[If you are reading these posts sequentially backwards because you are from the future, please note that this is the last of a 9-day "series" about the movie 12 Angry Men. Please go back to the first post about the movie and proceed from there. Or just skip this whole section, I don't say anything life-alteringly important.]
[This post may contain spoilers; please watch the movie here before reading]
The ending to 12 Angry Men really puts everything into perspective. All of the deliberation over the most minute details of the trial and testimony result in a final conclusion, but after that the decision has no real effect on their lives. As the men leave the court building, down the many steps and onto the street below, we see them each heading off in different directions on their own, probably not going to see each other again. They all were chosen randomly, came together for a very unique and dramatic experience, and went along in their own ways, changed by what happened in that room.
The movie shows the positive side of human nature, where we can work together, getting over our differences, helping the lives of others and learning a lot about others and ourselves along the way.
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