A FEW GOOD MEN (1992) First Time Watching

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    Original Movie: A Few Good Men (1992)
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  • @marcwright8395
    @marcwright8395 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

    I was watching GQ with Kiefer Sutherland breaking down his iconic roles, and he stated that in the final scene in the court, that he was sitting in the back eating a bagel, and a bunch of other actors from different Productions in the area had come over to watch the performance he said he was sitting there with Bruce Willis while watching them perform that iconic scene

    • @technofilejr3401
      @technofilejr3401 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Even movie stars can be fans of other actors

    • @marcwright8395
      @marcwright8395 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@technofilejr3401 he said it was one of those moments where all the oxygen was sucked out of the room

    • @Elephant2024-wi2li
      @Elephant2024-wi2li 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Speaking of Kiefer Sutherland, he was in the superb 2023 military courtroom drama 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial', which Ames should react to. The film was dedicated to Lance Reddick (The Wire, Bosch), who died last year.

    • @glasgowjohn7831
      @glasgowjohn7831 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Elephant2024-wi2li if you like lance reddick check out the tv show fringe

    • @endless3cho
      @endless3cho 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Elephant2024-wi2liLance was such an awesome actor.

  • @DukeDarkshadow
    @DukeDarkshadow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +121

    Fun fact, the bit where Tom Cruise did his Jack Nicholson impression ("He eats his breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans trained to kill him") was completely improvised by Cruise and they loved it so much that it was kept in.

    • @gmughadam76
      @gmughadam76 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Wasn't it done on the first take and the reaction from Demi Moore and Kevin Pollack were real...?

    • @raybernal6829
      @raybernal6829 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      And Kevin P does one of the best JN impressions 😊

    • @BeaXRSmith
      @BeaXRSmith 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@raybernal6829 Pollak's stories about filming this are top-notch gut busters.

    • @kylespeirs6510
      @kylespeirs6510 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Source?

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wouldn't take anything like that as gospel.
      Actors and producers love to come out with this stuff, but often it's just fluff.

  • @aharonwilliams7195
    @aharonwilliams7195 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +197

    The supporting cast in this movie is absolutely top notch.

    • @orangeandblackattack
      @orangeandblackattack 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Kevin Pollak is the man. I hear an interview years ago with his friend, Chicago DJ Steve Dahl, and it was absolutely the best interview (and laughs). If you dont know him, Steve was taken of the air multiple times by the FCC and WLS management for his "vulgar" talking. Howard Stern took Steve's skits and used them to become popular. But Steve was friends with people like John Belushi, Dan Akroyd and they loved him back. Kevin even did impressions on that show. I have it on cassette tape.

    • @Taylorswiftfan13308
      @Taylorswiftfan13308 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Iit is so true. Cruise and Nicholson unsurprisingly knocked one out of the park here.
      But what really puts this one on another level is how great pretty much everyone was

    • @rokesch
      @rokesch 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Nigel Tufnel as the doctor was quite a surprise. Guess the musical career didn't work out.

    • @paddington1670
      @paddington1670 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kevin Ham-pork-bacon

    • @wetwilly01
      @wetwilly01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@rokesch they're uniting again for a new movie🎉

  • @r.b.ratieta6111
    @r.b.ratieta6111 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    "Knees weak, Mom's spaghetti" caught me off guard. 🤣🤣

  • @jeremiahspassion
    @jeremiahspassion 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    FUN FACT: The actor that plays Dawson, was the director, Rob Reiner's, personal assistant. When Reiner couldn't find the right person to play Dawson, he asked his assistant. He had never acted before. He read for the part and got the role. And the rest is movie history.

    • @bgfundy
      @bgfundy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And, of course, Rob's old friend Christopher Guest plays the base doctor.

  • @polhokustaa4989
    @polhokustaa4989 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Crimson tide is also a brilliant 90's movie!

    • @joshuatunis6732
      @joshuatunis6732 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      YES! Love that one.

    • @vivek27789
      @vivek27789 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True... Very True

  • @pantlessreactions
    @pantlessreactions 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wolfgang Bodison (Dawson) KILLED it in this roll (his first) with the limited time on screen. His confronting Kaffee about honor & putting his hands in his pocket, his realization after the verdict of his own culpability, and his salute of Kaffee at the end. Outstanding.

  • @ravensdark99
    @ravensdark99 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Watch the interviews from the cast about Nicholson..there is a reason he is one of the greatest actor in the world..that guy during the entire shooting starting from the table read never missed a WORD. He was apparently letter perfect and always did the maximum effort performance...the speech at the end took TWO takes..and they only did take 2 because the director figured he might give it an other go.....it is INSANE

    • @Karaokuma
      @Karaokuma 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      My favorite is from Kiefer Sutherland: "I don't think any of us realized how hard Jack Nicholson worked to be Jack Nicholson."

    • @holddowna
      @holddowna  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I gotta watch!

    • @Karaokuma
      @Karaokuma 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@holddowna The story goes that Rob Reiner shot all of the reaction shots to Nicholson's monologue first so that Jack would have the day to get a feel for the material. What he didn't know was that Nicholson had already memorized the monologue inside and out, and on every. single. take. Nicholson was just as fire and brimstone as he is in his close-up.

    • @Anon54387
      @Anon54387 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bear with me, there is a point here. I was reading an instructional book on oil painting by a professional artist. He said that the resulting painting should look like the paint just blew onto the canvas, that the painting should look effortless even if one struggled with it, and to illustrate it he talked about when Humphrey Bogart was asked who his favorite actor is. Bogart said Spencer Tracy because you can't see the wheels turning, ie he made it look effortless. Speaking of Bogart, he did a great job in his role as Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny. If Ames sees this she should check that out, the book on which it is based also is worth a read.

    • @Anon54387
      @Anon54387 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@holddowna I don't think actors would be able to do that rifle drill. For some reason Tom Cruise is enamored of the navy/marines. Top Gun and this movie.

  • @rydirban
    @rydirban 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    You saw a Code Red in Full Metal Jacket when they beat the guy with soap.

    • @holddowna
      @holddowna  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Ahh!

    • @Anon54387
      @Anon54387 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@holddowna One of my shop teachers in high school mentioned that they sometimes did stuff like that to the foul ups in their group when he was in the military, a different era to be sure. What prompted it is that sometimes when one in a group messes up the whole group gets punished. It was because someone destroyed an expensive piece of shop equipment and wouldn't admit to it, so none of us got the usual end of year pizza and soda party at the end of the school year. Not a major punishment compared to getting whacked by bars of soap in socks while taped to a bunk, but the principal was the same.

    • @jessecortez9449
      @jessecortez9449 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That was a blanket party. It came from the recruits themselves and not any higher authority.
      They should've cover Pyle's entire head so he couldn't identify whom it was that attacked him but Kubrick needed the audience to see his face to convey the emotion.
      Also, Code Red is more a movie thing whereas blanket parties happen much more often than civilians like to think. I was Marine Corps infantry and never heard of a Code Ref outside of this movie but know of plenty blanket parties. A higher commander is more likely to attack someone on paperwork that'll ruin a career, ruin pay, ruin any chances of promotion.

    • @paulharvey1947
      @paulharvey1947 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jessecortez9449spot on - this current generation has been raised weak and instead of facing a challenge and overcoming it, they chose to hide and avoid it. Unless they learn these tough lessons, they could very well be the last generation of Our Republic 😢

    • @miker887
      @miker887 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@jessecortez9449 nope...they just call it hazing anymore. The only tool that NCOs were left with for correction was whittled down to paperwork. How dare anyone sweat for their shortcomings. Now, an otherwise great Marine in the field now has paperwork that will likely end his career. However, some took it too far and now that's how it is I guess...

  • @kilroy987
    @kilroy987 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    "Did you order it!?"
    "Yes!"
    "...k"
    roll credits

    • @surf101-
      @surf101- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Your comment is lacking so many words.
      What are you TRYING to say???

  • @michaelwilson9483
    @michaelwilson9483 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Tom doing the Jack impression was spontaneous and not scripted, their reactions were real!

  • @thunderstruck5484
    @thunderstruck5484 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When Jack was giving his acceptance speech for “as good as it gets” he mentioned several names of friends of his that were no longer with us but were in his heart including JT Walsh who had recently passed away, I thought that was touching then and now, and if you haven’t seen As Good as it gets then its a must watch, probably my favorite Jack performance, thanks

  • @anthonyvasquezactor
    @anthonyvasquezactor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    34:14 Every time I see someone reacting to this movie on TH-cam, they are shocked that Kaffee is revealing everything to Ross. It's because he HAS to, by law! During a trial, opposing attorneys absolutely MUST disclose ALL the evidence and witnesses that they have with each other. They are not allowed any surprises!

    • @jeffreysmith236
      @jeffreysmith236 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Two things, this is not a civilian trial, so there are different rules, not that I remember them. And while I know that all prosecutorial discovery has to be disclosed to the defense, I am not aware that defense has to disclose to the prosecution anything other than a witness list, and that goes to the court, correct?

    • @holddowna
      @holddowna  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I shoulda Know better I watch a lot of LAWTUBE

    • @anthonyvasquezactor
      @anthonyvasquezactor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @jeffreysmith236 Doesn't matter if it's a civilian or military trial, the laws of disclosure still apply. And it works both ways for opposing counsels.

    • @theendistheend123
      @theendistheend123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      was wondering if someone was gonna mention this

    • @BuccWylde
      @BuccWylde 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@holddownaIf you love great back and forth between top tier actors, you would love Crimson Tide with Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington and Virgo Mortensen. That movie has some seriously high tension in it.

  • @CrazeeAdam
    @CrazeeAdam 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is one of the most gripping just "talking" movies imo. There really is no action. The action is the actors talking. And it's epic

  • @MisterItchy
    @MisterItchy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Don't ever question my orders in front of another officer." This statement most assuredly was a threat and a well-deserved one.

    • @MJ-we9vu
      @MJ-we9vu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was the military version of, "Fredo, don't ever take sides against the family again."

  • @Rob-eo5ql
    @Rob-eo5ql 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In Full Metal Jacket, in the scene in the barracks, where they beat Private Pyle with bars of soap wrapped in bath towels, that was an example of a Code Red

  • @kevinmoore2929
    @kevinmoore2929 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    As an Army veteran, I can say that I knew there was NO way Dawson and Downey were going to escape the Conduct Unbecoming charge. Kendrick issued an unlawful order from Jessup, Dawson did the same to Downey. Kendrick should have been disciplined when he withheld food from one of his Marines earlier.

    • @kenyattaclay7666
      @kenyattaclay7666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This movie was based on a real event and in the real story they in fact did “escape” the conduct unbecoming.

    • @sacredbeastzenon
      @sacredbeastzenon หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kenyattaclay7666
      Well, I think that's because no one died in the real life events. I can buy in the movie because Santiago died. Dawson and Downey would be screwed on the conduct unbecoming.

    • @kenyattaclay7666
      @kenyattaclay7666 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sacredbeastzenon the fact that nobody died in the real case has nothing to do with them not being convicted of a conduct unbecoming charge. First I’ll point out the conduct unbecoming charge only really applies to officers not enlisted. Second, what is sort of like the conduct unbecoming charge for enlisted personnel doesn’t require that someone die for them to be convicted. Whether it’s a military or civilian court you can ALWAYS be found not guilty on a more serious charge but convicted on a lesser charge. For example, Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murder but convicted on a much lesser charge and with time served she only spent about a few weeks more in jail.

    • @halfrightface
      @halfrightface 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      An actual veteran would know that Conduct Unbecoming is not something for which enlisted personnel can be charged.

  • @phila3884
    @phila3884 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Doctor (Commander) Stone, who determined the cause of death, is the same actor in "This is Spinal Tap" who utters the immortal, "but it goes to 11!!"

  • @22Bodhi
    @22Bodhi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Haven’t even watched yet but have to post….this is gonna be good!!! Cast, writer, director all top tier!!! Thank You!!!

  • @BigMike246
    @BigMike246 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As I watched the last sequence, I was chatting with a buddy who was one of the Jurors. Seriously, I never get tired of watching this film.
    Have you seen Departed? I'm sad that Nicholson has retired. He is so good in everything I've seen him in.

  • @surferdjnj
    @surferdjnj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Aaron Sorkin wrote this. AKA West Wing, News Room, Social Network. Walk n Talks, good dialogue with interruptions. Love the writing.

  • @jonathanbowling3129
    @jonathanbowling3129 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I was in, it was called a “ blanket party”. There was one held for guy in my platoon in boot camp. Semper Fi

  • @matthewhawkins517
    @matthewhawkins517 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To me the best part of this movie is the writing. This is Aaron Sorkin's first professional writing. Aaron Sorkin, writer of The West Wing, is a genius.

  • @TenTonNuke
    @TenTonNuke 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The only real flaw in this movie is the idea that high-ranking soldiers can't be questioned. They made that up so that there were higher stakes if Cruise couldn't get the confession.

    • @realBkay
      @realBkay 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The people involved are not soldiers - they are Marines.

    • @TenTonNuke
      @TenTonNuke 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@realBkay I know. But the military hasn't figured out what to collectively call a member of the armed services, so I go with "soldiers," as in "an individual serving in a military unit." Also I do enjoy how much it pisses Marines off. Hooah.

    • @fusiliers
      @fusiliers 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't know if it is a flaw or intentional character choices for Jessup, but the thing that always irks me is his "woman President" jibe. I know he was trying to disrespect Galloway, but Jessup is a only colonel, so he would have had to salute any woman flag officer as well as any colonel or O-6 equivalent who was senior to him. Spread across all the services, there were literally hundreds of women who outranked him at the time.

    • @TenTonNuke
      @TenTonNuke 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@fusiliers Yeah I was surprised when I learned he was a Colonel. The way he acted you would think he was a 5-star General or something. And the way he talks down to his Lt. Colonel friend, it's like "Yeah, you outrank him technically, barely, but that's not how that works in real life."

  • @kevinsommerfield6341
    @kevinsommerfield6341 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I didn't think anyone else had seen Stir of Echoes! Great movie, unfortunately overshadowed by The Sixth Sense. Thanks for the reaction!

  • @AspectGameReviews
    @AspectGameReviews 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    JCN here. I have been watching your videos for a while now; finally got around to remembering to subscribe! Although I rarely watch movies now (too busy with games - not enough time!), I have watched all of the films you have covered so far. There are soooo many great films out there; but here are just a few to consider : 'Ghosts of Girlfriends past' (brilliant rom-com); 'Lost highway' and 'The Straight Story' (two films that show two very different aspects of David Lynch's extraordinary artistic ability) and 'Palm Springs'; another brilliant rom-com. Other than that, Nolan's Batman Trilogy, the original Star Wars trilogy, the first three Indiana Jones movies and since you like horror : 'Event Horizon' (the film that inspired the 'Dead Space' game trilogy), the two Halloween films directed by Rob Zombie, as well as the 'Saw' series.

  • @dougearnest7590
    @dougearnest7590 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A lot of people think of Colonel Jessup as being such a badass - an intimidating experienced Marine officer with such a badass attitude. In reality, he was just another careerist military officer who would stand by to see his troops crucified to save his own ass instead of doing the right thing and owning up to his responsibility.

    • @davidludwig1492
      @davidludwig1492 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Col. Jessup had been told too many times how great he is. The cliche is called "believing your own press."

  • @uhhyeah-ok1794
    @uhhyeah-ok1794 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Best movie of all time.
    "Is that 0600 in the morning?" is one of my favorite lines in a comedy along with "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" and "Where the white women at?"

  • @nmt2k2
    @nmt2k2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The absolute star of this film is the writing. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin also wrote The Social Network and Moneyball. Both are every bit as good as this.

  • @GopureTravel
    @GopureTravel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the reaction, my dad was stationed there during the 80s, best place to grow up, 13 beaches, 5-6 pools, 4 outside movies (saw Terminator there), we actually played next to mine fields (2nd large mine field in the world), and fishing with my dad (selling them to the Jamaicans) !!! Russians ships coming through, all the women trying to get them to wave (they could only line-up and watch) as they went to GTMO City.

  • @vermithax
    @vermithax 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter and author of the original play, has a brief cameo as a guy in glasses talking to a woman at the bar.

  • @mikebrown7799
    @mikebrown7799 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Ames!😊 You followed the court action very well.👍🏻Military court can be difficult to follow as it varies greatly from a civilian court. Military court is much swifter justice. You called it right about Martinson.😉 Nice reactions to this pretty accurate military court film, Ames!!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @jillfromatlanta427
    @jillfromatlanta427 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love all of the performances in this movie. That includes the judge - "I'm quite sure I'VE earned it" directed at Jessup.

  • @Educated2Extinction
    @Educated2Extinction 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great portrayal of the fine line between duty and tyranny. I wonder if Jessep started out as good Marine who became jaded/power-hungry over time, or more like Kendrick. I also like the contrast between Galloway and Weinberg, though it seems strange that Weinberg would join the military.
    If you haven't seen it, you should watch Edge of Tomorrow.

  • @gregoryhunter6002
    @gregoryhunter6002 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am so impressed that she knew there were 82 games in an NHL season.

  • @cjvan713
    @cjvan713 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every time someone mentions giving a code red, I just envisioned someone handing another a bottle of mountain dew code red. It makes all this seem to be blown way out of proportion.

  • @bigdream_dreambig
    @bigdream_dreambig 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    28:30 I only now realized that the doctor is played by Christopher Guest (from the Princess Bride and This Is Spinal Tap -- but it looks like you may not have seen either of those yet)!

  • @wiggywil
    @wiggywil 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Speaking of Aaron Sorkin, he makes a cameo in this movie as the guy talking at the bar @23:10

  • @DerekSansone
    @DerekSansone 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you enjoyed Nicholson's performance (as a seasoned actor playing a military officer) consider watching "Gardens of Stone." James Earl Jones & James Caan nailed it as old school Senior NCOs.

  • @Relayer56
    @Relayer56 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My (CMSgt USAF, Retired) father's favorite movie.

  • @raremage
    @raremage 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just an aside - I played football years ago with one of the Marine guards that grabs Jack Nicholson when he dives at Tom Cruise after the testimony. I didn’t know until many years later - he was a Light Colonel when he retired.

  • @johndrews206
    @johndrews206 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    29:15. The doctor's testimony " goes to 11"

    • @BobCrabtree-ev4rz
      @BobCrabtree-ev4rz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @johndrews206 and someone recognizes guitar hero Nigel Tufnel

  • @BouillaBased
    @BouillaBased 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of those movies I have to watch from time to time. Even if I catch it half-way through on TV, I'll tune it in. And I guess that goes for reactors, too. I've made decisions on whether or not to subscribe to channels, just based on how they reacted to this film.

  • @bilimus_
    @bilimus_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you want to see a really good Kevin Pollock film you should watch, "The Usual Suspects", one of the best from the 90s

    • @rdyer8764
      @rdyer8764 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely!

    • @holddowna
      @holddowna  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve seen that! Been a long time but I know the twist!! I forgot he was in that but I wanna see casino so badly

    • @bilimus_
      @bilimus_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @holddowna I forgot he was in that, same year even! You loved "Goodfellas" so definitely watch "Casino"

  • @mobyworm
    @mobyworm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the best legal dramas (besides "Inherit the Wind") I've ever seen. And one of the best reactions... well done.

  • @ShaunHensley
    @ShaunHensley 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    48:53 Foreshadowed by Jo’s reason given for liking the defendants back in Danny’s room in rebuttal to the other character’s reason given for not liking them….which was also foreshadowing what the one defendant said to the other about why they are still guilty of a lesser charge and a Dishonorable Discharge 51:34

  • @Tr0nzoid
    @Tr0nzoid 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember noticing the Nintendo on the TV. It was not common for adults to have one at the time, or it wasn't publicized and a norm. In one shot, it is turned completely around.
    To answer the question of how Jessup "rose to the top" faster than Markinson can be complicated. Just like in the private sector, promotions and duties in the military often depend on one's initiative and how he plots his career. It can also depend on how his work is assessed by superiors.

  • @dunringill1747
    @dunringill1747 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jack Nicholson is the Michael Jordon of actors. When Jordan played basketball, he pulled up all his teammates. Great players on their own but they all pushed themselves beyond their "A Game" with him on their team. The same holds true with Jack Nicholson. He pulls all his co-stars up around him. Every other actor is great on their own but they all push themselves beyond their "A" Game" around Nicholson. Also, Jack's "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!" speech is absolute S-Tier acting.

  • @joshuawells835
    @joshuawells835 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting that Tom Cruise has two well known roles where his character is technically in the US Navy, but who don't serve on ships and don't like the water.

  • @TheWindcrow
    @TheWindcrow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:00 I loved Stir of Echoes too. Such an underrated movie. I saw it in theatre when it came out. Crazy story.

  • @kevinhayes1656
    @kevinhayes1656 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was in the Marine Corps during an operation desert storm, and what they are doing to that marine at the beginning is what they call blanket party, which is what they do with a marine that goes against the group or doesn’t comply with everybody else or the way they want things done😊

  • @flashgordon10001
    @flashgordon10001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's some pretty good acting there... lots of excellent dialog, very intense movie.... and your reaction is great

  • @wesclark6253
    @wesclark6253 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Top Tier Performances , this cast was amazing

  • @MyNewYoutubeName
    @MyNewYoutubeName 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I highly recommend reacting to X-MEN '97. It's probably the 2nd best show Marvel's ever done besides Daredevil. And if you haven't seen Daredevil, you should totally react to that too.

  • @craigmorris4083
    @craigmorris4083 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's called the 'Silent Drill'. it is magnificent.
    Semper Fi.

  • @nealrepetti2396
    @nealrepetti2396 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is not your tipical couet Ames , this is the NAVY ! I was in the NAVY. I know what I'm talking about. Love ya. Keep up with the great moves .

  • @BlackStudies
    @BlackStudies 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the upload! _A Few Good Men_ is actually based in part on real events, including a Code Red at Guantanamo Bay and the experiences of U.S. Marine David Vernon Cox.

  • @surferdjnj
    @surferdjnj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nick Depaolo, Toms second chair lawyer said Jack ripped off the monologue a few times front to back, no stopping. Nick also said Jack was there for all the pickups, the close ups on those other than Jack. Sometimes a star has someone else do it but, Jack did it himself.

  • @walterblackledge1137
    @walterblackledge1137 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I was in the Marines in the 70s we called code reds a "Blanket Party". (think Full Metal Jacket)

  • @bigpictureguys8415
    @bigpictureguys8415 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve been swinging a bat in my apartment ever since I saw this movie.
    It really is calming

  • @Elephant2024-wi2li
    @Elephant2024-wi2li 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This movie is an acting masterclass in military legal protocol.

  • @ricardorgomez
    @ricardorgomez 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love when Tom Cruise used to do movies that had a much more ethics and political story... The Firm. Born on the 4th of July. Such fantastic movies where he wasn't some super-action hero and gimmicky stunts. Man, I felt his sweat in The Firm. Because I've experienced it.....
    Though I think his Mission Impossible movies are great. But when he plays roles where his ass is on the line where regular people can understand, it's so much more powerful. I wish he'd do more of them.

  • @clarktownsend8991
    @clarktownsend8991 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just so you know, you have to inform the others ideas when you acquire new evidence or are calling a new witness. You can't hide it from them.

  • @tashrif46
    @tashrif46 หลายเดือนก่อน

    42:23 thats actually a great impression of Jack Nicholson.

  • @bobdelp2023
    @bobdelp2023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    HEYYYYYY!!! 😊HEY NOWWWWW AMY👍FANTASTIC FILM ALTHOUGH IT DID LOSE TO CLINT'S MASTERPIECE ( UNFORGIVEN ) BUT STILL AN AWESOME MOVIE AND A GREAT ( ROB REINER ) CLASSIC FOR SURE GIRL! 💯ENJOYYYY

  • @Smileybeeblevrox
    @Smileybeeblevrox 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Give her a break, she's asking you out. Do you realize how hard it is for a guy to ask a woman out, especially when called a creep, and laughed at to your face Instead of just saying no.

  • @MichaelLabriola-f8s
    @MichaelLabriola-f8s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jack always sounds like Jack!😊

  • @MauriceCalis
    @MauriceCalis 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Ames, great honest review. After recently watching 12 Angry Men, I feel that it was a better movie than this, though I always liked this movie. Still, great acting and story. Yeah, those were real Marines at the beginning. I saw them demonstrate in Albany, NY back in 2004, along with Old Guard Fife and Drum and other military exhibitions. Called Spirit of America, it was great. I feel like all your authentic military movie and series reactions have given you a more realistic perspective of military life when taking on movies like this now. Always a fan. I enjoyed Patriot and still watching The Pacific.

  • @Axe_Slinger
    @Axe_Slinger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    44:03 He channeled his part as the Joker at this point! "Is there any other kind?"

  • @bkeyser
    @bkeyser 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a Marine from '86 - '92, around the time this film was released, I find it to be more accurate than most. Take Full Metal Jacket, for example; that was a real bastardization of Corps, more so in the second half. I was most impressed in this one with the Military Alignment. Rarely do you see films that get the uniforms right, much less how they're worn. As for the story, we never had called it a "Code Red" but we certainly did discipline within the unit and the younger Marines amongst themselves. Never knew of anyone who died from it, but I know of a Marine tossed off a 2nd story BEQ balcony for stealing, and another who had an ear drum burst from the beating he took for something he was accused of (can't remember what is was, now.) It wasn't common, but not unheard of. At one point, Kaffee asks Kendrick if the denial of food was a form of Code Red. Kendrick says "no", and he's right. An officer giving an order relative to discipline is not the same as one Marine (or a group of Marines) exerting force on another Marine as a form of punishment. All-in-all, especially compared to other military-themed films, this one had an air of realism that most lack.

  • @richardlukesh5807
    @richardlukesh5807 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Actress Kyra Sedgwick is married to Kevin Bacon in real life. There's a funny video interview where Kyra tells a true story of when she and Kevin were over at Tom Cruise's house around the time that this film was made. She unknowingly pressed a hidden "panic button" prompting the police to show up at Tom's house. She said they were never invited back to Tom's house again. LOL! It's on TH-cam.

  • @unodos149
    @unodos149 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It doesn't make sense how Nicholson's character suddenly admits to the crime because Cruise is hollering at him lol

  • @JulianP311
    @JulianP311 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Saw this the week before I went to Marine Corps boot camp, and watched it just before starting my first year of law school.

  • @DeadmanDave
    @DeadmanDave 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My second favorite court movie.

  • @s1mplex1ty
    @s1mplex1ty 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    While this may be a work of fiction, it's a fair portrayal of the military in general regardless of branch. There's a lot of Colonel Jessups but there's a lot of everyone else too, like the world, there's good and bad in all races, countries etc

    • @RealNTAF
      @RealNTAF 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      and many things Col. Jessup said at the end on the stand is very true. what he said wasnt wrong. his problem was that he tried to make Santiago work when he wasnt the right fit for the job required. and of course covering it up.

  • @tonyherrera2570
    @tonyherrera2570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “You Can’t Handle My Comment!!”….🤣🤣
    Sorry, I couldn’t resist😊.
    Seriously, good reaction to a very good movie👍🏼👍🏼.

  • @ScottMStolz
    @ScottMStolz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    34:12 He is actually required to tell opposing counsel. By law, all evidence is supposed to be shared with both the defense and the prosecution.

  • @ColKurtzknew
    @ColKurtzknew 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Code Red", though a Hollywood invented phrase, refers to very real yet unofficial (deniable) physical punishment when I was in. So ingrained into Marine culture I'd bet it still happens even in this age of increasing military pc bs.

  • @gideondavid30
    @gideondavid30 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is one of the best movies ever! This movie is a masterpiece.

  • @Dmanz67
    @Dmanz67 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ' You're Goddamn right I did '

  • @doyledeclue282
    @doyledeclue282 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm kind of an older man and I don't really know how this technology works. My son is a combat medic active duty now. He will be coming home on leave. So maybe he can get me set up then. I love your reaction videos.

  • @RoGueNavy
    @RoGueNavy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was in the Navy, when this movie came out. The Navy was undergoing MASSIVE issues over sexual harassment. Galloway could have (and absolutely would have) had both Kaffee and Jessup up on career-ending sexual harassment charges.

    • @RoGueNavy
      @RoGueNavy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @T.elegram.TheHolddownA converse with yourself, scammer.

  • @AbruptandOffensive
    @AbruptandOffensive 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder if these are real marines or if they’re actors.
    That would be the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon. They are 24 of the most highly disciplined Marines who perform extreme precision rifle drills as a group and they do it all silently, the entire time. It’s honestly one of the most beautiful performances you can ever see.

  • @acheronnchase6220
    @acheronnchase6220 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tom Cruise’s character is loosely based on a lawyer named Dan Marcari, who practices law in my hometown, Virginia Beach

  • @chrisyazzie8179
    @chrisyazzie8179 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In all the characters Tom Cruise plays, this is the only movie where he wears a Boston Red Sox hat, every other movie he always wears a New York Yankees hat.

  • @TheSimCaptain
    @TheSimCaptain 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think that you would enjoy one of the best crafted movies I've seen. It's called "Three days of The Condor." It stars Robert Redford and Faye Dunnaway.
    You are able to follow complicated plots, so I think you can "handle" it.

  • @woodspirit98
    @woodspirit98 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think every branch of the service have code reds. That happen during basic training in the air force when i was in, in the seventies. Its pretty common. We called them blanket parties. Blanket over the head and they dont know exactly who did what. It was a way to get someone to do whats right for the group, otherwise everyone suffers because of one person. Its called instilling discipline.

  • @kevincaulder20
    @kevincaulder20 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For more Jack Nicholson great acting, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST should be your next movie.
    And since this film mirrors a classic by the great Humphrey Bogart, who was one of Jack Nicholson's idols, THE CAINE MUTINY should watched and enjoyed.
    I recently subscribe to the channel and hope former reactions like this one. Keep going

  • @bluebird3281
    @bluebird3281 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "He's done a lot of diddling; he's diddled everything and everyone."

  • @no_rubbernecking
    @no_rubbernecking 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Ames! If you have not seen Stone's JFK, i consider it to be the late Donald Sutherland's best performance. Do note that he plays a character that's considered a composite of 3 real people.
    It may be a hard reaction to edit, but at least see the film if you haven't.

    • @holddowna
      @holddowna  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have never seen it!

    • @no_rubbernecking
      @no_rubbernecking 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@holddowna Awesome

  • @philmullineaux5405
    @philmullineaux5405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cuba and Downey did an excellent underground boxing movie called warriors. The doc was in Spinal tap and Princess Bride!

  • @barryhickman6911
    @barryhickman6911 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A GREAT movie and a terrific reaction by you! BTW, I LOVE Yoo-Hoos!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary
    @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary หลายเดือนก่อน

    80s Classic!

  • @USMC_Veteran
    @USMC_Veteran 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this movie. Great reaction. Tom Cruise trying to act like a badass compared to Jack is almost laughable though. LoL

  • @Hexon66
    @Hexon66 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think Ames has perfectly crystallized the theme a large part of Tom Cruise's career as "dick redemption".

  • @JGComments
    @JGComments 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    SO GOOD! Couldn't click fast enough.

  • @BClarke
    @BClarke 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    22:56 Jeez, used car salesmen catching a stray.

  • @blackpatflynn
    @blackpatflynn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    another great reaction darling. always a joy to watch. ur beautiful and ur vibe is genuine

  • @fester2306
    @fester2306 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Demi Moore: Another lawyer won't be good enough. They need you.
    Also Demi Moore, 10 seconds later: You're a used-car salesman. You're nothing.

  • @jakovasaur
    @jakovasaur 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She would probably give Battlefield Earth & Mac and Me positive reactions. 😂