Comments by "Sean" (@sean2015) on "A Few Good Men: Galloway Gives Kaffee His Orders (Demi Moore, Tom Cruise Scene)" video.

I HATED the way this movie wasn’t accurate with the technical aspects of military life. For example, Cruise would've been hung out to dry for saying ”Wow, I'm sexually aroused Commander!" to Galloway, and he would've been court-martialed for the way he screamed at Col. Jessup on the witness stand. EDIT: Does anyone here remember the football movie Rudy ? Dan Devine (former Notre Dame head coach) was so furious by the way he was portrayed in that movie that he threatened to sue the film's producers... Does anyone here remember the movie Flight Plan with Jodie Foster? The Association of Flight Attendants and the Transport Workers Union Local 556 (two labor unions representing flight attendants) tried to organize a nationwide boycott of the film, because they felt the film depicted flight attendants as rude, unhelpful, etc.,... Does anyone here remember the movie Chappaquiddick ? Members of the Kennedy family worked behind the scenes to try to stop the film from even being made... Does anyone here remember the movie W. about George W. Bush? Members of the Bush family trashed the film (even before it was released in theaters)... So no offense, but when I hear all you clowns saying "Ahhhh, so what? It's just a movie, so what if it's unrealistic?" , I think of the examples I've listed and many others. FACT IS: if any of you ever clowns ever got to be rich or famous and they had you as a character in a movie, there's no doubt in my mind you'd be screaming bloody murder if you didn't like how you were portrayed.
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@BritneyStinson Aaron Sorkin is not a good writer, at all.
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@sdc3536 creative license doesn’t give film writers the right to falsify history or traditions. You can’t make a film about George Washington (for example) and depict him as a serial killer.
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@marshallposey7842 I hated the way they weren't accurate with the technical aspects of military life in this movie. For example, Cruise would've been formally formally reprimanded for saying "Wow, I'm sexually aroused commander" to Galloway, and he would've been court-martialed for the way he screamed at Col. Jessup on the witness stand.
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@ashupashu5559 but he didn’t hold him in contempt. Kaffee should’ve been immediately arrested and Jessup should’ve been excused from the witness stand.
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@fraiseweb4381 did you ORDER . Not “did you ordered”. Your English needs some fine-tuning, my friend.
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@michaellee5399 the court martial wouldn't be for the yelling and screaming at Jessup - that's a separate charge (contempt of court). The court martial would be for falsely accusing/smearing a high-ranking officer (this was mentioned several times during the film). In civilian courts there's something called "malicious prosecution" which I think would be the approximate equivalent. That's just speculation though (I'm not a lawyer).
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Entertaining to watch because of the acting. But I hated Demi Moore's character in this film. She's supposed to be one of the "good guys" and I wound up hating her character more than Col. Jessup.
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@fleetskipper1810 what do you mean if it weren't for "her" ? KAFFEE (not Galloway) is the one who got Jessup to confess on the witness stand. Kaffee is the one who made significant deductions and findings of circumstantial evidence which implicated Jessup, such as the fact that Santiago wasn't packed only a few hours before he was set to leave, or that he shouldn't have been in any danger had Jessup ordered him not to be harmed. Galloway on the other hand almost singlehandedly botched their entire case during the discovery phase of the trial, when she failed to uncover that Downey wasn't present in the room when the Code Red order was given. That was her responsibility, and no real-life attorney could or would make such a stupid mistake. As for the two enlisted men, I find them a bit annoying too. I don't care if they were following orders or not. They brutally hazed and murdered a fellow Marine and they expect their attorney to just wave a magic wand and get them off the hook. I have a hard time describing them as "good guys" either.
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@alwillk given their education and legal backgrounds, you would expect them to be a little more "formal" and respectful of military customs and courtesies
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@ashupashu5559 no he wasn’t.
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@s0d4c4n how would YOU handle criticism?
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@s0d4c4n it doesn't matter whether you're rich and famous or not. Flight attendants are neither of those. And in the example I gave, the flight attendants threw a hissy fit about how they were depicted in the movie Flight Plan and they went so far as to call for a nationwide boycott of the film. Bottom line is that if you were portrayed in a movie and you didn't like it, you'd be throwing a conniption fit too. You wouldn't be saying "No biggie, it's just a film" .
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@s0d4c4n you were one of the ones who chimed in and suggested that Hollywood takes creative liberties and dramatizes or falsified real-life events and we should all just sit back and roll with the punches. I'm here saying that there are real-life examples of famous people getting their panties all twisted because they didn't like how they were portrayed in a film. There are a lot of things that people will claim not to care about but then they'll quickly change their mind when it affects them personally.
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@HerePepPep that is not true and you know it. Lawyers can be aggressive (you call it "zealous") in their line of questioning towards a witness, but they CANNOT use profanity or scream like what we see in this film. Even if they were lucky enough not to be found in contempt, their case would be torpedoed, as any jury would almost certainly be sympathetic towards a witness having to endure such badgering. But the other issue (the REAL issue, and the film mentions this) would be Kaffee's disrespect towards and smearing of a high-ranking officer. That alone would get him disbarred. btw, I'm not sure which comment of mine you're referring to (I made several).
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@dcviper985 and Galloway is a shitty officer AND a shitty attorney
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@goobytron2888 yes and I criticized that film as well. Just like I criticized Die Hard 2 for its absurd plot that flights would circle endlessly waiting to land at at airport with a power failure when they could simply divert to another airport half an hour away
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@cryptojihadi265 not sure which comment you're replying to...?
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@cryptojihadi265 No, once they file their flight plan, they can only land at that airport. ....that is not true.
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Does anyone here remember the football movie Rudy ? Dan Devine (former Notre Dame head coach) was so furious by the way he was portrayed in that movie that he threatened to sue the film's producers... Does anyone here remember the movie Flight Plan with Jodie Foster? The Association of Flight Attendants and the Transport Workers Union Local 556 (two labor unions representing flight attendants) tried to organize a nationwide boycott of the film, because they felt the film depicted flight attendants as rude, unhelpful, etc.,... Does anyone here remember the movie Chappaquiddick ? Members of the Kennedy family worked behind the scenes to try to stop the film from even being made... Does anyone here remember the movie W. about George W. Bush? Members of the Bush family trashed the film (even before it was released in theaters)... So no offense, but when I hear all you clowns saying "Ahhhh, so what? It's just a movie, so what if it's unrealistic?" , I think of the examples I've listed and many others. FACT IS: if any of you ever clowns ever got to be rich or famous and they had you as a character in a movie, there's no doubt in my mind you'd be screaming bloody murder if you didn't like how you were portrayed.
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@hestergreen2031 my last comment was especially directed at you
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@johnmcgowan2348 my last comment was especially directed at you
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@s0d4c4n my previous comment was especially directed at you, boy
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@TheMauf my last comment was especially directed at you, kid
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@ryanehlis426 why what ?
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@rplute baloney. Sorken is a clown.
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@jasonkoch3182 remember the movie W about George W. Bush? The entire Bush family went ape and trashed the film before it was even released in theaters, saying it was historically inaccurate… Remember the movie Rudy about the football player from Notre Dame? Dan Devine (former UND head coach) was irate about how he was portrayed in the film and threatened to sue over perceived inaccuracies… Remember the film Flight Plan ? Not one but TWO unions representing flight attendant actually tried to organize a boycott of the film because they didn’t like how flight attendants were portrayed… Since you bring up Abraham Lincoln…remember the film PT 109 about JFK In WW2? President Kennedy refused to endorse the film unless it was historically accurate. Bottom line: creative license doesn’t mean you’re not gonna have to face criticism as a filmmaker. Nor should it. I just find it unbelievable you’re here suggesting I’m out of line for criticizing this film.
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@copeman1183 that’s fine, nobody said you had to
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@Fee212 I think he isn’t, seriously
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@HaydenLau. I spoke with an actual lawyer and asked him that question. He said "Oh yeah, whenever I'm cross-examining a witness on the stand I do whatever I can to try and rattle them...but I can't scream at the top of my lungs or use profanity like in that movie"
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@doomsday9973 someone is triggered. Stop responding to comments that are over a year old.
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@doomsday9973 I agree with you ma’am, and I’m glad you’re open about your need for counseling
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@doomsday9973 anyone who feels the need to respond to a comment that is almost two years is the pathetic one. Would it make you feel better if I deleted my comment? Would that soothe and heal your depression and anger from within? Just let me know ma’am.
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@KC-fb8ql lol very true
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@KaiPetro Also half the movies you quote are about specific people while the other half are about a broad group of people sharing a profession. And I would add, half the movies I quote are based on real-life and half are fiction. But if you go back and read what I wrote, you'll see the point that I was trying to make is that there are commenters here (including you) who are saying "Meh, it's just a movie, that's Hollywood for ya" ...but, if you yourself ever became famous and got to be portrayed in a film, you'd be blowing your gasket if you didn't like the way you were portrayed. I admit, I probably would too. So, this is consistent with how outspoken I am regarding the way the military personnel are depicted. I'm not suggesting there should be any legal constraints, just like there shouldn't be any legal constraints on me criticizing Aaron Sorkin, for example. It doesn't really matter though, whether a film is fiction or non-fiction, because even fictional works often make references to real-life people, places or events. Remember the Seth Rogan film The Interview from 2014? The North Korean government became irate when they got word of this film, and even wrote a letter to then-President Obama asking him to step in and prevent the film from being released in theaters. At the same time that the North Koreans were bitching about this film being hateful, unfair, inciteful, etc., etc., they (the North Koreans) were busy releasing their own propaganda films showing Washington DC being destroyed by nuclear missiles. So as you can see, people can be very hypocritical on this topic.
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The acting is very good of course (Nicholson and Cruise are two of Hollywood's finest). But the writing is atrocious. Aaron Sorkin can go to hell.
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