My type of Movie !! THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (1997) FIRST TIME WATCHING

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[@BissFlix]

What is your Favorite Keanu Movie ?

[@wickerman7]

Among the movies I've seen with Keanu Reeves, I think this is his best performance; although my favorite movie where he acts, is "Bram Stoker's Dracula".

[@bandmaidfanATL]

Point Break 🏄🏄‍♀️🏦💰

[@bigdream_dreambig]

THIS is my favorite Keanu movie -- in no small part because of Al Pacino. He was so good that this film pretty much cemented him as the devil in my "head canon."

[@rashby69]

The replacements

[@petermacpaul6274]

Constantine is a great movie

[@MrHolyshizznit]

fun fact about this movie, Reeves wanted Picno in the movie so bad, he agreed to take a pay cut so they could get him to play the Devil.

[@BissFlix]

Oh really? ❤️

[@genecrossin5080]

@@BissFlix Keanu took a million dollar paycut to get Al Pacino in the movie

[@mikerodgers7620]

Shut up.

[@ericdenney3302]

This is an awesome movie, and almost nobody has reacted to it. Can't wait for this.

[@harleynowland]

That's not actually true, mate. While it's not reviewed by everyone, it's been reviewed easily by enough people, with Bis being included here that your statement/comment is false!

[@marcochavezjr9180]

Agreed I don't think I seen any other reactions to this movie.

[@that.ll_do_pig]

​@@harleynowland "reviewed" is not the same as KZbin reactions. There are very few KZbin reactions for this movie; especially when compared to most other movies.

[@vovindequasahi]

@@harleynowland are you daft?

[@herrzimm]

This is one of those movies that kind of slipped under the radar for years, but it is also one that is possibly one of the best stories about "ego and greed" ever made. Keanu has that perfect mix of innocence and being sucked into the lifestyle, while Pacino has the perfect mix of charisma and evil that only pops out near the end. It is a truly amazing movie all the way through.

[@soulseeker19781]

I think Al Pacino delivers amazing monologues, and this movie has two of my favorites. Great movie and I enjoyed seeing your reaction.

[@riveraharper8166]

Yep. Like he somehow predicted Tiktok gen...

[@dillonsronce2583]

I think this is pacinos best movie.

[@sethduzan4441]

Best part of that monologue was the orange “flame” lighting casting the evil look to his face as he rages…

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

fun fact, in real life "the Devil's advocate" is a person who purposefully argues the opposite point. It's useful to make sure you haven't missed anything in your reasoning.

[@residentzero]

Must have origins in Catholic Inquisition trials

[@sergiodavila5269]

Al Pacino is a great Satan….love how over the top he is!!!! Favorite quote: “I’M A FAN OF MAN!!!!” 🤩

[@garytiptin6479]

Interestingly, Pacino AND Deniro have BOTH played Satan onscreen; "Angel Heart", 1986. Chilling!

[@abducteeofearth1703]

4:12 “So this is why it’s called the Devils Advocate” Me sitting in silence just waiting like…oh you have no idea 😈 (There’s no way I can type that without it being creepy)

[@BestBryFar]

Through the years. I have seen this movie panned. Admittedly, Keanu's accent is all over the place. But this movie is Pacino putting on a clinic. The whole scene when he finally reveals himself to Keanu is amazing. The conviction in Pacino's delivery. As far as a movie with him in it, this is a Top 10 of his.

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

It's a bit clunky in parts but it's still a fun story. (Not so much for Mary Ann.) I pretty much assume Keanu can't do accents after Bram Stoker's Dracula, but really, who cares? He's always entertaining.

[@1993MovieMan]

​​@@chimpinaneckbrace The sad thing is Keanu and his Bill and Ted costar Alex Winter both have English mothers yet cannot do the accent to save their lives.The only accents Keanu can really pull off are his native Canadian, Indian,generic American and surfer.

[@that.ll_do_pig]

​@@1993MovieMan I'm not sure that would meet the definition of "sad." Lol

[@1993MovieMan]

@@that.ll_do_pig Yes, perhaps "ironic" would be more appropriate, especially considering Keanu`s Matrix costar Hugo Weaving was born to an English mother and Australian father in South Africa and has triple citizenship in the US, Australia and England.

[@kevinprzy4539]

@@1993MovieMan his native Canadian is just general American as majority of the Canadian population has the same accent.

[@ScarlettM]

8:10 - when selecting a jury, both prosecutor and defense attorney have a limited amount of times (I think around 10) they can "excuse a juror" they don't like, so they have to really plan and calculate whom they'll select.

[@TheNewsDepot]

Yes. Depending on the State's laws. A jury is typically between 8 and 12 people and the pool they choose from is usually 20-30 people with enough strikes between the two sides to reduce the pool down to the 8-12 people plus a few alternates to replace any jurors during the trial if they have to step down for any reason. The lawyers get to question the potential jurors and "Strike" or dismiss a number of them in order to make the jury as unbiased as possible.

[@TheDweller0690]

“Shoulders? It’s the feet apparently” lol 😂 I’m dead.

[@garytiptin6479]

If she could see HIS feet, she'd be singing a different tune!

[@plstne48]

John Milton encouraged Mary Anne to cut her hair because he knew that it was the most attractive part of her, and it was the beginning of his plan toward driving a wedge between her and Kevin. Between making her hallucinate and taking Kevin out late to have fun, all of it was Milton's plan to take Marry Anne out of the picture.

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

Fun fact: John Milton was the name of the author of "Paradise Lost" - about the Devil rebelling against God. The line "better to reign in Hell, than serve in the Heaven" is a quote from Paradise Lost.

[@mudejartrainingnaturalscie6938]

Watch: '12 Angry Men', to learn about the jury process. The watch 'My Cousin Vinny'.

[@nelgoez]

I think a church fell down to it foundations when you said "Temptation works in mysterious ways" XD

[@roberormonde]

It doesn't say that we give into it because our flesh is weak

[@AceCorban]

When it comes to Keanu roles, there really is no beating John Wick, The Matrix and this. But Point Break is a very fun 4th place

[@user-vb5tq2kv1q]

What I like about Keanu is that he will try all kinds of roles

[@lonnieeastin6401]

"My favorite Keoanne Reeves role. Can I just blanket say "All of them"? Reeves is a national treasure!

[@branislavmelis6568]

🌹🌹 Great reaction, thank you 🙂🙂 Lucifer was the most beautiful and strongest angel! That's why he transformed in the flames at the end of the movie ( long hair, the appearance of a young man ) - that was his true form. A lot of people didn't see this little moment, you did, well done 👍👍

[@bigdream_dreambig]

Many get confused because the angel looks a lot like Keanu -- they think he's somehow transformed into an angel after his death. Apparently they've forgotten that this was his dad, so there _should_ be a family resemblance with his true form.

[@arifeannor9573]

"Your wifes hot!" But his sister is apparently hotter.

[@scottdarden3091]

Hi Biss, jury's are selected from a pool of registered voters in the jurisdiction the trial is taking place in. The judge will first ask questions to see if they are legally able to serve. Both prosecutor and defense attorney are then allowed to ask questions. They can't ask personal questions. Each attorney can ask questions about thier biases and background that would show the potential juror might sway to one side or the other. Then the attorneys can issue a challenge for cause or bias. They make their case to the judge and the judge decides who is in and who's out.

[@markg1727]

I feel like this is a flawed system that needs to be reconfigured, the founders never meant for the country to be so polarized and people being so idealogical, local and national politics factor in to so many cases and it’s incredibly difficult to get an unbiased jury in an area that’s say majority Republican or majority Democrat by a significant margin (I’d call anything over 12 points significant but definitely over 20 points) it’s the same with race and income, white rich people would of convicted O.J but the case was over the second they got it moved to downtown L.A, Dershowitz knew a jury of working class minorities would find reasonable doubt and would sympathize with a guy that came from their neighborhood and they rooted for on the field, sure the Fuhrman tapes, Marcia Clark being overzealous and unlikable, and the “glove” helped but that was all just icing on the cake, trials should be held in neutral venues, a black man accused of rape isn’t gonna get a fair trial in a 70%+ white district. It’s not anyone’s fault, there’s an implicit bias and white men will be thinking “how do I keep this person away from my wife and daughter” same way a rich white person accused of murder won’t get a fair trial in a 70%+ minority district

[@kellymoses8566]

@@markg1727 It has always been deeply flawed. In the South no black person was ever allowed to be on a jury so no white person was ever convicted of crimes against black people.

[@Filboid2000]

@@markg1727 I guess until you can come up with a better way of doing it, this is going to have to do. And there is this thing called "change of venue". It's easy to say a system is flawed and "needs to be reconfigured"; the hard part is coming up with a reconfiguration that will satisfy everyone. But the hardest part is dealing with the human factor - people are going to be people no matter what you do. And something I discovered a long time ago: the public may have already judged someone long before they enter a courtroom and then become appalled when the defendant walks. These people need to understand two things: one, they have already made a judgement without hearing or knowing the facts; and two, the jury did hear and do know the facts so they are in a much better position to make an honest and fair judgement.

[@leon300_79]

“Is your wife a jealous woman?” “She better be, he’s hot.”. Good one, Biss😂

[@BissFlix]

Thank you for watching the video, It means a lot to me . I will leave this pinned message here to REMIND everyone that i do not have TELEGRAM and there is no GIVEAWAY. Those you see are bot scams . Keep yourself safe and know that I would not ask for your info. ❤ ❤

[@LeeMaitland]

'Come to the dark side, we have cookies'. Sounds like a great tattoo idea!

[@bigblueminamiku3679]

Street Kings is a good Keanu Reeves film. Or, if you want to see him play an antagonist, try a film called The Gift starring Cate Blanchett made in 2000.

[@OathofLight]

Excellent reaction to an underrated movie. You should try "The Game" with Michael Douglass, which is another great movie that's not well known.

[@twoheart7813]

"Come to the dark side, we have cookies" 😅Great reaction Biss!

[@FUBAR956]

I suddenly wish I was Keanu Reeves. When the US was a colony of England, regular people who were arrested would sit in jail and did not have a chance for a trial. Rich Lords and noblemen would decide a commoner’s fate. So in the US all trials are public and instead of noblemen deciding, a person is judged by a jury of 12 peers, people of the regular population. To make it fair, the prosecutor and the defendant can pick and choose the members of the jury. The jury listens to the testimony, sees the evidence and they decide if the accused is guilty or not. Also, the jury does not decide if a person is innocent. They decide if he/she is not guilty. I hope this helps a little bit.

[@urborg74]

Watched this movie 20 years ago, still remember quotes from it. The one about love being the same as lots of chocolate cracked me up...and really made me think.

[@ts1ezrdr]

"Come to the dark side. We have cookies." Love it! 🤣

[@marcoinaros4209]

8:00 " The godfather guy " It's Mister Al Pacino !!! 😁😁

[@cshubs]

For another version of the same story without the supernatural, check out The Firm, starring Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris. It's a good movie, too.

[@classiclife7204]

Nice to see this movie reacted to. After the usual 40 movies that young people know about and suggest to reactors, the inevitable declension into el-cheapo genre flicks is depressing ... but COULD be staved off by daring to react to gems like this one. I love how even the movie itself makes fun of Keanu's accent, once by Pacino, next by ADR. 😂

[@ArgosySpecOps]

"But you can call me Dad." 😈

[@-Gurza-]

If anyone was wondering, the thing Milton keeps snacking on is licorice; I forget if there's any reason.

[@MichaelUhrich]

A criminal jury is made up of 12 jurors and alternates. Each attorney (defense and prosecutor) has x-amount of dismiss juror votes. The defense attorney tries to select a person as juror who is most likely to be sympathetic to his client. A prosecutor tries to select a person who will most likely convict. Once you run out of dismiss votes, the juror is seated if the other attorney accepts. You go on with this process from a jury pool until a jury is empaneled (12 jurors plus alternative). Gamesmanship does enter in when selecting a juror for a trial.

[@topomusicale5580]

The other piece is the Judge may also dismiss certain jurors for obvious things like being related to or knowing one of the sides (victim or defendant) or some other obvious conflict of interest issue. Those 'strikes' don't count against either attorney's dismissals.

[@JonBroun]

And you as the citizen will get a letter in the mail to be in the jury and you have to go. Then the jury is selected from those people. If you are dismissed you can go home if you are selected you have to be in the jury. Some cases you cannot not go home or talked to anyone or watch the news or go on the internet until the trail is over.

[@robdario661]

Oh no! Al Pacino has so many names!

[@robertphillips213]

You would not believe the shit Keanu went through to get Al Pacino to act in this movie. It was his passion project. They had the script re-written over and over again until Mr. Pacino agreed to do the film. Kinda hard to write a script that can follow up Heat.

[@Giovanni_Gabrielli]

The definition "Devil's Advocate" is a thing that still is in use. In the Vatican, when they are about to "sanctify" someone, a priest praises his deeds and another priest must do the opposite, in order to have a complete image and decide whether to sanctify the guy or not. That priest is generally called "the devil's advocate".

[@RobertLesliePalmer]

I am an attorney. Jury selection is a process in which attorneys from both sides can challenge prospective jurors, either for cause or as a peremptory challenge. The idea is to get a neutral jury. Many attorneys believe that a case is won or lost in jury selection!

[@peperino25]

*Cruel Intentions* (1999) /starring *Sarah Michelle Gellar* & *Reese Witherspoon* *De4th Becomes Her* (1992) /starring *Meryl Streep* & *Bruce Willis* *W¡ld Things* (1998) /starring *Matt Dillon* , *Kevin Bacon* , *Neve Campbell* & *Denise Richards* *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999) /starring *Tom Cruise* , *Nicole Kidman*

[@dr.darkcrow6784]

So, coming from someone who recently had to do Jury Duty, I can give a little explanation. You got it right for the most part, and they are allowed to dismiss jurors. They want the jury to be impartial, and if any biases are detected, both prosecution and defense will try to get a juror dismissed. Sometimes over little things, but both sides want the best jury possible for their case. Bonus, least where I live, but you get paid for Jury Duty as well, even if dismissed (in the very least, to get gas repaid)

[@biguy617]

This is dramatic horror. Keanu fought for Al to play the role of John Milton. He would only do this movie if Al was playing John Milton.

[@briangreen9677]

You should watch "Point Break" both Keanu and Patrick Swazey are in it. It's a great movie and is often overlooked.

[@jean-yveschateauxdrummer4256]

There's another movie with Keanu and Charlize that you may like alot: "Sweet November" :)

[@markbaxter5027]

Keanu is really good in Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure

[@michaelriddick7116]

HTF DID I MISS YOU REACT TO THIS!?! 🤣😂🤣 Fantastic movie!!

[@jerrywalters8885]

SPEED is an early o e but one of his best that set him up as an action star with great practical effects done for real

[@doma3554]

I think this one will be good. There's a *certain* scene that always makes me choke up (cry).

[@Zartoo_3rd_Overlord_ofBlargon7]

If you liked this movie a good companion piece film which was released around the same time in the late 1990's is Fallen(1998) with Denzel Washington and John Goodman.

[@christopherchadwick2659]

Other Keanu Reeves movies you might like: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey Point Break Speed A Scanner Darkly The Lake House (you’ll definitely like this one, it’s a chick flick)

[@User-zzyyxxvv]

Al Pacino is a legend with classic performances. This is up there

[@alexflorea4879]

One of the best movie of Al Pacino, he made me love the Devil .

[@jasonwilliam_79]

Constantine was another great movie Keanu. Also Point Break.... my all-time fav

[@lawrencenull]

You're the first person I've seen react to this, very good job.

[@Omegaroth666]

This movie and End of Days were among the first R-Rated movies I ever watched.

[@Qeops]

This movie is so underrated

[@davegnarlsson4344]

Jury selection rules vary depending on the state. Basically, a jury is a random selection of people. From that group the defense and prosecution can disallow a person for a couple of reasons. If the juror shows bias they can easily be dismissed. There are usually a defined maximum number of jurors that the defense can dismiss simply because they want to. The idea is to build a jury that is fair minded and not judgmental.

[@MrPepperjack25]

Its funny watching the reaction going from "oh look at that view" and "aww yeah making that money money" to " Look how they spread the temptation, doesnt she look fabuloussss". The duality of women lol. Being sarcastic but the pliability of peoples minds depending on how they perceive a situation or their own desires is always amazing to me.

[@aarrgghh]

@29:17 -- "his house is so golden it breaks my damn eyes" fun fact: that set is donald trump's real life apartment in trump tower

[@jtoland2333]

I know it's just a movie, but as a Christian, this is one of the best depictions of the nature of evil as you will find. We blame the devil for a lot of things, but the fact is, he can't make us do anything we don't already want to do.

[@biguy617]

The actor playing Cullen is Craig T Nelson. He is the voice of Mr Incredible and the father from the Poltergeist franchise.

[@zacharylansing]

Your analysis was spot on, on everything at the end haha

[@BissFlix]

Thank you

[@MergatroidS]

Can I just say, I appreciate how much reaction footage you put into a video. I was working on other stuff while I had this playing on the side. When you started your final thoughts, I didn't realize that basically an hour had gone by. Hope the youtube cops don't come down hard on you haha

[@NecroGrin]

This is probably my favorite depiction of the devil in film. Such a great movie!

[@riveraharper8166]

I really like this movie. I think it's underrated. Al Pacinos performance was superb and also Charlize Therons. Pre-Matrix Keanu did a good job too.

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Since I know you also do music reactions - the metal band Entombed has a song called Chief Rebel Angel. Pretty much all the lyrics are direct quotes of "John Milton" in this movie. "In spite of all imperfection I'm a fan of Man."

[@xMr2PaCx]

Sweet November also with Charlize Theron... very good movie

[@IsabelleRSG]

So great to see a reactor do this movie finally! I liked how you caught up with everything and saw in between the lines right away or at least had some good guesses. All of the main cast had definitely top notch acting. I also read somewhere that Keanu Reeves asked to reduce his salary for the movie so they could hire Al Pacino. Knowing what is being said about KR, I am tempted to believe he would do such a thing to have the right actor to play with.

[@Jmyth44]

His best role is “Constantine” hes a spiritual hero

[@carl_anderson9315]

This is the kind of movies that make me miss 90s so much. I also love the way New York was portrayed so romantically in the 90s, as this huge larger than life city that breathed. Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves are excellent.

[@clarakam3858]

Iubesc filmul ăsta enorm și actorii Al Pacino o legendă , Keanu Reeves ce să mai spunem. And good reaction. Send you love cute qirl❤

[@rosachaney911]

My favorite Keanu movie is 'A Walk in the Clouds', one of his early movies. You should check it out, it's very good.

[@Chet73]

You have a very interesting accent when you speak English. It sounds like a cross between Italian and a Slavic language.

[@alricaneshama]

Voting is how you gt selected for Jury Duty. You go, you spend the day, listen, answer their questions and hopefully they excuse you.

[@warriorpitbull1170]

Another great Keanu Reeves movie you may like is 'Constantine' - if you haven't seen it already.

[@stephenniehaus8635]

Keanu's best acting was in this movie, but my favorite of his works was Constantine

[@stephenlackey5852]

“Whooaaa, Yer Honor… I obJECT!”

[@biguy617]

Al Pacino was born to play this role

[@natmanprime4295]

A classic movie! I'm glad to rewatch it through your eyes!!! Great reaction 👏👌

[@pasteye1671]

Keanu is often accused pof being a poor actor. Anyone who can stay with Pacino is not poor. The two-hander scene in front of the fire of Hell blows me away each time I se it, and you never lose sight of the fact that there are two starts. Favourite Keanu role - Constantine. Favourite reactor - Bisscute!

[@stuka80]

i loved Keanu in Bram Stoker's Dracula, you should watch that next.

[@xejelah]

The one movie where nobody can act an accent, but visually stunning.

[@tduffy5]

Many potential jurors are called for jury selection. In jury selection each side tries to determine which potential jurors would be prejudiced against them. They try to remove those potential jurors from the jury pool. In the end they select 12 jurors from the jury pool, to sit on the jury that hears the case.

[@kegr1066]

"You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with it's desire. You build egos the size of cathedrals. Fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse. Grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green gold-plated fantasies until every human becomes an aspiring emperor. Becomes their own god. Where can you go from there?" -- written in late '90s or early '20s equally possible

[@moluvkbalalala8878]

47:00 "thats why u look up and down when crossing a street".... damn i made that my whole life wrong xD

[@mpenny777]

This movie reminds me of Angel Heart with Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro. Consider checking that one out.

[@victorleon4416]

Favorite Keanu Movie "Point Brake" early 90s movie classic

[@johnryder2878]

Oh, you like Keanu Reeve? They don't get any better than "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" 😁👍

[@rhinno1969]

Watch Constantine next 👍 an extremely underrated movie 🎬

[@tduffy5]

$400/hr in 1997 would be like $750/hr today.

[@natmanprime4295]

"goals!". 😂 My darling Bisscuuuute!!!! 👏👏👏

[@LibertarianJRT]

Juries are summed to court, the selected at random by the people within the jurisdiction (county or district) and then jurors are eliminated (each lawyer can pick a few) by lawyers or based on obvious conflicts of interest (like for example if you know the victim or defendant). The remaining who are left are primary jury, alternates, or dismissed for being not needed based on the order of there summons. The jury listens to the case, and then rules on whether or not the law was broken or if the law was just. A jury has the ability to not convict a person who committed the crime (find them not guilty) as a way of protesting an unjust law.

[@svo232]

Al Paccino best actor ever.

[@Kosh800]

"Come to the dark side. We have cookies." lol

[@SilentBob731]

53:30 "Come to the Dark Side, we have cookies". 🤣🤣🤣 Great reaction to an excellent movie. Looking forward to many more from you. 👍✌❤

[@hanng1242]

The petit jury is the finder of fact in a trial. Collectively, the members of the jury examine all the evidence present by both sides, then decide what really happened. If what they believe happened meet the legal elements of the crime, the defendant is guilty of that crime; if one or more of the elements of the crime has not been found to have occurred, the defendant is not guilty of that crime. The judge in a criminal case, on the other hand, makes rulings on law. Proposed evidence cannot simply be presented in court, but rather it can only be introduced if such introduction comports with the rules of evidence and rules of professional conduct. There are two broad categories of evidence, although it is possible for a particular piece of evidence to fit both categories. Testimonial evidence is what witnesses say happened when they are on the stand answering questions. You may have heard of "hearsay." Hearsay is an out-of-court statement introduced to prove the substance of the statement. Thus, of you see me punch a person, you can testify that I punched the victim based upon what you saw; however, if you tell a friend that you saw me punch the victim, the friend would not be allowed to testify that I punched the victim based upon what you told her. Physical evidence is stuff like the murder weapon collected on scene by the police. The side seeking to introduce physical evidence must first lay "foundation," which is testimony or other indicia if reliability to establish that the thing being introduced is what that side is claiming it to be. If we take our murder weapon example, foundation could be laid by the officer on scene testifying that the knife being shown in court is the very knife he pick up off the floor when he was on scene. The jury is to be guided by the instructions of law given to it by the judge. On the most basic level, this is stuff like the elements of the offense. For example, 1st degree murder is the intentional killing of another person after deliberation (and in some jurisdictions, with malice). The jury cannot then decide that the defendant committed murder if they don't believe that the defendant intended to kill the victim - the jury must obey the legal instructions given by the judge. The judge is also a gatekeeper to what gets presented to the jury, and the jury may only consider information that was allowed by the judge to be admitted into evidence at the trial. Let's take our hearsay rule from before. The purpose of this rule is to make sure that the jury hears the event described by an actual eyewitness - not someone that wasn't there and only knows what someone else told her, which may or may not be what actually happened. Thus, if a particular statement is hearsay, the judge will not allow the witness to tell the jury what she heard someone say. If the witness can only provide hearsay, the judge will prohibit the witness from taking the stand at all. For physical evidence, the jury ultimately gets to decide how much weight to give to the piece of evidence; taking our example above, if the jurors think that the cop is lying about collecting the knife, they will obviously not believe that the knife introduced at trial is the murder weapon. However, the rules exists so that one side cannot just throw in whatever in the hope of confusing the jury. In a criminal case in the U.S. a jury must find that the elements have been proven to them beyond a reasonable doubt, and the jurors must be unanimous in their decision. "Beyond a reasonable doubt" is a very high standard - more than "more likely than not," more than "probably." If the jury thinks that something "probably" happened, but they are not sure, the defendant is not guilty. If the jurors cannot all agree one way or the other, the jury is "hung" and results in a mistrial. Juries are a feature of how Common Law systems believe that the truth can be determined, namely an adversarial system. The idea is that if each side puts forth the best possible case for itself, and if there is a neutral referee to make sure nothing underhanded goes on, and if the one deciding the fact is both not on anyone's side, nor knows anything about the case outside what comes in at trial, the truth will come out. It is similar to how the Anglosphere sees government. The U.S. has a "separation of powers" because we believe that we can't really trust any one person or institution, so we give overlapping authority to multiple people or institutions so that they can all be a check on each other. In contrast, on the European Continent, most legal systems are "Civil Law" systems. These systems believe that what is most important is that some disinterested person (N.B. "disinterested" is not "uninterested." The former means "I have no dog in the fight;" the latter means "I don't care") with expertise consider all the facts and determine what is true and what is not.

[@ctakitimu]

I think it's a myth told to make people feel safer in a church when they say that Satan can't be on hallowed/blessed ground. He's a damned angel (I'm not cursing, I mean that literally). Lucifer can definitely be in a church. His punishment means that he can no longer feel or be with God, he's lost that connection. So a church for him is just rubbing salt in the wound. Everyone else can commune with the divine, but not him. Or at least that's how I interpret that fairy tale. So many biblical stories are fun, but they fall apart if you look too deep into them. IMO, that's why there are church leaders to patch up the holes and inconsistencies with the 'true' messages of these stories.

[@TheHeartbanger]

Al Pacino. Best actor ever. Enough said 😉

[@jsiver76]

‘ point break” is also great.

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I had forgotten what a great movie this is. More people should react to it but no one would do it better Biss!

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Zero fears of heights here. I love to find high places to take photos that will stand out to my fans. You will probably find a way to feel better about it at some point in life. 💪