History Awesome / AFewGoodMen

How has no one mentioned that opening scene with the silent drill team? That, to me, is a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome]]!

--> '''Kaffee''': If you gave an order that Santiago wasn't to be touched, and your orders are ''always'' followed, [[PullTheThread then why would Santiago be in danger]]?

--> '''Kaffee''': If you gave an order that Santiago wasn't to be touched, and your orders are ''always'' followed, [[SpottingTheThread then why would Santiago be in danger]]?

--> '''Kaffee''': If you gave an order that Santiago wasn't to be touched, and your orders are ''always'' followed, then why would Santiago be in danger?

'''Jessup''': You have to ask me nicely. See, I can deal with the bullets, the bombs and the blood. I don't want money and I don't want medals. What I ''do'' want is for you to stand there, in that faggoty white uniform, and with your Harvard mouth, extend me some ''fucking'' courtesy. You got to ask me nicely.\\
'''Kaffee''': ...Colonel Jessep, if it's not too much trouble... I'd like a copy of the transfer order. Sir.\\

--> '''Kaffee:''' Don't call me "son". I'm a lawyer, and an officer in the US Navy. And you're under arrest, you son of a bitch.

[[BullyingADragon Don't mess with]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Judge Randolph.]]

* This line, which pretty much traps Jessup during the final trial:
--> '''Kaffee''': If you gave an order that Santiago wasn't to be touched, and your orders are ''always'' followed, then why would Santiago be in danger??

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGvQtumNAY climactic scene]] in which Jessep takes the stand: no music, no special effects or camera tricks, no spectacular feats of heroics; just the energy of Aaron Sorkin's screenplay and two powerhouse actors. The scene couldn't have been any more intense if the building had been on fire.

--> '''Kaffee:''' You trashed the law! But hey, we understand, you're permitted. You have a greater responsibility than we can possibly fathom. You provide us with a blanket of freedom. We live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns, and nothing is going to stand in your way of doing it. Not Willie Santiago, not Dawson and Downey, not Markinson, not 1,000 armies, not the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and not the Constitution of the United States! ''That's the truth isn't it Colonel?'' '''''I can handle it.'''''

--> '''Kaffee:''' You trashed the law! But hey, we understand, you're permitted. You have a greater responsibility than we can possibly fathom. You provide us with a blanket of freedom. We live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be gaurded by men with guns, and nothing js going to stand in your way of doing it. Not Willie Santiago, not Dawson and Downey, not Markinson, not 1,000 armies, not the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and not the Constitution of the United States! ''That's the truth isn't it Colonel?'' '''''I can handle it.'''''

--> '''Kaffee:''' So this is what the inside of a courtroom looks like!

* '''Lt. Kaffee:''' Thank you for playing "should we or should we not FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF THE GALACTICALLY STUPID"!
** Do you mean this was one of the actor's best breakdowns or something? Because Kaffee's drunken Jerkass outburst wasn't quite awesome, given the circumstances.

* Much earlier in the film, Kaffee, who is all set to assign the defendants new counsel at the plea, instead offers a plea (not guilty), having decided to remain in charge. He then reveals he's worked out why he's got the case - as a lieutenant junior grade with 9 months experience and a track record for plea-bargaining, Division are convinced he'll do his usual and the case will never hit court. Cue him reeling off a list of instructions to Galloway and Weinberg that prove that he has actually prepared himself, leaving the pair of them stunned and speechless.

* When Jack Ross tries to prove that Code Reds don't exist by showing that they're not in the GITMO Operations Manual. Awesomeness ensues.

--> '''Weinburg:''' "They beat up on a weakling -- that's all they did! The rest is just smoke-filled coffee-house crap! ''They tortured and tormented a weaker kid!'' They didn't like him, so they killed him! And why? Because he couldn't ''run'' very fast!"

* Kaffee, after getting Jessup to confess in open court, is nearly attacked by the enraged colonel who calls him "son" and tells him he weakened a nation. Kaffee, not remotely affected by Jessup's death threats, delivers a brutal ShutUpHannibal.

* '''Lt. Kaffee:''' Don't call me "son". I'm a lawyer, and an officer in the US Navy. And you're under arrest, you son of a bitch.

* The final salute between Kaffee and Dawson.
* The FridgeBrilliance moment when you consider how Col. Jessep's character was painted in the whole film. In every scene he was depicted as enjoying being the centre of attention, almost monologuing theatrically in a very slow tone of speaking: the scene in his office (what with sarcastically calling his man to "get the President on the phone"), at the lunch (he was shown telling a story to the whole bunch, and the "you have to ask me nicely" incident), and in the court. In this light the brilliance of Kaffee's line of questioning became clear, as he was essentially denying Jessep to gain a momentum in their exchange, resulting in the latter unnecessarily insisting in his complete authority, ultimately spelling his doom. Especially apparent in:
--> '''Col. Jessep:''' "I know what I said. I don't have to have it read back to me like—"
--> '''Lt. Kaffee:''' "*ignores* Why the two orders? Colonel?"
* Kaffee, after charging Jessep, is nearly attacked by the enraged colonel who tells him he weakened a nation. Kaffee, not remotely affected by Jessep's death threats, merely says "You're under arrest, you son of a bitch."
* Weinburg's tirade on why he hates the defendants, and why he thinks they deserve life in jail:
--> '''Lt. Weinburg:''' "They beat up on a weakling -- that's all they did! The rest is just smoke-filled coffee-house crap! ''They tortured and tormented a weaker kid!'' They didn't like him, so they killed him! And why? Because he couldn't ''run'' very fast!"

--> '''Lt. Weinburg:''' "They beat up on a weakling -- that's all they did. The rest is just smoke-filled coffee-house crap! ''They tortured and tormented a weaker kid!'' They didn't like him, so they killed him! And why? Because he couldn't ''run'' very fast!"

--> '''Lt. Weinburg:''' "They beat up on a weakling -- that's all they did. The rest is just smoke-filled coffee-house crap! They ''tortured'' and ''tormented'' a ''weaker kid!'' They didn't like him, so they killed him! And why? Because he couldn't ''run'' very fast!"

* The The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGvQtumNAY climactic scene]] in which Jessep takes the stand: no music, no special effects or camera tricks, no spectacular feats of heroics; just the energy of Aaron Sorkin's screenplay and two powerhouse actors. The scene couldn't have been any more intense if the building had been on fire.

* The climactic scene in which Jessep takes the stand: no music, no special effects or camera tricks, no spectacular feats of heroics; just the energy of Aaron Sorkin's screenplay and two powerhouse actors. The scene couldn't have been any more intense if the building had been on fire.

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--> '''Col. Jessep:''' "I know what I said. I don't have it read back to me like—"

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* {{A Few Good Men}} has a glorious bunch of them. Absolute winner is when Jack Ross tries to prove that Code Reds don't exist by showing that they're not in the GITMO Operations Manual. Awesomeness ensues. Also:
--> '''Lt Kaffee:''' Thank you for playing "should we or should we not FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF THE GALACTICALLY STUPID"!
--> '''Lt Kaffee:''' Don't call me "son". I'm a lawyer, and an officer in the US Navy. And you're under arrest, you son of a bitch.
** And even if we aren't supposed to like him, there's also Col. Jessup's speech at the end.