John Adams Movie Analysis

Film Response- John Adams

The scene is set in Boston, 1770 on night of the Boston Massacre where John Adams is just arriving as British soldiers are firing gunshots at a mob. Adams becomes apart of the defense counsel for the british soldiers upon request from Thomas preston. He agrees to do this despite not really wanting to and risking upsetting his friends and family.Reluctant at first, he agrees despite knowing this will antagonize his neighbors and friends because he believes that everyone deserves a fair trial. He defends them pretty well and after a few days of trial, the jury deems them all not guilty. His success in this trial gets him a position in the Massachusetts government and he ends up speaking out against the British government
It depicted him as a hero and as this amazing person soughting justice, which he may have been but there was still a very heavy bias. It even shows him asking his wife to proof read one of his arguments and that may have actually happened, it was still used to show him in a better light since not very many men were thought to care about their wives opinions in that time.
This movie brought itself into a modern light by the parallels between Adams and modern defense attorneys. It shows that although he doesn’t agree with the side he was put on, he still defends them as best as he could and that's what everyone in that position should do. The movie also increased my understanding of the court system and what should be happening in court. It was interesting to see someone put their own bias on the back burner to do their job correctly. Too many people get too emotional over stuff like that instead of just doing what they are supposed to do. In conclusion, I think this is a mini series that we should all invest our time into watching. It’s generally a pretty cool show in my opinion. I would especially recommend this if you retain information better in a movie format than in other ways, or you just want to see JOhn Adams in a really positive