Jaiden - I've seen a few scenes of this from the 90's remake in middle school, and what I saw impressed me. For what sounds like the most boring premise; 12 (angry) men talking in a room for an hour and a half, the conversations in it were actually very intriguing. I finally got around to watching the original version, and man I must say it holds up very well. The dialogue is very thought provoking, and the conversations feel very real. They don't talk like how people did in all the old movies, *with a big dumb grin, with a pipe in their mouth, talking at a high speed only to pause at every 5th word or so.* No, these people were talking like how normal people would talk and it felt very natural and real, which made you feel like you were there, and involved in the debate. Another area which this movie shines is its writing. Only good writing can hold your attention and keep you interested for however long it wants to. And this film does just that. You can make a movie with aliens, time travel, whatever is the most interesting thing to you, but if the writing is poor, it flops. That's why again I was so impressed that they somehow made an hour and a half movie with some (12) old (angry) men in a room be so interesting. But that said, I can't say this movie is very re-watchable. I know what happens now and I get it. I can't see a time that I'd want to see it again, not anytime soon at least. And I don't expect everyone to be as absorbed as I was. If you're not into it, you're not into it. But I say at least give it a shot. I say it deserves its status as "a classic."
+88% (out of 100%)
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