A FEW GOOD MEN (1992) | MOVIE REACTION! | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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Nooo, do not apologize! We love to see your legal mind analysis of the movie! It is nice to see that people versed in the law find the movie interesting (and not just invented or wrong).
About to find out if Mary can handle the truth!
YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT SHE CAN!
MARY, DID YOU ENJOY A FEW GOOD MEN?!?!
But not blood.
In the military, you are required by law to follow orders from your superiors. However, there is such a thing as unlawful orders and you are obligated not to follow them. However, determining on your own what's lawful and what's unlawful is a position you never wanna find yourself in. If you follow an unlawful order, you're as guilty as the superior officer ordering you to do it, however if YOUR definition of what is unlawful doesn't match what your other superior officers feel is unlawful, then you're guilty of disobeying a lawful order. It's such a sticky situation. Military law is a mess but then again so is civilian law. Great reaction to a great film, btw, Mary!
And remember that the order was to give Santiago a Code Red, not to kill him. The death was accidental. The whole point about Code Reds is that they were considered by everyone in the unit to be an acceptable form of discipline such that the ordering of one would NOT be considered an unlawful order. To further emphasize this point, when Dawson previously disagreed with another Code Red he was punished by his commanding officer for doing so.
Yeah, they basically had a one-liner addressing this issue in the movie, where Lt. Weinberg who points out that "I was just following orders" isn't a valid defense at the Nuremberg Trials. Just because you receive an order from your commanding officer doesn't mean that you should follow it, even if you get into trouble for disobeying, but it's a really difficult spot to put someone in, when you order them to do something that's unlawful. Even moreso if it's lawful, but immoral.
@@TheYakusoku Yea, when you're a junior member of the military, it's always a lose-lose-lose situation. Emphasis on "lose".
@@gunkulator1 Then again, they said that the practice of Code Reds had been prohibited by higher military command, so while they may have been considered acceptable on the base, they were technically illegal.
@@Kai-fb1ol That's an excuse to claim ignorance. Remember the character Sgt Schultz on Hogan's Heroes? On several occasions he would witness something, then yell "I know nothing!" to clear himself from retaliation.
"Can he get his steak knives now?" Absolutely LOVED that.
I guess he would have got them 😊
30:49 I love the detail of Kafee's hand shaking visibly when he drinks the water, but he has his back to Jessep (and presumably the jury) so they won't be able to see how amped up and nervous he is. He's all in at this point.
“To Kill A Mockingbird” is a classic.
I it for the first time when I was a teenager and for a long time after this was my favorite film. A lot of people would always be shocked my favorite film was an old black and white movie. Then they'd watch it and most agreed it was a great film.
@3:15, fun fact the senior JAG officer in this scene is played by John M. Jackson.
A few years after this movie, a tv show was launched on NBC called JAG. The basic premise of JAG was “what if Tom Cruise’s characters from Top Gun and A Few Good Men was the same person”. The main character Harmon Rabb was a former Navy fighter pilot who now worked as a lawyer in the Judge Advocate General’s office.
The show was awesome and ran for 10 seasons. John M. Jackson from this scene actually played the senior Judge Advocate General on that show. He was a two star Admiral and former Navy Seal. Jackson’s character was Harmon Rabb’s commanding officer.
Hi Mary! This is one of my favorite movies written by one of my favorite writers, Aaron Sorkin.
The story was inspired by some real events that Sorkin learned about from his sister, who at the time was a brand new lawyer in the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps. He took a few of the basics of the case she told him about and made up the rest of the story. He wrote it while he was working as a bartender in the theaters on Broadway during intermissions. When he had finished it and sent it to his agent, his agent had a meeing with David Brown. David Brown was a huge deal as he was the producer of many Hollywood hits like 'Jaws'. Brown was looking for new projects and Sorkin's script (which was a play first) was in the scripts Brown read. He loved it and immediately wanted to turn it into a film, but Sorkin wanted it on stage first...so, while Brown started pulling together the people to make a film, he produced the play on Broadway which was nominated for tons of awards and originally starred Tom Hulce (who played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the film 'Amadeus') as Kaffee, and Stephen Lang (best known as Col. Quaritch in James Cameron's 'Avatar') as Jessup.
As the film was in pre-production, Rob Reiner couldn't find the right actor to play Dawson. One of his assistants was named Wolfgang Bodison, and Reiner asked him to read for the role, even though Bodison had never acted in anything, and really wasn't keen on being an actor. But, Bodison read for the role...and was cast as Dawson. His performance is so good, you'd think he was a trained actor with stage experience.
Two bits of casting in this tickle me...1) The Naval lawyer that is higher ranked than Joanne, and asks her to leave the room so they can talk behind her back is played by John M. Jackson. Just a few years after this, he would play the role of Admiral A.J. Chegwidden, Judge Advocate General, on the television series 'J.A.G.' for 8 of the 10 years the series ran. Which was a big hit partially because of this film. 2) The casting of Doctor Stone, in the courtroom scene is funny as Reiner cast Christopher Guest, a friend and collaborator of Reiner's from 'This Is Spinal Tap' (Guest played Nigel Tuftnel and co-wrote the film) and 'The Princess Bride' (Guest was Count Rugen, the six-fingered man). Guest later took the format of 'Spinal Tap', the mockumentary and made a career of making other films that were filmed and had the feel of documentaries but were comedies. His films include 'Waiting For Guffman', 'Best In Show', and 'A Mighty Wind' among others. However Guest is also, in reality, an English lord. Specifically, he is the 5th Baron of Haden-Guest, a hereditary title. Even more of a mind-blowing fact is his wife is actress Jamie Lee Curtis (the 'Halloween' movies, 'Trading Places', 'A Fish Called Wanda', 'Knives Out') and they have been married since the 1980s.
Sorkin is one of the most amazing writers in Hollywood, and he is now moved to not just writing but directing his own scripts. He won the Oscar for the screenplay for 'The Social Network', created some really amazing tv series like 'The West Wing', 'Sports Night', and 'The Newsroom', and wrote other amazing films like 'The American President', 'Molly's Game', 'Steve Jobs', 'The Trial of the Chicago 7', and 'Moneyball'. With a Sorkin script, the actors cant improvise...they have to know the script letter perfect. If part of their line is "Um..." They have to say is as a part of their dialogue in a scene. He sees language as a kind of music, and as such it has rhythm, nuance, and musicality. Really listen to the way the actors in this are speaking their dialogue and you can hear it.
Thanks for this reaction!!!
A Time To Kill is pretty classic. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L Jackson, and Mathew McConaughy in his breakout role, based on a John Grisham novel. Basically about jury nullification and what justice is compared to what the law dictates.
Absolutely
Great film, also Primal Fear would be good to react to.
Your predictions were so spot on that I kept thinking, “she has seen this movie before.” Lol. But that’s very impressive foresight.
Another court room drama I think you will enjoy is the 1962 movie, To Kill A Mockingbird.
Also I love when you start to comment and speculate, it is why I like watching your reactions.
As a Marine Sergeant in artillery, "code reds" - though not a term we used - happened all the time. For example, we'd spend weeks in 29 Palms for training exercises and training can be boring. Marines would get lethargic, feisty, sometimes belligerent. If I had a Marine on my gun section like this, I'd give him a shovel and make him dig a hole. 29 Palms is a dessert so digging a hole in the sand isn't a fun exercise. If a Marine didn't get out of "bed" ("bed" being his sleeping bag on the ground, in the dessert) quick enough, we'd zip it up and tie him to the barrel of the howitzer for a while. Not during a fire mission, of course. There was a Marine on a WestPac that wasn't taking care of his hygiene; he was banished from the berthing area and forced to sleep in the cab of a 5-ton in the well deck of the ship for the remainder of the cruise. Another Marine in garrison stole a camera; he was dropped off the second floor balcony of the BEQ onto the bushes below. The Code is real in a combat arms unit in the Corps. Or, at least it was when I was in. In most cases this form of discipline worked, and aside from some short term embarrassment, there was nothing permanent to it as there would be with an NJP. Jessup's statement that he discourages the practice officially but condones it off the record, was a pretty accurate reflection of my experiences.
When were you in?
@@richiecabral3602 86-92
Interesting. I was also a Marine (99 - 03). Semper Fi, Mac. A lot of this kind of stuff wasn't my experience, so I was just curious. Obviously things are different in different time periods, but I've also had hints of how there can be a difference in culture between different units, but unless you've been in long enough to have been in more than one unit, you wouldn't really know.
nothing permanent to being dropped off a second floor balcony, even into bushes? oh, to be that young and tough....
@@richiecabral3602 Very true. What I experienced as far as this kind of discipline was in the fleet at Pendleton. I did a B-billet at HQMC in Arlington/Pentagon the last two years of my service - which is largely why I chose not to re-enlist; the average rank on the 10 acre base was Major - and I was actually counseled by the Platoon Sergeant for putting a PFC on restriction for coming into work late consistently. Apparently a USMC Sergeant couldn't do that there. Which is nuts since it was commonplace in the fleet. This was an MP unit - I was B-billeted to a guard post at the CNO's office in the Pentagon which was manned by the PMO at Henderson Hall but by the time I PCS'd, I had picked up Sergeant and the post was for E4 and below. So I was a watch commander for one of the MP shifts (we only had 4 since the base was so small and the PMO was equally small.) All OJT too, no formal MP schooling. Way too political there, as you can imagine, and it left a bad taste. I also didn't want to serve under Clinton, and I do think his administration authored major changes in the branches as far as things like "code reds" and other forms of hazing. I could tell you stories...
Semper Fi, Marine.
I figured you'd like this one. For other court dramas do "The Verdict" (1982) one of Paul Newman's finest, "Anatomy of a Murder" (1959), "Inherit the Wind" (1960), "Judgement At Nuremberg" (1961) and "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957). I'm sure you'll like these. ✌😎
I would recommend the movie Runaway Jury with John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Rachel Weisz. It's a great court room drama that focuses more on the Jury selection, jury tampering, and the internal politics that go on within the jury room during a case.
Frankly, we just need to get her to start a John Grisham list and start with The Firm.
Yes I've been waiting for someone to do that one. And The Rainmaker.
Yes! So under the radar but with that cast I don't know how. I also like The Interpreter with Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, not a courtroom drama, but investigative in nature.
@@MoMoMyPup10 I think the OP and other commentators are talking about John Grisham adaptations.
The Interpreter is not John Grisham.
Still a great film tho, and sadly Sydney Pollack's final directing job in fiction film prior to his death in 2008.
That being said Pollack did ALSO direct The Firm, so a near miss with Kidman's then husband!
@@xtinkerbellax3 Rainmaker is a VERY underrated film and has become even more important today than when it was made.
Rob Reiner is a great director, but there’s one thing that makes this movie awesome: Aaron Sorkin. He wrote this, West Wing, The American President, and Molly’s Game. Sorkin understands that everything that matters is a matter of language, and that all real drama comes from turns of phrase.
And don't forget the masterpiece that was The Newsroom.
Sorkin also wrote The Social Network screenplay.
The writer of this movie was Aaron Sorkin, he later became a legendary show-runner for a bunch of highly-regarded TV shows like SportsNight and The West Wing.
His own personal soapbox. The Newsroom was awful.
A nice switch-up would be, "My Cousin Vinny". It's a courtroom comedy, but they actually pull it off well. It's also well known for its overall accuracy of a trial's workings. Another trial movie would be the original black & white version of "12 Angry Men". It's mainly from the point of view from the Jury trying to come to a verdict. They both would be great choices for reviews/reactions. Great Reactions, BTW!
She has already done both of those movies my friend, check her back log.
Hey Marijke, one aspect I like a lot about this film is that Reiner didn't force a romantic connection between Cruise and Moore. Such a welcome change. I know you wanted that Romantic kiss but that would have undermined both lawyers in the fight for the lives of Dawson and BArnes.
the studio wanted it too, but I'm glad it didn't happen. too cliche and predictable.
Who the hell is BArnes?
Dawson and Downey.
@@highstimulation2497 Studios are the last place anyone should look to for creative input.
I still don't know how they managed to resist the studio's demands to include a yawn inducing love scene complete with corny saxophone music, but I'm forever glad they did.
Great reaction! Can I recommend you watch “INHERIT THE WIND”, with Spencer Tracy and Frederick March portraying opposing lawyers in a case based on the real life “Scopes Monkey Trial”
Concerning a teacher on trial for teaching about evolution in the 1920’s (or 30’s) in Tennessee.
great call
The movie is actually an adaptation of a stage play of the same name. The play and the movie change all of the names slightly, adds a romance that didn’t exist, and the sad dramatic end, but is otherwise pretty damn historically accurate. Especially on the matters of the trial, charges, court procedures, and even the pivotal climactic courtroom scene the movie/play is known for. Which is not that far off of a reading of the real court transcripts.
Good one. I forgot "Inherit the Wind". Yes, that's an excellent suggestion.
@@timhibbard4226 That Film really impressed me. The first time I visited Tennessee, I took a side trip to Dayton and sat in the actual Courtroom where the two Titans battled! In the Basement of the Courthouse there is a Museum dedicated to the Trial .... And the Film!
Such a classic. The cross examination is a more thrilling climax than 90% of the action scenes in a typical blockbuster movie. Incredible dialogue throughout and add to that the single best denouement ever.
“You're wrong, Henry. You'll be there. You're the type. Who else would defend my right to be lonely?”
You should watch Scent Of A Woman, with Al Pacino! It’s not exactly a “court of law” movie, but there’s a court room involved toward the end, and it features one of the greatest speeches in a movie ever! And there’s a moral dilemma driving it all.
The United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Team, seen at the beginning of the movie, performs their drill maneuvers at exactly that speed. They are amazingly precise. And they perform their displays without a single verbal command.
The main reason I enjoy your reactions is because of your comments, views, insights, especially movies involving the law. I grew up in a family of Marines which is one reason I went to see this film when its was first released. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, the Marine drill teams (beginning of movie)are pretty cool to watch & that was at normal speed.
As a courtroom movie, I'm just gonna throw "Philadelphia" out there.
Love your reactions, Mary. You're not only intelligent, you're also emotionally intelligent. Always a joy to watch. ❤❤
Yes. I was going to recommend Philadelphia as well. Would really enjoy watching a reaction video.
One of the best court room dramas from the 80s was The Verdict with Paul Newman.
If you love Courtroom-Movies you should definetly watch "A time to kill" with Mathew MacConaughey and Sandra Bullock among others.
YES! A Time to Kill is amazing!
Absolutely YES!!
Absolutely!!!! I’ve watched it so many times. It’s incredible! 🙌
Absolutely
Don’t forget Samuel L. Jackson.
In regards to the Marine parade drill near the beginning, I don't know if the group in the movie is supposed to be the official "silent drill" team, but a quick search on RUclips for "US Marine Corps Silent Drill" will have dozens of videos of the real team in action.
In the movie, they are intended to be the Marine Silent Drill Platoon. In actuality, they were the Texas A&M Fish Drill Team, because the Marine Corps was not assisting the production of the movie. One of the ways you can tell the difference is that the Marine platoon uses M1 Garand rifles, while the Aggies use 1903 Springfields.
Generally a code rode isn't meant to kill anyone, its similar to "college hazing", it's not right, but it's meant to get people who aren't following orders in-line. Its also usually not ordered from leadership, but what typically happens is everyone gets punished for a single person's mistake, and that gets everyone angry at that person, who then gets a code red by their team mates. I was in the US military for 8 years, I personally never saw a code red.
May I ask what you thought of the World Has Walls speech, as someone with military experience?
@@skylinerunner1695 I thought it was good movie writing, dramatic and fit for that character. 90% of the military is support roles, as someone in that category I didn't really think much of it because it really didn't apply to my situation. If I was a frontline Marine or soldier on a base next to an enemy in a cold war type situation, maybe it would have effected me more.
@@gpaje Thanks for your reply. I appreciate hearing the thoughts and insights of someone like yourself who has actually served and worn the uniform. I agree with you that it was good movie writing, and I actually believe it's a good description of how the world is and the role that the armed forces play in it. Thanks for your service. You rock!
@@skylinerunner1695 Absolutely, thank you!
Loved your insights on the all the legal stuff. I could tell how much you enjoyed it
Note: It was established at the start of the film that, from the highest levels of the military hierarchy, Code Reds had been ordered discontinued. Later, Jessup himself says that when orders are disobeyed, people die.
There's a symmetry in that.
This is the one of the greatest movies of alltime in my opinion. Love that it didn't force a romance in it. It was all about the case and was so well written you were sucked in.
Had the romance been added it would have meant Kaffe and Galloway were not acting professionally and disobeying orders. Also Galloway outranks Kaffee and would have been several years older than him. That would look kinda predatory.
This video shows why you're one of my favorite "reaction" channels. You're smart, insightful, you pay close attention, you're genuine and funny.
Its like watching a movie with a friend that thinks the way I do.
Wait that makes it sound like I'm praising myself O_O DAMMIT
Great reaction!!
Other great courtroom films: 12 Angry Men (1957), My Cousin Vinny (1992 - this one is more of a comedy but it's surprisingly accurate in its portrayal of American jurisprudance), To Kill A Mockingbird (1962), and Primal Fear (1996)
Seconded. I thought of 12 Angry Men (the black and white version, not the remake) and To Kill A Mockingbird. Wish I thought of My Cousin Vinny because that's a great suggestion.
She did My Cousin Vinny already: ruclips.net/video/HmFLXhxeqxc/видео.html
Fun to hear your thoughts along the way. Inherit the Wind is a great legal/courtroom drama; great actors - Spencer Tracey, Frederic March, Gene Kelly.
great recommendation! Gene Kelly was brilliant and sharp tongued as hell in that.
Great plot insight Mary. That's what makes you one of the best movie reactors to watch. 😁
This is a fun movie and I enjoyed your reaction. One thing I find pretty funny is that Jessup talks about how hard he has to be because people's lives are on the line, but he's stationed on Guantanamo Bay.
You'd be more likely to die from slipping on a banana peel than from some conflict with the Cuban army. So in reality Jessup is greatly over exaggerating the danger of his job.
It's not realistic, but I don't think it hurts the plot, since it is not the point of the story. It might as well have been some imaginary place.
The screenplay was written at a time wnen USSR still existed and short of being stationed in West Berlin, on border of East Germany or 38th parallel there was no other posting that was more sensitive as an incident there could lead to WW3.
Men Of Honor is also a phenomenal military film that is based on a real story and concludes with a marvelous courtroom scene. Highly recommend checking it out!
I was very impressed at how much you figured out on your own before it was presented in the movie. Bravo!
Mary you chose one of my favorite movies glad you enjoyed it. Another court room drama I would highly recommend is A Time to Kill
and also Kiefer Sutherland I would add The Judge and The Rainmaker to courtroom dramas you should watch
I love how much this activated your lawyer brain.
A few underrated court room dramas I think you'll like: Crimson Tide (basically a court room drama on a submarine), Inherit the Wind, The Verdict and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988 version) - which is like A Few Good Men if it was just one long courtroom scene and nothing else.
I love Caine Mutiny….the original with Bogart. The Verdict I do love the courtroom drama, but found Charlotte Rampling irritating.
@@thamnosma I like her but her scenes do feel unnecessary and superfluous to the plot. The 1988 Caine Mutiny is verrry different - essentially a filmed play. Anatomy of a Murder is a good one too!
Thank you for watching this one. I love to hear someone’s opinion on a show or movie when it relates to their own profession. I also really enjoyed hearing your perspective as someone outside the U.S. since it’s military themed. Great reaction!
To Kill A Mockingbird 1962 with Gregory Peck, Philadelphia 1993 with Tom Hanks and Legally Blonde 2001 with Reese Witherspoon
If you like courtroom movies... or just simply like great movies...
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
*Mary:* "Why didn't [Santiago] pack, if he was ordered to go at six?"
[in court] *Kaffee:* "I'm wondering why Santiago wasn't packed."
*Mary:* "Yesss!!"
Courtroom movies ...
• *_Witness for the Prosecution_* (1957) starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton, based on a play by Agatha Christie.
• *_The Caine Mutiny_* (1954), starring Humphrey Bogart, based on a book by Herman Wouk. Another court-martial.
I love how you're always spot on with your speculation! Not just courtroom dramas, with all the reactions I've seen of yours so far. You're brilliant!
Dialog in this screenplay was really tight because it was adapted from a Broadway play by the same name. Aaron Sorkin wrote the original play, and the screen adaptation. He also created The West Wing for television, and even played a cameo in the background of the bar scene with Between Kaffey and Jo.
Sorkin is known for using the same actors across his projects, so several characters from the film (and the play) appeared as regulars on The West Wing.
Trivia - The Marine drill team in the opening credits were actually played by the Texas A&M University drill squad.
More trivia - Kevin Pollak's character of Sam Weinberg was added for the movie, and was originally supposed to be played by Jason Alexander...who had to bow out because of conflicts with Seinfeld.
You did an awesome job on this reaction. You following along and grasping the subtleties of the arguments and seeing what can come from the decisions was fantastic!
This movie was really pivotal in my own personal life. I joined the Marines for many reasons, but this movie factored heavily into my decision. I was young and impressionable, what can I say? haha It's a great Sorkin script, though. This was also in a great Rob Reiner run of films.
Semper fi
This movie made you want to JOIN????
@@carlalussini Was a factor, yes. You'd be... amazed (shocked?) to know how reverently Marines hold that Jessup speech at the end (or at least did in the late 90s). He was a huge figure in Marine culture then. 17 and 18 year olds are highly impressionable people.
@@matthewmckibben Oh, he was very intimidating but clearly a miopic asshole, the one that scared me the most was Sutherland's character, (and the two defendants in a lesser way) because he blindly believed him. It made me understand the US and every empire's army, what lies and in what ways it manipulates honorable feelings and distort them in such a malicious way that they're ordered to invade a country, murder it's people AND feel feel like good honorable people, in a spiritual sense no less! for it. It was eye opening, and what I saw, reality, is what scared me. So basically, I felt as a teen girl from the global south like what Vietnam veterans have been saying for decades. Wich of course I only found out because of Forrest Gump. Thank you for taking the time to explain it to me from your POV.
My good friend from high school joined the marines the year after this came out and he watched it constantly which seems like a good thing on its surface, but he idolized Jack Nicholson and Kieffer Sullivan's characters, sooooooooo....yeaaah....
If you feel like getting into another legal drama, one of my favourites of the genre is another Tom Cruise film: The Firm (1993), one of a long line of legal movies based on Grisham novels. Great cast and a great score too.
The Firm is fun to watch.
@@thamnosma Primal Fear is another great courtroom drama too
‘The Verdict’ with Paul Newman is a good movie about a court case
Courtroom dramas is definitely your genre.
I was super impressed at all of your 💯 accurate argument suggestions and predictions.
We’re here for it.
Great reaction Mary! I loved how you looked at the film from several perspectives, including from the standpoint of a military court & jury, intent to do harm, following orders, unwillingness to accept a plea bargain for moral reasons, etc. Nice catch on checking the logs from the arrival of the plane at its destination and the fact that Santiago wasn't packed. Another film worth reacting to (interestingly also with Tom Cruise), is "The Firm". A very good film adaptation of an amazing book by John Grisham.
Yes to “The Firm” please! I’ve been requesting it all over the place…and no one shows it any love.
@@TheFairyintheFishBowl I agree. A few "reviews", but as far as reactions go, pretty much just Cassie & Carly at "Popcorn in Bed".
Some other great courtroom and legal movies are "The Trial of the Chicago 7" (2020) on Netflix, "Clemency" (2019), "Dead Man Walking" (1995), "And Justice for All" (1979) with Al Pacino, and I'm surprised no one has recommended "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957) same year as 12 Angry Men. And others (and I as well) recommend reacting to "Spotlight" from 2015.
I've recommended And Justice for All to her a few times. I hope she'll see it even if she doesn't react to it. It's an amazing film.
@@0lyge0 Al Pacino in his prime, I'm sure she would love it.
The "chow hall" argument was excellent, as the prosecutor acknowledged. "Followed the crowd." That's exactly how a Code Red would happen.
I really enjoyed watching this with you. It was really cool to see your sharp mind pick up on things and I love your running commentary. Plus, I think your accent is great! Going to watch quite a few more of your reactions!
There was a TV series that combined aspects of "A Few Good Men" and "Top Gun" in the 1990's/early 2000's called "J.A.G." (Judge Advocate General) about the US Navy & Marine legal system.
Starting with the 2nd season, the actor who played Captain West in "A Few Good Men" ("Leave the room so that we can talk about you behind your back"), John M. Jackson, played the Admiral serving as Judge Advocate of the Navy on "J.A.G.".
2:19 - That's the real speed. It's insane to watch the drill team go.
I spent 8 years in the USAF. Watching this, I was SHOCKED how different military law is, never having to deal with it.
You'd probably love the show "Law & Order". It's a US TV show about criminal cases, that follows both the police detective aspect of the case (order) as well as the court case itself (law). The cases themselves usually involve social commentary/social issues of the time. It ran for like 20 seasons.
I love that franchise. The original Law & Order show was just relaunched this year. It’s spin-off Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has ran uninterrupted for over 24 seasons.
Mary i so love watching movies with you! what makes it great is the energy you bring! thanks for making them so interesting!!! see you at the next movie!!!
Amistad. 1997. The performance by Djimon Hounsou is outstanding!
How about Hopkins’ performance?
Fun fact:
The drill sequence in the beginning isn't actually the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon.
They are actually the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Fish Drill Team. The dead giveaway is that the USMC use M1's and the A&M team use the Springfield 1903.
Amazing film very classic A Few Good Men starring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson and Kevin Bacon. The line "You can't handle the truth" was ranked in the list of the American Film Institute (AFI) 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. Thank you Mary great reaction excellent😊😊😊😊
George Costanza spent hours mastering that line.
Mary is great as usual :) I love her "nee" (correct me if it is spelled differently) :)
My favorite courtroom drama is 'The Verdict', which stars Paul Newman and was ranked #4 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 best courtroom dramas. Number one on the list is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' which is also fantastic. I know Mary's seen Chicago, which starred Richard Gere, because she recognized Mr. Cellophane in her Guardians of the Galaxy reaction. Another great movie that Richard Gere plays a lawyer in is 'Primal Fear'. I also enjoyed 'The Rainmaker', which had a stacked cast including Matt Damon.
This movie is another great example about how Chris Rock’s joke wasn’t an insult but a compliment.
I recommend "Witness For The Prosecution". It's an old movie from 1957 in black and white but dont let that dissuade you. The drama is excellent and our protagonist is a delight!
"Rules of Engagement" is another good military courtroom drama.
"A Time To Kill" is a classic based on a John Grisham book.
"My Cousin Vinnie" is a very good courtroom comedy.
yes, that start with the marines spinning the rifles was actual speed. it is what is called `drilling', it's intended to install precision.
I can watch this movie over and over. Here in the states it’s on tv basically 24/7 on one channel or another. So glad we got the chance to share it with you!
So glad you watched a movie YOU wanted to watch. Please do that more often. It makes your reaction even more enjoyable.
Great courtroom movie based on a true case. "INHERENT THE WIND"
Classic court room dialog as is "12 Angry Men" but all takes place in the jury deliberation room. Both have awesome cast. Hope ya can watch these and I look forward to your reactions.
@@rhudoc3745 She has reacted to 12 Angry Men ;-)
Your analysis and insights have added so much to my enjoyment of this movie...and the other courtroom movies you've watched, as well. Being a legal layman myself, I naturally tend to restrict my critiques to the usual things - script, performances, direction, cinematography, etc. - unless an exchange or plot point happens to strike me somehow as egregiously wrong or particularly farfetched. It's a whole new level of fun for me to watch you break it down the way you do.
This is one of those movies that is stocked full of actors that go on to have extremely successful carriers
Great video, thank you! This is one of my favourite films. A fantastic cast, and so many memorable scenes 🙂
When it came out that the PFC wasn't present for Kendrick's order, normally there would a motion for the two defendants' cases to be separated. At that point, the PFC had a defense that would run counter to the Lance Corporal's.
Hey Mary! Been watching you for a while and am loving all your reactions!
In regards to your question- NO, they can not just follow ANY orders. They must be LAWFUL orders; no matter who that order comes from. While we were trained to immediately follow orders without question, the assumption was that those giving the orders were trusted, well- trained, and good people who would not betray their oaths or troops.
I "like" this movie for what it is ( the actors and the acting) but they got SO many things wrong concerning military protocol, UCMJ, and such.
Can't wait to see more reactions!
The thing about "code reds" or a "blanket party" as they were called in the Navy is they come from a place of peer pressure due to collective punishment. Instead of singling out the guy not following orders, the commanding officer or platoon officer will involve the rest of the men by punishing them, every time the person in question screws up. So as to motivate them to help him get that person back in line. A good example of this is the boot camp segment of the movie Full Metal Jacket.
Another fun fact, a year after this movie came out Tom Cruise played a civilian lawyer in another film called The Firm.
Your reaction was so good and detailed. It was in fact very good that you gave a real lawyer perspective at various stages of this case. That made my understanding of what happened much better.Thank you so much...
The Marines in the beginning are the "Silent Drill Team" stationed at Marine Barracks 8th & I, Washing ton, D.C.. Look them up and you can find videos of their full performances.
The best thing about this movie is both sides are right. That's why it is so back and forth and so compelling.
Aaron Sorkin wrote this film and is so good.
The Newsroom is a HBO show written by him which is fantastic. I would love if people did reactions to it.
He's also started to direct movies now as well. He directed my favourite movie of 2020, The Trial of the Chicago 7.
I LOVED your reaction on this. It’s a terrific movie with a very famous cast. Your expertise was fabulous. Keep up the good work, and all my love from Seattle, WA. This 51 yr old lady digs your style. Cheers! 🥰
You should see Demi Moore starring in "The Butcher's Wife", with Jeff Daniels.
So the crime was committed by military members against another military member on a military base; the military has its own internal police, court, and detention facilities, so yes, this is being handled internally. Also, the military base is on foreign soil: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This story is set (and the film made & released) before 9/11, before Guantanamo (now nicknamed "Gitmo") was used as a holding facility for terrorists.
Nicholson's character Col Jessup is not just sexist and not just defending respect for rank; it's the arrogance of a man who believes he's always right AND the fact that his career is about to transfer to the halls of political power in America's capital, Washington DC. Jessup is a man who takes his power a little too seriously and throws his weight around because he enjoys knowing those under him have to take it.
A Code Red is NOT an order to kill someone; it's an order to coerce behavior from a soldier. You don't get compliance by killing the man. Besides, as you can see, a death invites attention & investigation. Investigation is sure to uncover 'other issues', since no deaths are supposed to occur.
Also, it is established at the beginning of the film that a Code Red is not just an 'unofficial' order, but also an illegal order. Even though it is still 'unofficially' in use, there are orders from the highest military levels not to use Code Reds anymore; it's a double-edged crime, being a crime both to issue and to carry it out.
In the course of the film it becomes obvious Santigo was ill, that the medical officer overlooked a serious condition (so he has some liability) leading to Santigo not being able to comply perfectly in action. Santiago's medical condition turned his Code Red abuse into an accidental death. All in line of ordering the Code Red are liable for the accidental death, which we will see went all the way up to Col Jessup. The cover-up is an additional crime, from Jessup on down through all his accomplices. The two soldiers on trial, the ones that actually physically carried out the Code Red, also have liability, for carrying out an unlawful order and for manslaughter (unintended death).
If the 2 men followed an unlawful order, they are still guilty of Conduct Unbecoming A Soldier. Guilt of any crime results in expulsion from the military under a Dishonorable Discharge. A Dishonorable Discharge is not just a stain on one's reputation; it also means you are no longer eligible for a whole slew of military service benefits: free education, veterans' home loans, broader market discounts, veterans' medical care, veterans' pension, etc. It also follows you into the workplace, affecting hiring opportunities, job retention, and promotions.
In the course of the trial, the higher-ranked soldier went from feeling he was innocent (because he was just following an order) to accepting guilt (because the Code Red order was illegal and everyone involved except Santiago himself had been negligent, contributing to an innocent man's accidental death).
That was very insightful analysis there. You did overlook one thing, however. You kept using the term "soldiers." These guys were Marines. Soldiers are Army men. The Army was not involved in this movie in any way. As a former Marine, I can attest that Marines detest being referred to as soldiers.
Explaining what you think will happen in this movie isn’t annoying. It just shows that you’re really into it and enjoying it.
Excellent reaction Mary!!! Fun fact (suspect already mentioned here) Rob Reiner was having trouble finding the right look for Pfc Dawson, he noticed his personal assistant Wolfgang Bodinson as having "the look", but he had never acted before. He asked Wolfgang to read for the part and he was convinced. The rest is history. Clearly Bodinson is a natural!
“I was only following orders”
- Wilhelm Keitel, Adolf Eichmann, William Calley…
I was very impressed with your observational and deduction skills! I literally said “damn, you’re intelligent, girl!” out loud while watching you guess things correctly. Really enjoyed watching you watch this. Subscribed now
You would love another early 90s movie that landed an Academy Award for best actor, Reversal of Fortune. It was not only about the court case through the entire movie, but it was also based on a true story.
*_To Kill a Mockingbird_* (1962) is an awesome *courtroom movie* adaptation of the *Pulitzer prize* winning novel.
For another military courtroom drama, I would recommend the classic The Caine Mutiny from 1954 with Humphrey Bogart, of which you can definitely see the influence on A Few Good Men.
You kind of have to agree with Col. Jessup.
1. “We live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.”
Santiago was a substandard marine, and should never have been allowed in the Marine Corps much less a front line combat unit. If Jessup had transferred him, or had him discharged, it’s more than likely that his replacement would have been up to standards.
2. “ We follow orders, or people die. It’s that simple.”
Jessup purposefully and willfully disobeyed the order from his chain of command to discontinue “Code Reds.” PFC Santiago died as a result.
And when Santiago died, instead of taking responsibility himself, Jessup set up his men to take the fall.
"Let's goooooo!" I love your opening line, Mary! :)
@10:52, yes Marines actually say things like that about the Navy. In college my roommate was a Naval Reservist who despised Marines.
I personally knew Marines who felt the same way about Navy people.
However, in time of war everyone is on the same team.
There’s a RUclips channel called Legal Eagles and they did an awesome commentary about “A Few Good Men”. I highly recommend watching it.
12 Angry Men. Erin Brockovich. Philadelphia. The Rainmaker. The Client. The Chamber.
The Firm. The Devil's Advocate. Separate But Equal. To Kill A Mockingbird. My Cousin Vinny. Runaway Jury. Inherit the Wind. Ghosts of Mississippi. There are a lot and I'm probably leaving off some great films, but these are some of the best American courtroom and legal movies.
Really impressive you guessed what Tom was thinking when he saw his closet full of clothes hanging. Not sure anyone else on youtube reactions put that together like you did. I'm not even sure I did the first time I saw this 30 years ago lol.
The opening sequence is the USMC Drill Team. If you EVER get the chance to see them, it is well worth it.
Glad you enjoyed the movie. Jessep's explosive and embroiled testimony was intense. Also, you have one of the cutest laughs, ever.
Demi Moore from this movie is also in The Juror. Its also a very good legal movie. The Rainmaker stars Matt Damon from Good Will Hunting. Its his second best acting role in a movie only second to Good Will Hunting. The Rainmaker is a court room legal movie like A Few Good men. If you liked this movie then you will love that one as well. The Client is a very suspenseful legal movie you may like. Double Jeopardy isn't really a court room legal movie, but it skims the law and is very interesting from a legal point of view. The Pelican Brief is a strong legal based movie because it involves politics and most of politics revolves around law. I have a feeling you will enjoy it. The Lincoln Lawyer shouldn't be a movie you ignore if you like law. Some movies are forever linked to the actors in them and The Lincoln Lawyer is forever linked to Matthew McConaughey like Lord of War is forever linked to Nicolas Cage. Nuts starring Barbra Streisand, and The Bonfire of the Vanities starring Tom Hanks is also a good movie that is about politics that involves the law. I think its one of Tom Hanks best roles. If you watch Nuts and enjoyed it then you may also like The Prince of Tides starring Barbra Streisand. Its more a psychology movie, but if I remember the reason the story takes place is because a family member is court ordered to have an evaluation by a psychologist take place like Good Will Hunting. I have a feeling a legal mind will enjoy that movie. Its one of my favorites that many overlook. Good luck, that's a lot of movies.