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Thursday, October 6, 2011
PERIOD 1 - 12 ANGRY MEN
Over the past two days you have watched the film “12 Angry Men.” Please share with the class what you think was the most important message of the film.
39 comments:
Molly Hester
said...
I believe that the most important message of this film was to find the strength and courage to express your own opinion. It does not matter if the whole world or the whole jury is against you. If you feel strong enough about something than you should stand up for what you believe in. The man who thought the boy was innocent form the beginning took a lot of abuse and a verbal beating just because he was against he crowd. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is express your own opinion especially if that means going against everyone else’s. However in the end it paid off for the man, because he saved an innocent boy from a death which he did not deserve
I think that one guy who said the boy was innocent was the only person who actually thought about what happened and really made a difference. He actually got to change everyone's decisions about the boy being guilty. He gave everyone good reasons why he was innocent and if it weren't for him the boy would've been in jail for the wrong reason and not really given a fair trial. I think people in the courtroom should actually take the time and actually try to re enact what happened based off the evidence they have and findout from there if the victim is innocent or guilty.
I think the most important message of this film is to not give up in what you believe in. I also think the film sends the message not to judge a situation without really looking into it. In the beginning the men were too quick to charge the boy with murder. The one man who thought he was innocent stood his ground before being too quick to judge. He also respected everyone else’s opinion and just wanted to fully understand why everyone else thought the boy was guilty. He showed how it’s okay to stand against the crowd if that is what you believe is right.
This movie really showed how important it is to stand up for what you believe in because in the end it can literally mean life or death. i was not surprised but amazed at how ignorant most of the men were finding that their baseball game was more important than a kids life. however it goes to show that it only takes one voice to change a situation all you have to do is choose if your going to be that voice or not.
I think that the most important message this film offered was that one person had the courage to say what he believed was right to eleven other men. The vote was eleven votes to one, favor of guilty. One man stuck to what he believed was right and provided details and exclamations as to why the boy was not guilty. I give him a lot of credit for being able to take everyones time to reanact the scene of the crime in order to prove whether or not the boy was guilty or not. It seemed obvious at first that he was guilty, but when they took the time to reanact the scene of the crime, they found that he was not guilty.
I agree with Brian that the man made a huge difference. If the man did not stick up for what he believed in, the boy would have been punished when he shouldn't have been. The man had a lot of courage for doing what he did.
This movie is a great example of how important it is to stand up for what you believe in. In this case, it saved an innocent life. When making a decision, if you strongly believe one side, you should argue against it. You can't just assume something right away, you have to really look at the facts first and come to an agreement.
I agree with Brian, I think that court cases need to be carefully though about and try to re enact the crime scene, etc. so they can really understand what happened.
I think the most important message from the film was to not just make an opinion before taking all facts into consideration, because not everything is as it seems. For example, although all signs seemed to indicate that the boy was guilty based on the facts presented at his trial, when the situation was looked at more closely, there was a lot of reasonable doubt. Not looking at all sides of a story can have hefty consequences, in this case it could've been the boy's life.
The lesson of this film is to stand firm in your opinions. While the rest of the jury at first voted guilty just to get home and because they assumed he was guilty,that one man was not ready to take on the burden of wrongly convicting someone. In the end by giving reasons for the boys innocence, that man was able to sway the votes of all the other jurors. This also brings light to another lesson that you should never assume something as it may be wrong even if convincing at first sight.
I agree with Greg because while the other jurors were just looking to get this done quickly, that one man influenced them to take the time and analyze the case. In the end this was a worthwhile endeavor on his part as he saved an innocent boy from dying.
I think the most important message of this film is to think slowly and carefully about the given situation and not hastily make a decision. It is important to weigh the facts and decide which ones are valid and which ones are not. The gentleman who first said that he was not guilty thought through the situation and convinced others to do the same.
I like what the other man out of the twelve did. He stood out from the crowd and just said that it's possible that the kid is not guilty. He never said he actually is guilty, but he proved why he might not. And bit by bit, people became convinced that he was not guilty. I think of this guy as Poirot who never misses a single detail that was said or seen by the kid or the "eyewitnesses". It goes to show you how important it really is to have your own opinion about something.
I agree with Molly entirely. You have to stand up for what you believe would be the right thing to do; even if it makes you the only black sheep in a flock of non-believers. The point is if you do this then, your decision will either be shrugged off or in this man's case, inspected and agreed.
I think that the most important thing to take away from a movie like this is to stand up for what you believe is right and to spread your thoughts to others. what the juror in the white was the only one, he had to gain the support of 11 other men to flip the case in which he used his deligence to overcome the radicals of the jurors, i believe what he did was the right thing and if everyone was this way, things would be easier to break down and people would work well together in support of others ideas.
The most important message of the film was to not let a majority decide what is right and wrong. You must decide for yourself and hold fast to your decision no matter what everyone else is saying. Even though everyone of the opposite opinion may have what seem to be incontestable reasons behind their own beliefs, you must decide for yourself what the truth or moral decision is. It's the age old, "if everyone jumped off a cliff...would you jump after them?". However in this case it was not so black and white. The film showed the viewer that the only way to to truly find the moral right to any dispute, one must set aside any and all prejudices in order to step into the shoes of another and see the truth.
I believe the message that this movie was trying to get across is the difference that an individual can make, no matter how small of a say he or she has in a given matter. Additionally, I agree with what many other people are saying, which is that this movie got across the idea of standing up for what you believe in and doing the right thing, regardless of how much of a hassle it may be to do.
I think the most important message of the film was to stand up for what you believe in even though it might go against popular opinion. You never know what might happen. You could get those around you to see things in the same light you do. It is important to express how you feel. In the case of this movie if juror number 8 had not expressed his doubts about the murder the young boy would have been placed in jail for a crime that evidence can not prove without a reasonable doubt he committed.
i think that the greatest message of the film, is to stand up for not only what is right, but also what you believe in. although viewers never truly find out weather or not the boy is innocent, the proof given by those who state not guilty is very powerfull in changing the minds of not only the other men but also the viewers. if the man who at first said not guilty didn't say that, this assumingly innocent boy would be dead. also once he began to gain support, the supporters were in the same boat. for example, the elderly man, at first he wasn't so sure, yet he agreed they should talk it over. once they did, he became convinced and stuck to his decision, even though he was outnumbered and rather threatend. yet if it wasn't for the people sticking up for what they think is right, this boy would be dead, and there wouldn't have been a film.
i completley agree with briana, basically what she wrote, i wrote. i think that the men were more focused on getting back to their lives, and completely ignored the fact that somones life was at steak. not only that but withouth the courageous man who stood up for what he believed, the boy would be dead... i completley agree with briana, basically what she wrote, i wrote. i think that the men were more focused on getting back to their lives, and completely ignored the fact that somones life was at steak. not only that but withouth the courageous man who stood up for what he believed, the boy would be dead...
I think that this film was good because, the 12 angry men got convince by one person that the boy was not guilty. seeing the way that he looked in the court room, he knew that he had no chance of being no guilty because of all the stories they heard and evidence. It could of been just because they didnt like him or something else, but they took their time to discuss everything and bring out the facts. From there on, they then found out he was not guiltiy.
While I did miss most of the film, looking back at what I did see, i can say that the message was that everyone deserves a thought. What I mean by that is the idea that racial, social, religous, or any other attribute should not affect opinions about people. Everyone deserves to be looked at in a third-party perspective so that they get judged for their actions or what they can control, not by what is not their fault.
I agree with Brian. The man who stood out from the group and called everyone's attention back to the case is a clear example of how one person who follows their beliefs can change others and be a great asset.
This movie truly spoke to me as an example of how one man can make a huge difference in anything. Henry Fonda's character singlehandedly saved the youngs boys life. All it took was for him to vote with the others and the boy would have died, but he stood up for something he believed in and it made an enormous difference. This just goes to show that one should never let themselves be put down just because they have an opinion not everyone else might have.
I agree with Mara. One should not hold themselves back from voicing their opinion just because others might challenge it. If you really believe in what you think is right, you should defend it to the fullest.
I think that 12 Angry Men is all about standing up for what you believe in and going against the majority if you think its the right thing to do. it shows how the courage of one man can change the whole out come of a situation and shows the importance of making sure someone is guilty before convicting them. in the beggining of the movie it was one man versus 11 others, but by the end of the movie every single other jury person had changed their vote to not guilty. it just goes to show how one person's opinion can change everything.
Henry Fonda's character, in 12 Angry Men, shows how important it is to stand up for yourself and stick to what you believe in. Although the evidence presented during the trial made the boy seem guilty, he thought otherwise. He voiced his opinions throughout the movie, claiming that the boy was not guilty, and in the end, everyone agreed.
The most important message from the film 12 angry men was that you have to stick up for what you think. He was outnumbered eleven to one and he still did not give in and just say the boy was guilty. He took the time to say what he thought and he eventually changed everyone's mind. It was a good thing that he had stuck up for what he thought and didn't fall into the pressure to just say the boy was guilty.
I agree with Andrew when he said that one man can make a difference. In this case the man stood up for what he thought and he ended up changing the minds of everyone in the room.
I think the case was meant to teach people to have an open mind and not judge someone. You can't convict someone of a crime if you have any doubts. Just assuming someone is guilty because of a characteristic they have is not the way our justice system was intended to work. It was made with the ideas of a fair trial and equality in mind. This kind of reminded me of the Casey Anthony trial. Everyone thought that without a doubt, the jury would find her guilty. The media coverage was unprecedented. But, the jury couldn't convict her because they had a reasonable doubt in their mind. I think that whether or not we agree with the verdict, on some level we ought to be happy that a person's life was put in thoughtful hands. I would hope that if I was accused of something, I would be given the benefit of the doubt and the same treatment.
I agree with Alli when she talked about the importance of one person's opinion. One person can definitely make a difference and change the tide. This guy might have started off alone and outnumbered, but in the end he stuck to his guns and made a difference. That is something we all have the ability to do. It's noble and admirable.
In my opinion the message of the film was that everyone deserves a chance and that no one has the right to take away someones life from them regardless of what they did or did not do.
I believe the greatest message in the film was the power of one opinion. At the first, initial vote there was only one couragous man who voted not guilt. He truely believe there wasn't tnought evidence to convict that man on trial so that what he said. He didn't let the opinions of views of others change what he thought. Furthmore me was able to persuade 11 other men to believe as he did and save the life of an (innocent) boy. Also the film represents how your judicial system works. It is the duty of the people to interpret and ultimately decide the innocence of someone. This places a lot of power in the hands of ordinary citizens which, as it almost did, can cause poor decisions.
I believe the greatest message of the film was to stay strong and stick by your opinions. I also think it demonstrates strength in numbers. When the guy who was leading the guilty train was being supported he was trying to bully the lone innocent man. He was even being rude to the elderly gentlemen, once people started to change there decisions the men were defending the old man and ganging up on the guy who wanted the kid to get the chair. If the one man didn't stand by his opinion and wait to look at all possible situations than a kid would have been brutally killed based on first impressions of one man.
I agree with Robby, you have to stick up for what you believe. We have all learned at some point be your own person, have your own opinions. If the guy who was out numbered just changed his idea because of what every one else was saying that the boy would have been killed based on going with the flow, which is udderly ridiculous.
39 comments:
I believe that the most important message of this film was to find the strength and courage to express your own opinion. It does not matter if the whole world or the whole jury is against you. If you feel strong enough about something than you should stand up for what you believe in. The man who thought the boy was innocent form the beginning took a lot of abuse and a verbal beating just because he was against he crowd. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is express your own opinion especially if that means going against everyone else’s. However in the end it paid off for the man, because he saved an innocent boy from a death which he did not deserve
I think that one guy who said the boy was innocent was the only person who actually thought about what happened and really made a difference. He actually got to change everyone's decisions about the boy being guilty. He gave everyone good reasons why he was innocent and if it weren't for him the boy would've been in jail for the wrong reason and not really given a fair trial. I think people in the courtroom should actually take the time and actually try to re enact what happened based off the evidence they have and findout from there if the victim is innocent or guilty.
I think the most important message of this film is to not give up in what you believe in. I also think the film sends the message not to judge a situation without really looking into it. In the beginning the men were too quick to charge the boy with murder. The one man who thought he was innocent stood his ground before being too quick to judge. He also respected everyone else’s opinion and just wanted to fully understand why everyone else thought the boy was guilty. He showed how it’s okay to stand against the crowd if that is what you believe is right.
This movie really showed how important it is to stand up for what you believe in because in the end it can literally mean life or death. i was not surprised but amazed at how ignorant most of the men were finding that their baseball game was more important than a kids life. however it goes to show that it only takes one voice to change a situation all you have to do is choose if your going to be that voice or not.
I think that the most important message this film offered was that one person had the courage to say what he believed was right to eleven other men. The vote was eleven votes to one, favor of guilty. One man stuck to what he believed was right and provided details and exclamations as to why the boy was not guilty. I give him a lot of credit for being able to take everyones time to reanact the scene of the crime in order to prove whether or not the boy was guilty or not. It seemed obvious at first that he was guilty, but when they took the time to reanact the scene of the crime, they found that he was not guilty.
I agree with Brian that the man made a huge difference. If the man did not stick up for what he believed in, the boy would have been punished when he shouldn't have been. The man had a lot of courage for doing what he did.
This movie is a great example of how important it is to stand up for what you believe in. In this case, it saved an innocent life. When making a decision, if you strongly believe one side, you should argue against it. You can't just assume something right away, you have to really look at the facts first and come to an agreement.
I agree with Brian, I think that court cases need to be carefully though about and try to re enact the crime scene, etc. so they can really understand what happened.
I think the most important message from the film was to not just make an opinion before taking all facts into consideration, because not everything is as it seems. For example, although all signs seemed to indicate that the boy was guilty based on the facts presented at his trial, when the situation was looked at more closely, there was a lot of reasonable doubt. Not looking at all sides of a story can have hefty consequences, in this case it could've been the boy's life.
The lesson of this film is to stand firm in your opinions. While the rest of the jury at first voted guilty just to get home and because they assumed he was guilty,that one man was not ready to take on the burden of wrongly convicting someone. In the end by giving reasons for the boys innocence, that man was able to sway the votes of all the other jurors. This also brings light to another lesson that you should never assume something as it may be wrong even if convincing at first sight.
I agree with Greg because while the other jurors were just looking to get this done quickly, that one man influenced them to take the time and analyze the case. In the end this was a worthwhile endeavor on his part as he saved an innocent boy from dying.
I was absent for this activity.
I think the most important message of this film is to think slowly and carefully about the given situation and not hastily make a decision. It is important to weigh the facts and decide which ones are valid and which ones are not. The gentleman who first said that he was not guilty thought through the situation and convinced others to do the same.
I like what the other man out of the twelve did. He stood out from the crowd and just said that it's possible that the kid is not guilty. He never said he actually is guilty, but he proved why he might not. And bit by bit, people became convinced that he was not guilty. I think of this guy as Poirot who never misses a single detail that was said or seen by the kid or the "eyewitnesses". It goes to show you how important it really is to have your own opinion about something.
I agree with Molly entirely. You have to stand up for what you believe would be the right thing to do; even if it makes you the only black sheep in a flock of non-believers. The point is if you do this then, your decision will either be shrugged off or in this man's case, inspected and agreed.
I agree with Julie.That it is extremely important to take in all of the facts before judging, or coming to a decision about someone.
I think that the most important thing to take away from a movie like this is to stand up for what you believe is right and to spread your thoughts to others. what the juror in the white was the only one, he had to gain the support of 11 other men to flip the case in which he used his deligence to overcome the radicals of the jurors, i believe what he did was the right thing and if everyone was this way, things would be easier to break down and people would work well together in support of others ideas.
The most important message of the film was to not let a majority decide what is right and wrong. You must decide for yourself and hold fast to your decision no matter what everyone else is saying. Even though everyone of the opposite opinion may have what seem to be incontestable reasons behind their own beliefs, you must decide for yourself what the truth or moral decision is. It's the age old, "if everyone jumped off a cliff...would you jump after them?". However in this case it was not so black and white. The film showed the viewer that the only way to to truly find the moral right to any dispute, one must set aside any and all prejudices in order to step into the shoes of another and see the truth.
I believe the message that this movie was trying to get across is the difference that an individual can make, no matter how small of a say he or she has in a given matter. Additionally, I agree with what many other people are saying, which is that this movie got across the idea of standing up for what you believe in and doing the right thing, regardless of how much of a hassle it may be to do.
I think the most important message of the film was to stand up for what you believe in even though it might go against popular opinion. You never know what might happen. You could get those around you to see things in the same light you do. It is important to express how you feel. In the case of this movie if juror number 8 had not expressed his doubts about the murder the young boy would have been placed in jail for a crime that evidence can not prove without a reasonable doubt he committed.
i think that the greatest message of the film, is to stand up for not only what is right, but also what you believe in. although viewers never truly find out weather or not the boy is innocent, the proof given by those who state not guilty is very powerfull in changing the minds of not only the other men but also the viewers. if the man who at first said not guilty didn't say that, this assumingly innocent boy would be dead. also once he began to gain support, the supporters were in the same boat. for example, the elderly man, at first he wasn't so sure, yet he agreed they should talk it over. once they did, he became convinced and stuck to his decision, even though he was outnumbered and rather threatend. yet if it wasn't for the people sticking up for what they think is right, this boy would be dead, and there wouldn't have been a film.
i completley agree with briana, basically what she wrote, i wrote. i think that the men were more focused on getting back to their lives, and completely ignored the fact that somones life was at steak. not only that but withouth the courageous man who stood up for what he believed, the boy would be dead...
i completley agree with briana, basically what she wrote, i wrote. i think that the men were more focused on getting back to their lives, and completely ignored the fact that somones life was at steak. not only that but withouth the courageous man who stood up for what he believed, the boy would be dead...
I think that this film was good because, the 12 angry men got convince by one person that the boy was not guilty. seeing the way that he looked in the court room, he knew that he had no chance of being no guilty because of all the stories they heard and evidence. It could of been just because they didnt like him or something else, but they took their time to discuss everything and bring out the facts. From there on, they then found out he was not guiltiy.
While I did miss most of the film, looking back at what I did see, i can say that the message was that everyone deserves a thought. What I mean by that is the idea that racial, social, religous, or any other attribute should not affect opinions about people. Everyone deserves to be looked at in a third-party perspective so that they get judged for their actions or what they can control, not by what is not their fault.
I agree with Brian. The man who stood out from the group and called everyone's attention back to the case is a clear example of how one person who follows their beliefs can change others and be a great asset.
This movie truly spoke to me as an example of how one man can make a huge difference in anything. Henry Fonda's character singlehandedly saved the youngs boys life. All it took was for him to vote with the others and the boy would have died, but he stood up for something he believed in and it made an enormous difference. This just goes to show that one should never let themselves be put down just because they have an opinion not everyone else might have.
I agree with Mara. One should not hold themselves back from voicing their opinion just because others might challenge it. If you really believe in what you think is right, you should defend it to the fullest.
I think that 12 Angry Men is all about standing up for what you believe in and going against the majority if you think its the right thing to do. it shows how the courage of one man can change the whole out come of a situation and shows the importance of making sure someone is guilty before convicting them. in the beggining of the movie it was one man versus 11 others, but by the end of the movie every single other jury person had changed their vote to not guilty. it just goes to show how one person's opinion can change everything.
Henry Fonda's character, in 12 Angry Men, shows how important it is to stand up for yourself and stick to what you believe in. Although the evidence presented during the trial made the boy seem guilty, he thought otherwise. He voiced his opinions throughout the movie, claiming that the boy was not guilty, and in the end, everyone agreed.
The most important message from the film 12 angry men was that you have to stick up for what you think. He was outnumbered eleven to one and he still did not give in and just say the boy was guilty. He took the time to say what he thought and he eventually changed everyone's mind. It was a good thing that he had stuck up for what he thought and didn't fall into the pressure to just say the boy was guilty.
I agree with Andrew when he said that one man can make a difference. In this case the man stood up for what he thought and he ended up changing the minds of everyone in the room.
I think the case was meant to teach people to have an open mind and not judge someone. You can't convict someone of a crime if you have any doubts. Just assuming someone is guilty because of a characteristic they have is not the way our justice system was intended to work. It was made with the ideas of a fair trial and equality in mind.
This kind of reminded me of the Casey Anthony trial. Everyone thought that without a doubt, the jury would find her guilty. The media coverage was unprecedented. But, the jury couldn't convict her because they had a reasonable doubt in their mind. I think that whether or not we agree with the verdict, on some level we ought to be happy that a person's life was put in thoughtful hands. I would hope that if I was accused of something, I would be given the benefit of the doubt and the same treatment.
I agree with Alli when she talked about the importance of one person's opinion. One person can definitely make a difference and change the tide. This guy might have started off alone and outnumbered, but in the end he stuck to his guns and made a difference. That is something we all have the ability to do. It's noble and admirable.
In my opinion the message of the film was that everyone deserves a chance and that no one has the right to take away someones life from them regardless of what they did or did not do.
I agree with Julie that all facts should be considered before coming to an important decision.
I believe the greatest message in the film was the power of one opinion. At the first, initial vote there was only one couragous man who voted not guilt. He truely believe there wasn't tnought evidence to convict that man on trial so that what he said. He didn't let the opinions of views of others change what he thought. Furthmore me was able to persuade 11 other men to believe as he did and save the life of an (innocent) boy. Also the film represents how your judicial system works. It is the duty of the people to interpret and ultimately decide the innocence of someone. This places a lot of power in the hands of ordinary citizens which, as it almost did, can cause poor decisions.
I believe the greatest message of the film was to stay strong and stick by your opinions. I also think it demonstrates strength in numbers. When the guy who was leading the guilty train was being supported he was trying to bully the lone innocent man. He was even being rude to the elderly gentlemen, once people started to change there decisions the men were defending the old man and ganging up on the guy who wanted the kid to get the chair. If the one man didn't stand by his opinion and wait to look at all possible situations than a kid would have been brutally killed based on first impressions of one man.
Absent for this activity
I agree with Robby, you have to stick up for what you believe. We have all learned at some point be your own person, have your own opinions. If the guy who was out numbered just changed his idea because of what every one else was saying that the boy would have been killed based on going with the flow, which is udderly ridiculous.
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