Review of Dead Poets Society

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2014)

"Dead Poets Society" staring Robin Williams is quite well-known for the public and was awarded Academy Awards. After the end credits rolled, the movie proved that it deserved the awards. The story is about our society to force people to be repressed without sentimental feelings. The students in the movie seemed to reflect our uniformed world. They want to be someone with emotion and sentiment. But, the reality does not flow into the way that they want. Even though the plot could easily have become terribly common, Robin Williams and other characters had the skill to make it gripping. The masterful acting kept my attention from beginning to end. Especially, the scene that students come together and listen to the poet, "O'me, O'life" by Walt Whitman, made me shiver. And the words "Carpe Diem" which means 'seize the day', remained in my brain after the movie. I'm wondering if I live like that. So, I really hope that such a movie will be released again in theaters.