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Old 01-19-2004, 05:14 PM   #2
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My Choice: A Few Good Men

Pros: Fantastically well-written dialogue (obviously an Aaron Sorkin piece)

One of the greatest courtroom scenes of all-time

Jack Nicholson, Kiefer Sutherland, Demi Moore, and Kevin Bacon!

The Markinson character

Cons: Tom Cruise has a tendency to overact this part

Ending is melodramatic. Fantastic interplay between Nicholson and Cruise turns into Nicholson becoming a raving lunatic seemingly out of nowhere, then the whole thing with the Marine saluting...blech.

Characters have a tendency to say "Here's what we're going to do," then they end up doing exactly that, which hurts suspense levels in some parts.
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