Misses being a truly great film because of 1 scene
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spasek — 9 years ago(December 05, 2016 09:01 AM)
Except that the point of the movie isn't if the marines killed Santiago. It's knowing that they didn't and how Kaffee was going to get Jessup to confess that he had ordered the Code Red.
Kaffee knows he doesn't have much of a defense, and his clients are most likely going to be found guilty unless he can get Jessup to own up to what he did. He knows that he has to play Jessup as if he has the evidence and force Jessup to confess. Will it work? That's the point of the film. -
har07045962 — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 01:36 PM)
I feel like that would have resulted in a totally different film as opposed to correcting one flaw. It would have taken all of the drama out of watching the three protagonists try so hard to win the caseyou wouldn't be able to completely root for them because you wouldn't know if they were fighting for the right side.
It might have made for an interesting film, but everything would have had to be changed rather than just removing that one scene. I think the drama works because you know whose side you're on.