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All in all, I enjoyed this movie and thought the acting by Jack Nicholson was superb and character lines were both powerful and comical. A rare combination in the movies made today.
But there is one thing that really bothers me about this movie, is the sense of ethics and morals is half-backwards and the military is portrayed unrealistically. For one thing, the movie tries to convince the audience that the two Marines accused of murder, should get off Scot free, since they were only given orders to assault Santiago, which lead to his accidental death. If Santiago was your son or your brother, would you feel the same? Hell no. Regardless if the two Marines were given orders or not for a "code red", they still unethically violently assaulted someone in their sleep and caused them to die. So they shouldn't get any jail sentence at all? Not realistic.
At the end of the movie, the two Marines get off with no prison sentence, a slap on the wrist, and a dishonorable discharge. One Marine whines in the courtroom "What did we do wrong?" Ok, if he is too dense to realize that he helped cause the death of a human being, then this moron shouldn't be allowed to walk the streets. Neither Marine showed any remorse toward Santiago's death and felt they were just taking orders. At the minimum these two idiots should have gotten 2 years in prison and been raped repeatedly by large hairy men.
Ok, lets put this in another perspective. If a Mob Boss tells two of his thugs to beat down a storeowner, for not paying a debt, does that mean the two thugs are not responsible, because they were only taking orders? Same thing for the two Marines. The orders they were given were violent and unethical, yet they only followed them for fear of their own well-being. So this makes it ok that they assaulted someone and they shouldn't take any responsibility?
In this movie, Tom Cruise is suppose to come across as the hero, for helping prevent two Morons from getting any jail sentence after causing the death of an innocent victim? Way to go Tom Cruise, in reality, you just glorified every scumbag lawyer in existence.
If Marines are just mindless Jar-heads taking orders, with no sense of right and wrong, then this movie is saying the military is completely corrupt and full of brain dead morons, which I don't believe is the case.
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"A Few Good Men [Blu-ray]" Overview
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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 18-SEP-2007
Media Type: Blu-Ray
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A U.S. soldier is dead, and military lawyers Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee and Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway want to know who killed him. "You want the truth?" snaps Colonel Jessup (Jack Nicholson). "You can't handle the truth!" Astonishingly, Jack Nicholson's legendary performance as a military tough guy in A Few Good Men really amounts to a glorified cameo: he's only in a few scenes. But they're killer scenes, and the film has much more to offer. Tom Cruise (Kaffee) shines as a lazy lawyer who rises to the occasion, and Demi Moore (Galloway) gives a command performance. Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, J.T. Walsh, and Cuba Gooding Jr. (of Jerry Maguire fame) round out the superb cast. Director Rob Reiner poses important questions about the rights of the powerful and the responsibilities of those just following orders in this classic courtroom drama. --Alan Smithee
Husband Loves this film - P. OBrien - Western PA
Purchased for husband and what can I say, it's a guy movie and he loves it.
Concurrence - Charles Calvert - Bellevue, WA United States
This fine movie is driven by a strong plot line and a strong theme:
1) The Plot Part I: Can a young man who is the child of a famous lawyer move beyond his fears and dare to fill his father's shoes?
2) The Plot Part II: A young soldier dies on a military base. Who is responsible for his death?
3) The theme: What happens when the military's codes of law and loyalty comes into conflict with core moral values?
These are all powerful ideas well suited to providing motivation for the characters in a story. This particular film combines this fine foundation with good actors and an excellent screen play to create a very entertaining and relatively thoughtful movie.
Just to balance out this review, I can mention a few things that are not entirely convincing to me in this production.
* All of the actors do a great job, but there are times when I feel like they are performing rather than acting. It is as if they are in a competition to outdo one another with excessive bluster.
* The direction is always competent, but rarely inspired. The story pulls me along relentlessly even though I've seen it several times now. Yet I still find myself popped out of several scenes and into my seat, feeling as though the acting isn't quite convincing, as if the nuts and bolts of the story line are a bit too exposed.
But these are quibbles. A Few Good Men is Hollywood in great form, doing what it does best. The movie brings to viewers a great screen play, strong themes, good performances and competent direction. The screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, is surely one of the best of his generation, and this film demonstrates why he is so highly revered. If you want a movie that entertains you while giving you something to think about, this is a great choice.
good men - Hector J. Lugo - Puerto rico
Just a very good movie with many powerful moments. The sound was very sharp and clear. I enjoyed the movie more in blu-ray. I strongly recommend it to anyone.
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