A Few Good Men Film Analysis

Yet the movie depicts the guard’s team as thus. They are all of Caucasian descent and act like the stereotypical white male athlete. They curse, take steroids, and readily look for reasons to attack the inmates. There is, yet again, another hidden stereotype. Do all Caucasian athletes act that way? Not at all, for everyone is different and nobody is the same person. The guards in The Longest Yard are also aggressively racist. They look to attack the black males of the prison at all times and act in any way to evoke a response from them. Yet this movie still can make anyone laugh. The overly aggressive nature of the guards is so unrealistic that many audiences found it hysterical. Maybe this is why the inmates of the movie were even funnier to watch.

He seems to want the audience to respond with shock and sympathy as they witness how vile the black people are treated. One of the few racism dilemma’s is shown after Gerry, Alan and Ray are returned to the high school after coach Yoast stops them from joining the city riots. Infuriated with the black people fighting back, Gerry instigates the racism and discrimination, snarling, “Hell why don’t you just kick ‘em all off the team. I don’t wanna play with any of them black animals.” This scene was very effective and coincided with the use of close-up camera shots to enhance Gerry’s emotions, whilst reinforcing Yakin’s message that black people were treated poorly and erratically.

Sustained contact occurs in the film during the six-week football training camp, that both the white and black team-members attended. Before leaving for the camp, Coach Boone splits the team into two groups- offense and defense. He then pairs up people in each group- a white person with a black person. He then tells them, “Get comfortable too, because the person that I have you sitting next to is the same one you’ll be rooming with for the duration of this camp.” He does this in hope of the team members getting to know each other for who they are, not by the colour of their skin.

There are many reoccurring themes that can be depicted from this movie. This includes “racial discrimination and love. Racial discrimination can be seen when Mr. James Farmer accidentally ran over a white man’s pig, as a result he was charged a very high amount for the pig. We assume that if it were a white man he wouldn’t have been charged nearly as much. However, when the team challenged and defeated a few white

“That nigger is spitting on our floors, get his ass out of here!” were the harsh words that onlookers shouted from the stands to the players and game officials. I cannot believe that people can be so mean to other people simply based on their skin color. Anyway, Martinsville high school was punished and sporting events were banned at the high school for the next year ("Showing Martinsville in Indiana,”1997-2010).

Racism is prevalent in today’s society and is exposed in the sports industry as well. Various athletes in different sports field experience racism and face it everyday. Social media is a big platform for people to criticize athletes for their failures and success. On the other hand more times than not, racism can be found within the head of organizations of major sports, most noticeably football. The NFL has condoned an abundance of racist actions towards players of Hispanic and African American descent; therefore, the NFL should stop these problems by supporting athletes that take a stand, holding the NFL owners accountable for their actions, and finally, not stereotyping young black athletes into a position based off of racial factors.

In another event, some racist white boys attack and hit Odessa’s daughter and son for having darker skin and being ‘idiot coons.’ This is one of many examples of racism being a factor. The ultimate clash of the subordinate (whites) and insubordinate (African-Americans) groups comes at end of the film with the mob seen at the carpool lot. This shows racism, discrimination and stereotyping all in one. It is amazing to me to see both how far and how little we have come as a society.

Or exposed as a non-issue (“That’s so easy.” Emily, in response to Desi’s accusation of racism.) Nor are any of the characters explicitly racist. Tim Blake Nelson bas been eager to downplay the obvious racial overtones of his film. He wrote in an article for New York Times:

were still segregated. The characters do not get along with the majority of the white population,

Parker uses the verbal technique of dialogue in supporting this idea of racism in the film. We see this in many scenes, such as when Mrs Pell talks to Rupert Anderson about the origins of where the racism had come from and also when we see the news team interview locals on their thoughts about the three missing civil rights workers. Through the dialogue we understand in peoples own views and their own words of what they really think. This is vital for any viewer to understand how bad the racism was that took place back in the 1960’s. It also gives us factual information of where it comes from (the bible, Genesis 9, Verse 27). This idea is relevant today as we see racism through cults and groups who feel they need to discriminate others because that’s what they think is right, and is what they have been taught their whole life. These extremists and white supremacist groups and individuals are still alive and healthy today. Christchurch saw what was said to be the largest white nationalist march ever in New Zealand. Because many people believed that racism is right, we can see that this has been passed on through the years and is definitely relevant in todays society. We see how this can happen in the film, like I said before, when Mrs Pell talks to Anderson and she tells us, “Hatred isn’t something we are born with, it gets taught. At school they said segregation is what’s said in the bible. Genesis 9, Verse 27. At seven years of age you get told

Institutionalized racism is sadly embedded within our culture and is the foundation of many organizations. Lawson and Sterling's comments were offensive to one race. I do believe what a person says and what they do are the only reliable indicators of what's truly inside of them. Sterling’s comments implied African Americans are less than other races and religions, good enough to have sex with and to own them on a team. However, they are not good in enough to be in public with or on social media. He is blinded by his own beliefs and does not appreciate that all team players as equals. Lawson devalued the affluent African Americans who can afford season passes. He implied that one race brought down the “value” of the

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has had a history of incidents involving racist comments, gestures and even physical abuse toward the darker skinned players. Due to this constant problem, FIFA has worked to establish a “Good Practice Guide on Diversity and Anti-Discrimination” (FIFA). This guide is an attempt to “encourage the actors in the world of football to take part of anti-discrimination initiatives in the most proper and effective way (FIFA).” Since 2006, players have embraced this effort to stop racism by wearing rainbow colored laces, holding “Say No to Racism” banners pre-match and even holding hands with players of the opposite team and race to show unity. Despite these attempts to prevent the persistent

In the movie, different characters deal and reacted differently towards prejudice and racism. Coach Herman Boone deals directly with it. He tries to eliminate the prejudice among the players and faces those who looks down on him bravely. He was not afraid when his window was broken down by people. Coach Bill Yoast did not deal with it directly at first. He was not openly against the blacks but was certainly unhappy when he was removed and replaced by Boone as the head coach. In the end, he accepted blacks and treated Boone as his peer. They remained as close friends till today. As for Gerry Bertier, he was somewhat outwardly discriminating the blacks. However, as he gets to know them better, especially his roommate, Julius, he accepted them and even stood up for them. He dumped his girlfriend because she could not accept Julius and persuaded his mother to get to know Julius.

Humanity can be defined as quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings. Being human does not mean that an individual possesses humanity. Humans can be set apart from other living beings by, their ability to reason out whether a decision is either wrong or right using their conscience, their ability to create relationships that can hold a similar value to that of biological relationships, and despite having a capacity for sin, humans are still good. In the film A Few Good Men, three lawyers are left with a case, where two Marines on Guantanamo Bay have been convicted of murdering a fellow comrade. This film clearly showed as to what it means to be human. Through the film, the audience

There is a numerus amount of literature showing the differences between the normal US citizens and military personnel, however most of this research is in the medical field and the way that military personnel are treated medically. In this literature review and final paper the topic will be still on that of a barrier between these two groups of people but more in the treatment and adherence to laws. By looking at literature directly involved with the film A Few Good Men and with topics surrounding the themes of the film I am able to show the barrier between the military and the everyday citizens. In the five articles addressed, there are multiple major themes or ideas that help us to understand the differences, or lack there or, between the different sides.