Dead Poets Society

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Summary: Oh my God!!
Review: You know what is a challenge??? Try not to cry when you look at this movie... It is so sad!!!! In the original book Mr. Keating dies but who dies now is more tragical. Ethan Hawke has done a good job playing a guy who is very shy. But you know what I don't get???? The say that it is a catholic school but why are there girls in the other classes??? Well, I actually don't care because this movie is the bomb!!

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Summary: A must see movie!
Review: I adore this movie! It has a good story with a good meaning. I'm sorry, but I must say that Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard are very cute in this movie. I am a big fan of poetry, and that is probably why my friends think I'm crazy. This movie is not as much about poetry, it is about being something. It is about being happy with your life. Also it demonstrated how different people tried to make their lives what they wanted them to be; one made a wrong choice, and the other took a risk and made his life better. This might seem confusing, but this movie is about life,its ups,and its downs. This is a movie that may seem sad, but life is sad. People must deal with their emotions,and what better way to do it than to write poetry. This is a movie,I think,that could not be better.

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Summary: Carpe Dium!
Review: This is an uplifting, insirational movie that shows Williams at his best. It takes place mostly at a school, which picturesque campus contrasts sharply with the solemn, all-boys school that is located on the grounds. Mr. Keating is the exception to the normal, opressive atmosphere. In his own words, his English class is all about learning to "think for yourself". He teaches his students about being their own person, and encourages them to "suck the marrow" out of life by recommencing the Dead Poet's Society. You can never get enough of this movie, because every time you see it, you get a new element out of it. If any movie deserves the title of "A Masterpiece," this is surely it.

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Summary: Great movie, but disappointing ending
Review: I watched this movie in my sophomore English class, and loved it from the minute it started. I really like Robin Williams, and Robert Sean Leonard was really hot! :) Seriously, though, the movie had some really good parts in it, like all of the different activities Mr. Keating(Robin Williams) had his class do. Another good part of the movie was all of the DPS meetings, because it was cool to see the kids doing what Mr. Keating had done in years past. There is, however, a particularly sad scene, and while I will not give it away, I will say that it was VERY unexpected. The very ending, when the kids stand on their desks and say "O Capitain, my Capitain" to Mr. Keating was pretty cheesy, because I could think of lots of better ways to end this movie. All in all, though, this was a very enjoyable movie to see, and I would reccomend it to anyone, even if you are not a big fan of poetry.

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Summary: Liked it the first time
Review: I thought it was a decent film and I know a lot of people really like this film. I did too at first. But as I watched it more, I began to question the plot. You mean to say that these boys were never told to make the most of their lives. And that it took one teacher to utter one (now an annoying cliche) latin phrase and 30 lives were changed that instant. The ending also seems to be forced, a shot in which it appears as if the director is trying to get this scene into a list that might be called the most-memorable movie scenes. It just doesn't seem appropiate.

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Summary: Very good but very sad...
Review: I would have given it five stars but the ending was so sad and i don't like sad movies. It is a great movie though which is set in the mid to late 50's at a very strict high school. It's an all boy's school and it seems like they're in college because they all live together in dorms but they're only in high school! It all starts when Mr.Keating (Robin Williams), a Literature teacher at the school encourages his students to seize the day 'Carpe Diem'. his students find out about the dead poets society ,that Mr.Keating was in when he was a student at the school, and start it up again. They start it by sneaking out to the woods at night and going to a cave to read poetry and have fun together. The story tells you of the students, such as Eathan Hawkes' character who is shy in the begining but in the end 'seizes the day'. Another boy finds enough courage to call a girl and write a poem for her to tell her how he really feels. Another boy named Neil who is the main character(i think) wants to become an actor but his father wants him to become a doctor. I was screaming at the movie for Neil to rebel against his father but it was set in the fifties where they were more obiedent then today. The ending is sad but all the students seized the day and we should follow their example by seizing the day because it may be your last so you might as well live it to the fullest!Carpe Diem!

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Summary: My goodness...that movie is an awesome piece of work
Review: First of all I have to declare that my review on "Dead Poets Society" is based on the movie.We were supposed to read the book simultaneously but I did not read the whole book because it is just like the script of the movie with added scenes.That is why I know every single scene of the movie by heart.My teacher made us analize the scenes so we would understand everything but we never watched the movie in one piece.In spite of this fact the movie was splendid.It really makes you reconsider about your way of living.I myself thought I should seize the day more often from now on.The movie touches one deeply,especially in the tragical scenes in the end,when Neil commits suicide or when Mr.Keating leaves the classroom and the students get up on their desks quoting Mr.Keating's "O Captain!My Captain".I think the movie is one of the best movies I have watched so far.

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Summary: Carpe Diem
Review: Eventually a story of true love. Not love between Adam and Eve or Juliet and her Romeo, both pairs mere humans, but real love. The love of life. Love for rising every morning and being content that you are alive! Taking in that first breath of fresh air and smiling with appreciation. Life with it's ups and its even worse downs. But never the less life. Finally we have been blessed with a tale of how ridiculously wonderful it can all be if only we seize the day!

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Summary: He's his own man
Review: DPS demonstrates the apparently inherent 6th sense of all politicians present and past: that in any climate, it's never safe to say what you mean (our collective loss). As a young man, Professor Keating professed his love for a society where partakers enjoyed a true marriage of minds. Alas, his self-expression came back to haunt him and the Prep School administrative minions had sufficient ammunition to proceed with his expulsion in order to cover their big backyards. The ending of the movie, "Oh, Captain, my Captain" finely illustrates you can silence a belief only in part, only for a time. In the film's final moments, the inflamed young gentlemen illustrate that point lucently.

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Summary: A Good Story, plus Robin Williams at his best
Review: I highly recommend this movie, especially for family viewing if the kids are thirteen or older. I wouldn't want younger kids (under sixteen) seeing this outside of the context of family viewing, as many powerful issues are raised that require parental input. In that aspect, "Dead Poets' Society" shares much with "Ordinary People", although "Dead Poets' Society" has more positive feeling to it than "Ordinary People" does. The acting is generally great, although the father of the main student-character is too extreme at times (although I recently met a man with many of the same issues). There is a good dose of philosophy in the movie as well, regarding the meaning of life, the need to cherish the wonder around us, and the capacity we all have to be more than we sometimes let ourselves be.

I also see this movie as having THE best ending of any movie I've seen, although "Being There" is way up on that list too.