Two Modern Men React to 12 Angry Men (1957) First Time Watching Reaction/Review

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  @TheDietrichDaniels · 3 years ago

  The kid didn’t go to the movies to WATCH a movie, he went just to sit in a safe place away from his father.

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• BO

  @bobbuethe1477 · 3 years ago

  It always seemed to me that the last scene was there to jar the viewers into realising that they just watched an entire movie without knowing any of the characters' names.

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• LI

  @Liesmith424 · 3 years ago

  The thing about the kid not being able to name any movies is that there&apos;s a <b>lot</b> of gray area in that description.<br><br>For example, the man in the spectacles couldn&apos;t get the name of the second feature correct. &nbsp;He got it <b>partly</b> correct--and a cop interrogating him could easily report that as &quot;he couldn&apos;t name the movie&quot;.

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• MA

  @markc.7984 · 3 years ago

  This is THE movie for being all in one room, and it is THE movie for having a huge cast of characters &nbsp;- 12 - and each one is distinct and well-developed.

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• MI

  @Mikey_Sea · 3 years ago

  I think at the end, the old guy just admired Davis and was curious to know his name. Old guy was the first to switch his vote and go out on a limb. <br>I also love the moment that Davis helped the angry guy with his coat. That was a classy gesture.

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  @ShawnRavenfire · 3 years ago

  One of the interesting things that most people don&apos;t notice on first viewing is that even though we don&apos;t get any of the names of the jurors (except the two at the end), but we do gradually get their occupations, and that gives a clue as to how they look at the case. &nbsp;The architect deconstructs the evidence piece by piece, and thinks to look at a floorplan of the apartment and the length of the el-train. &nbsp;The watchmaker is keeping detailed notes on what time everything happened. &nbsp;The high school football coach is keeping everyone else in line and organized.

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• AM

  @amazinggrace5692 · 2 years ago

  The kid was at the movies to be in a safe place removed from his ever toxic environment. He likely didn’t watch the movie. He may have slept even. But he returned home to be confronted with the police who told him his father was dead and then threw him down a flight of stairs. If that isn’t disorienting and confusing and upsetting, then I don’t know what is. I’d be lucky to remember my own name.

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• JU

  @julius-stark · 3 years ago

  &quot;I wasn&apos;t aware we were in enlightened time space&quot; every contemporary time thinks they are the enlightened space time. The remake with Jack Lemmon is actually pretty good too.

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• TR

  @tracythaemar1864 · 3 years ago

  You failed to remember that this young man’s father spent time in prison. The father wasn’t the most upstanding sort of guy. I’m sure he had his enemies, and maybe he crossed someone that his son didn’t even know about.

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• TO

  @toshibautoob · 3 years ago (edited)

  In my top ten movies of all time. Also, amazingly, I was foreman of a jury that was somewhat like this case in that we started with a split jury and probably surprisingly to the defendant, found a young man not guilty. One of &nbsp;the most important experiences in my life.

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• JA

  @jamesalexander5623 · 3 years ago

  &quot;Them&quot; in NYC at that time were Puerto Ricans ( Think West Side Story ).

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• DY

  @DylansPen · 3 years ago

  One of the best films ever made, a tour de force of actors all on game. The story is great and the direction is great.

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