Keanu Reeves gives away all Matrix money

[Marauder-]

That's really cool of him.

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: Luden 1.8 million pounds is about 3 million US dollars correct?

Exactly $2,943,660.75 as of noon today. Exchange rates, whee.

 

[spliffstar69]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: spliffstar69

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

I always like saying if I'm a hired hitman and some of that blood money goes to say AIDS, Cancer research will it matter they wont know how the $$ was attained.

So now you're comparing what he does to being a hitman?!?!?!

I'm saying I don't know Reeves personally do you? If you do then having high regards for him is great.
If you don't and you still have high regards for him based on what you read or heard is ok also but.....

If you were to find out he's a drug smuggler tomorrow will you have that same respect that you had yesterday?

I guess it can be given and taken in a blink of an eye but for me it has to be more involved.

Well hell, i guess if you're going to live your life assuming outrageous things about people's character, then you're not going to have much respect for anybody.

Well yes its outrageous only because its unknown to me.
On the other hand I have a good friend for 3 years now shipped out to Iraq wife and 2 kids behind much respect for that guy.
There isn't anyone in the media I give any respect to regardless of all the great things I read or hear.

but don't get me wrong what he has done is noteworthy. and Revoloutons will be watched maybe 2x

 

[classy]

He may be one the few stars I have never read anything negative about. A very clean cut guy as well as a very nice person. People like him you just wanna continue to see them do well. 🙂

 

[XZeroII]

Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

 

[Gulzakar]

...whoa...

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

I have respect for Bill Gates too.

Maybe before you should start generalizing that we have double standards... perhaps you should identify those people who hate Bill Gates and those that like Keanu... and see if they're the same. I would say, generally they're like ViperGTS... bitter about both.

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

Please don't bring up Bill Gates.

Personally, I believe in the saying, "Your inheritance should be big enough that your children can do anything they want, but not big enough that they never have to do anything."

I believe in that. If I were Gates, I'd set up $10 million for each child in a trust fund that they could not touch until they graduated from college. And after I died, the rest would go to various charities.

$10 billion per child is DISGUSTING. No human being needs $10 billion to live.

And I'm right-leaning, for christsakes.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: Cuda1447

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Wow, great guy. Is it really true that he's gay though? Just curious I heard he was.

Who gives a sh|t?

Im just curious if its true or not.

Why? Do you care who Meg Ryan bangs on weekends? Then why do you care who Keanu does?

I sure care. I'm damn pissed she's not bangin me. 🙁

🙂

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

Please don't bring up Bill Gates.

Personally, I believe in the saying, "Your inheritance should be big enough that your children can do anything they want, but not big enough that they never have to do anything."

I believe in that. If I were Gates, I'd set up $10 million for each child in a trust fund that they could not touch until they graduated from college. And after I died, the rest would go to various charities.

$10 billion per child is DISGUSTING. No human being needs $10 billion to live.

And I'm right-leaning, for christsakes.

Um, he's not leaving 10 billion per child... he's leaving 10 MILLION per child.

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

Please don't bring up Bill Gates.

Personally, I believe in the saying, "Your inheritance should be big enough that your children can do anything they want, but not big enough that they never have to do anything."

I believe in that. If I were Gates, I'd set up $10 million for each child in a trust fund that they could not touch until they graduated from college. And after I died, the rest would go to various charities.

$10 billion per child is DISGUSTING. No human being needs $10 billion to live.

And I'm right-leaning, for christsakes.

Um, he's not leaving 10 billion per child... he's leaving 10 MILLION per child.

**OFFICIAL** I got owned, can't read, and am an idiot **CONFIRMED**

;-)

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

Please don't bring up Bill Gates.

Personally, I believe in the saying, "Your inheritance should be big enough that your children can do anything they want, but not big enough that they never have to do anything."

I believe in that. If I were Gates, I'd set up $10 million for each child in a trust fund that they could not touch until they graduated from college. And after I died, the rest would go to various charities.

$10 billion per child is DISGUSTING. No human being needs $10 billion to live.

And I'm right-leaning, for christsakes.

Um, he's not leaving 10 billion per child... he's leaving 10 MILLION per child.

**OFFICIAL** I got owned, can't read, and am an idiot **CONFIRMED**

;-)

lol, that's funny on a couple levels

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

Please don't bring up Bill Gates.

Personally, I believe in the saying, "Your inheritance should be big enough that your children can do anything they want, but not big enough that they never have to do anything."

I believe in that. If I were Gates, I'd set up $10 million for each child in a trust fund that they could not touch until they graduated from college. And after I died, the rest would go to various charities.

$10 billion per child is DISGUSTING. No human being needs $10 billion to live.

And I'm right-leaning, for christsakes.

Um, he's not leaving 10 billion per child... he's leaving 10 MILLION per child.

**OFFICIAL** I got owned, can't read, and am an idiot **CONFIRMED**

;-)

So i guess your respect for Bill Gates just went up?

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

Please don't bring up Bill Gates.

Personally, I believe in the saying, "Your inheritance should be big enough that your children can do anything they want, but not big enough that they never have to do anything."

I believe in that. If I were Gates, I'd set up $10 million for each child in a trust fund that they could not touch until they graduated from college. And after I died, the rest would go to various charities.

$10 billion per child is DISGUSTING. No human being needs $10 billion to live.

And I'm right-leaning, for christsakes.

Um, he's not leaving 10 billion per child... he's leaving 10 MILLION per child.

**OFFICIAL** I got owned, can't read, and am an idiot **CONFIRMED**

;-)

So i guess your respect for Bill Gates just went up?

I'd always respected Bill Gates on most levels until I read that he was giving his kid $10 BILLION dollars.

My only beef with him was the charities he was picking, but that's such a minor niggle that it's not worth delving into. The fact he's giving so much away makes me forgot his almost totalitarian stranglehold over the PC world. ;-)

 

[TerryMathews]

Originally posted by: MachFive
I believe in that. If I were Gates, I'd set up $10 million for each child in a trust fund that they could not touch until they graduated from college. And after I died, the rest would go to various charities.

$10 billion per child is DISGUSTING. No human being needs $10 billion to live.

And I'm right-leaning, for christsakes.

Charity shmarity. If I were Billy G, I'd set up my own space exploration company. GASA has a nice ring to it, no?




I wonder if Scott Bakula would sign up?
🙂

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

Please don't bring up Bill Gates.

Personally, I believe in the saying, "Your inheritance should be big enough that your children can do anything they want, but not big enough that they never have to do anything."

I believe in that. If I were Gates, I'd set up $10 million for each child in a trust fund that they could not touch until they graduated from college. And after I died, the rest would go to various charities.

$10 billion per child is DISGUSTING. No human being needs $10 billion to live.

And I'm right-leaning, for christsakes.

Um, he's not leaving 10 billion per child... he's leaving 10 MILLION per child.

**OFFICIAL** I got owned, can't read, and am an idiot **CONFIRMED**

;-)

So i guess your respect for Bill Gates just went up?

read more about bill gates views on inhereted wealth. he doesn't believe america is about building aristocracies. he's giving most of it away. does he believe in the "death tax" you bet he does.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Those of you who think this makes him a role model should look at Bill Gates. The guy is giving his entire fortune to charity over the course of his life (100 Billion, I believe) and leaving only $10 million to each of his children. Of course his children will have many benefits and probably much more in assets by then, but Bill Gate is giving away a lot more, yet people call him evil. I agree that it is great that Keanu is giving this money away and I hope it makes him happy and I have lots of respect for him for doing it. However, I find most people's double standards a bit confusing. How can you love a guy who gives 50 million pounds to people who worked on a film, yet hate a guy who gives $100 billion to charity? I would argue that Keanu hardly did anything to earn that money (not that he doesn't deserve it) compared to Gates. I think this is the point that Viper is trying to make. All you people think he's a saint for simply giving money away, yet you don't even know the guy.

Please don't bring up Bill Gates.

Personally, I believe in the saying, "Your inheritance should be big enough that your children can do anything they want, but not big enough that they never have to do anything."

I believe in that. If I were Gates, I'd set up $10 million for each child in a trust fund that they could not touch until they graduated from college. And after I died, the rest would go to various charities.

$10 billion per child is DISGUSTING. No human being needs $10 billion to live.

And I'm right-leaning, for christsakes.

Um, he's not leaving 10 billion per child... he's leaving 10 MILLION per child.

**OFFICIAL** I got owned, can't read, and am an idiot **CONFIRMED**

;-)

So i guess your respect for Bill Gates just went up?

read more about bill gates views on inhereted wealth. he doesn't believe america is about building aristocracies. he's giving most of it away. does he believe in the "death tax" you bet he does.

Well i guess if he was really selfish, he could relinquish his US citizenship and register for Barbados.

 

[Dacalo]

classy 🙂

 

[Kelemvor]

Assuming this isn't some huge hoax, I think this is a great idea. Too bad more movie stars that have more money than they or their descendants could ever use, don't do the same thing.

Great Job Keanu!

I'll go see Matrix again just to give him more money to give away. 🙂

 

[Lager]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: coldcut
Lizzie Maguire needs to learn from Keanu.

She's been mentioned in this thread again... who is she and what has she done?

Lizzie Maguire is some girl with a show on Disney channel that wants more money then she is worth (if worth any). She is negociating for like 100,000 a episode.

 

[iwearnosox]

Isn't he in fact rewarding the very people that made the second matrix: suckfest reloaded, a reality? 🙁

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Isn't he in fact rewarding the very people that made the second matrix: suckfest reloaded, a reality? 🙁

He couldn't be, because the Reloaded I saw kicked butt. ;-)

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: bigalt
i can't say that i think he deserved a cent of the money that was heaped on him by hollywood, but its pretty cool that he gave it away.

And why not?

 

[Hector13]

Originally posted by: randal
Wow. He doesn't own a house or anything either.

doesn't living in a hotel sound more expensive than buying a house?

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Hector13

Originally posted by: randal
Wow. He doesn't own a house or anything either.

doesn't living in a hotel sound more expensive than buying a house?

Not when your co-workers build 20 million dollar mansions on 15 acres of property in Hollywood, and then pay property taxes on it. 🙂