A FEW GOOD MEN (1992) Movie Reaction w/ Coby FIRST TIME WATCHING

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  • "You can't handle the truth." - Jack Nicholson
    A Few Good Men movie reaction. Check out Coby's first time watching A Few Good Men reaction.
    Aaron Sorkin burst onto the scene in Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men. Released in 1992, starring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollack, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., J.T. Walsh and our friend Jack. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor (But NOT including Best Screenplay...)
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  • @criminalcontent
    @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +104

    Coby goes to Court ;)

    • @fernandosantiagorodrigueze5532
      @fernandosantiagorodrigueze5532 Місяць тому +10

      Don't Forget React to Mission Impossible Saga

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +11

      @@fernandosantiagorodrigueze5532 oh don't you worry ... cobes is doing them all

    • @ColKurtzknew
      @ColKurtzknew Місяць тому +2

      Mam you have a great laugh and those short, loud excited "AHHH's are perfect lol

    • @frankrodriguez2999
      @frankrodriguez2999 Місяць тому +3

      Its not a courtroom movie but its a kind of crime movie The Negotiator(1998)Samuel Jackson and the much rightfully so maligned kevin spacey.

    • @INDYANDY4C
      @INDYANDY4C Місяць тому

      I’m him

  • @MarcoMM1
    @MarcoMM1 Місяць тому +149

    This story was actually inspired by the real "Code Red" of Marine Pfc. William Alvarado. Alvarado was hospitalized and survived the attack, but ten Marines were arrested and charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Seven accepted plea deals and were discharged. The other three elected to stand trial, arguing that they were following the orders of a commanding officer. After a four day trial, the three were cleared of charges and returned to duty.
    And a Fun-fact as a testament to how great Jack Nicholson is as an actor, the entire last scene in the courtroom was all done in one take. Not only that, but Jack Nicholson was doing his part there long before the camera started rolling. The other actors were thinkin, "Shouldn't you save your best chops for the take?" Jack Nicholson replied something like, "Nah, I live for this." Because he could go 100% at any given moment.
    Everyone on the studio lot stopped by to see Jack Nicolson performance in the court room scene. It was director Rob Reiner, who, the story goes, questioned Nicholson on whether he really wanted to go 'full blast' on all the rehearsals. Nicholson's reply was something close to, "Lemme tell you something. I'm an actor. And I love to act. The essence of it, wasn't so much, I live for this, but more like, Opportunities to play a character like THIS saying stuff like THIS really don't come around very often. So, when it does come up, man I wanna enjoy it to the full."
    I always take from that story that even celebrity actors like Nicholson, are completely dependent on writers and others to create the characters and good scripts in the first place, otherwise, they'd have no character to play. And Nicholson was acknowledging that, with his comment. And btw you are the first reactor to seeing that Aaron Sorkin had a cameo congrats on that Coby. Thanks for the reaction

    • @BouillaBased
      @BouillaBased Місяць тому +17

      One thing you missed was that Aaron Sorkin's sister, Deborah, was a JAG involved with the Alvarado case. So we have her to thank for the story. I'm surprised they missed the opportunity to include the words "based on a true story" in the opening credits.

    • @erickknutz5599
      @erickknutz5599 Місяць тому +10

      Actually, I own this on dvd and have watched it so many times that I couldn't even guess what that number would be, not even counting how many times I've watched reactors seeing it for the first time... and I as well had no clue Sorkin did a cameo, literally learned it for the first time today while watching the very observant Coby.

    • @BouillaBased
      @BouillaBased Місяць тому +3

      @@erickknutz5599 Even after her pointing him out, I wouldn't be able to pick him out of a lineup. It's no wonder I didn't recognize him before.

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +4

      @@erickknutz5599 us too!!

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +4

      Marco the Master

  • @zedwpd
    @zedwpd Місяць тому +64

    As a former Commander in the USAF and AFROTC instructor, ever since the Nuremberg trials where the Nazi's said they were just following orders. American servicemen are trained to know that you are required to DISobey an order that is illegal, immoral, or unethical. This is still the case today under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (which is more strict than civilian laws. we have laws about behavior called "unbecoming, etc) The code red was an illegal order no matter who gave it or who followed it. All were culpable.

    • @mrtim5363
      @mrtim5363 Місяць тому +5

      Thank you. USN (70s) A Lt. gave me a dumb ass order & don't argue w/me YOU FOLLOW MY ORDERS. So I did & it screwed everything up. Got hauled in front of the Captain. Just following Lt. xx orders sir. Didn't want to, but under UCMJ, if it's not illegal, immoral, or unethical, you follow it. Lt. turned bright red. Captain: You may leave now.

    • @famebrightstudio451
      @famebrightstudio451 Місяць тому +4

      wish the IDF had the same policy...

    • @Ryan_Christopher
      @Ryan_Christopher Місяць тому +2

      But “Conduct Unbecoming” is only a UCMJ Article for Officers, not Enlisted. That’s Article 133. Article 92 is how they get Enlisted on an “everything else” charge. There’s no such thing as “Conduct Unbecoming a Marine,” or Soldier, or Airman, or Guardian, or Coastguardsman for that matter. They could have never charged the Corporal and the Private for Conduct Unbecoming.

    • @dougearnest7590
      @dougearnest7590 Місяць тому +1

      @@Ryan_Christopher - Yep, there is that catch-all article - "any other thing you did wrong even thought we couldn't define it, or maybe I just don't like you" - a useful article that's begging to be abused by dishonorable bureaucrats in uniform who don't know how to lead troops - or themselves.

    • @ajschroetlin2196
      @ajschroetlin2196 Місяць тому

      Who decides what's morally correct, though?
      For me, every single "war" we've fought since WWII has been immoral.

  • @kimai1641
    @kimai1641 Місяць тому +44

    Some really good acting in this film. Nicholson only said a few pages of lines but the most powerful lines.
    Coby's glee is real!

    • @OneArmedRetroGamer
      @OneArmedRetroGamer Місяць тому +5

      Just like Hopkins in Silence. Their screen presence makes it seem like they're in it for longer

  • @KansaSCaymanS
    @KansaSCaymanS Місяць тому +54

    JT Walsh was a terrific character actor who unfortunately died way too young at the age of 54. Great reaction! 😎👍

    • @stevenprice8253
      @stevenprice8253 Місяць тому +10

      Check out Walsh in "Breakdown" with Kurt Russell. His performance as the main villain was so good that many argued that he deserved an Oscar nomination.

    • @JoergWeida
      @JoergWeida Місяць тому +7

      @@stevenprice8253 And The Negotiator with Samuel L.Jackson

    • @AlphaSpaz
      @AlphaSpaz Місяць тому +3

      Yeah, he’s was great in everything I’ve seen him in. Just kills small parts. Standouts are The Grifters and Slingblade.

    • @georgeh6577
      @georgeh6577 Місяць тому +4

      …and Pleasantville and Good Morning Vietnam…

    • @soxxel12
      @soxxel12 Місяць тому +4

      Lovely that Jack honored him during his Oscar speech for As Good As It Gets

  • @michaelbowie7410
    @michaelbowie7410 Місяць тому +27

    71 and I've never used the word 'gravitas' in a sentence before. That was wonderful Coby.

  • @emilmlodnicki3835
    @emilmlodnicki3835 Місяць тому +12

    The drill team at the begining of the movie ARE NOT MARINES. They are not the Silent Drill Platoon or any platoon. They are former members of the Fish Drill Team from Texas A&M University that were recruited to perform for this movie. They only dressed them up as Marines. 2 things are distinct for those that know. They perform several moves that the Marines do not, and their rifles are Springfields while the Marines use M1 Garands for drill. Why were they used? Because for decades that team of only 1st year students has won first place at National drill competitions.

  • @toddmcmenamin1839
    @toddmcmenamin1839 Місяць тому +62

    I’m blown away…you miss NOTHING and called EVERYTHING! Serious kudos…

    • @jbristowe
      @jbristowe Місяць тому +1

      I was about to type this myself! Loved your reactions.

  • @MrMice...
    @MrMice... Місяць тому +18

    56:46 The teary laugh followed by the stiff upper lip after the display of respect, honor and gratitude near the end was touching and cute. Good heart 🫡

  • @JoanBelo-h5y
    @JoanBelo-h5y Місяць тому +14

    MR NICHOLSON, Indeed, just breathtaking!
    When Kevin Pollak was interviewed about making this film, he said word got around other sets about Nicholson, and everyone left their sets and went to watch him.
    Great reaction! 👍👍👏👏🎉🎉

  • @calebwilliams7659
    @calebwilliams7659 Місяць тому +127

    For those who didn't catch it, the actor playing the doctor on the stand was also Count Rugen, aka "The Six-Fingered Man" from the *Princess Bride*!

    • @oscardiggs246
      @oscardiggs246 Місяць тому +33

      And he really took it to 11 on this one.

    • @tranya327
      @tranya327 Місяць тому +20

      Christopher Guest. He really looks wildly different, in the two films.

    • @briangregory6303
      @briangregory6303 Місяць тому +23

      Don't forget Spinal Tap.

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +12

      Legend

    • @LordVolkov
      @LordVolkov Місяць тому +6

      I can never recognize him in anything 😅 I barely make the connection in Spinal Tap because he has a big mustache 🤣🤣🤣

  • @darrenleone6988
    @darrenleone6988 Місяць тому +22

    I remember seeing the movie, A Few Good Men, when it came out at the theaters. Awesome cast. Whether big or small role, each actor owned each of their scenes. Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollack, Kevin Bacon, J.T. Walsh, Cuba Gooding Jr., Noah Wylie, & J.A. Preston (Judge Julius Randolph)...phenomenal ensemble!!

    • @Educated2Extinction
      @Educated2Extinction Місяць тому +2

      It's up there with Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers in the "Wait, ________ is in this!?"

  • @tashrif46
    @tashrif46 Місяць тому +15

    53:39 its very rare nowadays that two heavyweight actors go head to head in a movie scene like this. Bravo to both Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson here. They created something memorable. The intensity that they showed here is off the charts.

    • @hughtube5154
      @hughtube5154 Місяць тому +1

      As phenomenal a job as Jack Nicholson did, if you have the Blu Ray / DVD of this film, change the audio to German. It will blow your eardrums out, German being a language that sounds at its best when shouted.

  • @dwood21851
    @dwood21851 Місяць тому +6

    As good as Jack and Tom are in this movie. I think the actor who plays Dawson stole the show. Every line he delivered was so emotional

  • @ryanelogan5540
    @ryanelogan5540 Місяць тому +8

    Coby CAN handle the truth -- that this is a GREAT movie! 👏

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 Місяць тому +13

    YOU WANT ANSWERS!?
    I DO!
    YOU WANT ANSWERS!?
    I WANT THE TRUTH!
    YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

    • @jd190d
      @jd190d Місяць тому +3

      Almost as good as the Sideshow Bob version.

  • @stevemchale9775
    @stevemchale9775 Місяць тому +5

    J.T. has been in hundreds of films. Big time character actor.

  • @oscardiggs246
    @oscardiggs246 Місяць тому +30

    Actors have phases of their careers. This was when Tom Cruise was looking for gravitas, and it was when Nicholson could be on screen for three or four scenes in a movie filled with top level actors, but he electrifies the screen every moment he is on it. He’s always great, but in the 90s he was the best there ever was.

    • @tcaudiobooks737
      @tcaudiobooks737 Місяць тому +5

      Wish we had more Collateral type roles for Cruise, he was amazing in that. He's done the "I'm an American, and I'm gonna do the right thing" schtick to death now.

    • @stobe187
      @stobe187 Місяць тому +4

      @@tcaudiobooks737 Absolutely, some more morally ambiguous roles from Cruise would've been great to see.

    • @stevenprice8253
      @stevenprice8253 Місяць тому +5

      Cruise killed it in "Magnolia".

    • @wartyrant8627
      @wartyrant8627 Місяць тому

      @@stevenprice8253Yes. Vanilla Sky too.

    • @d.w.strangeman4963
      @d.w.strangeman4963 Місяць тому

      ​​​@@stevenprice8253Yes he did also in other films before and after. I think it's because he is "Tom Cruise" the "Movie Star", rather than actor, he has to do more for recognition. Same too with Leo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts etal.
      There's too much pretention, I've done it, to actually see the performance rather than the 'star'.
      I for one love 'Cocktail' and he's (and Brian Brown's) performance, among many 😊

  • @SeanBlader
    @SeanBlader Місяць тому +4

    The moment when Nicholsen said "You're goddam right I did!" Cruise looked legitimately surprised, like he really didn't expect it. It's also fun that "You can't handle the truth." is the line that's remembered, when the prior quote was the big penultimate moment.
    Also, after this... I have to highly recommend Denzel and Julia in The Pelican Brief, what a staggeringly good movie.

  • @Blaylock2
    @Blaylock2 Місяць тому +14

    He’s written letters to everybody except Santa Claus 🤣

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +3

      So many great lines

    • @nocalsteve
      @nocalsteve Місяць тому +2

      Maybe he did write a letter to Santa Claus. Santa just didn’t rat him out to Jessup.

  • @vanjr1111
    @vanjr1111 Місяць тому +12

    Such a great film, amazing cast, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Rob Reiner - Thank you CC and Coby!

  • @jasonmcgill3904
    @jasonmcgill3904 Місяць тому +4

    Aaron Sorkin might be the best show writer of all time. Almost everything he touches is fantastic.

  • @tashrif46
    @tashrif46 Місяць тому +11

    Jack Nicholson is so terrifying even when he is talking in such a reserved manner. He stares into your soul almost.

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +4

      Legend

    • @tashrif46
      @tashrif46 Місяць тому

      @@criminalcontent indeed. A living legend

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +1

      @@tashrif46 what was last thing he did? been years...

    • @tashrif46
      @tashrif46 Місяць тому

      @@criminalcontent 2010 I think.

    • @sallybags9090
      @sallybags9090 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@criminalcontentI believe it was Bucket List.

  • @ravensdark99
    @ravensdark99 Місяць тому +4

    Funfact: Jack Nicholson was letter perfect since the first reading..he literally did a perfect take of his last speech by the first try and the director Rob Reiner merely did an other take where Nicholson repeated EXACTELY in the same way he did before...watch the interviews of the other cast member of this movie..there is a reason that guy is one of the best actors alive on the planet...

  • @ThunderPants13
    @ThunderPants13 Місяць тому +6

    I always forget what a star studded cast this one has: Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, J.T. Walsh, Noah Wylie, Cuba Gooding Jr., Christopher Guest, Xander Berkeley. Coby, you should pick one other movie that each of these actors was in to react to. A couple that I like are Breakdown (with J.T. Walsh) and Best in Show (with Christopher Guest). Thanks!

  • @richarddefortuna2252
    @richarddefortuna2252 Місяць тому +7

    You missed the comic genius Christopher Guest (Jamie Lee Curtis' husband, too) as the medical doctor! He's the genius behind This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, An Idle Wind, and Best in Show, among others. He's also the villian in The Princess Bride.

    • @MrBoyYankee
      @MrBoyYankee Місяць тому

      This is Spinal Tap,A Mighty Wind & Best of Show are the best from Mr.Guest.

  • @briangregory6303
    @briangregory6303 Місяць тому +23

    Coby is always so insightful.

  • @EddieReischl
    @EddieReischl Місяць тому +21

    Coby is so much fun to watch movies with. My favorite spot was at 48:30 or so, where Coby realizes almost instantly what the airmen are sitting in the courtroom for. It is difficult watching her cry, though, she's such a sweet person.
    This is really a great movie. Even though Rob Reiner and I would probably disagree on 95% of stuff, we agree on this. You know deep down what is right and wrong, and your first responsibility is to your conscience.
    The most egregious example of the need for this is the Germany of the 1930s and 40s. When standard procedure changes from taking an oath to defend Germany to taking an oath to one man, you say "Sorry, I'm not doing that.", or when you are ordered to pull civilians of a particular type from their homes and send them to camps, you say "Sorry, these aren't military personnel, and this isn't a military operation, I'm not doing this." People ordering you to do things like this are not looking after your interests or the interests of your nation, they are looking out for themselves.
    This is why it is of the utmost value to have the Constitution, to help everyone understand what constitutes acceptable behavior by both government and citizen, and why it is difficult to become a citizen here. It should be difficult, because citizens of the USA have a responsibility to help preserve the Republic for succeeding generations.

    • @awilliams765
      @awilliams765 Місяць тому

      Keep in mind that Abu Ghraib happened years after this movie.
      No one from the C.I.A. faced prosecution.
      And I believe, no officers faced emprisonment.
      It was the enlisted who took the hit.
      If you look at the world today, the Geneva Conventions are a joke, the U.N. is a pawn to the most powerful western nations, and international law is weak and toothless.
      The powerful do what they want.

    • @gunkulator1
      @gunkulator1 Місяць тому +1

      It is also of the utmost importance to make sure we elect decent leaders of good character who have shown themselves to be honest and worthy of the power they wield. We must never let the truth take a backseat to any party or any person.

  • @tcaudiobooks737
    @tcaudiobooks737 Місяць тому +7

    A rare instance when a quote is more famous and iconic than the film it came from.
    See also: "Make my day" from Sudden Impact

  • @barry.m9681
    @barry.m9681 Місяць тому +2

    👍Fantastic reaction ❤️🇦🇺 you should watch Oliver Stones JFK

  • @scottyballgame1
    @scottyballgame1 Місяць тому +5

    Ya nailed the Marcuson one. Such a great reaction. Your laugh cry is matched by none. Watch Pullock on the Rich Eison show. Great behind the scene story’s. Cheers 🍻

  • @goodshipkaraboudjan
    @goodshipkaraboudjan Місяць тому +5

    Love a good courtroom drama, this is probably the benchmark for the genre. Being Aussie I'm sure Coby has seen Breaker Morant. True story where the script went almost word for word off the court transcripts and the actors brought it to life very well.

  • @baronvg
    @baronvg Місяць тому +6

    39:26 Man, that was the longest held *GASP* I’ve seen in a reaction, ever! 😂

  • @yournamehere6002
    @yournamehere6002 Місяць тому +13

    A Few Good Men, One Perfect Woman....and I ain't talking about Demi, I'm talking about Coby.

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +4

      Indeed

    • @ColKurtzknew
      @ColKurtzknew Місяць тому +3

      Sorkin could've spiced it up between Cruise and Moore but wisely let their relationship evolve without a romantic distraction from such a strong storyline and script.

    • @yournamehere6002
      @yournamehere6002 Місяць тому +1

      @@ColKurtzknew I was talking about Coby

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +1

      @@ColKurtzknew exactly - no one needs gratuitous love scenes when the plot, stakes and performances are already more than enough

    • @gunkulator1
      @gunkulator1 Місяць тому

      @@criminalcontent The studio tried to get Sorkin and Reiner to add a romance between Cruise and Moore. When they refused, they insisted that Lt. Galloway be recast as a man so that audiences would take the character more seriously. Lucky for us they stood their ground.

  • @Ronfost89
    @Ronfost89 Місяць тому +12

    "Sir, Marines don't salute indoors or uncovered."

    • @nocalsteve
      @nocalsteve Місяць тому +3

      “And I hate you, Sir. You’re dismissed.”

    • @joseubear
      @joseubear Місяць тому +3

      Great movie but that part and later when he salutes him without a cover on bugs the crap out of me.

    • @Ronfost89
      @Ronfost89 Місяць тому +2

      @@joseubear Makes my inner Marine angry lol

    • @shanedaley6236
      @shanedaley6236 Місяць тому +4

      ​@@joseubearfor the ending I don't think they would be able to have a better ending without the salute even if it's horribly inaccurate as they spend the so much of the movie hating each other

    • @joseubear
      @joseubear Місяць тому

      @@shanedaley6236 I think you're right about that. A handshake wouldn't have had the same effect for the audience

  • @ThunderPants13
    @ThunderPants13 Місяць тому +3

    If you get a chance, check out Kevin Pollak doing one word impressions of Liam Neeson and Jason Statham. It's genius!

  • @NP-ui3tr
    @NP-ui3tr 27 днів тому +6

    Nicholson was onscreen for like 18min in this movie…wins an Oscar
    Boom

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  27 днів тому +2

      Legend

    • @robertfindley921
      @robertfindley921 13 днів тому +1

      One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is his best in my view, but there are so many. Tom learned to act in this movie and Rain Man. Brian Wolfgang Bodison (Dawson) did an outstanding job.

    • @NP-ui3tr
      @NP-ui3tr 13 днів тому

      @@robertfindley921
      Oh man. I love that movie too & can’t argue with your opinion on Nicholson’s performance in it either
      With respect to a Few Good Men tho, his presence took over every scene he was in & could be felt the entire time bc of the story & fantastic acting of Cruise Moore & Pollack
      He also looked like a tough, high ranking Marine Officer too which def helped lol

    • @NP-ui3tr
      @NP-ui3tr 4 дні тому

      @@criminalcontent
      Absolutely, one of the best “leading men” during his heyday in Hollywood.
      I always thought he was phenomenal as the Joker in the “first” Batman movie as well but I’m prob basing that off the way I felt as a little kid seeing it on the big screen lol
      The Shining was incredible too.
      He just has an attitude, a presence about him that makes it almost impossible not to be charmed or intrigued by.
      He seems like the type of dude who would’ve been awesome to party with (pick up chicks haha), watch a Laker game, or get a beer with back in the day

  • @joeybossolo7
    @joeybossolo7 Місяць тому +10

    One of the best reactions I’ve seen. To ANY movie. You’re a special lady, Coby. Well done.

  • @cesj81
    @cesj81 Місяць тому +4

    Coby, you did it again. Seeing and hearing you before I have to leave for work is the best motivator. Watching this reaction, your watery eyes got to me again. As well as your smile and laugh. Thank you again. As always, I hope you have a most wonderful day.

  • @Georgejr98
    @Georgejr98 Місяць тому +7

    I was in the Navy 87 -93, the two things that bug me about this otherwise great movie are: Marines and Sailors don't salute while indoors. We were required to remove our hats upon entering buildings and the interiors of ships. We never salute when not wearing a hat thus no saluting indoors. Marines and Sailors yell "Attention on deck!" Ten-hut is either an Army/Air Force thing or a made up Hollywood military movie type deal. Still I can overlook those little things when the cast, script, direction and acting is this good.

    • @oscardiggs246
      @oscardiggs246 Місяць тому +4

      I had to get some shock therapy at one point so I'd stop shouting at the screen everytime someone salutes indoors

    • @Ryan_Christopher
      @Ryan_Christopher Місяць тому +1

      “Tench-Hut!” is still in the Air Force books. “Ah-ten-shun!” is Army.
      I was Army ROTC before I was Air Force Active Duty. I think the Corporal was within his rights to salute indoors, seeing as the Lieutenant just got him acquitted of Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder.

  • @te1013
    @te1013 Місяць тому +3

    Holy fuck! Maybe I haven’t seen him much, or maybe he looks different in 1992 than now, but I never clocked the Sorkin cameo 😂

  • @scottdarden3091
    @scottdarden3091 Місяць тому +5

    Nicholson's acting was brilliant from beginning to end 😊

  • @WOLFENCT
    @WOLFENCT Місяць тому +3

    One of my favorite movies of all-time. Great acting & drama! Can't believe how early you called Markenson would kill himself!

  • @sca88
    @sca88 Місяць тому +2

    You need to watch 'Risky Business' 1983. It's the film that made Tom Cruise into a star and a cool movie.

  • @FeaturingRob
    @FeaturingRob Місяць тому +9

    This was the calling card that made Aaron Sorkin and started his career as both a playwright and a screenwriter.
    The story was inspired by a real case, which was assigned to Sorkin's sister, a JAG lawyer. She told him the basic premise of the case, and Sorkin's imagination took it from there. Sorkin changed quite a bit of it, but the basic premise held. At the time, Sorkin worked in Broadway theaters as a bartender, wrote on scraps of paper and napkins when ideas came and continued to write after work. Somehow, a copy of the coverage and the play as it was ended up on the desk of producer David Brown, who co-produced the classic blockbuster Jaws (great mug you are drinking from BTW! 😁). Brown wanted to turn it into a film immediately. Sorkin wanted it to be a play on Broadway FIRST. Brown, wanting the property, produced it on Broadway in 1989 with a cast that included Academy Award-nominee Tom Hulce (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus) as Lt. Kaffee, Stephen Lang (Col. Quaritch in the James Cameron Avatar films) as Col. Jessup, and Clark Gregg (SHIELD Agent Phil Coulson in the MCU) as Lt. Jack Ross. Also in the cast were future The West Wing stars Bradley Whitford (as an understudy for Kaffee) and Joshua Malina (who has appeared in some way in almost every Aaron Sorkin filmed project and plays Jessup's company clerk, Tom, in the film).
    19:40 - GOOD EYES!!! Yep, that's Sorkin...he does it again in The American President which he wrote and was also directed by Reiner.
    There were quite a few changes made to the film script, thanks to some script doctoring by William Goldman (the novelist and screenwriter of Reiner's The Princess Bride), that Sorkin actually loved, and I think made him slightly alter the play's script to include. This was Sorkin's first screenplay before his Oscar for The Social Network or his many Emmys for Sports Night and The West Wing. His writing is like music, and actors must learn their dialogue letter-perfect. No one is allowed to deviate from the way the dialogue is written. No improvisation, dramatic pausing, "ums, " " ahs, " or any other idiosyncracies actors can put into a performance. It's like Shakespeare.
    The casting of Harold Dawson was a problem. Rob Reiner couldn't find anyone to play the role. No one was right. What ended up happening was that Reiner asked his Location Manager for Castle Rock, Wolfgang Bodison, if he had done any acting. Bodison, who had worked his way up at Castle Rock from the mailroom, said he had, but he was not trying to be an actor. But, he learned the sides and did a screen test for his boss, Reiner. He ended up getting cast and knocking the role out of the park! Dawson is one of my favorite characters in the film because of Bodison's performance.
    Commander Stone, the doctor, was played by a frequent collaborator and friend of Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest. The two wrote This Is Spinal Tap together, Reiner appearing in the film as well as directing it, and Guest playing Spinal Tap's lead guitarist, Nigel Tuftnel (It goes to 11). After that, Guest was also Count Rugen, the Six-Fingered Man in The Princess Bride, and became the writer, director, producer, and star of several mockumentaries like Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, and A Mighty Wind. Guest is also something that few people can claim to be...a tired noble of the British peerage. His full name is Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron of Haden-Guest. Oh...and he's also married, since the mid-1980s, to scream queen (Halloween) turned Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything, Everywhere, All At Once).
    John M. Jackson played the captain that Demi Moore's Jo Galloway tries to persuade to let her take the case. Ironically, a few years after this film, Jackson got a huge promotion, being cast as Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy, on the hit TV series JAG, which was also the launching pad for the incredibly popular NCIS franchise.

  • @charleshartley9597
    @charleshartley9597 Місяць тому +6

    Another great reaction Coby 😊
    It's so nice watching a reactor that gets what's happening, the nuances in the story. Man, a couple spots always get me, notably "We were supposed to fight for Willy…" from Wolfgang Bodison who plays Dawson, followed by his performance in those couple interviews. Cheers!

  • @scottbarkley496
    @scottbarkley496 Місяць тому +2

    Great reaction to a great movie ..
    Hopefully, you react to more TOM CRUISE movies

  • @hannahnguyen2674
    @hannahnguyen2674 Місяць тому +3

  • @venomoverlord7016
    @venomoverlord7016 Місяць тому +2

    I could watch Coby Watch Paint Dry - dunno she just has a likable personalty and doesnt seem to be fake when it comes to movie reactions- alot of fake reactions floating around channels i wont mention but its refreshing having genuine reactions on this channel

  • @davidwilkins5932
    @davidwilkins5932 Місяць тому +2

    Great reaction. You have a consistently great presentation, and I look forward to seeing more.

  • @BouillaBased
    @BouillaBased Місяць тому +4

    This is one I get a physical craving to watch, from time to time. It's that good. And I'm sure Coby's going to do such a fantastic job with her reaction that I'm going to wish I could subscribe to the channel all over again.

  • @radicalrick9587
    @radicalrick9587 Місяць тому +1

    *If you want to see another legal movie, you really need to watch 'My Cousin Vinny'. It's serious and funny, at the same time. It follows the legality as the law would be like this movie.* *By the way fantastic reaction. You have a new Sub here.*

  • @anthonywilson7681
    @anthonywilson7681 Місяць тому +1

    great reaction, Coby! Thanks for sharing. and you are STUNNINGLY gorgeous!! ;-)

  • @troyspurling1910
    @troyspurling1910 Місяць тому +1

    Love watching movies with you Coby! BTW, JT Walsh was also in The Negotiator with Samuel Jackson. Kind of a terrorist movie, kinda

  • @michaeljacyna1973
    @michaeljacyna1973 Місяць тому +3

    I love how in tune you were with the story and had a lot of great takes. Nothing got past you. Great job!

  • @SwerveDaddy1115
    @SwerveDaddy1115 Місяць тому +1

    Awesome movie. One of the best ever! Awesome acting. Nicholson is an all time great actor and that monologue is AMAZING every time you see it. You’re absolutely beautiful!!!

  • @mitchellmelkin4078
    @mitchellmelkin4078 29 днів тому +1

    Even with only having seen a few of your reactions so far, I feel very comfortable in saying your enthusiasm is winningly palpable and infectious!!! 👍 👍 👍

  • @ac5udsta12
    @ac5udsta12 Місяць тому +1

    Lt Matthew is jt Walsh, he played a child molester in sling blade, he’s a loan shark in the basketball movie blue chips with Nick nolte and he’s in the movie the negotiator with Sam l Jackson and Kevin spacey

  • @louielouie22
    @louielouie22 Місяць тому +1

    Love your reactions. Check out a crazy true story American Made, Tom Cruise was great in this one and he actually flew the planes too.

  • @1MahaDas
    @1MahaDas Місяць тому +2

    Movie reaction? What movie? I'm here for Coby!

  • @curtrogers1715
    @curtrogers1715 22 дні тому +1

    Great reaction yeah those poor kids. The problem is all the time when you go to military go there first before you go to school so you don’t go to school like college so he has to get a real job to go to college maybe to get a nice job after the service and when they see how to discharge I’ll get any kind of financial aid for school and pay for school yourself if they can get a Into school at all only thing that makes me sad. Is this movie makes the military Marine Corps look bad and it’s really not that hard. It’s a good place. The people that serve their serve protect us defend all rights and privileges and he was a bad guy, but one thing is let us sleepin liberty and freedom warming our safe knowledge they protect us bad guys. He was right about what he said. Did you protect us warm our bands safe because of them we have freedom Thanks for the fun until next time.

  • @robertelliott2737
    @robertelliott2737 Місяць тому +6

    And this the series JAG was born

    • @Madbandit77
      @Madbandit77 Місяць тому +1

      Don Bellsario, the show's creator, came up with the notion of what if the characters Tom Cruise played in "Top Gun" and "A Few Good Men" were the same person. It also didn't hurt that Bellsario (Magnum P.I., Airwolf, Quantum Leap) is a military veteran.

    • @shanedaley6236
      @shanedaley6236 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Madbandit77I remember the song from when I was a kid only watched a few episodes of JAG for the law part of the movie they did a really good job here with the opening statement for cruise
      So apparently lawyers have a saying when you don't have the case pound the law when you don't have the law pound the table and Tom's only option with a bad case like this was to go to the law or for military go to the orders argument

  • @bigbad25
    @bigbad25 Місяць тому +1

    Love court stuff... My cousin vinney is a must. One of the most accurate in terms of how court rooms really act there is. Unlike this movie that takes a few liberties with how things really are.

  • @dipankarjoshi3828
    @dipankarjoshi3828 Місяць тому +1

    Tom Cruise truly the Goat moviestar. Jerry Maguire reaction next pls

  • @jeffdetmer4681
    @jeffdetmer4681 Місяць тому +3

    Great reaction Coby. I am not ashamed to say that while I love movies that make me laugh, I also love a movie that can make me cry. I don't cry because I am hurt or sad. I cry when something touches me, and gets to my feels. What I realized watching your reaction to the end of this movie was that what really hits me hardest, as it seemed to do to you, are scenes where one is shedding tears and wearing a broad grin at the same time. When a movie can elicit emotion to a point where we can't decide whether to laugh or cry, everyone involved with the film has done their job remarkably well. Your reactions show what kind of person you are, and that shines through. Clearly a case of beauty not being merely skin deep. Great job!! Stay safe, healthy and adorable.

  • @orangeandblackattack
    @orangeandblackattack Місяць тому +2

    Feel free to ask questions about the courtroom and procedures..I have the UCMJ next to me. lol

  • @claytonadair2623
    @claytonadair2623 Місяць тому +8

    Jack Nicholson is a scary man

    • @bigbad25
      @bigbad25 Місяць тому +1

      Well he did beat a sex worker so badly with a steel bar that she suffered permanently injury that will lead to her death eventually.
      Great actor. Terrible human.
      Should be in prison.

    • @claytonadair2623
      @claytonadair2623 Місяць тому

      @@bigbad25 yeah, so why isn't he?

    • @bigbad25
      @bigbad25 Місяць тому

      ​@@claytonadair2623 well as you was living in a cave until now. I'm gonna give some bad news. Rich people get away with crimes.
      Gonna blow your mind when yoy read about OJ Simpson.

  • @ColonelAngus2
    @ColonelAngus2 Місяць тому +3

    This was the best reaction video for AFGM that I've ever seen. You followed the story and predicted a few key things better than anyone else

  • @billallen1307
    @billallen1307 Місяць тому +2

    Some movies you wish you could see for the first time just one more time. The second best is getting to watch someone else see it for the first time.

  • @StephenWest-t2v
    @StephenWest-t2v Місяць тому +1

    Aaron Sorkin wrote this as a teenager. That's just incredible

  • @Hynrah
    @Hynrah Місяць тому +2

    I still remember the time when I was a teenager I did Jack Nicholson's monologue on the stand verbatim to my family, just randomly one day when we were out. They stood their in total shock, just dumbfounded that I had memorized it in it's totality.

  • @DariaBilowus
    @DariaBilowus Місяць тому +1

    This movie makes me want Tom Cruise to go back to acting and less stunts.

  • @eponaalbion
    @eponaalbion 3 дні тому +1

    Turns out we need more Jessops in the military these days ;)

  • @MrBoyYankee
    @MrBoyYankee Місяць тому +1

    @Coby, did you order that Mountain Dew Code Red‽‽‽

  • @danielmorency2242
    @danielmorency2242 Місяць тому +2

    Jack is SO intimidating in this movie, it's crazy. Even I felt uneasy when he spoke to Tom Cruise... lol

  • @vaikkajoku
    @vaikkajoku Місяць тому +4

    It's so hilarious how Tom's character has to think for a while what to yell at Bacon and the only thing he can come up with is "You're a lousy softball player"

  • @blakewalker84120
    @blakewalker84120 Місяць тому +1

    I love this movie.
    You predicted they would be guilty of Conduct Unbecoming a Marine and you were right.
    Sadly, there is no such charge.
    According to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (or UCMJ), "Conduct Unbecoming" is applied only to officers.
    The two marines in question were not officers.
    They would have probably been found guilty of other charges and dishonorably discharged, but not for the fictional charge made up in this movie.

  • @bobdelp2023
    @bobdelp2023 27 днів тому +2

    👍NIIIIICCCCCE OOBY! 😊

  • @thedrewsephYT
    @thedrewsephYT Місяць тому +1

    Sunday Night movie with Coby on the back porch! Enjoy spending my summer watching movies on your channel and cutting away from reality for a little bit. Much love! Keep up the great work on the content!
    PS: If you love Eddie Murphy movies, check out the 1986 classic “The Golden Child” it’s one of my favorites.

  • @brianboye8025
    @brianboye8025 Місяць тому +2

    Now do 12 Angry Men if you haven't already.

  • @markdavis8771
    @markdavis8771 Місяць тому +1

    WOW!!!! What a great reaction, Coby. You came into my algorithm today and I'm so happy you did. I can't wait to dive into your oeuvre. SUBSCRIBED!!!! 😃💚

  • @rf3899
    @rf3899 Місяць тому +2

    Cuba Gooding Jr. and James Marshall did a movie together in 1992 called Gladiator. It was a very good movie. It also has Brian Dennehy and Robert Loggia and Jon Seda. Hardly anyone reacts to it. You should take a look!! Great reaction here as usual!!!

  • @MasterChris666
    @MasterChris666 Місяць тому +4

    So ready yess back watching Criminal girl

  • @MrGlenspace
    @MrGlenspace Місяць тому +1

    Coby I love your reactions. You are so adorable. 😊

  • @corkyduke8673
    @corkyduke8673 Місяць тому +1

    A code red is a completely made up Hollywood term, we called them blanket parties. I guess the real term isn't cool enough for a movie. A perfect example of how a blanket party is done would be the boot camp scene in Full Medal Jacket.

    • @ed-straker
      @ed-straker Місяць тому

      Exactly. I was in the Marines about the time this movie was made, and I never heard of a "Code Red" until I saw this movie years later.

  • @squidobarnez
    @squidobarnez Місяць тому +2

    Your reactions to true creative gold are always a joy to witness. *high-fives*

  • @alexbain87
    @alexbain87 Місяць тому +1

    I just found your channel via UA-cam recommendations. And I’m very pleased to have found it. Now I’m going to subscribe and go watch a few good men. 😅

  • @DanielWilliams-kv4tf
    @DanielWilliams-kv4tf Місяць тому +1

    Hi Coby, great reaction video👍. Not my kind of film personally, but it wasn’t bad and I’m glad I watched your reaction to it. Keep being you, hope you and Cash are doing okay👍.

  • @danielsmith5088
    @danielsmith5088 Місяць тому +12

    One Marine's observation: any movie will take liberties with things for the sake of story, So when Dawson says 'Unit, Corps, God, Country', that was for story's sake to show their fanaticism. The actual Marine Corps motto is Semper Fidelis (Semper Fi), which means always faithful. But the second most used motto is God, Country, Corps. I've never seen or heard of any unit adding to it or changing that order for their own unit 'code'.

    • @craigplatel813
      @craigplatel813 Місяць тому

      Along with all the other BS in the movie. There is no way an air force NCO would alter a control tower log book for a Marine Col. Also counter intel MOS's aren't trained to be able to just disappear. Etc etc etc.

    • @gunkulator1
      @gunkulator1 Місяць тому

      The movie points out that the Marines at Gitmo are a very unusual bunch and that Jessup has been given a lot of leeway to run his unit as he sees fit. Basically he's the head of a cult of personality which is why there is so little regard for ignoring his illegal orders.

    • @craigplatel813
      @craigplatel813 Місяць тому

      ​@@gunkulator1except that the movie is completely wrong with that entire scenario.

    • @gunkulator1
      @gunkulator1 Місяць тому

      @@craigplatel813 Sorry, but military atrocities are a real thing that need constant vigilance to protect against. One of the contributing factors is a charismatic leader.

    • @craigplatel813
      @craigplatel813 Місяць тому

      @@gunkulator1 I know they are but this movie is just so completely wrong about things that's it's just ridiculous.

  • @greeneyesinfl9954
    @greeneyesinfl9954 Місяць тому +17

    Jack Nicholson did that take seven times for the different camera angles and supposedly nailed it each time. The biggest problem I have with this movie is that Marines don't salute indoors as they don't wear covers (hats) indoors. The only exception would be if they are "under arms" carrying a weapon or wearing a duty belt/war belt and then they can wear a cover indoors. Semper Fidelis!

    • @markhamstra1083
      @markhamstra1083 Місяць тому +4

      Yeah, there are a few details in this film that will annoy people with in depth or specialized knowledge. For example, my father was a doctor of internal medicine and served as such for a time in the U.S. military, so he always identified with Christopher Guest’s character, and he was always annoyed that the doctor’s testimony and the description in the film of normal metabolism and lactic acidosis are not completely accurate.

    • @Kilgore_Trout_jr
      @Kilgore_Trout_jr Місяць тому

      I’m retired army, we saluted indoors without cover when reporting, like to the CO. Marines don’t have to salute superior officers when reporting?

    • @ace1usmc
      @ace1usmc Місяць тому +1

      Yeah, I've always been a little off about that all these years myself. However, I get that for the purpose of the movie and the emotional impact of those moments, they hadda take a few creative, artistic licenses to make the moment. @Kilgore_Trout_jr - we do snap to attention when reporting to or receiving orders from an officer in formal or professional moments. However, for the most part, we don't do that during regular day-to-day interactions with our own officers within our direct chain of command while indoors. The only exceptions being while we are bearing arms indoors as security forces, or if wearing a duty belt. Both of those instances would require that we keep our cover on indoors. Additionally, when we are deployed on a MEU, we never salute an officer, no matter what.

    • @jhilal2385
      @jhilal2385 Місяць тому

      Also, for any Navy/Marine death as part of a criminal investigation, an autopsy would be conducted by a fully qualified medical examiner/pathologist from NCIS (still called NIS in 1992), not the base doctor.

  • @SurvivorBri
    @SurvivorBri Місяць тому +2

    Hi! My first time on your channel. Awesome reaction! The stage play is very comparable to this. There are hardly any differences. I got the opportunity to play Capt. Ross, the prosecutor. Rehearsing the courtroom scenes was so much fun. It was hard but we put in the work. We had a great cast and I'm very proud of that production.

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +1

      That’s amazing !

    • @SurvivorBri
      @SurvivorBri Місяць тому

      @@criminalcontent thanks! It was an incredible experience..

    • @criminalcontent
      @criminalcontent  Місяць тому +1

      @@SurvivorBri seems like a really fun play to perform

    • @SurvivorBri
      @SurvivorBri Місяць тому

      ​​​@@criminalcontentdefinitely. It was intense as well but that's just because of the material. Our director saw the need to get more women involved so he cast one as the judge. She did a great job. And we had two women play Jo. Our run was long enough so they each got to do 5 performances.

  • @darthfatass42069
    @darthfatass42069 Місяць тому +7

    You can't handle Coby's reaction!😮

  • @josephalbanese
    @josephalbanese Місяць тому +1

    Just found your channel, you have a new sub. Great reaction. Smart, knowledgeable, great laugh and a 100 megawatt smile. Going to check out some of your other reactions now.

  • @mikeaninger7388
    @mikeaninger7388 Місяць тому +32

    “Because they stand on a wall, and they say nothing’s gonna hurt you tonight, not on my watch.” 🫡🥲 God Bless my brothers and sister still serving.

    • @dougearnest7590
      @dougearnest7590 Місяць тому

      God bless them all -- EXCEPT for the self-serving bureaucrats in uniform like the one pictured here, who would perjure himself and watch a subordinate go to prison or to his death because he lacks the honor to take responsibility for his own decisions and actions.
      Given the number of those types I've known, that should make God's job a lot easier.

    • @pooki903
      @pooki903 Місяць тому

      fuck the military.

  • @DarthVader-ig6ci
    @DarthVader-ig6ci Місяць тому +3

    Jack Nicholson.... Truly a force of nature

  • @Prone2Thrill
    @Prone2Thrill Місяць тому +1

    Not 1 explosion or robot either...what a script

  • @anway1953
    @anway1953 Місяць тому +1

    Loved your reaction to this Coby,one of the best I've seen! This movie and every actor absolutely killed their roles,and Rob Reiner is a great director and nailed this! It's such a great movie! Rob Reiner started out as an actor and played "Meathead" on All in the Family.

  • @justaguy1109
    @justaguy1109 Місяць тому +12

    Gotta be honest. There was one thing that attracted me to watch this video...
    A FEW GOOD MEN IS A GREAT MOVIE! 😊

  • @toddlower5546
    @toddlower5546 Місяць тому +1

    During my time in the military I sat through quite a few classes on things you can't do. Number one is always that you are not allowed to follow an unlawful order. Of course the problem with that is that if you get it wrong; you will spend most of your life in Leavenworth KS or worse.

    • @dougearnest7590
      @dougearnest7590 Місяць тому

      You are not allowed to follow an unlawful order. Also, you are not allowed to disobey an unlawful order. One is a theoretical sin, the other is a sin for which you will be punished.

  • @robinstevenson6690
    @robinstevenson6690 Місяць тому +2

    Coby, what a wonderful video, with your intensely emotional responses, which opened my eyes to a cinema classic! I had never seen this film, and had no plans to see it, but I trusted your judgment enough to give it a shot to watch this. Thanks for turning me on to a really great movie! Your videos are a film appreciation course for me.
    I really love the way that you express your emotional responses to these films that you respond to. It's very humanizing, and very real. I find it very uplifting that you're able to do this!