Day 48
Film 38
Directed by: Peter Wier
Written by: Tom Schulman
Starring: Robin Williams
Dead Poets Society feels like a usual coming of age story, and in that regards it could have easily been a forgettable movie but Williams' performance as John Keating along with the well sculpted screenplay really make the film step above.
Now I could be a little biased. I am a fan of poetry and I know the power it can have to move the soul. Williams' seems to take these qualities and rally not only the hearts of the students in his class but our hearts as well. It is enough to make you want to shout 'My captain' in the final scene and enough to make you believe these rigidly brought up children would defy their parents.
Overall I liked Dead Poets, I do not have a good grasp at what was actually going on in the late 80's to get any sort of important significance out of it. It is a well crafted and enjoyable movie, but beyond that I am not sure what to think.
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