Dead Poets Society

Rate 7.9/10

Cast

• Robin Williams as John  Keating
• Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry
• Ethan Hawke as Todd Anderson
• Josh Charles as Knox Overstreet
• Gale hanson as Charlie Dalton
• Dylan Kussman as Richard Cameron
• Allelon Ruggiero as Steven Meeks
• James Waterston as Gerard Pitts

Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke), a shy teenager, starts his senior year in Welton Academy, a prestigious school. His father expects him to be just like his older brother, one of the bests students in Welton Academy. There he meets Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard), a straight A's student and a popular boy with a lot of friends. On their first English class, they meet John Keating (Robin Williams), the new English teacher who stirs their curiosity by his unusual way of teaching. Later they find out that John Keating was also a student in Welton Academy and he was a part of a club called Dead Poets Society. Neil, along with Todd and the other boys, restarts the club secretly. 

I watched this movie a few weeks ago, and it was intriguing. It's interesting to see the culture and the way of living in the 1950s. The adults are very strict to the point of depressing for the youths. But I do admire the way they respect the elders and it was fascinating to see, it's very rare for us to see those kind of young people nowadays. I find the movie itself is beautiful and it makes reciting poems looks appealing somehow (I find poetry to be boring honestly). I definitely recommend this movie.

   

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12 Angry Men

Rate 8.8/10
Cast

• Martin Balsam as Juror #1
• John Fiedler as Juror #2
• Lee J.Cobb as Juror #3
• E.G. Marshall as Juror #4
• Jack Klugman as Juror #5
• Edward Binns as Juror #6
• Jack Warden as Juror #7
• Henry Fonda as Juror #8
• Joseph Sweeney as Juror #9
• Ed Begley as Juror #10
• George Voskovec as Juror #11
• Robert Webber as Juror #12

When a young boy accused of stabbing his father, 12 jurors are chosen to decide if he's guilty or innocent. If he's proven guilty, he'll get a death penalty. Every single evidence happens to point that this boy is guilty. So, the jurors decide that he's guilty and call it a day. But, one man stands up to the other 11 jurors stating that he's innocent. And they can  not penalize the boy unless all 12 jurors agree that he's guilty. This is a fight of a man against 11 others to save a boy's life.

12 Angry Man is a classic movie that I watched recently. Despite it being released in 1957, the storyline is very engaging and every character stands out and have  really strong backgrounds. Even if it's still in black and white, it can definitely beat newer movies with better technology. I don't know who the actors are, but each one of them can bring out the characters' personalities really well. The entire movie takes place in the jury room. I don't know how the movie maker did it, but they really shoot the entire movie in just one single room and it turns out great. This is what current movie makers need to learn. It's old but gold.

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