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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Suits.
"Hi! I'm Elle Woods and this is Bruiser Woods... and we're both Gemini vegetarians"
@mariesutton291 What I would give for Alicia's demeanor - listen, pause and then succinctly respond (& if necessary with sarcasm:)
@7sagestudentservices i KNEW you blew galaxies out of your mouth .. Supernovae, whatever that magic was ...
One of my faves.
Never got into Suits (I felt like it was too soap opera-y).
I love Damages, but my absolute favorite is Better Call Saul.
Legally Blonde,To Kill A Mockingbird,12 Angry Men, Chicago, A few Good Men... Ahhh there's more but I cannot remember them.
As for shows I would say Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder haha
BETTER CALL SAUL, SUITS, and I just wanted to add House of Cards :)
Star Wars...
Death Note....
Amistad
So many movies and shows to catch up on! Personally, my go-to law movie has always been "Philadelphia" with Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks. It's pretty heavy, but never stops to inspire and motivate.
@pmovaghar413 you MUST Veep. Most cleverly written show on TV and many antics ensue. Great ensemble cast. West Wing is another of my seen-every-episode shows. I used to be a Rob Lowe-type (also we share alma mater) ... Was a Dep Comm Dir. So that was pretty cool to see a similar role in an executive branch context.
But making CJ COS ... That would never happen. Press Secs don't have the guts of a COS, especially for POTUS. So that was a jump the shark moment IMO.
@2543.hopkins NOOO but people keep telling me I should. I started watching West Wing but I realized I paid way too much attention to Rob Lowe's face and not enough on my logic game LOL. And yes, I was ECSTATIC when I found out that Nick Offerman and Megan Mullaly (sp?) are married in real life. It makes their moments together on screen that much more magical. Also, is the Good Wife the one with Logan from Gilmore Girls? Because if so, I may have to start watching that...
Also forgot... Central Park Five & Inherit the Wind
@pmovaghar413 it only took me 3 days to watch season 2 :/ a year later and I'm STILL waiting for season 3 smh lol
I'm also hooked on Orange is the New Black.. it's a Netflix series and it's awesome! Check it out if you have time!
OMG THAT MOMENT WAS AMAZING!! I died when they got married and she said, "Diane Tammy Lewis... Just kidding it's Elizabeth." Freaking bad ass
@pmovaghar413 Totally agree. Legally Blonde, all day, every day. I'm a Capricorn vegan with (perhaps too many) cats. Same thing, right? I don't have a life plan other than becoming Elle Woods... I need this to happen.
There is no such thing as gif overuse @jmuraca011793 ... Unless it crashes 7aage. In that case @7sagestudentservices would have to rescue us.
Ok. I'll stop overusing gif's. I just learned how and I'm super pumped about it. Not everyone likes Suits, I enjoy it. I think season 1 is on Amazon Prime if you have that. It's totally unrealistic but hilarious IMO.
@2543.hopkins I am not ashamed to admit that I have an OBSESSION with LB nor am I ashamed to admit that one of life goals is to be able to say, "What, like it's hard?" re: getting into HLS (I'm also with you on Suits -- couldn't get into it even when I did watch a couple seasons).
So I know this isn't law related but since you're PI, I really think you should watch Parks and Rec, if you haven't already. Leslie Knope is legit my spirit animal and she makes me want to be a better person. Besides, I'm a sucker for political jokes :)
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.
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!