a significant sum. The bad doctor later ups his demand to a suitably sinister $100 billion.

Another popular reference to our changing standards of wealth occurs in “The Social Network,” a 2010 movie about the founding of Facebook. A conversation between Justin Timberlake’s Sean Parker character and Andrew Garfield’s Eduardo Saverin character goes like this:

Sean Parker: You know what’s cooler than a million dollars?
Eduardo Saverin: You?
Sean Parker: A billion dollars.

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