I can’t handle *A FEW GOOD MEN*| First Time Watching and Reaction

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0:00 - Intro
1:24 - Reaction
45:01 - Review

[@JoeCool7835]

Hard to believe Jack had only 4 scenes in the whole movie, but he owned every single one of them.

[@izzonj]

I heard an interview with Kevin Bacon where he talked about what it was like to work with Jack Nicholson and how in awe the young actors were of him. His intense courtroom scene was filmed several times, often with him not even in frame so they could get reaction shots of other characters but Jack delivered his lines with the same intensity each time. Later, someone asked why he did that, instead of backing off when he wasn't even being filmed. Jack smiled and said, "I just love to act. "

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I worked at a Sam Goody/Musicland store that showed this on video on a daily basis. Every time the "You Can't Handle The Truth" scene popped up, all the customers would stop shopping and watch this scene. You can hear Nicholson scream through the store, and everyone lost their shit! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelmeyers7216]

The reason Aaron Sorkin is mentioned in the credits is because he wrote the screenplay. You need to check out more of his movies. He's a genius.

[@jxchamb]

Social Network.

[@michaelmeyers7216]

@@jxchamb Definitely

[@davidcarnevale8885]

Everyone always talks about the courtroom scene, and understandably so, it's amazing. But I personally love the scene in the apartment on the rainy night. Just great acting and writing all around in this scene

[@Sandra-wj4on]

Whenever Dawson said “We were supposed to fight for Willie” always make me tear up. Poor Willie.😢

[@inarar5334]

Yeah, this is definitely the movie that made "You can't handle the truth!" a thing. Even if you weren't gonna see it, it was in practically all the marketing, and then just sorta ended up being referenced like crazy that you knew what it was even if you never saw it.

[@mimig3904]

You will love young Tom Cruise in the movie The Firm with Gene Hackman. He plays another lawyer, but it's totally different. Don't miss it.

[@richardzinns5676]

You want to see a young Tom Cruise? Try watching Taps, from 1981, when he and Sean Penn were both just starting their film careers (I'd never heard of either of them before), and the main star is an equally young Timothy Hutton, who had just recently won an Oscar for Ordinary People. The movie also features the great George C. Scott, as well as Ronny Cox, the villain of Robocop and Total Recall, playing a good guy this time. I really love this movie, but I haven't seen anyone else reacting to it.

[@jillfromatlanta427]

A great movie...so many terrific performances. Having seen it many times, I think the actor playing the judge is so overlooked. When he says to Nicholson "I believe I'VE earned it", I punch the air.

[@richiecabral3602]

This is the origin of the, "You can't handle the truth!" line. This was Aaron Sorkin's first screenplay, adapted from his own play script. You mispronounced Keifer Sutherland's name. He and his father, the great actor Donald Sutherland, are Canadian! I mean, his mother was also a Canadian actress, and they were working and living in London when he was born, and I think they moved around when he was growing up, and by now, he's probably lived the large majority of his life in California, but he is technically Canadian. His character is such an asshole in this one, but he is up there with Kevin Bacon as one of my favorite actors, from basically the same generation and similar careers! Lots of great stuff you can see of his! "Article 99" is one of my very favorites, that I've been pleading for anyone to react to, with a great ensemble cast! The "Young Guns" movies were a favorite as a kid, westerns that are loosely based on the legend/historical fact of Billy The Kid and The Lincoln County War, also with a great ensemble cast. The original "Flatliners", they did a remake not too long ago, which also has a good ensemble cast including Kevin Bacon. Another one of my very favorites is a comedy/action he did with Dennis Hopper, called "Flashback"! I think you've already seen him in "Stand By Me" and "The Lost Boys".

[@pmbbmp]

🤪

[@stevesheroan4131]

Forgot all about Flashback, and I remember really liking that one!

[@daniellaplume3840]

A good young Tom Cruise movie would be Top Gun, Jerry Maguire and Rain Man

[@jamesgreenhow108]

Jack Nicholson actually ad-libbed "You can't handle the truth". The title of the movie "A Few Good Men" is actually a recruiting slogan The Marine Corps adopted in a TV ad after the "Draft" was dissolved at the end of The Vietnam War by Congress.

[@tuckerplum8085]

Shout-out to the scene in the very beginning with the synchronized rifles. Super-cool and very impressive. I love it!!

[@david4883]

Love a good legal drama. May I humbly suggest JFK? I know you’ve already done some Oliver Stone, and while it’s not a pure courtroom drama, there are great court scenes. Think you’d dig it.

[@tiredoffools8929]

Great reaction!. Based on your reaction to this I highly recommend 12 Angry Men (1957), and also A Time to Kill (1996).

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. You should see other legal dramas like Rainmaker 1997 or Civil Action . Also a great lawyer movie with Tom Cruise is The Firm. and Murder At First 1995 a movie based on true movie about injustice. Also Erin Brucvich is a great movie. Fyi I recently learned the real story that this movie is based on is very strange and shocking for one thing the Santiago character did not die. The Dawson character dies in a real strange way. Also a great boxing movie with the Downey (James Marshell) character is Gladiator 1992.

[@stevesheroan4131]

Gladiator (1992) has him AND Cuba Gooding Jr, who was one of the witnesses in this movie, in one his smaller roles.

[@robertjewell9727]

The play and movie got its name from the Marine advertising campaign slogan "All we need is a few good men." For a brilliant early Cruise movie, in fact his breakout role, definitely watch RISKY BUSINESS (1983). Not your typical coming of age story,

[@npcimknot958]

I really like tom cruise.. and his history is really interesting.. cause from day one he was praised for being the most serious actor.. would show up on time.. know all his lines.. he would be studying his lines during breaks when everyone else is fooling around.. he was really committed.. and apparently he was the oldest son of like his famliy that had several siblings.. very very poor.. was told he could never act cause he has dxylezia, ugly, short.. etc.. and he never gave up.. hes very committed in all his roles.. and you can really see he gives his all It makes sense also why his passion for film making is still so strong.

[@npcimknot958]

Tom cruise is a really good actor when even when he’s not running full speec

[@f.n.schlub2269]

Olliver, I don't know how it works in the Canadian armed services, but U.S.A. servicepersons take an oath to obey and faithfully execute "all LAWFUL orders" of their superiors. They are not only allowed to disregard unlawful orders; they are REQUIRED to do so.

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

Ollie, another Rob Reiner film that you've reacted to is Stand By Me.. Also Kiefer Sutherland was the bully brother in Stand By Me.. What are we gonna do with you, big guy...

[@defunctus408]

You already to a great court room drama/comedy in “My Cousin Vinny”. Consider reacting to “12 Angry Men” in which you will forget that you’re watching a movie.

[@ColKurtzknew]

Cruise and a star studded cast in another legal thriller is The Firm. Excellent film !

[@ztomas1]

At 45:22 - Kiefer Sutherland not Kliefer 😂

[@kevinsieg2076]

I'm so glad that you watched this film and experienced the absolute brilliance of Aaron Sorkin's writing. He is a master of dialogue. IMDB his credits and have fun--I highly recommend Charlie Wilson's War with Tom Hanks Julia Roberts, and Amy Adams and directed by Mike Nichols. Check out Sorkin's directorial debut with Molly's Game starring Jessica Chastain.

[@samjohnson7869]

When I go on a trip, I don't start packing until 20 minutes before I leave. I must be the only one lol

[@eriksmith2514]

Sounds like you deserve a code red.

[@toxikelement1372]

If you're a sucker for courtroom dramas then Primal Fear and The Devil's Advocate would definitely do you right 👍

[@user-yu9uw8wo9o]

Also '12 Angry Men'

[@BlakeBoege]

We will need a house tour of your new place

[@corneliusoverton2617]

You want to see a young Jack Nicholson/Dennis Hopper classic, check out Easy Rider. It's a must-watch for any budding film aficionado.

[@jxchamb]

You can't handle a few good men? Interesting video title.

[@Mangolite]

This is among Tom Cruise’s best works, with the legendary Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore at the pinnacle of her career after Ghost.

[@rsn66125]

You must see/react to 12 Angry Men

[@bcriswell]

I appreciate your reaction to A Few Good Men. This Super Thanks is to grab your attention and suggest you react to 12 Angry Men (1957 version). If you like court room movies You will Love this movie. It is considered a classic. Please consider reacting to 12 Angry Men. I would love to see your reaction to it.

[@RolyPolyOllieReactions]

I have added it to my list! I will be going on vacation soon but when I get back I will watch it! :) Thank you so much for the super thanks as well!

[@bcriswell]

@@RolyPolyOllieReactions I'm looking forward to your reaction! Have a great vacation!

[@npcimknot958]

The movie has such an interesting moral and ethical conundrum where it really is.. could we handle the truth? Or is it right to lie to protect the system so people still believe in it? Kinda like.. if there was a missle heading our way.. and we about to die.. is it better to lie and say nothing is happening and have people get caught off guard? But i like that tom cruises character did go from cocky just want to win.. to wanting to get to the real problem and truth of the matter.. and its one that hits him in the gut from the institution he believes in so much.

[@user-jl5lo6cx4g]

06:00 is in the morning. Anything after 12:00 (noon) is double figures. The easiest way to calculate what it is is take the figure and if its say 3pm, add 12 and you get the 24 hr clock of 15:00. You're welcome. You're not correct. They can refuse to follow an illegal order. Jessop gave an illegal order, having been advised by command that code reds were now illegal and needed to be wiped out. Kendrick ordered his men to carry out an illegal order, and the two soldiers carried out an illegal order. All of them are guilty, the two soldiers of conduct unbecoming.

[@DougRayPhillips]

Nicholson's character really pushes it. He's dissing Jo Galloway, who's a Lt. Commander (the Navy equivalent of a Major). And by stating that he'll never get the *mentioned benefit* from a superior officer until we elect a female President, he's in effect disregarding the reality that there are female Generals and Admirals. (Not that he would GET the benefit, but he simply doesn't acknowledge their existence or authority.) And of course, by noting off the record that he really doesn't respect the directive from Atlantic Command about Code Reds, he's disrespecting the entire Chain of Command. One rule for those underneath him, and a different rule for himself. He's like an Officer version of Sgt. Barnes in "Platoon."

[@ross8884]

YET AGAIN, before I even watch your always great reactions, are you seriously doing my top 5 movies or something? The Matrix, Good Will Hunting, A Few Good Men? LOL it's awesome

[@sparksdrinker5650]

Another court room drama from the 1990s I think you’d like is Primal Fear

[@SereFenzi83]

Another one “a time to kill”! You MUST watch it

[@STNeish]

I get so triggered by Kaffee's behaviour... especially his first scene with Demi in her office. You DON'T walk into a superior officer's office like that. NO salute, chomping on an apple, not paying attention, no respect, nothing. If a Lieutenant walked into MY office that way, he'd get whiplash from the butt-kicking he'd get.

[@eriksmith2514]

Kaffee should have gotten a code red.

[@npcimknot958]

25:50 one thing you gotta remeber.. hes the military expert right? So he’s lying for ammurica 😂😂😂

[@remyazharyyosef1811]

This movie was nominated for Oscar's Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson but lost out to "Unforgiven" a western directed by Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman also from "Unforgiven". And yeah, expect nothing less if the script was written by Aaron Sorkin. His dialogues are sharp-witted.

[@npcimknot958]

25:35 and this is actaully a problem in the justice system.. each side has their experts interpret what happened.. it is up to the lawyers to convince a judge or jury their side is more plausible. ( what sucks about this is.. no one is truely lying.. they’re bending the truth, and leaving other stuff out to build a narrative). The problem also with experts in a regular trial --> they’re paid. Many are court experts as well.. so they know how to talk to a jury, know how to emotionally ‘ manipulate’. This is why you have to hear all sides.. look at both sides arguements to come to the conclusion and rely on the evidence presented to come to the real conclusion.. and it’s hard.. when this one flaw in the system exist.. Tbh, if we wanted an almost fool proof system.. you need a 3rd party expert that represents both sides.. not one side.. but ya… it doesn’t work that way.. so saying court is like a ‘sale pitch’ is 1000% very accurate. The client is the car

[@markhellman-pn3hn]

your ready fort A FEW GOOD PARODIES !!

[@bradbarter8314]

For another all star legal based drama with Tom Cruise as another lawyer is another great thriller The Firm which you should react to if you have never seen or heard of it before, you will love it as much as this if not more.

[@xexasperon]

glad you appreciated they didnt shoehorn a romance into the film. Its a better movie for it. The studio pressured Sorkin to write in a romance saying they saw no point in casting Demi if she wasnt there to sleep w Cruise and Sorkin answered that "Women have plenty of other purposes in life other than to sleep w Tom Cruise"

[@anitasmith7764]

If you wanna watch a REALLY good movie w Tom Cruise from his early days, you should watch “The Firm” ❤ it has a similar feel to this movie.i PROMISE you’ll love it!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Oliver! 💥 All hail director Rob Reiner. He's great at comedies... and just as brilliant with serious stuff.

[@fabian4ever69]

Great movie

[@DanYeLL2003]

Check out “Far and Away” its a great Tom Cruise movie that not a lot of reactors do.

[@npcimknot958]

29:50 yup. Discovery but also all evidence must be approved by all sides so the other side can build their rebuttal, etc.. thats hwy in real life you can’t just rush NEW evidence ( liek in some movies) thats not real life.. all evidence has been approved before the trail and once thats done.. no new evidence can come in unless both sides approve.

[@DougRayPhillips]

So, RolyPoly... You're leaving for the rest of your life... and you DID pack a thing.

[@pmbbmp]

omg....he's demeaning her!!! 😱😱😱

[@silikon2]

I like the movie but the level of melodrama is right off the charts.

[@trekkiejunk]

Ollie, i love ya, but I don't think i've ever seen one of your reactions, where i kept yelling at you through the screen to shut the hell up. You kept talking over so much exposition and some of the best dialogue in the film!

[@dannykent6190]

It's Aaron Sorkin. If you don't talk over the good dialogue, the reaction would be 2 hours of silence.

[@inspiron1964]

Have you watched ''12 Angry Men'' from 1957.

[@alrokx13]

Great flick but you should have picked the color RED lol

[@pacio49]

Have an uneventful move!

[@chrisbullard5901]

The only problem with this movie is that soldiers are trained explicitly when to reject unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid orders from a superior officer.

[@orangeandblackattack]

This was not enforced until this time period though. In the 80s, you could not decide if they were illegal orders. My uncle served from Vietnam 1972 thru 1987. This type of "blanket party", as they were really called, not Code Reds, were normal and if you did not do it, you were reprimanded.

[@avengemybreath3084]

I was trained for 3 years, then in practice for 25, to determine what is unconstitutional or illegal. It’s still not easy.

[@inarar5334]

That's kinda the point behind Sam's vocal complaints, the conduct unbecoming sticking and Dawson's explanation to Downey about why being they should have stood up for and protected Santiago. They make it pretty clear they should have known better, but got caught up in the culture.

[@dannykent6190]

That may be true, but this whole thing is based on actual events that happened in real life, so it's not like they fabricated an unrealistic occurrence for the film.

[@Luis2899]

Klefer?

[@dannykent6190]

Klefer is the lesser known brother. They usually leave him in the basement.

[@ross8884]

I always felt Tom Cruise started out as NOT a great actor, but kind of taught himself over the years. This was great but also check out "The Firm" when I saw that at the cinema, I was like "OK this guy can act!"

[@Renegade2786]

Anytime folks argue against DEI, this film come to mind. They wouldn't allow Demi Moore's character to defend the two soldiers in court, because they believe that she couldn't handle the case because she is a woman and they believe that the only reason why she got that position. So they get Tom Cruise's character to be the soldiers' lawyers. And he has never brought a case to trial.

[@sigenius]

Are you gonna watch all the original planet of the apes?

[@tempsitch5632]

How to make a boring script interesting is to have one good yelling scene.

[@gallendugall8913]

The real villain in this story is the Navy Doctor who falsified reports to cover up not doing his job in the first place when a Marine was sent to him for unusual fatigue, and he dismissed it out of hand as malingering. I seriously hate how they go after the Colonel (who was an over the top horrible person to sell himself as the baddie) instead of the Doctor who was obviously legally responsible for malpractice. Otherwise good movie.

[@Gadget-ez1xr]

You talk way too much over the dialogue