EARLY ACCESS: 12 Angry Men

It's a baffling choice but I respect it much more than, say, Iron Man. If you're going to spend a lot of money to choose movies, have 'em be hidden gems, forgotten classics, deep cuts, things that could never win a poll.

Ken

Hopefully TJ still feels confident in his decision. I imagine he might be getting some blowback, but I know that if I had the top-level patron power for a year, I'd choose a mix of great classics...and some stuff I love but would never win a poll!

Tyler Foster

I admit I have not rewatched 12 Angry Men in a long time, so maybe he says he investigated, but is it an investigation if the juror happens to own the same knife?

Tyler Foster

There were a whole string of classic play-movie remakes for TV during the 90's, when Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott were retiring from more active movie work, and this one was coming fresh off of a big Lemmon & Scott made-for-TV remake of "Inherit the Wind". (Also with no point for remaking the Spencer Tracy/Frederic March 50's version.) As for why THIS guy remembered it, think it was a case of Telephone Game, after another reactor-fan obsessed with the 50's movie told him he "had" to watch it, he dug up the first copy he could find on YouTube (the color one, of course), and told everyone else, "Dude, you HAVE to watch the 90's 12 Angry Men!”…Who’s the bigger fool, the fanboy, or the fanboy who follows him?

Eric Janssen

I believe it's now... after 4 hours... her most disliked video. Shame... for her.

Brandon Portell

Whenever said YouTube would tear her apart - yeah, it’s ugly over there. Everyone needs to take a big breath and recalibrate their rage-o-meters.

Kate Cassidy

Ehm, you mustn't fail to mention that the remakes of "The Thing" and "The Fly" are very, very, VERY different from their respective original movies... you can still watch those first and afterwards go back to the 50s-originals without having spoiled those for yourself... :)

Manuel Johnen

He DID... :P

Manuel Johnen

I think it's more a general sense of sadness, that the original movie is now spoiled or "ruined" for her, should she ever happen to watch it... :)

Manuel Johnen

I watch the original in high school and loved. Now I have not watched or even knew of the 1997 version but I doubt it could compare to the original which was a moving Suspenseful film. Even if you don’t watch on the channel as a reaction video you should watch the 1957 version to compare. My bf and love watching s your videos and can’t wait till you start adding more content. Keep em coming.

Having now watched this reaction, even if this television adaptation can't live up to the 1957 original, I certainly can't fault it for assembled talent. There's maybe one person in this ensemble that I don't recognize, and all of the ones that I do are great actors, plus you had William Friedkin behind the camera. I understand the desire for Ashleigh to have seen the original, but I think people are making this out to be far more of a downgrade than it actually is.

Tyler Foster

Thank youuu!

Ashleigh Burton

I think sometimes these really awesome stories get remade because a new generation of actors loves the project so much that they want a chance to be part of it. If it is left as only being made once they miss out on it. That is the way I look at it anyway.

Autumn Bough

One of the most pointless remakes, ever... it literally adds NOTHING to the original except color...

Manuel Johnen

Nice little rollercoaster of emotions there... "Oh, my, "12 Angry Men", awesome...! ... ... ... ... ahw, fuck, it's the shitty remake..." :P

Manuel Johnen

I would go down a rabbit hole with Jack Lemmon any day.

Kate Cassidy

I was lucky enough to see the 1996 Broadway revival with George C. Scott as Drummond and Charles Durning as Brady. Scott was clearly quite ill, leaning on the defense table when he stood. Nonetheless, his performance was extraordinary.

Elliot Nesterman

This is just sad, really.

Kevin Charley

Please, if you ever watch “Inherit The Wind” go full Spencer Tracy and skip the Kirk Douglas TV version.

Rich Wagener

When suggesting movies that have multiple versions We should probably be sure to specify which one

TheNeonRabbit

Loved the old one and this one as well, all star cast. I could of watched Jack Lemon read me the yellow pages. You should totally fall down the Jack Lemon rabbit hole, he’s amazing. Can’t believe you’ve never been called for jury duty!! I’ve been called several times, I even got called for Grand Jury duty, that was a headache and a handful I swear!

Christy

oh I thought you did the old one, looks like this is a reproduction like Psycho

Brett Delbridge

Oh we watched this at school!!

Brett Delbridge

Very awesome, I love this movie.

I know a lot are disappointed that it was the remake and not the original, can't really blame you because now a days too many remakes and reboots have practically all failed, but that's because of the social environment we are currently living in, remember that The Fly, The Thing are also remakes, I think this movie lived up to the original now had it been made now it would be a disaster, each character would end up representing a race, culture, life style,etc and have each one gives bleeding heart speech about their troubles totally forgetting about the case.

HercEl

I absolutely love the original 12 angry men, used to watch it as a teenager all the time.

Vicky phillips

Anything with Jack Lemmon is always worth watching. Having said that, I hope you watch the original version first someday.

Richard Meyer

She gave it three

Mark Sylvester

GCS has always been one of my all time favorite actors. .a personal favorite film of his is 1980's "The Changeling"a very spooky ghost story that might be worth a look at Hallobeans

Paul Johnson

Ok, I watched the reaction and it turns out I've seen this version. It just wasn't as memorable as the original apparently. I was on a jury back in 1999 with the defendant accused of several felonies and misdemeanors, the most serious betting aggravated assault using a brick. Both the defense and prosecution made good cases and most of the jury were leaning towards guilty for the assault charge. But there were a couple jurors who made good arguments for reasonable doubt in several of the witnesses testimony. We ended up finding the defendant guilty of most of the misdemeanors and one felony, but the assault was not guilty. It goes to show how a strong-willed juror can sway the rest their way. Looking back, I believe we made the right decision with our verdict. The remake gets 3.75/5 stars.

Thomas Ivie

You are now required, by law, to watch one of the best extended comedy skits ever made, "12 Angry Men" on the show "Inside Amy Schumer" in which a jury is convened to decide whether or not Amy Schumer is hot enough to be on television. It is an AMAZING skit: https://www.cc.com/episodes/d6vl24/inside-amy-schumer-12-angry-men-inside-amy-schumer-season-3-ep-3

Graham Martin

George C. Scott is a great actor, he played an excellent Ebenezer Scrooge in a Christmas Carol, and he plays a general in one the greatest comedies of all time Dr. Strangelove

Gabriel

While I appreciate the decision to watch the remake, the original is amazing and well worth a watch.

Cristina Collins-Armstrong

You wrong for this. Lmao!

Gio Vidrio

Next MMM... Get ready for... The Shawshank Redemption (2018).... starring Kenan Thompson and Harry Styles!!! 😁😉🤣

Brandon Portell

1) The reason this is in one room is that it was originally a play staged for TV. 2) I LOVE plays and the way they translate to film. (See, for example, Glengarry Glen Ross, an AMAZING film based on a play.) Plays focus much more on character and plot than action which is why they make such memorable stories. While you won't watch this film again, you may well remember it for the rest of your life and, should you have any children, you may show it to them to teach them about our justice system. 3) The original was better. 4) Love your stuff! 5) Watch Buckaroo Banzai!

Graham Martin

Why on Earth would you have her watch the 1997 and not the original? Weird.

Adolfo Acosta

Awe man I thought you were doing the original too. Both are good as the story is just Good, like remaking hallelujah, you can’t really mess it up

melissa goff

I had already pulled my DVD of the original off the shelf to revisit it when I came back and noticed all the comments about how this is the 1997 remake. I can't speak to this version because I haven't seen it, but I did like the Russian remake from 2007, which is just called 12.

Tyler Foster

Why the F*** would you have her watch this version? Urg!!! :-)

Graham Martin

Possibly not. It was April 2nd when this dropped in Australia.

Marcus

This is an April Fools joke, right?

Edward Olson

Facts.

Brandon Portell

100 % accurate. Sadly, her opinion will be flawed now going into the original.

Brandon Portell

I wonder what she would think of the Original? Its a classic of course but would she rate it high? You can't watch it now of course because she would compare it to this one. Shame really as seeing her react to the original would have been interesting.

Michael Johnson

Hi Ashleigh. I know its not your fault and I know you say opinions are like assholes..but you just watched the wrong version of this film. The original is 10 times better than this even though the outcomes are identical. The original has more suspense and is a far more compelling story overall. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. Once again I understand this wasn't your fault and you weren't to know but please get a hold of the original and watch it with Hubben in your own time. Knowing the ending doesn't spoil the movie.

Marcus

I think if she forgets to rate the film she's kinda not a fan maybe.

Michael Johnson

I never knew this version existed, but the thing that took me by surprise is who directed it. William Friedkin directed The Exorcist. The only thing I know from him is he pushed a lot of buttons on sets to get the actors prepared (or unprepared) for what’s gonna happen to them in certain scenes. Actress Ellen Burstyn had back problems for many years ever since he personally yanked her from behind to make it look like she flew across the room when Regan slapped her in the face in the head twisting scene. Interesting movie choice TJ! Yet another movie Ashleigh forgot to rate out of 5 stars. I’d say it land 3.5 or 4 depending on how you look at it.

Gio Vidrio

Great cast, but it lacks the intensity of the original. While I've been promoting newer comedies like Birdcage and Analyze This, we do have some great movies from the 60s like In The Heat of the Night for serious and The Odd Couple for comedies (the original)) As for really funny movies try Some Like it Hot.

Jon Krantz

I wonder if she'd like "The Odd Couple" (1968).

Thomas Yanez

Some made for TV movies are pretty good, especially the miniseries like The Stand (the first one), North and South, V, the Winds of War among many others. My one favorite TV movie she should do is Brians Song.

Bill Bevins

I agree wholeheartedly. So fun that you do costumes! I designed and painted the set for a production of the play several years ago. It's a wonderful play to see performed live.

Lynnetta

Generic cocoa puffs aren't that great...

Brandon Portell

While I'd have been more excited if this had been the original, I'm actually glad that TJ picked a newer version for Ashleigh. I haven't seen this version, but based on the clips from the reaction, it seems very much in line with the original. I was worried that they would try to 'modernize' it by taking it out of the one room and adding unnecessary action. The thing that made me love the original so much was that everything happened in one room through dialogue and great acting only. This version had that same energy. I want Ashleigh to fall in love with old movies, and since she didn't love this one, I wouldn't want her to think that the reason she didn't love it was because it was old.

Lynnetta

Yeah, another reason it doesn’t adapt that well to the 90s. But I don’t mind that they made the effort. It’s decent.

Kate Cassidy

I'm watchin whatever Ashleigh is watchin... This just feels like introducing someone to cereal by pouring them a bowl of imitation cocoa puffs.

Brandon Portell

*fist bump* for "Harold and Maude"

Thomas Yanez

Have to check this out though. Replacing the white racist with a black racist seems gimmicky. Love Jack Lemmon and George C. But nothing can beat Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb. To see George C. Scott at his best see “Dr Strangelove”. And Lemmon has a ton of great performances from “Some Like it Hot” to “Glengarry Glenn Ross”

Ian Jones

While I appreciate the diverse casting of this version, I find that the racial impact of the piece is diminished by not having an all white jury. The piece is partly about prejudice and racial stereotypes which gets a little lost.

Alexander Fish

As someone who has been on a jury before let me point out a major flaw in 12 Angry Men. It occurs in both versions. When the jurors were discussing the knife and it's uniqueness, one juror pulls out a duplicate knife and says he found that at a pawn shop. Jurors are not allowed to do their own investigation. They are only supposed to consider evidence brought up in trial. These jurors were discussing evidence that wasn't scrutinized or submitted to the court. All that needed to happen was one juror telling the bailiff to tell the judge a juror did his own investigation and that juror would have been dismissed and an alternative juror put in his place. Or more likely you would have a mistrial.

Bill Bevins

Big fan of the original, never saw this one. Just like the original this one had many stars of the day in it. After watching Ashleigh's edited version, I can see it's exactly the same, so I question why it was remade. Nothing seemed to be added to the story to enhance it. Would have been better off watching the original. It was done better.

Bill Bevins

Hmm... Jack Lemon as #8. HMMMMMM. Didn't remember that from watching it when it was first released. Maybe I will check it out again.

Thomas Yanez

I did.

T.J. Gengler

Such a fantastic movie, great choice TJ. 💗😁👍🇬🇧

Mandy Sherratt

We're doing Made for TV movies now? Really, I can't imagine this being ANYTHING like the 1957 version, which is the acknowledged masterpiece. EDIT : I've already conceded in other posts that I should give it another chance since it's been 24 years, but I'm not deleting this post because I want to point a big flashing arrow at "Made for TV movies" as that is a slippery slope towards some really crappy stuff. Then again, "Shogun". I don't know! Stop looking at me!

Thomas Yanez

Great reaction Ashleigh

Bleedingreen

I wonder what you would think of a couple more plays turned into films. The Lion In Winter, Harold and Maude, and so many other beautiful plays made into a beautiful films.

Jill Peterson

Haven't watched the video yet, but this is April Fools, right? Right?! Who would request this version?

Jay Finlayson

While I prefer the one from the 50s, I’m just glad you got to hear these words. This is a wonderful play. I had the great pleasure of costuming a production of this play a couple years ago. Fantastic play.

Jill Peterson

The 1957 “12 Angry Men” from Sidney Lumet is one of the greatest movies ever. Never heard of this.

Ian Jones

I've never seen this version, but the original is a classic. We'll see how it goes.

Thomas Ivie

I went on this same journey. The original is so good!! I haven't seen the 1997 version so I can't compare but the original is one movie that has stuck with me since the first time I saw it.

Lynnetta

I didn’t even know this existed, but Jack Lemmon is my all time favorite, so let’s do it.

Kate Cassidy

So stoked when I saw the title. All stokedness lost when I saw the year. The original is so good... Shame to start with a reboot.

Brandon Portell

Gotta work now but can't wait to see this later!

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