Schlock and Awe Double Feature: A Lazy Legal Sunday Afternoon
SCHLOCK AND AWE DOUBLE FEATURE A Few Good Men, Directed By Rob Reiner 1992 My Cousin Vinny, Directed By Johnathan Lynn 1992 It's usually on a Sunday afternoon when I get an itch to watch a legal drama. Manufactured tension feels natural in a court room setting. Because at least in film, it is meant to be about argument, debate and trying to get to a sort of truth and being able to take the moral high-ground. There are rarely blurred lines in a courtroom drama, which is why they tend to make terrific Oscar bate. I sat down and watched 1992's A Few Good Men and My Cousin Vinny. Both were more similar than I had remembered, especially when it came to their climatic third act Witness Box testimonies. There is a push and pull them that make them feel like dialogue sex scenes. One was instantly inducted into the p op culture. The other won Marisa Tomei an Academy Award. It's both of these scenes that I feel ...