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Dead Poet Society - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/d8XYbdqyK3 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

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Odd Thomas

More Robin Williams: Death to Smoochy Insomnia A.I. Artificial Intelligence What Dreams May Come

Nathan Jasper, the Artist Formerly Known as Primary

Definitely in my Top 20. Such a beautiful and tragic film that sadly has a lot of truth in it when it comes to the high standards parents place on their kids, especially ones of the "high society" type schools. The ending is so haunting. "O captain, my captain", rest in peace, Robin Williams

Harry Fieldson

I thought for George's spicy drama joke he was going to say it was just Romeo and Juliet but they actually went through with it

JayF

My second favorite of Robin's movies behind only GWH. Another very powerful one is The Fisher King which also stars Jeff Bridges.

Odd Thomas

More Ethan Hawke: Predestination Sinister Before Sunrise

DeAndrew Greene

Seize the day and Yolo are basically the same thing but you just can't go around saying the abbreviation of seize the day cause that would be....yeah lol

JediLounger

This movie reminds me of the class I used to TA for; Business in a Global Environment. I know how it sounds, but bear with me. It was an introductory course, so the teacher had 3 goals for the class. 1. Learn to think for yourself within the sphere of the business world. 2. Become accustomed to standing in front of people when doing presentations. 3. Improve (not perfect) your writing skills. It was a sophomore level course, so the idea was it was going to be one of the first courses where students transfer the skills learned in English class to business writing skills. I loved helping with this class because you could see the tangible progress the students made from the first presentation they made to the last (there were 3 to 4 per student by the end of the semester).

BangDroid

Corporal punishment was pretty common even up into the 90's. At least at my school, I got "The Paddle" once by the Principle. I can't even remember what I did. Sure as shit remember the spanking. My parents liked to use this method too. Sounds so crazy to say these days, but that was the way it was.

Martin

Now I highly recommend googling SNL’s parody of the final scene. You’re welcome.

Presto2222

My parents sent me to a military school my sophomore year (1985/86) because I was getting in a mild amount of trouble in public school. My mom turns 80 this year and I love her dearly, so I don't really mention it, but it was really fucking traumatizing. I was a sensitive, artistic kid, put in there for bad grades and being a smart-ass, and most other kids were there because they had a choice between juvenile detention and military school. It was crushingly lonely and I was scared to death most days. The boys in this movie have a sweet comradery, but I had the opposite experience. Just alot of mean, shitty kids, and they were in charge 90% of the time, with a single adult or two on duty during off hours. As a bonus, if you ever watch the film "Damien - Omen II, it was exactly that school where it was filmed, just a couple years prior to my stay. Back then, it was Northwestern Military and Naval Academy. They tore it down years later and rebuilt it as St John's Military Academy.

REDR58

George if you like the “stand up” hyper version of Robin Williams, then you will love “Good Morning Vietnam”!

BangDroid
>>139612389

Oh wow RW is in A.I. as Dr. Know, I had forgotten that! But also, Bicentennial Man

8bitAndy

Scent of a Woman is another coming of age story based around prep schools that's worth a reaction.

Logan Kerlee

xD I'm just now seeing this post, so I haven't watched yet - but lol, the title is wrong. C'mon guys, it's Dead PoetS Society. lol, multiple poets, not just one. xD Only reason why I'm bringing this up at all is because I looked the movie up by copying/pasting the title and nothing came up. xD Took me a second to remember the actual tittle but afterword I found the movie. :P

samuel Jakob

Great movie, and yes, I did have a teacher like that back in school, sadly he only was around for a year. I am fully convinced that if he was my teacher for longer my life in general and especially schoollife wouldve been quite different.

Patrick

God as good as Robin was as an actor and a comedian, as a standup, he was a notorious joke-thief. Don't say 1989 was old, that's the year I was born! haha

Mastervodo

Teachers only wish they could be like Mr. Keating. The amount of anger and rage that I feel towards those old, pompous, ignorant, sterile, entitled, fictional white men is frightening. With as many school shootings as there are here in the good ol' U.S of A ('murica), I'm surprised more people like that aren't targets. The person I am now would have stared that that headmaster in the eye while I told him to go F himself with that pen. I feel I was much more independent at that age than those boys. I am thankful that while my parents weren't great - they weren't as bad as Neil's parents - and probably a good portion of the parents of those boys in that awful school. This is my favorite serious Robin Williams film, despite the dark ending. It's a "thinker", at least to those who still can. It's one of those movies that you could spend hours in a group talking and discussing.

Patrick

I never did this in college, but there was 1 night where like 5 of us stood outside out apartment and just started drinking/smoking and telling street jokes for like 30+ mins. It go to the point where the neighbors all came out and joined us and told the street jokes that they heard growing up. Best memory of my college life to be honest.

MaggiLou152

Ethan hawke has said he hated working with Robin Williams on the this film. Robins ad libbing and joking around made hawke furious. Always made me look at hawke as a pretentious ass.

BigGuy209

I know this as nothing to do with this post but Godzilla Minus One is on Netflix & it’s also out on digital to buy or rent. I can’t wait to watch Dead Poets Society later. 😎🤙🏻

Alan Kobb

George wishes that he had a passionate teacher like Mr. Keeting, yet here we are today, able to enjoy George and Simone's passions on this channel. Somehow, George found hjs passion without a Mr. Keeting.

Logan Kerlee
>>139632504

lol, I'm really enjoying your guys' conversation before the movie! xD hahahahaha, ya'll are awesome! xD lmao, you're awesome Simone! lol, we Patrons know the dark side! AND GEORGE!! NOT COOL, NOT COOL AT ALL! xD hahahahaha lol, super enjoying your predictions for this one. :) ONTO THE REACTION! I was a one year old when this was released. :) lol, really like how you both are oohing and awing at each of the characters/actors! :) Red's a dbag in this, yeah. This movie is a serious one. If you both are expecting comedy, hope that you're ready for something deeper/darker than that. lmao, George! Seize the day will always be superior to YOLO. This here is one of my all time favorite Robin William's movies. I love how touching this movie is. Dyslexia is my guess. I don't remember exactly but that's my guess why he doesn't want to read. I didn't, no. I have no idea how I'd operate in a school like that. lol, didn't Hogwarts have some type of creepy forest nearby? This movie brings tears to my eyes! I love Robin William's character. He's so cheerful - it's infectious! :) It's not so much a comfort zone, but more instead he's afraid to express interest or passion for anything that's outside of his father's expectations, This movie has a way of bringing me to tears!! Yikes. lmao, I'm so glad that I'm not a reactor! I'd be a sobbing mess, watching this. <3 I played the clarinet for a single semester back when I was in middle school. I dropped it right after, hahaha lol, this movie is completely white. I wish that I had a teacher like him as well. One that taught English, specifically. English/reading/writing has always been my passion. If I had a teacher like him I believe that I'd have a more open mind. Having the balls to do something is what matters in the end. lmao, you and me both George! xD I never touched Midsummer's Night Dream in high school. lol, old timey gangsters? Sounds interesting. I had zero passions at 16 aside from gaming. That's absolutely not anything important. You're both coming from the perspective of wanting a balanced happy child. Red's attitude was the norm for that day and age. I think that he went and performed without his father's knowledge at all. I'm honestly surprised that he didn't physically beat his son, honestly. This movie's portrayal of a son's suicide to his family is mighty tragic, heartbreaking. Then the way his classmates reacted was just as heartbreaking but for different reasons obviously. Good call Simone, yeah. That's all Robin William's character is, a scapegoat. Got to blame someone. Yup! Hot damn, this movie made me cry 3 separate times. xD I knew what to expect, I've watched this before for crying out loud! This movie's about growth, yeah. The growth of a person's personhood ad well as creativity and independence. No, George - acting was seen as something odd or fruity. Something out of the norm, which is what his father expected of him, completely. Yeah, I remember everybody saying O' Captain, my Captain!" after William's death. It was very touching and meaningful. I'd just like to say THANK YOU for watching this! I needed an emotional wash and this movie did the trick. Holy crap. I'm finishing this up with tears still on my face. Though, only on one side, but that's because I'm not able to rub my left eye. xD I'm currently having some medical issues with it. Suuuuuuuuucks. xD

Logan Kerlee
>>139618050

hahahahahaha, this made me LAUGH! Thank you so much for making this joke on here! xD lol, after finishing the movie I needed a joke like that. :)

Terdell Ferguson

As a High Schooler, my class read this play and I loved it immediately - as did many of my classmates. The film really put a great face to the feelings some of us had surrounding our "place". It's always been such an understated and great story for myself and many of my friends. Inspired so many of us to be more than we were expected to be and so much more than we believed we COULD have been.... Great reaction and thank you so much for this one. NOW - PLEASE - Free Guy (2021)!

Logan Kerlee
>>139641946

Hawke was 19 years younger than Robin Williams was and he was just 19 years old when he starred in this role. his thoughts on William's surely evolved over the years. I won't be upset with him for behaving like a kid when he was just 19 years old.

Alan Kobb

By the way, Mr. Perry actually got a few things right. He predicted that his son would become a Doctor, and as it turns out, he ended up playing a doctor on House. He also predicted that Knox would become a lawyer, and what do you know, he plays one on The Good Wife.

DCray
>>139613296

Also Boyhood. An amazing movie that unfortunately gets slept on.

Jay

An episode of Friends had a pretty major spoiler for this movie, I thought Simone was going to mention it in the intro. Definitely spoiled it for me back in the day.

Cinebinge
>>139662799

I know what episode you're talking about! monica gets her credit card stolen! but I only remember whats-her-face saying it was two hours of her life she'd never get back haha and I completely disagree

REDR58

If you would like to watch more movies with inspiring/excellent teachers, check out “Stand and Deliver” (1988) with Edward James Olmos and “Lean on Me” (1989) with Morgan Freeman. Both movies are based on actual events.

Kevin M. Pitts

This has been a favorite of mine since I was a teenager, as it came out when I was 14. Also, I felt represented given my “unfortunate” last name. The only weird thing is that the last shot of the film of Todd Anderson was between someone’s legs… And to answer the question about teachers we had, I have a love of history to this day in large part thanks to my favorite teacher in high school, who taught world history and didn’t punish me for my jokes about historical figures and events.

RipTheRipper

Requests: - Priscilla (2023) - Les Miserables (2012) - Dolemite Is My Name (2019) - The House Bunny (2008) - Lady Bird (2017) - The Holiday (2006)

REDR58

Another excellent Peter Weir (director of “Dead Poets Society”) film is “Witness” from 1985, starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis. I went to a small, boys-only college Preparatory school (Devon Prep, in Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia) that looked something like this place, but was a day school, no boarding. Didn’t care much for the school (the rote repotition of Latin was very familiar, but I recall little of it). The best teacher, (English Lit) I had showed us movies on an occasional slow Friday which opened me up to a whole wide world of movies I hadn’t seen up to that point and likely never would have. He would also sometimes just sit and tell stories of his life and that stuck with me far longer than any of the actual lessons. He died 23 years ago at 69, just 20 years older than I am now but he lived a long, full life. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-martin-w-bowen/137116989/

Raven Dark

I loved this reaction, especially you guys's reaction to the ending. I had a Mr. Keating for Grade 11 History. The year before I met him, I had a history class I hated. It was just boring and put me to sleep. At the time, I thought it was just that I didn't like history. Much later, I realized it wasn't History that bored me, it was the teacher that made it that way. Then the next year, I had to take history again in a new school. The teacher's name was unusual--it was John John-Deminico. Everyone called him John-John. At the start of term, in the class before History, the kids were talking and comparing schedules. Several of us were supposed to have that history class for the first time, and I remember, when we mentioned it, students who'd already had him as a teacher kind of lit up, and one of them said, "Wait until you meet John-John." Within ten minutes of the class, I understood. John-John was one of those teachers who made everything fun. He was very animated, he'd tell a lot of jokes, and he often did voices. He actually reminds me of Robin Williams a little, but the way he is when he's more crazy, like George mentioned. In my lifetime, I've had teachers I liked, and teachers I didn't. I've had classes I enjoyed, and ones I didn't, but John-John's class was the only one I remember genuinely looking forward to going into every day. I agree with what someone else said here in the comments--George, you have clearly found your passion without a Mr. Keating. It isn't often that we get to spend our lives doing the things we love. You and Simone were meant to do this. I see it every time you are on screen. I hope you know how much joy you bring to the lives of those who watch your channel. I hope you guys never stop being who you are.

Deadly Ramon

It's been around 15 years since I last saw the film. I'd owned it on DVD in two copies: a no-frills early release and a later deluxe version with audio commentary, a documentary, and bonus footage. Just bought it from Amazon Video now since a recent eviction (important life lesson: remember to keep your apartment tidy) forced me to abandon the overwhelming majority of my considerable possessions. At least my digital collections (I hope) are much less possible to leave behind. Congratulations, hosts. You've just watched what is perhaps the most important movie you'll ever experience.

Deadly Ramon
>>139683658

I saw Witness while on a group activity at a counselor's house when I was at reform school in 1988 (Provo Canyon School; Paris Hilton attended it 10 years later and made a documentary about it in 2020). Only part I remember from the movie is someone hiding in a public restroom from an assassin and creeping under the partitions to a new stall whenever the one he'd been occupying was opened. Oh, and some older woman in a position of power or wealth being pursued by a young man. One of the students with us, who was possibly autistic, ate too much pizza during that event and was vomiting during the drive back to our dorm.

Alan Kobb

I think you got it all wrong in your commentary regarding the acceptance of acting as a career in the 1950s. This was the time of McCarthyism and the Hollywood Blacklist when fear-mongers claimed that communists were everywhere. As many talented actors and writers were blacklisted, acting was not considered worthwhile in conservative circles.

Armchair Rizzard
>>139766768

it still isn't. Plenty of deranged conservatives constantly complain about the degeneracy of "Hollyweird."

Dustin Duvall

Fun fact: that type of corporal punishment is still alive and well here in Texas

ChickensAreRacist

None of you asked for this but I’ll still type it. Firstly, loved your reactions. But secondly, when this came out, my dad took my then-18 year old older half brother to see this not knowing that one scene would happen. Cuz my half (only) brother had, just recently, on his literal 18th birthday, watched his own dad pull a .45 trigger against his head… right in front of my brother. So MY dad, months later, takes my brother to see this movie in the theater. It triggers (for lack of a much better word) my brother enough to run and grab a shotgun crying and saying he’ll run to the railroad tracks to off himself (we lived in a mobile home park at the time against the train tracks). Seeing this again, so many decades later, I only just now wonder if my brother wanted to be an artist but his horrific circumstance interrupted that.

Brad Lowry

Okay, if you guys are just finding out that Kurtwood Smith did anything other than Red in "That 70's Show" (in which he is amazing)... You must seek out "Citizen Ruth", a really dark comedy directed by Alexander Payne where Laura Dern plays the "Inhalent Abuser" (or "Huffer") Ruth getting arrested for the umpteenth time for Huffing. To my memory I think she purchases the spray paint directly from Kurtwood Smith working as a Hardware Store Clerk... and hilarity ensues! (Again, dark hilarity.) Burt Reynolds, in what has to be one of his final performances, has an extremely memorable turn that I won't spoil here. Kurtwood Smith has a really good and full and complex character... and funny as ever. Admittedly, "Citizen Ruth" won't be winning any polls, unless there are a disproportionate number of Alexander Payne fans among your Patreons, but do see it even if you do so without the reaction cameras rolling! Enjoy.

Gary Fixler

Not only did I go to a school like this, I had a teacher like this, and it, in part, played out like this. It wasn't a boarding school. We didn't stay there. It was an all-male prep school, though, about 50 kids per grade, so about 200 total, complete with blazers with the big circular school patch. His name was Mr. Messina, and he was like Robin in this movie. I think he liked this movie, and played to it, because that was 1991, and this came out in 1989. He literally did the thing, though. We were all wondering where he was at the start of a class, and he leaned in the door, looked at all of us, and said, "Well? Are you coming?" Then he left. We all looked at each other, not sure what to do, and then a kid got up and left, and then everyone followed. He walked us all around the school grounds, talking about science, which was the class, but he also kept dipping into philosophy, his true love. The school had a lot of staunchy older dudes, and two years mandatory Latin, so that "... agricolas... agricolis... agricolas..." scene was straight out of our daily routine. We had to do the Lord's Prayer every day in Latin, and, random aside, we had a big kid in our class, whom the Latin teacher called "Magnarosa" (big red). We didn't exactly have a Dead Poet's Society, but he did look for interested parties to stay after school and learn philosophy, since it wasn't a class on offer. He picked me and my friend, Dan, and we ended up trying it out, though it didn't stick for me. I'm a computer nerd, not a student of the antiquities. In retrospect, it feels a bit like the guy in Harry Potter, who "collected" students, but he was a really good guy. No ulterior motives, except that he loved the topic. I remember he came in late one day, while a kid was bouncing a tennis ball next to his desk, and he said "give it to me," and we thought he was in minor trouble, but then he, the teacher, sat on the front of his desk, and started asking us questions about what we were learning, and throwing the ball to people to catch, then answer. If you dropped it, he said "wrong, throw it back," and threw it to someone else to answer. He kept us super engaged all year, in a ton of different ways, very unlike a lot of the other "Bueller?... Bueller?..." styles of the other teachers. His crazy methods, despite working really well—we learned a ton in there, wanted to prove ourselves to him, and raced to his class every day, and paid full attention to his every word, like a bunch of nerds who cared—he ended up falling afoul of the institution, and being let go, to all our dismay. I had a kind of "You are Lisa Simpson" moment when he left. I saw him heading way out to his car, and ran after him to say good-bye, and he gave me some good advice, and I didn't even get choked up until his car left the driveway.

Angela D. Mitchell

I know I'm in the minority for not idolizing this, but as the child of a 20+-year high school English and History teacher, I agree with Roger Ebert in that I just don't think this is a very good movie, ultimately. I think the movie has gorgeous moments (Keating helping Todd to speak his poem before the class is one), but for me, it just feels false on a basic logistical level. Why would this intensely conservative school EVER hire Keating to begin with? Surely, he had an easily verifiable history of this kind of teaching -- it's his entire POV. What good does it do for him to come into a right-wing powderkeg and throw a grenade? He seems shocked at the completely predictable outcomes when he inspires the kids to start breaking the school's very narrow rules -- and instead of kindly asking Knox to stop waving them in front of the headmaster like a red flag (I love Knox, but he is the direct cause of everything that follows), Keating just seems to enjoy the adulation. I also feel like the "actor impressions" in the classroom (Brando, Wayne, etc.) were Weir yielding to letting Williams be Williams, and to me they're immersion-breaking and pull me right out of the movie. I think they should have been cut. Meanwhile, why would Keating not bring a textbook he actually LIKES, versus having the kids rip up one he doesn't? Just to show how edgy he is? Why does he seem more interested in acting like a life coach than an actual teacher of literature? He's not even subtle about keeping his inspirations in the classroom -- instead he's got them running all over campus during his classes, clapping and marching and kicking soccer balls and shouting one-liners from poetry. Then he and the students are all shocked-Pikachu faces when the grim headmaster is deeply unhappy with all this open rebellion. Keating also certainly could have offered to speak to Neil's dad about the play and Neil's talent when Neil felt so helpless -- it would have been appropriate and Neil might not have felt so alone, even if it wouldn't have changed much. It does feel like Keating misses how trapped Neil is there. The "standing on the desk" moment at the end is beautiful, but ironic, since I don't really think Keating was a very good teacher in the end. (Also, if you haven't already seen it, please do go find and watch the SNL Spoof "Farewell Mr. Bunting" ASAP since it is AMAZING.) I think Dead Poets has a fantastic cast of young actors, I think it has a gorgeous score and direction, I just don't think the script is ultimately very good. Thanks for the fun reaction as always!

David Nicholson

Thanks so much for this reaction. DPS has been one of my all-time favorite films. Watched it seven times in the theater when it first came out. I have been hesitant to re-watch it for years now, worried that it might not hold up as well as I remembered. But re-watching it with you guys was like watching it again for the first time and I absolutely loved it once again. Thanks for helping we return to this amazing film.

Simone's Coconut Squire

If you like this movie, I think you guys will love "Awakenings" with Robin Williams and Robert Deniro

China Andronicus

I have massive depression and spent over twenty years cutting, with multiple suicide attempts. When my college found out freshman year, they tried to throw me out because they were afraid that I'd kill myself on campus and it would look bad for them. They did kick me out of the dorms so it wouldn't happen on campus. I definitely transferred after that year. Ironically, I played Puck at that school. I had three teachers like Keating, one in high school and two in college. The first two were English teachers, the third a theatre professor.

Gary Kuhre

Had a great teacher that captured my attention when he posed the question: "Is one persons opinion as good as anothers" ? Instructing my feeble teen brain to delve deeper into context and understanding.......Never got a chamce to tell him years later how much he meant to me.