A movie about intentional choices| Dangerous Minds 1995 - Movie recap + commentary
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- She's not a regular teacher, she's down for her students : ) Check out the movie recap and commentary of Dangerous Minds 1995.
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What was your fave song from the Dangerous Minds soundtrack?
Mine was Feel the Funk by Immature
@@forthenostalgia Definitely Immature & Coolio😊🎵
Same 🙌🏽
@@JamiylaMeade The biggest hits of the 90s "Gangsta's Paradise"?
Having thangs by big Mike and Gangsta Paradise by Coolio
Gangsta"s Paradise by far
So I went to college to be a teacher and during one of my classes we looked at mock interview questions that we could potentially be asked and one of the questions was “why do you want to be a teacher” and my professor was like “please don’t say anything you would hear in dangerous minds or freedom writers” 😂😂
Lolol 😭
Chile 😂😂😂. Instant refusal
@@forthenostalgia yeah it made me laugh because like a lot of my classmates were white women so it’s just like yes 😂😂
😂😂😂😂
I’m done! 🤣🤣🤣 I’m going to college in the fall to be a teacher as well 💜
The most popular white teacher teaching her hood students movie. I'm glad we moved past this genre because they made it seem like black teachers can't help a school do well.
Agreed! Plus, even though the movie is good, it still has the white savior narrative.
Not to mention, the real woman that the movie was based on was Latina, not a Blonde white woman.
@@marissawilson4644I had no idea.
@@marissawilson4644wow I didn’t know that either. Smh I hate the fact that they whitewashed her
@@1Dub79Yup.
The principal turning Emilio away just because he didn't knock was petty af.
They not like us
They not like us
All skin folk ain't kin folk.
I hated that grandmother so badly.
She is really mad because their teacher is instilling hope for a brighter future for them.
Crabs in a barrel 😔
If it makes you feel better when the women who’s story this movie was based on saw that scene she was appalled bc her students grandparents were the most adamant and helpful about their children’s success
The actor who played Emilio passed three years after this movie was released. Also, I can’t help but think about how Primm called this movie “Wight lady saves the hood” 🤣. He’s an all star 🌟.
Wade Dominguez is the person you're talking about. He died from AIDS.
Yep, happens often
@@nicolesherman8974 I love Primm. He called Hustle & Flow “Midlife crisis mixtape”.
@@therealmarlonbellamyYup.
@@reneedennis2011 He calls Allen Payne Jason’s Lyric, Khalil Kain Juice Yo, Brandon Hammond Soul Kool Fid & Tyrese Jody.
That bitter grandmother and that arrogant idiot of a principal irritated me as a kid, and more so now with age.
I still didn't understand why emilo had so much control over the other students in the class.
Word 😅
Because he was a bully and a menace
That Man was twice their age and height @@adrianaleandre4078
I'm still mad at that principle to this DAY. Some teachers can't see pass their own self importance to know when to just shut up and listen to the students.
That Principal turning Emilo away was the most cold hearted dumbest thing he did should've been
held accountable for what happened to him.
Child!!!
The one thing that stood out to me in the movie was how trash the principal was. Extremely trash! Even the lady in the office who gave Louanne the job was trash! This was definitely high school in the 90s vibes (even though I was a small child in the 90s). Yes, the kids were bad but they just needed to be challenged….a lot. I’m glad she changed her mind about leaving the school because she made such a lasting impression on them despite the loss of Emilio and the other students. The black grandmother’s statement to Louanne was the most depressing scene I’ve seen in a while. Sooo discouraging. The crabs in a barrel mentality is real. And I agree with how you would’ve beat down the principal about Emilio! Would be on the news and lost my job! Everyone would’ve caught a stray. I enjoyed your review as always!
As for the next review, all I’m going to say is Message!
DBAMTSCWDYJITH!!!!
No friend not that one 😂. Its starts Mekhi and Malinda Williams.
@@forthenostalgia Oh damn! I found the answer but I’ve never heard of it. I’ll rent it and watch it later.
I heard the teacher this movie was based on came out and called out the Black grandmothers in the movie. She said that all of her students' parents wanted them to do well.
There’s a movie where Michelle Pheipher loses her son but finds him years later living down the street. You should review that one too. The 90’s was such a different vibe. The clothes, the air, the entertainment industry was just different
The movie is called the deep end of the ocean it's based on a book
That movie was hella good
This is one of the films that shaped me when I was younger. Lou Anne was like so many teachers who not only taught me but fought for me.
As someone who is going into her first year of teaching and has done student teaching, people who have no idea how to help you as a teacher will constantly tell you to “just be engaging” and “build relationships.” Never go to those people because they will just gaslight you into thinking you’re the problem when they know damn well it’s the students and the system.
Exactly.
I’m not a teacher YET (however, I am going to college this fall and my major is in English education) but from what I’ve seen in the classrooms from doing an internship in high school for a teacher program that I was in when I was a senior and just being a student in general, I concur. It’s not always the teacher’s fault when the students aren’t engaged. Unfortunately, some kids just don’t give a fuck. Some students rather be on their phones, sleeping, or act defiant than to actually pick a book up or learn in general. I think teachers are doing the best they can and sometimes administration can be completely useless at times and the school system as a whole is corrupt. Best wishes to you on your teacher journey 💞
The worst advice I've ever received! It's usually from someone who has never taught or hasn't been in a classroom in 20 years. If a kid doesn't want to learn or be disruptive, no amount of engagement and relationship building is going to help. I've had students who loved and called me their favorite and would still do nothing.
As a former teacher, the one thing they for sure got right is that majority of the problems in teaching is because of the adults that make it hard and not the children. I have so many stories about incompetent coworkers, administrators, and parents. If a student is misbehaving you can always find the root cause in the parent’s behavior as well.
You should read up on Louanne's thoughts about this movie and the television show. She has decried this film loudly - so much that when ABC would send her checks for TV residuals, she would send them back uncashed. She said the two most misleading points were that the kids were about a third white, and that they never called her names like White Bread. She also said the kids listened and dissected rap lyrics, not Bob Dylan.
Someone else mentioned this and now Im even more interested to learn the differences between the movie and what really happened
@@forthenostalgia One of the major differences too was that the real life Emilio wasn't killed. He spent four years in the Marine Corps and started a family
This is not true at all. She definitely took whatever money she was paid for the television show and the movie, which actually wasn't a lot.
LouAnne on her earnings from the movie:
“Yeah, unfortunately, I signed for two per cent of the net profits. There were no net profits, so I got a royalty statement for zero. My agent was an old lady at the time. She’s been dead for some time, but she hired an agent in LA that she heard a lot about. It was a long contract and I was teaching and had 250 adverse kids to worry about as a program director at the time. They sent a 60-70 page contract and the agent said here you go, sign this you’re going to make millions of dollars. I thought great because I had started a nonprofit corporation because wanted to start my own school out in the mountains called Second Chance Ranch where kids ride horses and take care of animals. So I signed the contract, then the movie was done, then Jerry called and said we’re # whatever at the box office, we made a bunch of money. They made about $186 million. I figured it out and thought they owed me $750,000. No, they sent me a statement for zero. I called my agent and asked, ‘Hey, what’s the deal with the zero statement?’ She said, ‘Oh, you signed for two per cent of the net profits. There’s never any net profits.’
I said,’ But you told me to sign the contact.’ he said, ‘You should have known better.’
I said, ‘Oh, I should have? Okay …’
“I used part of that money to get 40 acres out in the desert, started a non-profit (called Second Chance Ranch). It would have been enough to get a school started. I sent out letters for donations. Hollywood Pictures sent me a cheque for $250. Pfeiffer sent me a personal cheque for $10,000 USD. I think that speaks for itself. But then I got little dribbles and drabbles and it wasn’t going to be enough, then the zero royalty statement, plus I had to earn a living. So I sold the property then I gave the money to a Hispanic alternative school. I learned an important lesson.”
@@Not_Alwaysoh wow
At LouAnne’s website is a brief Q&A where you can find out what happened to the real kids whose lives were portrayed in the movie. In one of her answers to a visitor’s question she wrote:
Durell and Lionel came back to school after their grandma made them quit and work for a semester (and she never called me a honky anything - she was very nice).
High School High next week! YEZZZZ!!! That dance floor scene is unforgettable 😂🤣😂🤣
Chile 😂
“C’mon, it’s just an innocent little dance!” 😂
@@seanmcclanahan9366 🤣🤣🤣
I have not watched this movie in a long time. Gangsta’s Paradise will forever be a classic. Speaking of Gangsta’s Paradise, i saw a tik tok video where the tik toker was talking about great songs that they hate because the radio ran the songs into the ground & Gangsta’s Paradise was one of those songs. I forgot that Courtney B. Vance & Lorriane Touissant was in this movie. Now here comes the fun facts: Callie played by Bruklin Harris was also in Juice & Zebra Head, Courtney B. Vance is married to Angela Bassett & Tyeisha played by Camille Windbush went on to play Vanessa in The Bernie Mac Show. Next week’s review is High School High.
The soundtrack was lit! Feel the Funk by Immature was my fave
@@forthenostalgia I miss the days of soundtracks
I 100% agree with your final thought. This movie came out 31 years ago, and they STILL would be trying to peel me off that principal. Disgusting example of administration that is unfortunate very prevalent in education
Yup.
The principal (played by Courtney Vance, who is married to Angela MF Bassett), Carla, and that grandma were all deadbeats!!
Very much so!
Courtney’s fine and he’s a good actor! 💜
Honey I agree that Grandma and especially that principal pissed me off to no end but I do agree this movie still holds up to this day.
Also I already know the answer to your next review it's high school high😂😂😂
This is the second movie principal that you had a bone to pick with 😂😂
I know! They are always doing stupid stuff.
@@forthenostalgia But unfortunately, you have principals that act just like that.
The irony about this film (besides all the other things) is kids today act just like that due to social media and technology. And unlike parents in this film, there are a lot of parents that don't care and blame it on the teacher. Its so sad
Instant pimp slap made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂
The H Town interlude gets me everytime 😃😄😃
This movie gives me Freedom Writers I love it even though I haven't seen it.
They are similar. I like both
@forthenostalgia Me too, but I kinda like DM better.
As an educator, I’ve known mothers to keep their kids out of school to babysit or work to pay bills. They didn’t want their kids to have a better life than themselves. So sad.
Lean on Me is a great movie
AGREED.I LOVE that film.
Emilo death was sad
And he ended up dying in real life 💔🕊️
I hope you do 'But I'm A Cheerleader' (1999) someday. It's still relevant today, has aged (mostly) very well, and the cast is 🔥: Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, Cathy Moriarty, RuPaul Charles, Kip Pardue, Melanie Lynskey, Dante Basco + cameos from Michelle Williams and Julie Delpy.
This is basically the 90s version of Freedom Writers❤😅
Don’t Be A Menace
- ‘96 comedy film
- black all stars
- forgotten actors/actresses
- spoofs all classic films
- classic comedy film
It's High School High. Don't Be a Menace parodied movies, but Dangerous Minds wasn't one of them.
@@reedviii I thought the same thing too. I completely overlooked how High School High parodies Dangerous Minds.
Michelle Pfeiffer was one of the few people in the movie who actually read LouAnne Johnson’s book. “I think they should have listened to Michelle Pfeiffer and follow the book,” Johnson explained. “She read the book and the rest of them didn’t. Including the scriptwriter who told me he didn’t have time to read the book, he had to write a movie.”
That grandmother was a piece of work, but now that I'm older I see it from another lense. Not saying it was right for her to say & do what she did, but you have to understand that was probably a generational thing. Her parents probably told her she wouldn't amount to anything & made her leave school to work b/c their parents (her grandparents) were probably slaves and had the same mentally. So that way of thinking is just passed down unfortunately.
I just watched this about a month ago and the scene with the principal turning Emilio away triggered me
This movie, "The Substitute," and "Freedom Writers," were my favorite to watch with mom while growing up.
I’ve never seen The Substitute. Freedom Writers is good though
@niabelizaire3596 I haven't seen Freedom Writers, but I have seen The Substitute.
@@reneedennis2011 You should watch Freedom Writers, it's really good.
@@niabelizaire3596 the substitute is really good film it came out in the 90,s
They're both really good movies with similar synapses to “Dangerous Minds”. The 90s loved combat-trained substitutes and teachers going against the system 😂
I’m going to college in the fall to be an English teacher and the more I watch this movie, the more it opens my eyes about the teaching profession.
Hope you do Freedom Writers next
That’s a good one! 👍🏾💙
I always forget kelly (cali?) is the same chick from Juice
She is, she was the babys mom
@forthenostalgia Yeah, Raheem’s baby mama.
And Blade
@@isalisa909that was N’Bush Wright
seeing courtney b vance w hair is hilarious! but another great review!!
Louanna must’ve gotten a nice divorce settlement to be able to take the kids to the theme park, a fancy dinner and giving Raul $200. It was a really good movie, but the twins grandma, Carla and that principal had me stressed!
I always gotta slap Gangsters Paradise on blast after watching this movie 🎶 RIP COOLIO ❤️
Biker Boyz is a really good one to cover as well! It’s so underrated
Lots of well known actors
-Derek Luke
-Laurence Fishburn
-Megan Good
-Orlando Jones
-Larenz Tate
Etc
I watched this movie so many times when i was a kid Michelle did a great job in the film i had know idea that this movie would be made into a tv series a few years later it lasted one season
I remember that series. It starred Annie Potts.
I know it's just a movie but Here's my biggest gripe:
I truly believe that the grandmother came from a time period where she's gotten used to being disrespected by the American System (Jim Crow Law/Civil Rights Movement) that she wants her grandchildren to get into the workforce without having to rely on education, but because of how she operates with that mindset, there's no tangible way to establish good mentorship and discipline unless the cops have to make attitude adjustments. Literacy is still quintessential to find good jobs. Overall, she's completely out of order, it's one thing to have your grandchildren opt out of school without giving them a second thought of an opinion, but to blatantly call out the teacher for giving them a chance to have a better future goes to show that she's just as much of a problem as the School's Principle and her Co-worker. 😠
I don’t get why these types of movies were so popular back in the day. What schools were THIS bad back in the day?? 😅
Oh! This was my movie growing up & I still enjoy it today. Those kids just need some love & support. ❤
You should review “Boys Don’t Cry” next. Love that movie! 💙🎥
Ahh yes, the " 🤍🐻❄️ savior complex" movie 🍿🎥 trope about saving a bunch a minorities.
- In some shape,form or fashion. It happens 🤦🏾♀️😒. HOWEVER, Michelle is always 💯
The principal was useless.
Exactly.
I’d like you to review precious. So emotional, but such a good movie .
Yo you been on a roll lately 💯💯💯💐💐💐💐💐can’t wait to see this one 😢😢😢😢
I can't wait to hear your perspective on this movie since I loved so much!!!
Teachers are so important thank you for covering this movie ❤❤❤
Honestly, this movie aged very poorly to me. Though I was a young adult when it came out, I could see the pattern of what people now call today "white saviorism." I do think it's also a critique of how uncaring the public school system can seem, especially in light of the systemic under-resourcing they face in more disadvantaged communities.
8695,yes the public school system is uncaring especially in minority communities,this is where the parents come into play.Have you seen the movie with Will Smith playing the William's sisters father ??? GOOD movie.Their father was very active in their lives,school,teaching them how to play tennis,etc,etc,..if their father and mother weren't active in their kids lives,there wouldn't be a Venus and Serena tennis pros nor would they be very rich. Instead their neighbors would say you mean Venus and Serena who work at the mill factory down-town.
Excellent movie review
High school high!!!!!🎉🎉
Please please please please do the 1992 movie “The hand that rocks the cradle”
Definitley doing that one 😊
Great recap as usual ❤
Thank you 😊
@@forthenostalgia Welcome hun!
I love this movie! One of my favorite movies of all time! 🎬🎞️🍿❤️
Looking forward to this
Emilio’s death really got me, like I felt that fr
I love these reviews! I don’t know if you have done Freedom Writers. But you should do that one.
Great video!
I'm over hear crying my eyes out, so good!
The fact that you said " mollywap" is incredible i haven't heard that in decades
High school high 😂😂😂😊
As much as I like this movie I kinda liked the movie freedom writers that had that like Similar plot as this one
I like that movie better too for some reason even though they’re both very similar
Many different movies like this
This movie was based on a true story. But Hollywood changed it a lot.
I love this movie and I still cry when Emilio dies and when they get her to stay.
I love this film! Such a iconic one!
i think i might finally be ready to give this movie a chance. i was a huge Michelle Pfeiffer fan in the 90s, but Coolio turned me completely off from seeing this movie.
It's been about 30 years, and i STILL loathe "Gangsta's Paradise"!
i hate the song and i HATE the video. 😆
i can't even believe that song was such a massive hit.
I will never understand why that grandmother insisted that her grandsons paying bills is more important than getting an education. Without a good education, you won't be able to have enough money to pay for bills.
Come thru with my favorite movie!!!! And as for the next movie, looking forward to see Griff and Mr Clark!
I remember my sister first day being a teacher she legit came home crying she said middle schoolers are so fucking mean and we tried not to laughed 😂😂 but she is a psychologist now
I cannot wait 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
That soundtrack was 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I love this movie I hope you do more movies like this in the future the Ron Clark Story, Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story, Samuel Jackson movie one eight seven, Freedom Writers and other movies
I love how they kept releasing these movies in the 90s, but these schools still aren’t getting the funding they’re deserve.
Bruklin Harris is a legend in my book.
I love your review as always! Gangster's Paradise was my favorite- I know it's obvious but I really loved it (RIP Coolio). These white savior movies are entertaining but a bit frustrating because a lot of them aren't based on real people (I know Dangerous Minds is though). I really noticed how unrealistic it could be when I was in sixth grade and my original older white teacher went into early retirement because she couldn't handle us, and the white band teacher also went into early retirement. They brought in a white lady teacher to take over my sixth grade class and even though she said she had been teaching for 30 years, she only lasted 3 days and she cried each day. Even my little sister said her white kindergarten teacher cried so much and didn't return the next year. Both my sixth grade teacher and my band teacher eventually got replaced by Black teachers and they did a good job, especially my band teacher. The whole experience made me question a lot of these white savior movies because if they couldn't handle middle schoolers and kindergartners, how could they handle high schoolers? It's usually the Black and Latino teachers who stay and they rarely get credit in movies. That's why movies like Stand and Deliver, Take the Lead, and Lean on Me have a special place in my heart. They are much more realistic to me.
Also, could you do a review on Take The Lead? It's not really talked about much but I really like it and it was based on a real Latino dance teacher who taught the inner city students how to dance and gave them a new outlook on life (Antonio Banderas plays the teacher).
I need that Coach Carter review
😂 I had such a crush on Renoly Santiago who plays Raul. He is STILL fine.❤
I loved Wade Dominguez. Now I’m so sad that he died a few years later
I love michelle pfeiffer.
Not to mention this movie gave us one of the greatest songs of all time, Gangsta’s Paradise.
This movie pissed me off because it showed how the system didn’t care about he students even the stupid principal was so annoying
Michelle Pfeiffer is so pretty! 💙
I love your channels
If you ever get a chance you gotta do
1.New Jerseys Drive
2.Biker Boyz
3. The original Color Purple.
💕
@@lamarihamp23 She already did Lean On Me.
Lean on me was done already
@@tlfsag88 i forgot she she did and I watch it good looking
@@FrazJJ I already know and I watch it to my bad good looking tho
It almost reminds me of Freedom writers…still till this day it hits me and makes me tear up a bit
I love how Callie's mom is played by the same woman who played Vee in OitNB ❤
This is just like freedom fighters well I guess the other way around since this came out first I loved freedom writers hopefully you do that one next
The first thing that comes to mind when think about this film is My Darling, My Hamburger. 😆
Suchhhhh a goood movieeeee
Can you do freedom writers next plz
YES! I GUESSED RIGHT!!
I guess I need to go watch this movie lol 😂
High School High up next !❤❤
Now we gotta do Freedom Writers & Stand and Deliver. It’s only right 😅
The next recap High School High
This is just like freedom fighters well I guess the other way around since this came out first I loved freedom writers hopefully you do that one next time