September 19, 200619 yr We just started watching this movie in my World Geography class. It's probably one of my favorite films. We've only seen about 45 minutes of it but it's still a really good movie. I'm looking forward to tomorrow when we watch some more. I'm not sure if we'll finish it though. Anyway, how many have seen this movie? If you have seen it, what did you think? Btw, don't give anything away.
September 20, 200619 yr If you are talking about this one, then yes, it is really good. The only thing I don't understand is what it has to do with geography...
September 20, 200619 yr I've seen both of them. I thought it was pretty cool how they could make a good movie from just a whole bunch of guys sitting in a room.
September 20, 200619 yr I liked 12 Angry Men. I thought it was interesting how you gradually learn more about each juror as the deliberations unfold and how their personal prejudices/beliefs effected their initial opinion of the case and how they are then convinced otherwise. He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart,and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC)
September 20, 200619 yr Yeah, we're watching the 1957 one. I didn't know there were two. Good movie, we "acted" the play out 2 years ago I think and then watched the movie I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
September 20, 200619 yr new version is good, old one is better. Metal fans, check out my band!Still the King....
September 20, 200619 yr Very good movie. It's very interesting to see Lumet work on a limited amount of set. Something you'd later see in DOG DAY AFTERNOON as well. :) Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!
September 20, 200619 yr The fact that none of the characters are given names, and almost the whole movie occurs inside a courtroom is quite unique. Overall, the film was alright, but quite boring i'd have to admit. I think reading the actual play itself was more satisfying. 99 Ranged F2P achieved 21 November (2961st)
September 20, 200619 yr Very intresting movie, great direction. It must have taken alot of patience and skill to get those beautiful long takes. I like the feel of it too, and that fact it not only challenges the characters racial prejudments but the audiences aswell. Like Lumet (the director) is challenging us. Aswell as the fact we become a Juror too and get emotionally involved. The open ending is very nice fact the jury don't really know who did it and as we know as much as they do neither do we. We find out what happened as they did and can feel for the decision they have to make. If you like this also see other work by Lumet, his career spans 50+ years now and he is still alive. He is very intresting. I would reccomend Dog Day Afternoon with Al Pacino and John Cazale (who died shortly after filming of cancer he was one of the greatest actors on my opinion). He is almost an early Scorsese and has a very good relationship with Pacino. He is largley under recognised too! He has worked with some of the greatest stars like Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, Fayne Dunaway ect ect. I have rambled. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed.
September 21, 200619 yr His work from the seventies is best, and most well known anyway. It's his best period. See: Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Murder on the Orient Express, Network. What I saw from after the 70s wasn't that great. He's a good director, but IMO he has made to many flaws to be 'one of the greatest'. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!
September 21, 200619 yr I never called him one of the greatest, i said he was very intresting. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed.
September 21, 200619 yr It wasn't directed at you. I was just stating that he isn't 'one of the greatest', where one of the greatest is a line that's often used so I put those marks in. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!
September 21, 200619 yr Some people would call Dog Day Afternoon a great masterpeice. It's pure emotion especially in the Attica scene. Well at the time of release that is. But no he ain't one of the greatest directors. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed.
September 24, 200619 yr Had to watch it and write a report about it for math class last year - pretty enjoyable :-).
September 25, 200619 yr Had to watch it and write a report about it for math class last year - pretty enjoyable :-). 12 Angry Men in math class?
September 25, 200619 yr Maybe he had to count how many Jurors there were? :o :shock: With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed.
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