LEGAL MOVIE 2 : 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)

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12 Angry Men, a English film directed by Reginal Rose-in 1957.

Critical Thinking Notes
12 juries 

The story evolves around twelve juries with their perspectives, ideas, opinions and backgrounds to decide whether a minor Spanish boy from the slum is innocent in a murder trial. Each jury has their own characteristics, in fact they are all grown men. The most important jury is jury number #8. The story reveals the name, as Davis in the end. The taste of the movie is that, the effort of jury #8 being creative and logic to think and persuade others to stand by the justice.  

Personally, I could understand the story well, of course certain scenes are deep, has to be read from other sources for better understanding. My favorite is jury #9. He is the only reason to flicker the flame of justice. Which means that, when juty #8 was struggling alone to say his thoughts, this old man here gave a reasonable chance to hear jury #8. Audi Alteram Partem. 

Must say Jury #8 is an excellent observant. He noticed how the woman in court seeked attention and was there to say false evidence. I had two questions in mind, when I watched this film:

  1. All twelve juries were white. Only jury #11 had a Spanish accent. Not forgetting the time this picture was filmed, it could be understood, maybe black person might not be allowed to enter court or even as juries. 
  2. A jury can earn up to three dollars for an hour. There are several times in the movie, where the jury's ego getting hurt, as a normal human being, we would have just left the place. In this story it was scripted as everyone had their senses together.


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