This week, Popcorn Moms talks about the military legal drama A Few Good Men (1992), directed by Rob Reiner and starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore.

We didn't plan for our first episode to be a Rob Reiner film, since we recorded this before his passing, but we hope our genuine praise for this movie honors him. RIP, you legend.

Topics include:

00:00 Introduction and Movie Selection

03:17 Humor, Charisma, and Aging Well

07:17 Scripting Military Culture

11:56 Characters who stand for different moral codes

19:59 Maybe the villain has a point

24:19 Ego, Humanity, Justice, Leadership, and Responsibility

28:54 Political Influence in Leadership Roles

29:54 Why Steph loves military movies

32:35 The Complexity of War and Individual Stories

33:43 Movie Stakes

37:11 Demi Moore slash Joe

43:51 Steph explains that one scene that doesn't make sense

46:42 90s Movies and why we love them

47:34 The Evolution of CGI and AI in Film

50:23 What's next?

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