'You Have to Ask Me Nicely' | A Few Good Men (Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson)

My dears, allow me to describe a scene where what begins as a rather polite discussion takes a sharp turn towards discomfort. In this encounter, Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise) and Lt. Commander Galloway (Demi Moore) pose some tough questions to Colonel Jessup (Jack Nicholson).

🎬A Few Good Men (1992): Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is a military lawyer defending two U.S. Marines charged with killing a fellow Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Although Kaffee is known for seeking plea bargains, a fellow lawyer, Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore), convinces him that the accused marines were most likely carrying out an order from a commanding officer. Kaffee takes a risk by calling Col. Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson) to the stand in an effort to uncover the conspiracy.

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[domanz]

the calmer jack nicholson speaks, the faster you should run.

[wiley]

I have how neither of them blink, they stare at each other during the dialog and it makes you feel the tension through that body language

[siddharthachandra]

1:04 is a key moment in this conversation. It's the moment when Kaffee realizes that Jessop is lying about the transfer order, he instinctively knows it in that moment, you can see it in his eyes and his hand movements. That's why he repeats Jessop's words in that sarcastic manner which we do when we know someone is lying. Markinson's look in that moment also shows that he too has realized that Kaffee has figured out that Jessop is lying in that moment, so he furtively glances at Jessop sort of hoping that the conversation doesn't go further. But Markinson knows that from this point onwards Kaffee has discovered that they are lying about the transfer order at least (separate from the order of giving the code red), irrespective of whether they are able to find any proof of that lie or not. This moment might have convinced Markinson to help out Kaffee later in the plot when he got a chance, since he knew that Kaffee had already clued into the lie in this moment, even though he didn't make an explicit show of it. Markinson may have figured that the 3 lawyers will eventually find out about the fake transfer order sooner or later, since he could see in Kaffee's eyes that he knew that Jessop was lying about the transfer order and that their suspicion would lead them to investigate the authenticity of the transfer order thoroughly and he had put his signature on it. So he wanted to get ahead of the trouble he foresaw for himself having signed a phony document by admitting to Kaffee in a private moment that the document he had signed was a fake, which is what he did later in the plot.

[DavidCarney-lb]

One of the best movies ever made. Rob Reiner

[GuitarFuel]

It's one of the most iconic scenes in movie history!

[chello]

Once Nicholson goes Jack on your ass, people win Oscar’s.

[robertcarlosllenarizas]

If he is my Relative i might say THE BEST ONE.... 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[dalelerette]

How about I explain it to you nicely?

As I thought back over the years I also recalled a time when I was omnivorous toward anything H. P. Lovecraft. This occurred sporadically during my late teens and early 20’s. And during that time I could not get enough of him. I remember re-reading the opening lines of the At the Mountains of Madness (1936) so many times. His rambling style just went on and on like an insane man trying to keep a grip on his fragile sanity. And it felt like I was reading something I had written long ago but was long forgotten. I must have read those paragraphs a quarter hundred times because I felt I had read it somewhere before. And I wondered if some of his more macabre stories may have been an influence on my dreams.

Enoch is indeed a paradox, a cheerful shortcut through logic chosen by the Almighty way back in Genesis. Some have suggested the sky is dark because our universe is confined within a huge black-hole. But we can still shine like stars BRIGHTLY within the singularity for others to paradoxically see through the absolute darkness. Enoch is spoken of again with praise from the Almighty in the Wisdom of Sirach 44:16:

Enoch pleased the Lord and was taken up, an example of repentance to all generations -- Sirach 44:16, RSV

What if God was Israel born to us 2000 years ago? Or was it 12000 years ago?

The Sacred Dozen are probably the most Authentic 12 we could ever see.

Twelve archetypes have been proposed for use with branding: Sage, Innocent, Explorer, Ruler, Creator, Caregiver, Magician, Hero, Outlaw, Lover, Jester, and Regular Person.

There are 12 Tribes to Israel: Jacob was renamed Israel when God appeared to him when he was leaving Padn-Aram and blessed him. Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Reuven, Shimon, Levi, Yehuda, Issachar, Zevulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph, Benjamin.

The Scriptures record that the original apostles of Jesus were Peter; James; John; Andrew; Philip; Judas Iscariot; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alpheus; Bartholomew; Judas Thaddeus; and Simon Zelotes.

The gifts of the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12 are the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, working of miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, different kinds of tongues, and interpretation of tongues.

Matthew 26:52-54 The Message (MSG) Jesus said, “Put your sword back where it belongs. All who use swords are destroyed by swords. Don’t you realize that I am able right now to call to my Father, and twelve companies—more, if I want them—of fighting angels would be here, battle-ready? But if I did that, how would the Scriptures come true that say this is the way it has to be?”

Maybe we just have to see it together as friends?

Keep in mind that the culture Abraham grew up in was surrounded with horrendous child sacrifice practices. There were many fertility cults present in this era of human history around the Mesopotamia. Even Jephthah killed his Virgin Daughter according to a very rash vow he made in the Book of Judges. But when the Almighty called Abraham out, He was contrasting them from the other cultures. It was a test of faith for Abraham and God was demonstrating that He was NOT like the other gods. God had no intentions of actually getting Abraham to kill his son Isaac.

Abraham even said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.” Abraham was implying they would BOTH come back. According to Hebrews 11:9, Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. But it was a test of faith that foreshadowed when God the Father would REALLY lose God the Son for our sakes. Abraham was a hero of faith; in fact, in Romans 4:16 he is called the father of all who believe.

Please walk hand in hand with me back to the Garden of Eden. Gram Parsons was trying to find his way back to the Garden but he got lost along the way much like Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain. We all struggle with our authenticity. On February 2, 2014, Philip Seymour Hoffman, considered one of the most talented and versatile actors of his generation, dies of a drug overdose at age 46 in New York City. May he rest in peace.

If we confess our sins, and we participate in the Eucharist with a clean heart, the Lord will replenish us in His lively virtues: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility - if I can bring this down to the most basic level, Jesus in Matthew 10:42 plainly says, "And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person (the person who gave the cup of cold water) will certainly NOT lose their reward.” All people should justly reciprocate kindness so they can be open to the Holy Spirit.

Cain offered his worst goodness. Abel offered his best goodness. But true faith can elevate your best goodness into holy kindness. Like Abraham I hope and trust my belief in God is counted to me as righteousness so that I would be called a friend of God, like James 2:21-23 I hope we're all welcomed in the Bosom of Abraham. ❤

[CaptainMir]

I'm a fair Guy but this fkn heat is making me crazy

[alexmuenster]

I don't understand it. Kaffee at first seems on Jessup's side, telling - almost ordering - Galloway to stop asking about the Code Red and insisting that Jessup doesn't have to answer her question. Hence, Jessup ought to view Kaffee as an ally, who wishes to spare him unnecessary questioning. And yet, when near the end, Kaffee mentions that he'd like a copy of the transfer request, Jessup acts belligerent, accuses Kaffee of being somehow discourteous, and demands that Kaffee ask "nicely." Why in hell does Jessup attempt to humiliate and antagonize someone (namely: Kaffee) who had, until then, been practically *defending* him against Galloway's incessant question about Code Red?!

[scottfrigiola]

Clearly a great discretion of a alfa male

[tkx]

why did Cruise get re-assigned from JAG to fighter Pilot?

[robertcarlosllenarizas]

Jack Napier A.K.A JOKER COLONEL NATHAN JESSUP... 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[Neighborsprofile.Whichone]

🫶💂tellem sir.. WE DICKEM DOWN when the rtruth hurts .. 😌they cantt handle truth

[colinperkins]

Jack Nicholson does such a great job in this scene of being completely menacing…I mean, like, _really_ dangerous…without ever once raising his voice, or changing his expression, or even moving his body once. Such great acting.

[AnthonyJackson-vl]

Nobody can play the role of an absolute egomaniac like Jack Nicholson!!!! 😄

[franciscolopez]

Col. Jessup, pretty please with sugar on top, I need a copy of the f@$ing transfer order

[MaheshWalatara]

Love how his ears pull back when he says You gotta ask me nicely. 😮

[craigblyth]

this is the scene when Kafee realises Jessop ordered the code red

[cal]

Jack scared me so much I asked for a transfer out of my bedroom.