Dead poet society movie review help?!
Question: im stuck, i dont even know where or how to begin my movie review?! Can someone help me on how to start and keep it going?
Answers: im stuck, i dont even know where or how to begin my movie review?! Can someone help me on how to start and keep it going?
I can!
Firstly to give you an idea of a finished article try reading this professional review:
Robin Williams toned down his usually manic comic approach in this successful period drama. In 1959, the Welton Academy is a staid but well-respected prep school where education is a pragmatic and rather dull affair. Several of the students, however, have their thoughts on the learning process (and life itself) changed when a new teacher comes to the school. John Keating (Williams) is an unconventional educator who tears chapters of his textbooks and asks his students to stand on their desks to see the world from a new angle. Keating introduces his students to poetry, and his free-thinking attitude and the liberating philosophies of the authors he introduces to his class have a profound effect on his students, especially Todd (Ethan Hawke), who would like to be a writer; Neil ( Robert Sean Leonard), who dreams of being an actor, despite the objections of his father; Knox (Josh Charles), a hopeless romantic; Steven (Allelon Ruggiero), an intellectual who learns to use his heart as well as his head; Charlie (Gale Hansen), who begins to lose his blasé attitude; unconventional Gerard (James Waterston); and practical Richard (Dylan Kussman). Keating urges his students to seize the day and live their lives boldly; but when this philosophy leads to an unexpected tragedy, headmaster Mr. Nolan (Norman Lloyd) fires Keating, and his students leap to his defense. Dead Poets Society was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Williams; it won one, for Tom Schulman's original screenplay.
If your stuck for a beginning then try introducing the film e.g. a short plot summary, whos in it, when it was made e.t.c. Hopefully, that might spark some ideads for you.
After this think critically about the film: if you had to rate it out of 5 stars what would you award?. Then decide to yourself why you chose that. Also, Analyse and Evaluate characters and themes of the film such as beliefs or individualism (i.e. describe and then comment on).
To end the review summarise effectively your opinions on the movie - also i would suggest trying to use high quality language in your writing too.
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Interesting question, best of luck to you!
It's awesome, and if I knew that Robin Williams was in it...I would have seen it automatically. Great actor, even better movie.
it's a great movie! it's a pretty easy one to write a review for - start with the whole carpe diem thing and how that interferes with the authority we're meant to obey.
Fantastic film, starring Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard. Hope the info below helps.
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