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Just started binge-watching The Good Wife.
What are your go-to "I want to go to there" lawgeek movies/shows?
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Just started binge-watching The Good Wife.
What are your go-to "I want to go to there" lawgeek movies/shows?
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My favorite lawyer movie ever is A Time to Kill. A young Matthew McConaughey,
Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, and Kevin Spacey. Probably one of my favorite movies, overall.
West Wing is my favorite show, and The Wire is fantastic also.
Had no idea they made a film on this.
@mariesutton291 What I would give for Alicia's demeanor - listen, pause and then succinctly respond (& if necessary with sarcasm:)
I used to work in television before I decided to pursue law school, and ironically a lot of the script coverage I had to do dealt with legal procedurals and serialized shows . Suits is fun.. but a tad cookie cutter.. kinda like a legal Entourage. Veep is amazing, great comedy, but it's geared more towards politics than law. Law and Order is a great primer on life as a lawyer and the justice system in general, but it's a tad too bland for my taste. How to get away with Murder was surprisingly good, and although it's premise entails a rather exaggerated look at how dark law school can be, it's still pretty entertaining.. especially for us on here as the story begins with 4 students entering their first year of law school. But imho, The Good Wife is not only the best legal drama on TV, it's also one of the best shows on television in general. There is a reason five different people have received emmys for their work on that show. Fantastic writing, brilliant acting bolstered by a top notch cast, intriguing cases, and it also offers the most plausible account of the difficulties and adjustments one has to make in their life, and their relationships within it to succeed at a top law firm. For those of you guys out there who are worried this is a "chick show," you're making a big mistake, it definitely isn't. I Think CBS hurt their chances at a wider audience by calling the series "The Good Wife", but that's probably a discussion to have on a different forum lol. Ok rant over, now go watch Alicia in action!
@danielznelson160 omg I was thinking the same thing
Obviously outside the immediate realm of movies and shows but the entire Ace Attorney series is an awesome video game series. I think the original trilogy is in iOS.
Does House of Cards qualify as a legal tv series? lolz...but I do love that show!
Not movies, books but The Testament by John Grisham, pretty much everything authored by Lisa Scottoline, The First Counsel by Brad Meltzer, and Home Front and Night Road by Kristin Hannah a former lawyer.
BETTER CALL SAUL, SUITS, and I just wanted to add House of Cards :)
Wow, there's a lot of great movies listed here. Michael Clayton definitely deserves mentioning. It tops my list of Clooney films. And I've seen a lot of 'em. Check it out!
The lucifer effect: Philip zimbardo
In case anyone was interested.
@alejoroarios925 WHAT! This kind of stuff makes me go crazy with anger. This reminds me of the lecture on what makes people do evil. It was so interesting. How "normal" people end up doing the most unbelievable things. He talks about The Stanford Experiment and Abu ghuraib thing. Don't know if anyone has seen that lecture.
I will definitely watch making a murderer. Sounds interesting.
@jaredj229628 else Thank you. Will save these movies for a rainy day ☺️
I, personally, sometimes second guess becoming a lawyer, even my own father who is a criminal lawyer, advised against it, initially. However, I recently watched the Netflix series Making a Murderer and it sheds a lot of light on injustices and inadequacies in our system. You get to see some really compelling criminal defense attorneys in actions, as well as a bunch of crooked lawyers, etc.. It was cool to see for sure and the verdict will probably make you think, what the fuck?! Anyway, it definitely showed a really cool side of being an attorney. Even if you don't want to become a trial lawyer, I think it has a lot of relevance.
*Also I'd highly suggest reading this if you were interested in the above* I've also seen a bunch of shit like this in real life. In Suffolk County, NY... (Long island, outside NYC) a correctional officer slammed a kid in a holding cell on his head and it cracked open on the metal stall inside. This was for mouthing off. There was some video recording and it said, "Holy shit, it sounded like his head cracked open like a coconut" The kid's brother or cousin, I forget, was in the cell with him. He begged the officer to call for help for hours but he didn't do so for like 2-3 hours later. The kid turned blue, threw up profusely for several hours, basically it was really obvious he was going to die if he didn't get help, and he did. The head DA covered it up, basically suggesting he didn't ask for help .. this that.. the cops and DA are very buddy buddy. Long story short, the cop walks. Crazy, right?! Just some motivation for any aspiring Civil Rights lawyers! PS. you can google this.
Good Wife, Scandal, House of Cards (but quit watching last season), never could get hooked on How to get away with murder:(
Too bad y'all are to young to know Ally McBeal, the dancing baby was awesome:)
Edited: Calling @2543 to find the video and post!!!
Just started binge-watching The Good Wife.
Me too!! Almost done!! Free with Amazon Prime:)
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The West Wing yo! Also A Few Good Men. Maybe I just like Aaron Sorkin.
Star Wars...
Death Note....
Amistad
Primal Fear, The Rainmaker, A Time to Kill, Devil's Advocate.....man so many good ones!!!
I LOOOOOOVEEEED Bridge of Spies too
My uncle vinny =) ohhh and that movie directed by Steven Spielberg where anthony hopkins plays John Quincy Adams
@sarahfatima you're right she did. It's a nice break from reality.
Think @lye1001305 did mention scandal.