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12 Angry Men arguably Courtroom drama is one of the best ever made in the history of world cinema. Although the film did not win the Oscar in his time, and made Henry Fonda who besides being an actor is also the producer did not gain anything (and made him not want to be a producer anymore), but 12 Angry Men is one of the masterpieces of film that never existed in the world , 12 Angry Men prove to you that you do not need a story of heroics, advanced technology, chessy sex, the girls show off cleavage, raw scene with black and powerful explosions to make a great movie. Although the film was released in 1957 where all the technology is still very simple, but it is still very relevant to watch at the moment, and until whenever .. A black and …show more content…

The storyline - in her manuscript contains dialogues - is able to make you follow the storyline well. The intensity goes up and down, make you hot in one moment, enlightened in another moment, smiling at another moment, and touched at the end. The film is filled with quotes-quotes and arguments very interesting. I assure you, you will not feel bored watching it. Oh my, so naturally (* as I described above *), I feel guilty that after watching this i dont ngereview this …show more content…

I could not imagine how Juror # 8 could be Able to handle the pressure from the other eleven jurors. Juror # 8 (which is the protagonist of this film) should try to give the arguments that are not as powerful as the arguments of others. He was not sure whether the accused really is innocent, but he save a little doubt whether the defendant is guilty. He only said that there was "probable" evidence submitted any court, and tried to deflect the whole perspective of the other judges previously entrenched with each other's opinions. And when he says: I'm not trying to change your mind. It's just that ... we're talking about somebody's life here. We can not Decide it in five minutes. Supposing we're wrong? - It makes you realize that it takes a cool head and a longer time to be able to decide how your actions against others who have you meet with certain prejudices. Determining whether a person is worthy to die or not is one of the major decisions that responsibilities should you accountable for your life, and not a trivial decision you can decide in a hurry and

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