I'm actually glad Aaron Sorkin didn't force a love story between Kaffee & Galloway. That would've been too cliché. The fact that they kept their relationship professional was actually very refreshing.
Agree. Already a long movie, like it needed to be a half hour longer. Kinda cool that it was hinted at, to distract you a bit, so when it went straight back to the court drama….you were still waiting for the unnecessary sex scene between them! 😂😂
Indeed. There was some light flirtation, nothing serious, basically within bounds, and that it was left there made it a more believable story. I love that line by Weinberg: The rest of this is just smoke filled coffee house garbage.
"TAPS" was one of Tom Cruise's earliest movies. He was a supporting actor in that movie along with Sean Penn. George C Scott is also in that movie. Well worth a reaction video.
Well, no. The movie starts off good but the ending is really ridiculous and pretty much ruins the whole thing. There's a reason it's not considered a classic.
Under the US Code of Military Justice, a soldier has the right and duty to refuse any immoral or illegal order. That is why they were found guilty on the third count.
Yeah. They should’ve known better. Plus military members who are brought to court martial are almost ALWAYS dishonorably discharged for conduct unbecoming. You do NOT want to be dishonorably discharged from the military. It basically ruins your life. It makes it illegal to purchase firearms, as it becomes a felony to do so. It also strips you of any veteran’s benefits. It also makes finding work afterwards extremely difficult because that DD comes up every single time a company does a background check on you during the application/interview process. It also makes getting into college very difficult plus it destroys your ability to qualify for student loans or grants. Not to mention your right to vote. No bueno
Dawn, the Nuremberg trials established the precedent that "I was just following orders" is not a legitimate defense. Members of the US military are not required to follow illegal orders. They are expected to say no. the phrase "A few good men" comes from a recruiting campaign for the Marines around the time the movie was made. The slogan was "We're looking for a few good men".
I couldn't stand the Interview With a Vampire movie, but I LOVED TC's performance. It was the best in the film and it he was having such a brilliant time...having read the books, he did a wonderful job...he got the basic essence of Lestat...it was a surprisingly impressive performance. 👏 👏
One of the best character actors in the history of film is the underrated J.T. Walsh. He has been some of the greatest films. This one, The Negotiator, Outbreak, Needful Things, Breakdown, The Client, Hoffa, Backdraft, The Grifters and so many more. He raises the watchability of all of his movies.
Yes! Almost always playing a villain, but he was SO GOOD at it, and if you don't have a great villain, you don't have much of a movie. He elevated everything he was in.
Another great military, courtroom movie is _The Caine Mutiny_ (1954). It stars Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer (one of American theater's most accomplished actors), Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, E. G. Marshall (whom you'll know from _Twelve Angry Men_ ), and even Lee Marvin in a supporting role. _The Caine Mutiny_ was nominated for seven Oscars, but didn't win any.
Yeh Dawn should definitely react to this film. The courtroom scene where Bogie is testifying served as inspiration for a Better Call Saul episode Chicanery. 😁
Dawn Marie at 5:18 "How do you know he's not written to Santa Claus?" And that's when I tried to laugh but the water I was drinking went straight up my nose and instead I had a spluttering coughing fit. Lesson learned: DO NOT EAT OR DRINK WHEN DAWN MARIE IS TALKING.
Best Supporting Actor was insane competition too. Jack Nicholson was nominated for this film (his 10th acting nom, tying him with Sir Laurence Olivier as the most nominated male actor ever at the time), with the other 4 nominees being Al Pacino (GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS), Jaye Davidson (THE CRYING GAME), Gene Hackman (UNFORGIVEN), and David Paymer (MR. SATURDAY NIGHT). Hackman won the Oscar. Pacino in fact was a double nominee that night (Supporting Actor for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS and Lead Actor for SCENT OF A WOMAN) marking his 7th and 8th acting nominations respectively and won Lead (his only ever win).
@@Wungolioth Good call! Tbf: Cruise _is_ doing a parody of Harvey Weinstein in Thunder (before the court cases hit...but Hollywood folk mostly *knew* ...) ...so: qualifies as a Baddie, I'd argue.
@@wyldhowl2821 Actually, the real person who was being parodied was Scott Rudin - producer of movies like The Social Network, Zoolander (the movie where he and Ben Stiller crossed paths), and The Firm (the movie where he and Tom Cruise crossed paths). Look at any picture of Rudin and you'll see the resemblance.
I grew up in Indiana. There was a drink called Choc-Ola, HQ was Indianapolis, which was also a chocolate flavored bottled/canned beverage. It actually had a creamier taste so it felt more like true chocolate milk so I preferred it to Yoo-Hoo. It had a milk component in it, but it was shelf-stable and didn't require refrigeration. Anyway it was actually bought by Yoo=Hoo for a while. It went out of business in 2009, but a guy in Indianapolis revived the drink with Prairie Farms milk and it is available online and was initially distributed through the Martin's Super Market chain based in South Bend, Indiana. It says it is now being sold in 17 states, but I don't think that includes Texas, sadly.
@@SpottedBullet - I have literally never seen a Yoo-Hoo in my West Coast life in 70 years no wait! Ed and Nate's Deli in Bev Hills. I saw it there. Best trad deli in L.A. - maybe in the eighties.
Tom Cruise is a fan favorite playing a small role in the Ben Stiller Comedy "Tropic Thunder". In fact, there is a lot of comedic star power in that movie. It's hilarious.
I liked that they resisted the urge to do the love story thing. They teased it a little and that's enough. Now that the trial is over they can go do their thing and we don't have to know about it. :)
I also never liked Tom Cruise. He plays the same cocky character in practically every movie, and there is something about his mannerisms that just bug me. I feel the same way about Ryan Reynolds.
The reason Jessup was arrested is that he gave an illegal order. Code Reds were not allowed. The choice the 2 soldiers had was not to obey an illegal order but they followed it. That's why they were guilty of conduct unbecoming of a marine. Kevin Pollak played Lt. Sam Weinberg, you've already seen him in "The Usual Suspects". You can also find him in the comedy "The Whole Nine Yards" with Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis (who was married to Demi Moore).
There's no such charge in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, UCMJ, for "Conduct Unbecoming of a Marine". It was made up for the movie. There is "Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer", but the defendants were enlisted men. Perhaps some real charge would have fit, but for whatever reason, dramatic license was employed? I don't mind in this case, because "A Few Good Men" is a great movie, & sometimes seemingly minor details being tweaked, twisted, or outright wrong, make the difference.
16:17 It’s all about the writing. Tom will always act his butt off and totally commit to a movie, regardless of script, without giving the audience a wink if he knows it’s trash. But when you get A Few Good Men or Rain Man (or, in my opinion, The Color Of Money) and can give him the room to stretch his wee legs, he’s chillingly good.
Some of these actors that started off in cutesy movies turned out, IMO, to be surprisingly good actors. Cruise, Hanks, Di Caprio (great in The Aviator IMO) and Bacon. Looking at Bacon in Footloose it's hard to imagine he'd be as good in Apollo 13 or this as he was.
Re: Not obeying the order - As much as they would have been in trouble (on the base) for not obeying the order, they wouldn't have been in legal trouble for it because it's an unlawful/illegal order, it's actually their duty to ignore or otherwise refuse to carry them out. Also, I can't believe you said you liked Jack Nicholson's mouth... that's a little weird.
Lt. Weinberg also mentioned in passing that "they were just following orders" didn't fly as a defense at Nuremberg for Nazi officers. Just because your commanding officer orders you to murder someone doesn't get you off the hook.
This story was actually inspired by the real "Code Red" of Marine Pfc. William Alvarado. Alvarado was hospitalized and survived the attack, but ten Marines were arrested and charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Seven accepted plea deals and were discharged. The other three elected to stand trial, arguing that they were following the orders of a commanding officer. After a four day trial, the three were cleared of charges and returned to duty. And a Fun-fact as a testament to how great Jack Nicholson is as an actor, the entire last scene in the courtroom was all done in one take. Not only that, but Jack Nicholson was doing his part there long before the camera started rolling. The other actors were thinkin, "Shouldn't you save your best chops for the take?" Jack Nicholson replied something like, "Nah, I live for this." Because he could go 100% at any given moment. Thanks for the reaction
Also, one of the defendants, David Cox, who was also involved in the lawsuit against Castle Rock Entertainment later, was mysteriously murdered in 1994. the TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" did an segment on this.
It was director Rob Reiner, who, the story goes, questioned Nicholson on whether he really wanted to go 'full blast' on all the rehearsals. Nicholson's reply was something close to, "Lemme tell you something. I'm an actor. And I love to act." The essence of it, wasn't so much "I live for this," but more like, "Opportunities to play a character ••like THIS•• saying stuff ••like THIS•• really, really don't come around very often. So, when it does come up, man I wanna enjoy it to the full." I always take from that story that even celebrity actors like Nicholson, are completely dependent on writers and others to create the characters and good scripts in the first place, otherwise, they'd have no character to play. And Nicholson was acknowledging that, with his comment.
@Berry-vi1ne Reynolds himself said he was ashamed of his role in that film and refused to be considered for an award for it. I personally thought he played a very sympathetic and likeable character...I'm just going by how people typically judge such people.
@@bjgandalf69 come to think of it, I remember something about that. I wasn't sure if it was because he was playing someone in the porn industry or whether he just thought the film was poorly made.
Dawn, here are a couple of observations for your benefit: 1. Military uniforms: Members of the armed forces typically can NOT ALWAYS simply wear whatever uniform they feel like wearing on a given day. Usually there is a specific uniform combination SPECIFIED based upon the activity and/or time of the year or location. For example, in the actual courtroom during the trial, military members would HAVE to wear their "service dress" (a.k.a. "Class A") uniforms. That's the military equivalent of a business suit -- coat, dress shirt, tie, trousers, and accoutrements -- because that's what's appropriate for a formal business function in the civilian world such as a criminal trial (which is exactly what a court-martial IS). During a deployment or field exercise, service members would typically be instructed to wear their combat uniforms (camouflage pattern utility uniform). For most normal day-to-day office duties, military members would typically wear a less formal military uniform (e.g., short sleeve shirt with open collar/no tie, and trousers). Additionally, the Navy has additional uniform selections depending on the time of year and/or climate. For example, between May and September, the Navy generally puts aside their dark blue (black) dress uniforms and wears the summer version -- the dress whites. They also have an informal version (short sleeve white shirt, open collar, no tie, and white trousers with white shoes). In addition, if a Navy military member is in the tropics (e.g. Hawaii, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, etc.) REGARDLESS of the time of year, the white uniform is typically optional (that's why you saw Tom Cruise wear the white uniform at lunch down in Cuba). Also, the normal day-to-day duty uniform in the Navy is often the khaki uniform. 2. There is NO WAY a military judge would EVER allow an attormey to scream at, insult, belittle, or otherwise abuse a witness -- and that goes doubly if the witness is in the military and outranks the attorney asking the Qs The scenes were PURE HOLLYWOOD make-believe in that respect. 3. There is NO SUCH criminal offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (the UCMJ is the military's compilation of military criminal law) as "Conduct Unbecoming a Marine." That is a fake/bogus charge invented purely for Hollywood entertainment value. There ARE some SIMILAR "general articles" under the UCMJ, but those are the following: (a) Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and Gentleman (but this is officer-specific; an enlisted service member can NOT be charged with this offense. The two Marines on trial were enlisted, NOT officers) (b) Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order and Discipline ... OR (c) Conduct of a Nature to Bring Discredit to the Armed Forces I hope this info helps.
Hi Dawn. You should watch a movie from 1983 called The Outsiders. it has a big cast. Most of them were young actors who were not all "Big" stars at the time, but went on to become stars. I think you might really enjoy it. Tom Cruise (not the star of the movie), Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid), Emilio Estevez and more. Hope you enjoy!!
Knowing how much you enjoy trial movies (and black and white films), I highly recommend "Anatomy of a Murder" with one of your favorite actors - Jimmy Stewart. Its based on a true murder story and was filmed here in my hometown in Upper Michigan. The other is "To Kill a Mockingbird" with Gregory Peck.
Dawn, I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but if you like this kind of movie and want another great Tom Cruise movie, then you should definitely see "The Firm". I think it's better than this film, personally.
Lt. Kendricks order to Downey and Dawson was both an immoral as well as illegal order. They should have refused the order because of that. They could not be punished legally or put out of the Marines for it, but Kendrick would have likely made life hard for them if they had.
He plays a sorta bad guy in the movie “TAPS.” “A Few Good Men,” was the recruiting slogan for the Marines back in the day: “The Marines Are looking For A Few Good Men.” The opening music does sound a bit like “Independence Day.”
Cruise gets viewed as just the action guy these days that does his own stunts, but he was a damn good dramatic actor. I think the courtroom scene with Tom and Jack is one of the best movie scenes ever. I recommend Rain Man which is my favorite Cruise movie, Born on the 4th of July, Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky if you want to see him in more dramas and The Firm is a really cool thriller based off a John Grisham book.
Congratulations on discovering one of the finest courtroom dramas ever made. If you liked My Cousin Vinny and 12 Angry Men look out for Anatomy of a Murder with James Stewart and to Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck, among many others.
Not quite. That is one recruiting slogan. Another is "The Marines Are Looking For A Few Good Men". I was in the Marines when this movie was released. There's so much stuff wrong, such as saluting indoors uncovered. That's an Army thing.
After this film came out, the Marines changed this recruiting slogan, which had been running on TV commercials for a number of years, to something else. The filmmakers were counting on people knowing that "A few good men" referred to Marines. When the film came out, it caused the phrase to be associated with this film, and the connotations of "a rotten core to the establishment," and so future recruiting commercials used other slogans. Film has another, less famous (more infamous?) example of this: A scene in the 1971 Stanley Kubrick film "A Clockwork Orange" has the main character sing "Singin' In The Rain" during a physical and sexual assault on two people during a home invasion. That movie scene, caused all who watched it, to associate the feel-good Gene Kelly song from the happy film "Singin' in the rain" from the 1950s, to now be associated in viewers minds with this newer film and this drastically different context. Gene Kelly reportedly hated, HATED Malcolm McDowell for causing that change in peoples' minds, to the iconic Kelly performance.
You have to watch Tom Cruise in the movie 'Jack Reacher.' If you liked this movie, then you will love that one, and especially love the Gunny character - now that's a U.S. Marine.
Crazy yo the majority of reactors have the same distain for Mr. Cruise until the reaction is over and they begin to develop a good feeling about Tom. I hope you do too... He's magnificent actor
Actual courtroom action is no where near what they show in this movie. For example, the Jury never hears half of what is going on due to objections that lead to the Judge having the Jury leave while the lawyers and judge work out the issue.
Was your play set in the present day? Just curious, it would be pretty unbelievable that an order like this would be passed down from a colonel all the way down the chain of command without anyone reporting it. It's pretty well known hazing is not allowed. Now some ad hoc hazing among privates or even a rank up, that's still believable, but the whole conspiracy and orders thing is gone.
One of the reasons that makes this movie so great is because Aaron Sorkin doesn’t make his major characters one dimensional. He makes all of his characters; good and bad, believe they’re the hero in their own movie, that what they do is the right thing, to them.
For Jack Nicholson, you gotta do One Flew over the Guckos Nest if you haven't already. And The Witches of Eastwick. In that one Nicholson is hilariously funny. For Tom Cruise, as a baddy, Collateral. But also Vanilla Sky and last, but not least, Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut!!!
@@starman6280 It's a special breed of cuckoos. :) (I'm not natively English speaking, even though I consider myself fluent, so once in a blue moon it happens that I jumble words, this is obviously one of these cases.)
When Tom Cruise is good, he's very, very good. This is one of the greatest courtroom films of all time. I'll just point out that if they listened to their consciences, Santiago would still have been alive, so there's a big difference in whether they obeyed the order or not. Great reaction, Dawn!
Exactly so. Granted, the order should've never been given, but one sometimes has to do the difficult thing if told to do something unethical by refusing. Too many are willing to do the unethical thing because they are concerned about their careers, people lose sight of right and wrong.
Speaking of courtroom movies, Dawn needs to watch To Kill a Mockingbird. The lawyer faces a personal and ethical conundrum in that which is even more poignant than in this movie.
^^ TBH, ever since I saw that film I've called a self-administered electric clippers to the hair as a "G.I. Jane" haircut. Obviously, if we take the opening scenes of "Full Metal Jacket" to heart, the Armed Forces are normally the ones to shave your head. Doing it yourself is well and truly Butch.
Tom Cruise is honestly a brilliant actor. He has The Range™👌 (I've seen nearly everything he's ever been in.) I too love his villain roles. He's amazing in Collateral, Interview with a Vampire, Magnolia etc but he's so good in weird quirky stuff like Minority Report, Eyes Wide Shut, Risky Business, Vanilla Sky. You need to give him more of a chance, I promise you won't be disappointed 🤗
Tom Cruise is f$#^ing criminally over rated!!!! He is the same damn character in ever single f^%ing movie he is in. Maverick!! Maverick in a court room. Maverick in a race car. Maverick in a covered wagon. Maverick in a wheelchair Maverick as a Sports agent et al. Some people rave that this us his best role, but Demi Moore's performance is just as good, maybe better.
I more or less agree with you. He might not be a great actor but he is a movie star. You don't see a movie with Tom Cruise, you see a Tom Cruise movie, much like Schwarzenegger. However, in Interview with the Vampire he killed it as Lestat.
Such an awesome movie, Aaron Sorkin is a Writing God. If you didn't like Tom in Top Gun, I don't like your odds here.😉 16:13 I stand corrected. 26:39 Thanks Dawn, you're a Peach. 😁
I second everyone recommending TAPS!! It's a fucking phenomenal film, Tom has a side role. It's a film that will haunt you. Also, The Outsiders is another great film where Tom has a smaller role
Dawn I love you to bits!!! Thinking you could manifest becoming a lawyer by watching A Few Good Men a few times had me rolling!!!!!!! You are so EXTRA!!! Enjoy your Kung Pao Chicken!!! 👍🤘😁☺️💖
YOU'VE EITHER GOT IT, OR YA HAVEN'T - that's exactly what the USMC recruiting motto implied with, "We're Looking For A Few Good Men" - not just a gay pick-up line. Military personnel are never required to obey any illegal order - rather just the opposite. "I was just obeying orders" didn't work for the Nazis at Nuremberg and it doesn't work now. You can catch J.T. Walsh (Markinson) in GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (1987) as Sgt. Major Dickerson. I'll suggest watching Jimmy Stewart as the defense attorney in ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959), as it has been called "the most pure trial movie ever" by UCLA Law professor Michael Asimow, and details events in a true story. Based on a novel by a Michigan Supreme Court Justice, who earlier had been the defense attorney in the true story.
A FEW GOOD MEN was the recruiting slogan that the United States Marine Corps used in the 1980's and 1990's in their commercials. that is where the name of the movie comes from. that was just an idea of what a "CODE RED" can be, it is called many things, like throw down, blanket party, pink belly, ECT. ECT.
OK, First off, IF a member in the U.S. Military is actually convicted of Murder, Rape or Espionage, their court martial is very likely to hand down a death sentence, and although the U.S. Navy no longer hangs people from Yard arms anymore, Military executions are all carried out by the U.S. Army in Fort Leavenworth Kansas, and YES the military DOES still hang people convicted of a capitol crime, one of the things that I DO NOT like about this movie, is that it is not accurate, there are some things that the USMC DOES NOT DO, and those things are handled completely by the U.S. Navy, those include, Doctors, Nurses, Medics, and Lawyers, YES I am telling you that there is no such thing as a Marine Corps lawyer, Kevin Bacon's character would be a U.S. Naval officer! as far as the verdict goes, it is accurate and fair, HOWEVER, the Military VERY VERY rarely hands out a dishonorable discharge, the verdicts would likely have been as depicted in the movie, but the punishment I think would probably be the time served, and maybe an OTH (Other Than Honorable) discharge, or possibly a BCD (Bad Conduct Discharge) not a dishonorable, now did they do wrong, YES THEY DID, When serving in the U.S. Military, for the most part, you must obey the orders you are given, BUT, UNLAWFUL ORDERS are not required and in fact you have a duty to not only question it but to also not follow it, I do believe that the U.S. Military is the only military on the planet where a service member can exercise their own moral code to a certain extent, HOWEVER, if you dig your heels in on something like that, you better be right, because if you are wrong, then the punishment will be pretty severe.
24:55 -- RE: "... the Advice of the GALACTICALLY STUPID..."; Yeah but No. I don;t mind it when actors pretend to be Angry, but Tom's not selling me on it by using the term "Galactically" with respect to Stupidity.
Tom Cruise was in a movie early in his career called "The Outsiders" where he isn't the lead. It's another great movie. Ralph Macchio( "Karate Kid", "My Cousin Vinny") and C. Thomas Howell("E.T.", "Red Dawn", "Gettysburg", "Payback") are the main characters, with Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, and Emilio Estevez.
I'm actually glad Aaron Sorkin didn't force a love story between Kaffee & Galloway. That would've been too cliché. The fact that they kept their relationship professional was actually very refreshing.
She was blowing him later that night after he took Jack down.
Agree. Already a long movie, like it needed to be a half hour longer. Kinda cool that it was hinted at, to distract you a bit, so when it went straight back to the court drama….you were still waiting for the unnecessary sex scene between them! 😂😂
Indeed. There was some light flirtation, nothing serious, basically within bounds, and that it was left there made it a more believable story.
I love that line by Weinberg: The rest of this is just smoke filled coffee house garbage.
Agreed, although there was enough chemistry there to make it another movie.
100% agreed!
Tom Cruise as a villain? Watch Collateral. He's excellent. You can't even tell it's him.
Brilliant film 👍
American made (2017). As a drug courier
My first reaction to "give cruise a chance" was scramble for the keyboard COLLATERAL
What do you mean "you can't tell it's him???"
Interview with a Vampire ❤❤❤
"TAPS" was one of Tom Cruise's earliest movies. He was a supporting actor in that movie along with Sean Penn. George C Scott is also in that movie. Well worth a reaction video.
Well, no. The movie starts off good but the ending is really ridiculous and pretty much ruins the whole thing. There's a reason it's not considered a classic.
Excellent movie.
very much a side character in The Outsiders as well.
Under the US Code of Military Justice, a soldier has the right and duty to refuse any immoral or illegal order. That is why they were found guilty on the third count.
Yeah. They should’ve known better. Plus military members who are brought to court martial are almost ALWAYS dishonorably discharged for conduct unbecoming. You do NOT want to be dishonorably discharged from the military. It basically ruins your life. It makes it illegal to purchase firearms, as it becomes a felony to do so. It also strips you of any veteran’s benefits. It also makes finding work afterwards extremely difficult because that DD comes up every single time a company does a background check on you during the application/interview process. It also makes getting into college very difficult plus it destroys your ability to qualify for student loans or grants. Not to mention your right to vote. No bueno
Only an illegal order. What is immoral is a matter of opinion! I am a former Army JAG lawyer.
Interesting, we were always taught immoral or illegal. Makes sense though.
@@RobertLesliePalmerThanks for the clarification!
Well all they were gonna do was shave his head which as a military person is not that bad. It's not like they told them to beat him to death.
Dawn, the Nuremberg trials established the precedent that "I was just following orders" is not a legitimate defense. Members of the US military are not required to follow illegal orders. They are expected to say no.
the phrase "A few good men" comes from a recruiting campaign for the Marines around the time the movie was made. The slogan was "We're looking for a few good men".
I remember those ads. ❤
Tom Cruise as a villain - Collateral
Arguably villainous - Magnolia, Interview With The Vampire
I love Magnolia, and Cruise is awesome in it!
@@hemlock399 All the Aimee Mann songs probably make it a nightmare to edit for YT.
@@LordVolkov True enough!
Taps
I couldn't stand the Interview With a Vampire movie, but I LOVED TC's performance. It was the best in the film and it he was having such a brilliant time...having read the books, he did a wonderful job...he got the basic essence of Lestat...it was a surprisingly impressive performance. 👏 👏
"Afew good men" was a line from a Marine recruiting advert from the late 1970s early 1980s???...ish.
Well into the 90s at the very least iirc.
"Movies where Cruise is not the main character"......
Tropic Thunder. Best Cruise character ever.
Yeah but that was just a cameo
Don't forget "Taps" he has a secondary roll but a great character.
Tom has a small part in "Magnolia". He is amazing in it and got a supporting Oscar nomination.
@@bigp3006 So good!
"The Spy Who Shagged Me".
😁
Missed one of my favourite lines...."Lt Kendrick- may I call you John?..........No, you may not!"
"He can't testify, that's suicide."
How prophetic of you!😅
One of the best character actors in the history of film is the underrated J.T. Walsh. He has been some of the greatest films. This one, The Negotiator, Outbreak, Needful Things, Breakdown, The Client, Hoffa, Backdraft, The Grifters and so many more. He raises the watchability of all of his movies.
Very true. He's never in a leading role, but very recognizable. I believe it was either Breakdown or Pleasantville as his final role. He died in 1998.
Yes! Almost always playing a villain, but he was SO GOOD at it, and if you don't have a great villain, you don't have much of a movie. He elevated everything he was in.
Don't forget "Slingblade".
Another great military, courtroom movie is _The Caine Mutiny_ (1954). It stars Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer (one of American theater's most accomplished actors), Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, E. G. Marshall (whom you'll know from _Twelve Angry Men_ ), and even Lee Marvin in a supporting role. _The Caine Mutiny_ was nominated for seven Oscars, but didn't win any.
The Caine Mutiny is a good movie, so are the two movies about the mutiny on the Bounty in my opinion of course.
Yeh Dawn should definitely react to this film. The courtroom scene where Bogie is testifying served as inspiration for a Better Call Saul episode Chicanery. 😁
Dawn Marie at 5:18 "How do you know he's not written to Santa Claus?" And that's when I tried to laugh but the water I was drinking went straight up my nose and instead I had a spluttering coughing fit. Lesson learned: DO NOT EAT OR DRINK WHEN DAWN MARIE IS TALKING.
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I'm so tickled that kung pow chicken made her case notes LOL
"I WANT THE TRUTH!"
"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!"
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture but lost to Unforgiven.
Great picture to lose 2.
"I've killed women and children, and everything that walks or crawls at one time or another. "
"And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill"
Forgiven for Unforgiven. Superb film.
"It's a hell of a thing to kill a man. You take away everything he's got and everything he's ever gonna have"
@@JamesGadbury we all have it coming kid.
Best Supporting Actor was insane competition too. Jack Nicholson was nominated for this film (his 10th acting nom, tying him with Sir Laurence Olivier as the most nominated male actor ever at the time), with the other 4 nominees being Al Pacino (GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS), Jaye Davidson (THE CRYING GAME), Gene Hackman (UNFORGIVEN), and David Paymer (MR. SATURDAY NIGHT). Hackman won the Oscar.
Pacino in fact was a double nominee that night (Supporting Actor for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS and Lead Actor for SCENT OF A WOMAN) marking his 7th and 8th acting nominations respectively and won Lead (his only ever win).
You’d like Tom in Tropic Thunder
Tom Cruise as villain:
Magnolia, Interview With the Vampire, Collateral.
He is, indeed, an *excellent* baddie.
Not really a baddie, but he plays a real asshole in Tropic Thunder... you might not recognize him.
@@Wungolioth Good call!
Tbf: Cruise _is_ doing a parody of Harvey Weinstein in Thunder (before the court cases hit...but Hollywood folk mostly *knew* ...)
...so: qualifies as a Baddie, I'd argue.
@@gggooding That's right. Slick parody of Weinstein, a few years before the MeToo thing blew up - clearly he already had a bad rep.
@@wyldhowl2821 Actually, the real person who was being parodied was Scott Rudin - producer of movies like The Social Network, Zoolander (the movie where he and Ben Stiller crossed paths), and The Firm (the movie where he and Tom Cruise crossed paths). Look at any picture of Rudin and you'll see the resemblance.
YooHoo is a non carbonated Chocolate flavor soft drink.
If you leave it out in the sun for a while it will become carbonated. VERY carbonated.
You-Hoo is a popular chocolate drink mostly distributed on the East Coast of the U.S.A.
And Strawberry. =)
Yoo-Hoo. Plenty abundant in the southern usa as well
I grew up in Indiana. There was a drink called Choc-Ola, HQ was Indianapolis, which was also a chocolate flavored bottled/canned beverage. It actually had a creamier taste so it felt more like true chocolate milk so I preferred it to Yoo-Hoo. It had a milk component in it, but it was shelf-stable and didn't require refrigeration. Anyway it was actually bought by Yoo=Hoo for a while. It went out of business in 2009, but a guy in Indianapolis revived the drink with Prairie Farms milk and it is available online and was initially distributed through the Martin's Super Market chain based in South Bend, Indiana. It says it is now being sold in 17 states, but I don't think that includes Texas, sadly.
@@pleutron - good to know, thanks, I had no idea as I got that data from movies.
@@SpottedBullet - I have literally never seen a Yoo-Hoo in my West Coast life in 70 years no wait! Ed and Nate's Deli in Bev Hills. I saw it there. Best trad deli in L.A. - maybe in the eighties.
He was not the main character in Tropic Thunder 😁
He's very good in all the Mission Impossible movies.you'll like them.
Tom Cruise is a fan favorite playing a small role in the Ben Stiller Comedy "Tropic Thunder". In fact, there is a lot of comedic star power in that movie. It's hilarious.
I liked that they resisted the urge to do the love story thing. They teased it a little and that's enough. Now that the trial is over they can go do their thing and we don't have to know about it. :)
I also never liked Tom Cruise. He plays the same cocky character in practically every movie, and there is something about his mannerisms that just bug me. I feel the same way about Ryan Reynolds.
The reason Jessup was arrested is that he gave an illegal order. Code Reds were not allowed. The choice the 2 soldiers had was not to obey an illegal order but they followed it. That's why they were guilty of conduct unbecoming of a marine.
Kevin Pollak played Lt. Sam Weinberg, you've already seen him in "The Usual Suspects". You can also find him in the comedy "The Whole Nine Yards" with Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis (who was married to Demi Moore).
There's no such charge in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, UCMJ, for "Conduct Unbecoming of a Marine". It was made up for the movie. There is "Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer", but the defendants were enlisted men.
Perhaps some real charge would have fit, but for whatever reason, dramatic license was employed? I don't mind in this case, because "A Few Good Men" is a great movie, & sometimes seemingly minor details being tweaked, twisted, or outright wrong, make the difference.
One of Kevin Pollak's less well-known roles was as one of the brownies in _Willow._ "Who are you calling a lizard? Your MOTHER was a lizard!"
16:17 It’s all about the writing. Tom will always act his butt off and totally commit to a movie, regardless of script, without giving the audience a wink if he knows it’s trash. But when you get A Few Good Men or Rain Man (or, in my opinion, The Color Of Money) and can give him the room to stretch his wee legs, he’s chillingly good.
Some of these actors that started off in cutesy movies turned out, IMO, to be surprisingly good actors. Cruise, Hanks, Di Caprio (great in The Aviator IMO) and Bacon. Looking at Bacon in Footloose it's hard to imagine he'd be as good in Apollo 13 or this as he was.
@@Anon54387check out Mystic River too.
The green lamp is commonly known as a "banker's lamp"
Re: Not obeying the order - As much as they would have been in trouble (on the base) for not obeying the order, they wouldn't have been in legal trouble for it because it's an unlawful/illegal order, it's actually their duty to ignore or otherwise refuse to carry them out. Also, I can't believe you said you liked Jack Nicholson's mouth... that's a little weird.
Lt. Weinberg also mentioned in passing that "they were just following orders" didn't fly as a defense at Nuremberg for Nazi officers. Just because your commanding officer orders you to murder someone doesn't get you off the hook.
This story was actually inspired by the real "Code Red" of Marine Pfc. William Alvarado. Alvarado was hospitalized and survived the attack, but ten Marines were arrested and charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Seven accepted plea deals and were discharged. The other three elected to stand trial, arguing that they were following the orders of a commanding officer. After a four day trial, the three were cleared of charges and returned to duty.
And a Fun-fact as a testament to how great Jack Nicholson is as an actor, the entire last scene in the courtroom was all done in one take. Not only that, but Jack Nicholson was doing his part there long before the camera started rolling. The other actors were thinkin, "Shouldn't you save your best chops for the take?" Jack Nicholson replied something like, "Nah, I live for this." Because he could go 100% at any given moment. Thanks for the reaction
Also, one of the defendants, David Cox, who was also involved in the lawsuit against Castle Rock Entertainment later, was mysteriously murdered in 1994. the TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" did an segment on this.
@@McPh1741 Wow that i didnt know thanks for the info
Everyone on the studio lot stopped by to see Jack Nicolson performance in the court room scene
While recording the reaction shots, Jack Nicholson deliver his full performance despite not being filmed.
It was director Rob Reiner, who, the story goes, questioned Nicholson on whether he really wanted to go 'full blast' on all the rehearsals. Nicholson's reply was something close to, "Lemme tell you something. I'm an actor. And I love to act." The essence of it, wasn't so much "I live for this," but more like, "Opportunities to play a character ••like THIS•• saying stuff ••like THIS•• really, really don't come around very often. So, when it does come up, man I wanna enjoy it to the full." I always take from that story that even celebrity actors like Nicholson, are completely dependent on writers and others to create the characters and good scripts in the first place, otherwise, they'd have no character to play. And Nicholson was acknowledging that, with his comment.
Nothing gets past Inspector Dawn 🚔.
Yes, Demi did have the 🍰 🍰 augmentation surgery.
She really got "enhanced" for Striptease where Burt Reynolds was brilliant. Burt and scumbag roles...lol He was also brilliant in "Boogie Nights".
@bjgandalf69 yes. And Striptease does not get enough praise.
@@bjgandalf69 but Burt wasn't a 'scumbag' in Boogie Nights, oh you're judging. Got it.
@Berry-vi1ne Reynolds himself said he was ashamed of his role in that film and refused to be considered for an award for it. I personally thought he played a very sympathetic and likeable character...I'm just going by how people typically judge such people.
@@bjgandalf69 come to think of it, I remember something about that. I wasn't sure if it was because he was playing someone in the porn industry or whether he just thought the film was poorly made.
To Kill a Mockingbird📽️🎶🎶🎶🎶
You should watch The Thin Man. It's from the 1930's and it's a crime movie, but also a comedy. It's brilliantly done.
The doctor was Count Rugen in Princess Bride
I always thought it was random that he was in this, but I just realized that they're both Reiner films. Makes sense now.
@@melanie62954 Nigel Tufnell in Spinal Tap (a Reiner film).
@@melanie62954 Yep, Christopher Guest has done a bunch with Rob Reiner. _This Is Spinal Tap_ is the other biggie.
Guest also worked with Reiner in This is Spinal Tap.
Since you like Tom Cruise now, you should watch "Oblivion ".
This was actually based on a true story and the lawyer that Tom plays is based on a local attorney here in Hampton Roads, VA named Don Macari
That local attorney was a Marine and the prosecutor was A naval officer
Tom Cruise as a villan, Interview with the Vampire
If you’re trying to like Tom Cruise, the beginning of this movie won’t help. We’ll see if the end can pull him out!😂
Between this and My Cousin Vinny, you're basically a lawyer already
Thanks, this is a good movie. Try some 70s comedies and dramas. Hopscotch, Smokey and the Bandit and Animal House stand out.
My Dentist: Have you been flossing?
Me: You want answers?
My Dentist: I want the tooth!
Me: YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TOOTH! 😁
Dawn, here are a couple of observations for your benefit:
1. Military uniforms: Members of the armed forces typically can NOT ALWAYS simply wear whatever uniform they feel like wearing on a given day. Usually there is a specific uniform combination SPECIFIED based upon the activity and/or time of the year or location. For example, in the actual courtroom during the trial, military members would HAVE to wear their "service dress" (a.k.a. "Class A") uniforms. That's the military equivalent of a business suit -- coat, dress shirt, tie, trousers, and accoutrements -- because that's what's appropriate for a formal business function in the civilian world such as a criminal trial (which is exactly what a court-martial IS). During a deployment or field exercise, service members would typically be instructed to wear their combat uniforms (camouflage pattern utility uniform). For most normal day-to-day office duties, military members would typically wear a less formal military uniform (e.g., short sleeve shirt with open collar/no tie, and trousers). Additionally, the Navy has additional uniform selections depending on the time of year and/or climate. For example, between May and September, the Navy generally puts aside their dark blue (black) dress uniforms and wears the summer version -- the dress whites. They also have an informal version (short sleeve white shirt, open collar, no tie, and white trousers with white shoes). In addition, if a Navy military member is in the tropics (e.g. Hawaii, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, etc.) REGARDLESS of the time of year, the white uniform is typically optional (that's why you saw Tom Cruise wear the white uniform at lunch down in Cuba). Also, the normal day-to-day duty uniform in the Navy is often the khaki uniform.
2. There is NO WAY a military judge would EVER allow an attormey to scream at, insult, belittle, or otherwise abuse a witness -- and that goes doubly if the witness is in the military and outranks the attorney asking the Qs The scenes were PURE HOLLYWOOD make-believe in that respect.
3. There is NO SUCH criminal offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (the UCMJ is the military's compilation of military criminal law) as "Conduct Unbecoming a Marine." That is a fake/bogus charge invented purely for Hollywood entertainment value. There ARE some SIMILAR "general articles" under the UCMJ, but those are the following:
(a) Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and Gentleman (but this is officer-specific; an enlisted service member can NOT be charged with this offense. The two Marines on trial were enlisted, NOT officers)
(b) Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order and Discipline ... OR
(c) Conduct of a Nature to Bring Discredit to the Armed Forces
I hope this info helps.
Hi Dawn. You should watch a movie from 1983 called The Outsiders. it has a big cast. Most of them were young actors who were not all "Big" stars at the time, but went on to become stars. I think you might really enjoy it. Tom Cruise (not the star of the movie), Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid), Emilio Estevez and more. Hope you enjoy!!
Tom Cruise plays a villain in Collateral
Was going to suggest this. One of Michael Mann's best films along with Heat.
I was trying to remember the name of that movie. Thanks. Jamie Foxx was in that movie too, right? That would be a good movie for Dawn to react to.
Villain and producer in Tropic Thunder😂
And in Tropic Thunder xD
Interview with the vampire he is kind of villainous
Tom Cruise was the bad guy (and very convincing) in Interview With The Vampire (opposite Brad Pitt).....it's a good film, worth a reaction.
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH, Dawn Marie.
I recommend THE VERDICT starring Paul Newman for another excellent courtroom drama.
Knowing how much you enjoy trial movies (and black and white films), I highly recommend "Anatomy of a Murder" with one of your favorite actors - Jimmy Stewart. Its based on a true murder story and was filmed here in my hometown in Upper Michigan. The other is "To Kill a Mockingbird" with Gregory Peck.
Evil Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder) Another good Cruise film is (The Last Samurai) and (Edge of Tomorrow/Live Die Repeat)
If it is "accidental murder" the term is usually involuntary manslaughter.
I think you'd like ' As Good As It Gets ' Jack Nicholson has a pretty impressive character arc. Amazing cast as well.
Dawn, I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but if you like this kind of movie and want another great Tom Cruise movie, then you should definitely see "The Firm". I think it's better than this film, personally.
17:42 Christopher Guest in 'Spinal Tap'. 'These go to eleven'
Lt. Kendricks order to Downey and Dawson was both an immoral as well as illegal order. They should have refused the order because of that. They could not be punished legally or put out of the Marines for it, but Kendrick would have likely made life hard for them if they had.
Thanks for the reaction, this is a great movie. Watch Tom Cruise as another Lawyer n "The Firm" (1993).
Tom is not the main character in TROPICAL THUNDER.
One of his movies that I think gets overlooked is Born On The Fourth Of July. He's actually playing a sympathetic character.
Such a great movie!
I saw that in theaters. It was great.
Oh my his poor mother.
If your a fan of Demi Moore, you should watch G.I. Jane. It's right up your alley.
Demi Moore was nursing at the time of filming. (Got that from her autobiography...)
Tom Cruise is great in both Top Gun movies and Risky Business... The Mission Impossible movies are good too
He plays a sorta bad guy in the movie “TAPS.” “A Few Good Men,” was the recruiting slogan for the Marines back in the day: “The Marines Are looking For A Few Good Men.”
The opening music does sound a bit like “Independence Day.”
you should watch Tom Cruises best movie "The Last Samurai!"
Tom Cruise is a side character in Tropic Thunder. Jerry McGuire is a classic Cruise movie as well.
"A FEW GOOD MEN" was the Marines Motto since the end of THE DRAFT and The Vietnam War in the mid-late 70'S.
If you like legal movies you should watch JFK.
Cruise gets viewed as just the action guy these days that does his own stunts, but he was a damn good dramatic actor. I think the courtroom scene with Tom and Jack is one of the best movie scenes ever. I recommend Rain Man which is my favorite Cruise movie, Born on the 4th of July, Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky if you want to see him in more dramas and The Firm is a really cool thriller based off a John Grisham book.
But *Eyes Wide Shut* and *Vanilla Sky* are very overrated. But opinions vary.
Eyes Wide Shut and Vanilla Sky are excellent.
Eyes Wide Shut is trash.
Tom is only "half the main character" in the movie
"Interview with the Vampire"
Not a huge Tom Cruise fan myself but he is pretty good in this one. 😊
Congratulations on discovering one of the finest courtroom dramas ever made. If you liked My Cousin Vinny and 12 Angry Men look out for Anatomy of a Murder with James Stewart and to Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck, among many others.
Runaway Jury with Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman is also a good courtroom drama.
“A Few Good Men” refers to a Marine recruiting slogan - “The Few, The Proud, The Marines.”
In 1985 the Marines had a recruiting slogan of "We're looking for a few good men"
Not quite. That is one recruiting slogan. Another is "The Marines Are Looking For A Few Good Men". I was in the Marines when this movie was released. There's so much stuff wrong, such as saluting indoors uncovered. That's an Army thing.
After this film came out, the Marines changed this recruiting slogan, which had been running on TV commercials for a number of years, to something else. The filmmakers were counting on people knowing that "A few good men" referred to Marines. When the film came out, it caused the phrase to be associated with this film, and the connotations of "a rotten core to the establishment," and so future recruiting commercials used other slogans.
Film has another, less famous (more infamous?) example of this: A scene in the 1971 Stanley Kubrick film "A Clockwork Orange" has the main character sing "Singin' In The Rain" during a physical and sexual assault on two people during a home invasion. That movie scene, caused all who watched it, to associate the feel-good Gene Kelly song from the happy film "Singin' in the rain" from the 1950s, to now be associated in viewers minds with this newer film and this drastically different context. Gene Kelly reportedly hated, HATED Malcolm McDowell for causing that change in peoples' minds, to the iconic Kelly performance.
Mutiny on the Bounty w/Mel Gibson📽️🎶🎶🎶🎶
"Anatomy Of A Murder" (1959)
Tom's best villain performance is from Tropic Thunder ;-P
You have to watch Tom Cruise in the movie 'Jack Reacher.' If you liked this movie, then you will love that one, and especially love the Gunny character - now that's a U.S. Marine.
One NEVER plays with a gun! Nor runs on a barge.
Crazy yo the majority of reactors have the same distain for Mr. Cruise until the reaction is over and they begin to develop a good feeling about Tom. I hope you do too... He's magnificent actor
The Caine Mutiny (1954) is an excellent courtroom movie similar to this. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards.
"I'll see you around campus. I gotta go arrest Kendrick." "Tell him I say 'Hi!'" "Will do."
Actual courtroom action is no where near what they show in this movie. For example, the Jury never hears half of what is going on due to objections that lead to the Judge having the Jury leave while the lawyers and judge work out the issue.
Oh, no! The last thing this world needs is more lawyers.
Tom Cruise in "Risky Business". Comedy from 1983.
I was in the play back in 2017. I played Kendrick. One of the best theatrical productions I was ever in! 🎭
I would love to be involved with the stage version of this script or at least see a good production!
Was your play set in the present day? Just curious, it would be pretty unbelievable that an order like this would be passed down from a colonel all the way down the chain of command without anyone reporting it. It's pretty well known hazing is not allowed. Now some ad hoc hazing among privates or even a rank up, that's still believable, but the whole conspiracy and orders thing is gone.
Not main character, Interview with a Vampire.
One of the reasons that makes this movie so great is because Aaron Sorkin doesn’t make his major characters one dimensional. He makes all of his characters; good and bad, believe they’re the hero in their own movie, that what they do is the right thing, to them.
If you want Tom Cruise as a villain, then watch "Interview with a Vampire" It also stars Brad Pitt
@EcvNacho
Or villainier in COLLATERAL (2004)
which also stars Jamie Foxx.
Cruise can play the bad guy.
He bit Kirsten Dunst
For Jack Nicholson, you gotta do One Flew over the Guckos Nest if you haven't already.
And The Witches of Eastwick. In that one Nicholson is hilariously funny.
For Tom Cruise, as a baddy, Collateral. But also Vanilla Sky and last, but not least, Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut!!!
WTH is a "Gucko"?
@@starman6280 It's a special breed of cuckoos. :)
(I'm not natively English speaking, even though I consider myself fluent, so once in a blue moon it happens that I jumble words, this is obviously one of these cases.)
Have you seen this tom cruise movie or is it the first???
You have beautiful blue eyes Dawn
When Tom Cruise is good, he's very, very good. This is one of the greatest courtroom films of all time. I'll just point out that if they listened to their consciences, Santiago would still have been alive, so there's a big difference in whether they obeyed the order or not. Great reaction, Dawn!
Exactly so. Granted, the order should've never been given, but one sometimes has to do the difficult thing if told to do something unethical by refusing. Too many are willing to do the unethical thing because they are concerned about their careers, people lose sight of right and wrong.
Speaking of courtroom movies, Dawn needs to watch To Kill a Mockingbird. The lawyer faces a personal and ethical conundrum in that which is even more poignant than in this movie.
2:23 -- RE: "I used to fancy Demi Moore quite a lot."; See also "G.I. Jane" for another kick at Demi's military cat.
^^ TBH, ever since I saw that film I've called a self-administered electric clippers to the hair as a "G.I. Jane" haircut. Obviously, if we take the opening scenes of "Full Metal Jacket" to heart, the Armed Forces are normally the ones to shave your head. Doing it yourself is well and truly Butch.
Tom Cruise is honestly a brilliant actor. He has The Range™👌 (I've seen nearly everything he's ever been in.) I too love his villain roles. He's amazing in Collateral, Interview with a Vampire, Magnolia etc but he's so good in weird quirky stuff like Minority Report, Eyes Wide Shut, Risky Business, Vanilla Sky. You need to give him more of a chance, I promise you won't be disappointed 🤗
Tom Cruise is f$#^ing criminally over rated!!!! He is the same damn character in ever single f^%ing movie he is in. Maverick!!
Maverick in a court room.
Maverick in a race car.
Maverick in a covered wagon.
Maverick in a wheelchair
Maverick as a Sports agent et al.
Some people rave that this us his best role, but Demi Moore's performance is just as good, maybe better.
You should look up comedian Rich Hall's routine about Tom Cruise films. I think you'll like it
You are wrong. Tom Cruise has allot of different movies. Top Gun is actually one of his worst movies in my opinion.
I more or less agree with you. He might not be a great actor but he is a movie star. You don't see a movie with Tom Cruise, you see a Tom Cruise movie, much like Schwarzenegger. However, in Interview with the Vampire he killed it as Lestat.
Such an awesome movie, Aaron Sorkin is a Writing God.
If you didn't like Tom in Top Gun, I don't like your odds here.😉 16:13 I stand corrected.
26:39 Thanks Dawn, you're a Peach. 😁
I second everyone recommending TAPS!! It's a fucking phenomenal film, Tom has a side role. It's a film that will haunt you. Also, The Outsiders is another great film where Tom has a smaller role
Dawn I love you to bits!!! Thinking you could manifest becoming a lawyer by watching A Few Good Men a few times had me rolling!!!!!!! You are so EXTRA!!! Enjoy your Kung Pao Chicken!!! 👍🤘😁☺️💖
Tropic Thunder. Not the star there
YOU'VE EITHER GOT IT, OR YA HAVEN'T - that's exactly what the USMC recruiting motto implied with, "We're Looking For A Few Good Men" - not just a gay pick-up line. Military personnel are never required to obey any illegal order - rather just the opposite. "I was just obeying orders" didn't work for the Nazis at Nuremberg and it doesn't work now. You can catch J.T. Walsh (Markinson) in GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (1987) as Sgt. Major Dickerson. I'll suggest watching Jimmy Stewart as the defense attorney in ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959), as it has been called "the most pure trial movie ever" by UCLA Law professor Michael Asimow, and details events in a true story. Based on a novel by a Michigan Supreme Court Justice, who earlier had been the defense attorney in the true story.
A FEW GOOD MEN was the recruiting slogan that the United States Marine Corps used in the 1980's and 1990's in their commercials. that is where the name of the movie comes from. that was just an idea of what a "CODE RED" can be, it is called many things, like throw down, blanket party, pink belly, ECT. ECT.
I always found Jessup's admittance underwhelming after that long intimidating speech.
"DID YOU DO IT"
"Yes!"
"oh, k."
OK, First off, IF a member in the U.S. Military is actually convicted of Murder, Rape or Espionage, their court martial is very likely to hand down a death sentence, and although the U.S. Navy no longer hangs people from Yard arms anymore, Military executions are all carried out by the U.S. Army in Fort Leavenworth Kansas, and YES the military DOES still hang people convicted of a capitol crime, one of the things that I DO NOT like about this movie, is that it is not accurate, there are some things that the USMC DOES NOT DO, and those things are handled completely by the U.S. Navy, those include, Doctors, Nurses, Medics, and Lawyers, YES I am telling you that there is no such thing as a Marine Corps lawyer, Kevin Bacon's character would be a U.S. Naval officer! as far as the verdict goes, it is accurate and fair, HOWEVER, the Military VERY VERY rarely hands out a dishonorable discharge, the verdicts would likely have been as depicted in the movie, but the punishment I think would probably be the time served, and maybe an OTH (Other Than Honorable) discharge, or possibly a BCD (Bad Conduct Discharge) not a dishonorable, now did they do wrong, YES THEY DID, When serving in the U.S. Military, for the most part, you must obey the orders you are given, BUT, UNLAWFUL ORDERS are not required and in fact you have a duty to not only question it but to also not follow it, I do believe that the U.S. Military is the only military on the planet where a service member can exercise their own moral code to a certain extent, HOWEVER, if you dig your heels in on something like that, you better be right, because if you are wrong, then the punishment will be pretty severe.
24:55 -- RE: "... the Advice of the GALACTICALLY STUPID..."; Yeah but No. I don;t mind it when actors pretend to be Angry, but Tom's not selling me on it by using the term "Galactically" with respect to Stupidity.
Tom Cruise was in a movie early in his career called "The Outsiders" where he isn't the lead. It's another great movie. Ralph Macchio( "Karate Kid", "My Cousin Vinny") and C. Thomas Howell("E.T.", "Red Dawn", "Gettysburg", "Payback") are the main characters, with Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, and Emilio Estevez.