Reviews of Dead Poets Society 1989
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I want an inspirational teacher like Keating, but last month at uni, I was the only student to turn up to one of my compulsory lessons and then my teacher got bored and left halfway through the class as well, saying she'd be in her office if I needed anything, so I'm probably quite a long way off from getting that.
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i watched this and then did homework
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hueviña, pero buenas ideas.
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This is a great movie about the importance of finding one's voice. Robin Williams gives a great performance as teacher John Keating, who inspires students at a prep school to enjoy poetry and seize the day.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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A lot more dramatic and sad than I was expecting. I guess I'm use to associating Williams with comedic roles, hence I always just assumed this was more of a comedy than a coming of age drama.
Williams is great to watch, with his character able to inspire even the most cold soul. It is one of the best performances I've seen from him, aside from One Hour Photo I've never really liked him but this is starting to change my opinion.
It is brilliant, one of the better Weir films I've seen. It really packs an emotional punch in the final act.
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bit sad :(
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Very entertaining, all the kids are very charming and while they are faced with problems that I can't relate to personally I did feel for them and cared about what happened to them, in part wishing I was strong enough to face issues like that in a better way.
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Yesterday, while sifting through some of my ratings, I noticed that I had only ever seen three Peter Weir films, despite adoring all three of them. It never really occurred to me that I'm a huge fan of his work but apparently I am, yet having only seen three of his many films I knew I had to explore the rest of his work. When going through his filmography Dead Poets Society was one of the more striking entries to…
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Second only to music is my love of the written word. Reading novels, poetry & plays from a young age and then through schooling that passion grew tenfold. My imagination became my playground. A playground with a killer soundtrack.
My English Lit teacher played a large part in inspiring me to write. He taught with this free spirit surfer style, a true Aussie with the ability to see past the bullshit. Watching Mr Keating in this movie brought those years back…
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