A Few Good Men-Self Regulation

[@al307antony2]

I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it! *Gold*

[@richardnielson3761]

The truth is Gold and Priceless.

[@georgestone1485]

Unless those methods are illegal and unprofessional...

[@lycian123]

This scene is floating around KZbin in many countries yet the principal actor here didn't get an Oscar. Scandal is all the Academy seems to be capable of. Jack Nicholson gave a performance that was worthy of the silly statue but the public regard it as one of the best performances on screen by an actor. Sublime!

[@Capcoor]

Stephen Saunders I guess they figured that he had two already, so they needed to give someone else a chance

[@peterbarich5404]

Nicholson at his absolute best....

[@elk9414]

This is one of the single best scenes in all of cinematic history as far as I'm concerned. It also speaks greatly to how people in positions of power often doctor up documentation, with phony bullshit, in order to sell a story they want sold to others including even the public at large. There are so many examples of this, in real life, but just one example is the JFK assassination. Everyone with any common sense, or any basic investigation skills, will quickly agree that the lone assassin story and the magic bullet theory is PBS (Pure BS). I've even had a now-retired Texas County Sheriff (he wasn't retired at the time of the conversation) bring the topic up out of the blue and ask me what I thought of the Kennedy assassination before sharing his thoughts on the matter and how JFK's head moved in a direction inconsistent with the purported story of a lone assassin shooting from the direction of the school book depository. I could go into much further detail about that event and the facts of the case but the fact is that the public has been lied to, repeatedly, so the only question that remains is are you content with not knowing the truth or do you think the public deserves to know the truth?

[@Pdoja1990]

I’d like to hear more

[@mikefallopian3191]

L o L i know right ? It speaks greatly to how people in power do blahbedlyblah blah blah and then..... uh....spill their guts loudly and proudly in open court at their very first opportunity ? Yeah that's it.

[@michaelnauls6718]

this is clearly without a doubt the best scene of the movie, Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, and the rest of the cast make this the reason to see the movie

[@LordTalax]

Somehow I doubt witnesses are supposed to ask questions of the counsel

[@EtzEchad]

J Spiel Oh yes, that is the only thing that is unrealistic about this movie. :)

[@ULTIMAFAX]

just sounds like YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH

[@Capcoor]

J Spiel You’re probably right.

[@anonypersona3189]

They can, but usually only to ask for clarification of the counsel's questions if it's not fully understood.

[@加文]

JN is senior than TC in rank, the judge may indulge him. Military is a pull rank place

[@nytom4info]

A Colonel would never put himself in a situation like that!

[@hhds113]

Not true. There were some Colonels and even Generals that ended up in Court Martial for serious offenses before.

[@AnnaLVajda]

There was no need to murder the guy he should have just been discharged. Also asking other men in his platoon to murder him just makes the men feel they cannot trust eachother and they should be able to if they have to battle a common enemy. It is a good performance but obviously he is narcissistic and mad with power so he is not stable enough to be in charge. Preserving the ethics and honour of the military should be a priority and he violated that code.

[@patrickmcshane7658]

Anna Vajda yes

[@JK-vc7ie]

Anna Vajda then didn’t murder the guy. The intention of a code red discipline is just a good beating. The death was accentuate. Lastly, you should not question the methods of the military until you know a lot about the military and actual war. That’s a general statement as this is obviously a fictional movie.

[@snsnplpl]

@@JK-vc7ie I have been in the military during war. allowing/ encouraging unit members to apply 'just a good beating' does not result in good unit cohesion or discipline. It is a failure of leadership.

[@JK-vc7ie]

@@snsnplpl Did you read the comment from anna vajda? She said that "they asked other men in his platoon to murder him". She said there was "no need to murder the guy". Murder was clearly and obviously not their intention. That much is so clearly obvious I'm not sure why anyone would think otherwise. Second, this was not a wartime situation. This was peacetime training, essentially. I think you would agree that those two situations are not the same. I'll agree that beating the shit out of someone is not a good idea and is indeed a failure of leadership, but I woudl argue that some kind of pressure directly applied from peers to slackers in a group will save lives and increase performance. I've not been in the military but nonetheless this is what I believe to be true in all areas of life.

[@kblargh]

You know, Jessup's mistake was making his lie so much more complicated than it had to be. He didn't have to frame Dawson and Downey to go down for murder 1. He didn't have to make up the story about the transfer. All he had to say was he didn't give the order. Period. Dawson and Downey would have gone down for involuntary manslaughter and conduct unbecoming, for inflicting an unsanctioned Code Red that went bad. There was no need to try to send them to jail for life. Jessup's overkill gave Kaffee the motivation he needed to go the extra mile and risk everything to try and exonerate them, not to mention more opportunity to uncover the lie.

[@anonypersona3189]

Then you wouldn't have had such a great movie...

[@JWilliamsLangley]

3:18 It worked? It worked!

[@frictionRx5]

the colonel didn't follow orders and someone died the lawyer should have picked up on that

[@011angelfire]

The best part is missing! Jessup: “Son...” Kaffee: “Don’t call me son. I am an officer in the United States Navy. And you are under arrest, you son of a bitch.”

[@MusikCassette]

the best part is missing

[@jaypritchett6846]

MusikCassette ripping out his eyes and peeing in his scull? Lol

[@MusikCassette]

is that your way of dirty talk. but seriously, at 1:28 there is missing a big bit. And I tuned in just for the judges face in that shot.

[@tomsmith8781]

I'm maverick...I fly jets..

[@crohunter100]

he didn't have to answer

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

M Tomo he was too arrogant not to. He couldn’t resist the challenge.

[@mitchelputman538]

Military courts very different from civilian courts .

[@WhallonJesse]

19 people couldn't handle the truth.

[@dukeofnewyork5493]

Kevin Bacon should have been kicked in the nuts. But, Kev should've been nailed in the balls in all his movies.

[@jeffreyrichardson]

contempt

[@UdamT_T]

Lol