Don't Read This!

Rating: 9/10 (9 June 2005)

I said don't read this! OK, you made it. So what do you think? What was the message of this movie? Carpe Diem - seize the day - is what teacher John Keating says to his students. It seems like a pretty good message, right? He teaches his students to think for themselves, he offers them a voice (poetic and otherwise), and along the way, the students get to read some pretty important poetry, which, by the way, they learn to love. But the bummer is that one of his students kills himself while "rebelling" against his father's authority. Does this kill the spirit of Carpe Diem? Or, does John Keating's message persevere in spite of this tragic event?