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why is it called "12 ANGRY Men"?

posted 9 years ago by marjcbs
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Most of the jurors in the film didn't appear to be particularly angry people. Frustrated at times perhaps, but ANGRY?

Just an observation.

[–] dunlap-mark64 9 years ago

Because it's a title that is short and interesting. It attracts your attention and makes you want to see what it's about. But I do think that nearly everyone got angry at some time, if only a little bit angry.

[–] ElMaruecan82 9 years ago

All but juror #12 

Darth Vader is scary and I  The Godfather

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[–] johnral (138) 5 years ago

You are right. The film is titled very poorly. They could have found 100 better names for the movie. The characters are predominately not angry.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

You're right, it should have been called ' 12 Slightly Miffed Men '.

[–] bobbydallas (8523) 4 years ago

^ loll
'12 mildly irritated men'

[–] TheArgentinian (7073) 4 years ago

what? there were some real anger issues here. what about the one that hold out until the last moment?