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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 433801" data-attributes="member: 8">Dead Poets Society (1989)[ATTACH=full]57997[/ATTACH]I want to give this film the benefit of the doubt and say that it might have looked sufficiently autre&nbsp; in the 1980s (well, more like the 1990s) but that doesn&#039;t change the fact that, even at the time of release, it should have been observed that this film looks like a friendly, heroic remake of The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie.The finale made me think of the Lost Boys cheering for Peter Pan.Furthermore, I&#039;m not completely sold on the idea of teaching Carpe Diem to adolescents who only&nbsp; think of the present, girls and booze.It&#039;s as if the story wants to take it away and then give it back in a meaningful and wholesome way, enhanced by poetry wanking.The feeling of carpe diem usually comes after&nbsp; suffering or something lost, as it would happen in, say, a midlife crisis story. Educating Rita, and that sort of stuff.Conveniently, there is one character who cannot do as he pleases and this results in Morte Diem. It feels a bit cheap and insincere but nevertheless, the death of a pretty young character is always going to look very tragic.I&#039;m sure there is an audience for this type of film, people love schmaltz and it&#039;s as simple as that. The problem is, I had not expected to find it in such a beloved classic that has cemented its place in pop culture history.Dead Poets Society&nbsp;&nbsp; isn&#039;t just a title anymore, it has become a definition. In my opinion, the film does not live up to that reputation.Yes, I was entertained, but not so&nbsp; much that my life has become richer for it. And I think it was anxious pretty snotface Ethan Hawke who deserved the spanking but it didn&#039;t happen. An additional disappointment!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 433801, member: 8"] Dead Poets Society (1989) [ATTACH type="full"]57997[/ATTACH] I want to give this film the benefit of the doubt and say that it might have looked sufficiently [I]autre[/I] in the 1980s (well, more like the 1990s) but that doesn't change the fact that, even at the time of release, it should have been observed that this film looks like a friendly, heroic remake of [I]The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie[/I]. The finale made me think of the Lost Boys cheering for Peter Pan. Furthermore, I'm not completely sold on the idea of teaching Carpe Diem to adolescents who [I]only[/I] think of the present, girls and booze. It's as if the story wants to take it away and then give it back in a meaningful and wholesome way, enhanced by poetry wanking. The feeling of carpe diem usually comes [I]after[/I] suffering or something lost, as it would happen in, say, a midlife crisis story. Educating Rita, and that sort of stuff. Conveniently, there is one character who cannot do as he pleases and this results in Morte Diem. It feels a bit cheap and insincere but nevertheless, the death of a pretty young character is always going to look very tragic. I'm sure there is an audience for this type of film, people love schmaltz and it's as simple as that. The problem is, I had not expected to find it in such a beloved classic that has cemented its place in pop culture history. [I]Dead Poets Society[/I] isn't just a title anymore, it has become a definition. In my opinion, the film does not live up to that reputation. Yes, I was entertained, but not [I]so[/I] much that my life has become richer for it. And I think it was anxious pretty snotface Ethan Hawke who deserved the spanking but it didn't happen. An additional disappointment! [/QUOTE]

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