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Essay on Comparing and Contrasting the Movie and the Play of Few Good Men
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Few Good Men is an emotional story of two military men accused of killing a young soldier. Tom Cruise play's Danny, the smart mouth defense lawyer, and Demi Moore play's Joe Galloway, his nosy special council. The movie starts of by showing us the plot and then begins to tell the story. Music is very soft and sets the mood. It gives the viewers a tingling feeling inside. It's not only the music that makes the movie a success, it's also the acting.
A FEW GOOD MEN, directed by Rob Reiner, tries to examine what happens when the philosophies of teamwork and discipline collide head-on with the values of justice. "A Few Good Men" isn't a perfect movie. It doesn't have the greatest plot, nor does it have the greatest script. It also can be melodramatic and it tends to pretend that its plot is a lot clever than it really is when it all comes down to it. So, that doesn't sound like a very good movie, right? In most cases, yes.
However, the film is saved by superb acting and an impressive cast. Therefore, it proves to be an entertaining film despite being somewhat flawed.
Two soldiers are accused of killing one of their own in a beating gone wrong. A Navy lawyer and his team is their only hope as they set out to prove that they were ordered to give the beating to the soldier due to him falling behind and snitching on another soldier--but never intended to kill him.
All of the evidence points to murder, but when looked at through a magnifying glass there tends to be more to the picture than meets the eye. This all makes for an interesting courtroom drama--while not perfect or original--that has top notch performances....
