This was another movie inspired by my sister: she [sometimes] has good taste in movies...primarily if they come from the 80s, which is where Dead Poets Society made its debut.
Now to start this all of I am a HUGE Robin Williams fan.
Moving on to my second point, I remembered bits and pieces of the VHS version of this that my sister used to watch but I was too young that the message of the film went way over my head and I think I never made it past the part where they sneak off into the woods with their hoods on because it got too scary for me...I think. Either that or it wasn't Aladdin so that was immediately a negative for my young self.
See the Robin Williams pattern showing up here...the Genie...I thought so.
While we're off topic how much did Return of Jafar suck without Robin Williams.
Yeah. I know.
Also, we all know that Steve from Full House was the voice of Aladdin, right?
Good.
Now...where were we? Oh yes.
I am so glad that this was my first full glimpse at Dead Poets Society and even if it wasn't looking at it after a few years of college I think have maximized my appreciation for this film. (Of course it also didn't hurt that I had an English teacher who was some version of the actual Robin Williams) But this is someone that anyone that is in college, is going to college, or has gone to college really should watch because I think it speaks a lot to keeping an open mind and really becoming who you are outside of your parents or what the collective group is telling you to be.
Maybe its because I'm following my own passions/hopes/dreams out to California and my parents support that decision that I am thankful for after watching this movie. Maybe its because Neil (who I SWORE was a young Jim Carrey...in fact I kinda still believe it) found his passion in acting...something that is close to my heart and I was able to relate to him on that level. But this movie speaks to all of that and more. It is within it self a piece of art that tells you to look at art and take from it what you will...and not what others are telling you that it means.
Anyway I would highly recommend this film as a fine piece of work to come out of the 80s
4.5 stars
Dav3
If you want to make a habit of move review I would expect you try to make some point in your review. There are a lot of nobodies out there expressing meaningless opinions on movies. The reviewer worth reading will need to provide more than antics, rather a taste of analysis. Why is a movie effective or not? If a movie is to be effective is needs to appeal to a psychological or sociological need in society, it needs to deal with our fears, grief, loves, anger, stressers and so on. Granted, none of the films you have looked at have done any of those things. The usefulness in a review is not whether or not you enjoyed the film, rather, help watchers see what issues the film deals with, what lessons we can learn, what action it is urging us to take in our lives. Then perhaps you will recieve another comment on this blog.
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ReplyDeleteAs I don't know who you are I will respond to you here (although judging from your comments I doubt you will be back)
This blog is meant to be my own working out and reaction to certian films (good or bad) and my initial reaction to them and what I've got out of them if it was the first time or the millionth time watching them, and processing out my thoughts. I don't want to give a formal review because I believe those are a dime a dozen and I don't want to tell people everything about a film just share how I reacted to it with those who know me, who frequently ask and so I just chose to keep this blog as a handy reminder to what I have watched.
I assume you only read the first page (and agreed they weren't the best of subject material...however I did find Dead Poets quite good) and if you read the closing to the Dead Poets blog and navigate back to Benjaiman Button...I do have more reviews other than what you see on the page...you'll find I admit that there is still parts to movies that I haven't grasped, or how Dead Poets reminds us to take art as we understand it and not a formula.
This is how I understand the films that I have seen, and this is how I intend to keep blogging. Were I a professional, things might be different but for now, this is exactly what I want it to be.
I believe in the phrase God is in the details and that it what I focus on...the little parts of the film that speak or connect with me. That's all.