[Behind Liberal Lines]

Special Category – What Would Have Been Good Movies But Ruined by One Bad Scene: “A Few Good Men” – Very entertaining story about good and evil in uniform ruined in the courtroom climax, when LTJG Caffee says to the colonel: “I’m a Navy officer, and you are under arrest, you son of a bitch!” Those last five gratuitous words by a screenwriter clueless about the military instantly makes Caffee guilty of disrespect towards a superior officer (a court martial offense) and lower him to Jessup’s level

With all due respect, if you let that one, admittedly gratuitous and wrongheaded point, mar an otherwise good movie, I think you've gotten too picky.

[uncbob]

With all due respect, if you let that one, admittedly gratuitous and wrongheaded point, mar an otherwise good movie, I think you've gotten too picky.

While A Few Good Men had excellant acting it was a typical left wing Hollywood piece of crap

It was
ANTI--Military--White Male --Christian
Pro--black male --woman

[Dick Vomer]

With all due respect, if you let that one, admittedly gratuitous and wrongheaded point, mar an otherwise good movie, I think you've gotten too picky.

nah... the movie sucked at the end.... I could tell they hated the Marine Corp... if Nicolson had just played down the last part, especially wanting to go after Cruise and having to be restrained... puhleeze. It would have been better if it had ended like the Caine mutiny...

I think Rob Reiner directed it... so I'm not suprised that subtle touches of dramatic acting are lost on the "Meathead"...bwahahahahaa... what a tool. Nah, the worst movie of all time was "Pokemon- The Movie".. I swore I'd poke my eyes out with pencils before I ever had to look at another one of those characters... I truly believe that it the Japanese revenge for Hiroshima.

[shibumi]

Coming late to this thread, I'm not going to read all 600+ posts to see if anyone has already made this point, so I apologize if this is redundant.

Regarding both of your comments on "A Few Good Men":

I regarded Col. Jessup in that movie as a classic tragic hero, brought down by his own hubris. I wanted to cheer when he made his final speech from the witness box. While in the military, I resented non-combatants who questioned the way in which we did our job, and as a civilian now, I am glad that there are men like Jessup ready to do hard and terrible things to keep me and my loved ones safe. I will just say "Thank You" as I sleep under the blanket of protection they provide.

This movie, IMNSHO, was just another attempt to hide the reality of the world behind a utopian myth, and I went away from it with neither respect nor admiration for LTJG Caffey. (Even if he had been played by a real actor.)