Robin Williams was the type of person that if he was still around, if he saw this video, saw how you personally felt about him and how he impacted your life, he would probably go completely out of his way to go and see you in person himself. I miss him so much. Also, this film should be shown in EVERY CLASSROOM ACROSS THIS NATION.
My English teacher in 9th grade showed us this movie three times in the year. He said our understanding of it would change, and it did. It does every time I see the film. He was diagnosed with cancer while i was in 10th grade, and nobody would’ve ever known. He gave a speech when we graduated, “Your song has just begun”. He passed away the next night. He will always be our “Captain”. The reason I share this is because in a busy world, in a large school district of 12,000 students, one person can make a difference. Kindness, love, and seizing the day- simple things that mean everything.
Love this film, glad you covered it. When you said “I’m already ready to blow my brains out” I was like. He foreshadowed without knowing he was foreshadowing.
Picture it. Last day of freshman year, beginning of June,1989. Seven kids. Guys wanted to go to Last Crusade, girls wanted to go to Dead Poets Society. We, the guys, were out numbered. Now picture all of us coming out of the theater after this bawling our teenage eyes out.
I was 7 and had the choice of 2 crappy "girly" movies: They were called Date With An Angel and The Princess Bride. I flipped a coin and The Princess Bride won. Probably seen it 50 times now. Have never watched the other once.
Peter Weir is an incredible Australian director. He directed "Master and Commander", which you've already reacted to. He also directed "Gallipoli", "The Year of Living Dangerously ", "Witness", and "Fearless" among others. All fantastic films.
I think Robin Williams made the most "magic movies" out of any other actor in the 90's-movies that just make you feel a special kind of warmth and depth of intoxication. I go back to this and Good Will Hunting and a number of his other films from that period, and it's always magic. God I miss him so much. He died on my birthday.
Ok, not gonna lie you two killed me the first 3 mins trying to work out the title. You just got me, thank you. I needed that kinda laugh today. Have a good one
Kurtwood Smith is such an amazing actor. He plays the best A-hole dad of any actor out there. That 70's Show wouldnt have been the same without him as Red Forman.
I had always wanted to teach. But I got caught up in making money. This is the type of teacher I wanted to be. In 1990, my 13 year old son died. I sold my business, in my 40s, went back to school, and became a teacher. 8th grade U.S. History. 13 year olds. I didn’t teach by the book, preferring instead to connect with the kids, just like Mr. Keating. Not only did the student body choose me as Teacher of the Year four years in a row, my kids had the highest test scores every year. Because of chronic depression, I quit teaching after only six years. It was the most rewarding experience of my working life. I had found my smiling place. Love your reactions.
Neil’s suicide might seem like an overreaction. But one interpretation - by a psychiatrist, if I remember correctly - is it’s his way of finally speaking to his father, of saying the things he desperately wanted to say, but dared not to. And so it’s more about him bursting inside from staying silent, than it is about the 10 years in military school. Although that obviously is what finally breaks him. Ten years is an eternity to a teenager, and who’s to say he’d be the same person at the end of it? Life has a tendency to jade us.
The day Robin Williams passed away, the anchor of the german 1st television channel ARD stod on her table in the studuio to present the sad news in honor to him. Oh captain, my captain..
"O Captain! My Captain!” O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. Written by Walt Whitman
The parallels between the character of Neal and real life Robin Williams become more evident to me each time I watch this movie. Carpe diem…we all say it, and sometimes abide by it, but we also are so quick to crush someone else’s dreams of seizing their own day. This movie carries so many life lessons.
Harrison Ford was known for adventure films, but the actor wanted to expand his acting skills. He got Australian director Peter Weir to direct him in “Witness.” Robin Williams was known for comedy. He wanted to be seen as a serious actor (he’d studied at The Juilliard School). And seeing the success with Peter Weir got him to direct him in “Dead Poet’s Society”. Jim Carrey, also wanting to be known for more serious roles and following on the previously mentioned, got Peter Weir to direct him in “The Truman Show.” All felt that this Australian director could bring out the serious actor in them.
I saw this in a packed cinema when it came out. Everyone was crying at the end. We couldn't stop talking about it for days afterwards. Such a beautiful and sad film.
As a survivor of my own suicide attempt, I had not rewatched this movie since the first time viewing it. I had forgotten there was a suicide in it, but remembered only that it as a dark movie and that somebody died. Robin Williams' acting is superb, and I believe this was his first venture away from comedy. He does such a good job in being able to draw the creativity out in the boys.
My daughter goes to an elite private school. It's amazing how many parents in the school act exactly like the headmaster and Mr. Perry do. But at some level it's understandable: part of the attraction of the school is that it's perceived as a golden ticket to a successful life granted only to a handful of lucky kids, and some parents think that since they're already on the path to the promised land, anything novel only risks screwing it up. There's no reason to be a free thinker and a risk taker when all you have to do is follow the formula straight to the Ivy League.
Neil's final scene was masterfully filmed. It could have been done a million different ways, but none quite as carefully considered as this to keep it within the limits of the film's PG rating.
We ALL want to do this, to do that, like everybody wanted Umbridge to suffer in HO and the order of the P, Cameron (the actor) did great job since the begin doing things like copying what Keating write on the board, show how he couldnt think outside the box, and he couldnt changed wasnt in his real nature
I watched this movie 23 years ago during my parents custody dispute. I was moved out of state and was just having a hard time dealing. I watched this movie thinking it was a feel good teacher makes good with students movie. I have never been so shocked at a death in a movie. I cried uncontrollably for hours. Watching this reaction is the first time I’ve seen it since then. I’ve got tears in my eyes.
Peter Weir is such an underrated director. Dead Poets, The Truman Show, Master and Commander, Witness, Gallipoli...they are all such different movies, but he brings a warm humanism to everything he does, without overdramatizing things. Even Green Card, which isn't that great, has its moments. Picnic at Hanging Rock is a marvel--absolutely haunting film.
I remember when this movie came out and there were a lot of critics that questioned if Robin Williams could do a serious drama. Boy did he not only deliver but he did it again a year later with Awakenings (1990) with Robert de Niro. Robin Williams, such an amazing person. His loss is still felt to this day and will still be for a long time to come.
I was never into poetry when I was a teenager. I always felt like I didn't understand it unless it seemed like the symbolism was super obvious, so I was self-conscious about reading or analyzing poetry. But after I saw this film, I went down a rabbit hole of poetry and different poets. I thought Robin was SO inspiring, the way his character was so passionate about the words and the meaning and the expression of self, and it made me want to read more. I'm still not confident about my skill in analyzing a poem for its meaning, but I can now read a piece and connect with it in ways I couldn't back then. I remember feeling SO inspired and stirred by the entire film, about being yourself, and standing up for yourself (really big for me because as a teen I was mousy and self-conscious like Ethan Hawke's character in the film, so I really connected with his fears). It's a beautiful film, a heart-breaking one, but so well-acted all around. Definitely one of Robin's best. ❤
Hey guys! Such a fantastic movie. I always tear up. This or Good Will Hunting are his best performances. But I grew up on this and have seen it at least 100x. Love your reactions.
Even when Robin Willams had not the main role in the movie, his role had a big impact. When he died the news anchor climbed the table for reading the obituary on him, on federal state founded TV here in Germany in the most serious and stiff news show.
You may know Australian director Peter Weir from The Truman Show. Another of his films with a similar vibe to Dead Poets is “Picnic at Hanging Rock.” (1975) Also recommended is “Witness” (1985.)
Please check out the movie: “AWAKENINGS” With Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro !! Amazing movie and performances by both!! Drama!! Robin plays a doctor who comes up with a formula for awakening patients that have been catatonic for years!!
'Awakenings' is an amazing film. Reminds me of an earlier movie called 'Charly'. I should revisit them but both affected me in such a way that that would be difficult. 😔
I'm just going to enjoy the reaction to one of my favorite movies of all time, but I do want to add something before I start. It took many times watching to catch onto this, but Todd found his voice, his YAWP in Neil's death while out in the snow. It is his name that gives him his voice. Such a powerful movie. Edit: Oh No 4:48 "Man, I'm all ready to blow my brains out"...uhh
Peter Weir sounds familiar because he directed Master and Commander with Russell Crowe, The Truman Show with Jim Carrey, and Witness with Harrison Ford.
Wow, that roundabout way to describe the theme of the movie really helped me. I never even thought about that name and what it meant. But it is much clearer now and makes perfect sense lol
This movie...there is a good argument that it might be the best of Robin Williams movies. No scenes is as amazing as the whole moment when Robin unlock the mind of Ethan Hawkes with his poem...So many great life lessons in it like the danger of conformity, it's such an amazing movie !
@@GoldTop57 My brother (49 to my 43) went to school with him. I swear to God I remember him saying this "big kid" gave him the creeps 🤣🤣🤣. Also, the singer Babyface was #1 til Jarred. He's #1 again.
I remember watching this in my teacher cadets class my senior year of high school. It has always stuck with me. One of the best performances from Robin Williams. May he rest in peace. ❤️❤️❤️
@@donovanmedieval He's had a few duds for sure. Even great acting can't save a shit script. The stink-bombs known as Miss Congeniality 2 and Speed 2 with Sandra Bullock are prime examples lol
@@scottythedawg I was half-asleep and forgot there was an old one lol. Also have a thing for Kristen Wiig too. I might prefer the other if not for her.
This movie resonated with me so much when I was younger. It was a symbol of raging against what society tells you, a young man should be, how they should behave, etc... It struck a cord with me when I was a young man. I love this movie and have seen it dozens of times.
Norman Lloyd is cinema's longest lived male actor, he acted in Orson Welles mercury theatre company in the thirties but returned to New York before the remaining cast proceeded in Citizen Kane (1941),, the following year he played in Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942) and furthermore Spellbound (1945) w Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck ,, over his life he appeared in more than 60roles in film and TV,, directed the show Alfred Hitchcock presents and starred during the 80s in hospital drama, St Elsewhere with relative unknowns Denzel Washington Ed Begley jr David Morse and Howie Mandel,, Dead Poet's Society (1989) was his first film role in nearly ten years though his last was in Trainwreck (2015),, he past away in 2021 at the life age of 106 years ,, 😏✨🕊️🕊️🕊️🗽🎉
Note to Samantha: I used to make that same mistake too...is it Poets or is it Poet's?!? (LOL) Either way, I'm Proud to share this one with Y'all today...👍 Also noticed that "Ford v. Ferrari" was on the same poll, and I'd Highly-Recommend checking that one out ASAP!👌
Oh nice you're going in not knowing too much about the movie, loving it. I love that your going through classics hope more will pop up. This movie is really powerful.
If you guys want to see Robin Williams in another dramatic role, you should check out The World According to Garp. It’s really good, and Robin Williams was excellent in it.
Another excellent movie with a similar setting is *School Ties* with Brendan Fraser. Also many other soon to be famous young costars you'll probably recognize.
Yep. Young Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris O'Donnell, Cole Hauser. A stacked cast that we didn't know was stacked when it first came out.
I'm pretty sure that most Americans had never heard the phrase "Carpe Diem" until this movie popularized it. I feel like it popped up a lot in other movies and TV shows after this.
Another favorite from my early teenage days, saw it in theaters, thanks for that intro :p i find myself always throwing titles at you guys everytime i comment, always humbly because i cant afford a steady patron presence at the moment but! The Fisher King is another one with a steallar performance by Robin Williams and it seems to be an underapreciatted film for some reason.
FINALLY !!!!! One of my favorites. . . It's a movie when you watch it again, . . . Preferably a few years later, . . makea you appreciate how good it really is. . . . Williams & De Niro in AWAKENINGS is heart felt and one of these kinds of movies. ✌ ☮
"He's already fired. Why isnt he smacking that Cameron kid senseless? You know none of the others will even try to stop him." - also my then 5 year old daughter
I'm not a fan of this movie but I'm watching regardless and I'm glad I did. That intro was epic! It was like the comedy sketch "Who's on first?". Too funny.
Robin Williams was the type of person that if he was still around, if he saw this video, saw how you personally felt about him and how he impacted your life, he would probably go completely out of his way to go and see you in person himself. I miss him so much.
Also, this film should be shown in EVERY CLASSROOM ACROSS THIS NATION.
Same
My English teacher in 9th grade showed us this movie three times in the year. He said our understanding of it would change, and it did. It does every time I see the film. He was diagnosed with cancer while i was in 10th grade, and nobody would’ve ever known. He gave a speech when we graduated, “Your song has just begun”. He passed away the next night. He will always be our “Captain”. The reason I share this is because in a busy world, in a large school district of 12,000 students, one person can make a difference. Kindness, love, and seizing the day- simple things that mean everything.
My wife shows it to her seniors every year.
Exactly... and Exactly why they would never allow it today.
My teacher showed it to us in high school
Oh Captain, my Captain. Along with Good Will Hunting, this is my favorite performance from Robin Williams. May he rest in peace.
Mrs doubtfire good will hunting and this great movie
Even though he only has a small part, he stole the show in Nine Months as the Russian doctor.
The Fisher King
Don't forget The World According To Garp!!
Agree, as well as Good Morning Vietnam.
Love this film, glad you covered it.
When you said “I’m already ready to blow my brains out” I was like. He foreshadowed without knowing he was foreshadowing.
Omg I almost had a stroke when he said that!!!
We all could listen to each other more ✌️💜
Just came here to see if someone said something.
IKR! Strange choice of words...
That was ROUGH
Picture it. Last day of freshman year, beginning of June,1989. Seven kids. Guys wanted to go to Last Crusade, girls wanted to go to Dead Poets Society. We, the guys, were out numbered. Now picture all of us coming out of the theater after this bawling our teenage eyes out.
I was 7 and had the choice of 2 crappy "girly" movies: They were called Date With An Angel and The Princess Bride. I flipped a coin and The Princess Bride won. Probably seen it 50 times now. Have never watched the other once.
@@hendrikscheepers4144Thanks, professor. I edited the inadvertent autocorrect. I hope it makes your day better.
What does left for Batman ?
@@lexkanyima2195Batman came out later. End of June 1989.
@@movieatorfilms ohh ok
Peter Weir is an incredible Australian director. He directed "Master and Commander", which you've already reacted to. He also directed "Gallipoli", "The Year of Living Dangerously ", "Witness", and "Fearless" among others. All fantastic films.
Man, every one of those should be on their watch list
Don't forget PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK and THE LAST WAVE 🗿🌊
The Truman Show which is a masterpiece
And "Green card" which I hope someday someone will react to. A wonderful director.❤
@@burntvirtue The moment Truman starts figuring it out is probably my all-time favorite scene. The acting and music were perfection imho.
I think Robin Williams made the most "magic movies" out of any other actor in the 90's-movies that just make you feel a special kind of warmth and depth of intoxication. I go back to this and Good Will Hunting and a number of his other films from that period, and it's always magic. God I miss him so much. He died on my birthday.
Awakenings ❤
Robin definitely had an amazing gift for connecting with people by turning pain into humor. It's just so sad that nobody was able to ease his pain.
Good Morning, Vietnam!
Ok, not gonna lie you two killed me the first 3 mins trying to work out the title. You just got me, thank you. I needed that kinda laugh today. Have a good one
Yeah. Laughing for the first 3 minutes is not at all what I expected when I clicked on this particular reaction.
Who's on first?
@@STOCKHOLM07 a dead poet
Kurtwood Smith is such an amazing actor. He plays the best A-hole dad of any actor out there. That 70's Show wouldnt have been the same without him as Red Forman.
And when he worked for Dick Jones!
Yeah, can you fly Bobby?
“Eric you dumbass.” His best performance is in RoboCop 😂
"Bitches, leave."
@@DannyBedo Don't make me put my foot up your ass, Kelso.
"I told you Neil didnt die, Dumbo."
- my then 5 year old daughter when she walked in on me watching an episode of House.
She's funny.
Neil's dad must have been really happy that he finally became a doctor.
Further proof that Robin Williams was a great dramatic actor as well as a brilliant comedian.
I love him in The Awakenings. On the back of Mork and Mindy, it was a wild ride 😅😅🥰.
“Oh Captain, my Captain!”
“Thank you boys.”😢
R.I.P. Robin Williams
I had always wanted to teach. But I got caught up in making money. This is the type of teacher I wanted to be. In 1990, my 13 year old son died. I sold my business, in my 40s, went back to school, and became a teacher. 8th grade U.S. History. 13 year olds. I didn’t teach by the book, preferring instead to connect with the kids, just like Mr. Keating. Not only did the student body choose me as Teacher of the Year four years in a row, my kids had the highest test scores every year. Because of chronic depression, I quit teaching after only six years. It was the most rewarding experience of my working life. I had found my smiling place. Love your reactions.
Ah, Dead Poet’s Society. One of my top 5, if not 3 favorite movies of all time. Everyone is great in here. What a film. “Dammit, Neil. It’s Nawanda.”
Neil’s suicide might seem like an overreaction. But one interpretation - by a psychiatrist, if I remember correctly - is it’s his way of finally speaking to his father, of saying the things he desperately wanted to say, but dared not to. And so it’s more about him bursting inside from staying silent, than it is about the 10 years in military school. Although that obviously is what finally breaks him. Ten years is an eternity to a teenager, and who’s to say he’d be the same person at the end of it? Life has a tendency to jade us.
The day Robin Williams passed away, the anchor of the german 1st television channel ARD stod on her table in the studuio to present the sad news in honor to him. Oh captain, my captain..
Really ? True story ? It's amazing !
That "Thank you boys, thank you " hits so much harder since Robin left.
"O Captain! My Captain!”
O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Written by Walt Whitman
Great movie. Early in the film, when Keating was talking with the group and said, “One day, we’re gonna stop breathing.” The film cut to Neil.
Damn. Great catch!!!
Also that moment when everyone takes off their blindfolds except Neil.
The parallels between the character of Neal and real life Robin Williams become more evident to me each time I watch this movie. Carpe diem…we all say it, and sometimes abide by it, but we also are so quick to crush someone else’s dreams of seizing their own day. This movie carries so many life lessons.
4:50 I just started laughing my ass off!!! What a thing to say at the start of this film haha LOL 🤣🤣🤣
Harrison Ford was known for adventure films, but the actor wanted to expand his acting skills. He got Australian director Peter Weir to direct him in “Witness.” Robin Williams was known for comedy. He wanted to be seen as a serious actor (he’d studied at The Juilliard School). And seeing the success with Peter Weir got him to direct him in “Dead Poet’s Society”.
Jim Carrey, also wanting to be known for more serious roles and following on the previously mentioned, got Peter Weir to direct him in “The Truman Show.”
All felt that this Australian director could bring out the serious actor in them.
The more I read about this director in the comments, the more impressed I get. All 3 are masterpieces to me, along with Master and Commander.
I saw this in a packed cinema when it came out. Everyone was crying at the end. We couldn't stop talking about it for days afterwards. Such a beautiful and sad film.
As a survivor of my own suicide attempt, I had not rewatched this movie since the first time viewing it. I had forgotten there was a suicide in it, but remembered only that it as a dark movie and that somebody died. Robin Williams' acting is superb, and I believe this was his first venture away from comedy. He does such a good job in being able to draw the creativity out in the boys.
My daughter goes to an elite private school. It's amazing how many parents in the school act exactly like the headmaster and Mr. Perry do. But at some level it's understandable: part of the attraction of the school is that it's perceived as a golden ticket to a successful life granted only to a handful of lucky kids, and some parents think that since they're already on the path to the promised land, anything novel only risks screwing it up. There's no reason to be a free thinker and a risk taker when all you have to do is follow the formula straight to the Ivy League.
Neil's final scene was masterfully filmed. It could have been done a million different ways, but none quite as carefully considered as this to keep it within the limits of the film's PG rating.
Charlie knocking Cameron on his ass remains one of my favorite punches in movie history.
He really doesn’t hold back!
@@jackhagens8964"F**k it. I'm going out in style!!!"
- always imagined he thought that😂
We ALL want to do this, to do that, like everybody wanted Umbridge to suffer in HO and the order of the P, Cameron (the actor) did great job since the begin doing things like copying what Keating write on the board, show how he couldnt think outside the box, and he couldnt changed wasnt in his real nature
@@patriciaalvareztostado8170 The actor's name is Dylan Kussman, and he did do a great job.
@@oliverbrownlow5615 Oh Thank you didnt know his name, he did a great job, the same es the father of Neal
Peter Weir has never made a bad film. And this is one of his best.
I watched this movie 23 years ago during my parents custody dispute. I was moved out of state and was just having a hard time dealing. I watched this movie thinking it was a feel good teacher makes good with students movie. I have never been so shocked at a death in a movie. I cried uncontrollably for hours. Watching this reaction is the first time I’ve seen it since then. I’ve got tears in my eyes.
As a theatre kid with an overbearing father…this one always hit me in the feels.
Amazing cinematography.
Good life lessons.
Stacked cast.
Peter Weir is such an underrated director. Dead Poets, The Truman Show, Master and Commander, Witness, Gallipoli...they are all such different movies, but he brings a warm humanism to everything he does, without overdramatizing things. Even Green Card, which isn't that great, has its moments. Picnic at Hanging Rock is a marvel--absolutely haunting film.
How did I not know he directed this????? Agree with everything you said.
I can’t see Robert Sean Leonard in this movie without thinking of him as Wilson in House MD.
I remember when this movie came out and there were a lot of critics that questioned if Robin Williams could do a serious drama. Boy did he not only deliver but he did it again a year later with Awakenings (1990) with Robert de Niro. Robin Williams, such an amazing person. His loss is still felt to this day and will still be for a long time to come.
But Good Morning Vienam showcase that he can act in drama
-Such a young Ethan Hawke.
-I didn’t even realise it was him.
Neither did his kids when they saw the movie with him decades later. 😆
My all-time favorite film! Can never get enough of either this or Mr. Holland's Opus.
I was never into poetry when I was a teenager. I always felt like I didn't understand it unless it seemed like the symbolism was super obvious, so I was self-conscious about reading or analyzing poetry. But after I saw this film, I went down a rabbit hole of poetry and different poets. I thought Robin was SO inspiring, the way his character was so passionate about the words and the meaning and the expression of self, and it made me want to read more. I'm still not confident about my skill in analyzing a poem for its meaning, but I can now read a piece and connect with it in ways I couldn't back then.
I remember feeling SO inspired and stirred by the entire film, about being yourself, and standing up for yourself (really big for me because as a teen I was mousy and self-conscious like Ethan Hawke's character in the film, so I really connected with his fears). It's a beautiful film, a heart-breaking one, but so well-acted all around.
Definitely one of Robin's best. ❤
*stands on desk*
O CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
Hey guys! Such a fantastic movie. I always tear up. This or Good Will Hunting are his best performances. But I grew up on this and have seen it at least 100x. Love your reactions.
I use the "rip it out" scene when I teach a creativity section in my intro Psych class for Brooklyn College. :)
Even when Robin Willams had not the main role in the movie, his role had a big impact.
When he died the news anchor climbed the table for reading the obituary on him,
on federal state founded TV here in Germany in the most serious and stiff news show.
You may know Australian director Peter Weir from The Truman Show. Another of his films with a similar vibe to Dead Poets is “Picnic at Hanging Rock.” (1975) Also recommended is “Witness” (1985.)
Please check out the movie:
“AWAKENINGS”
With Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro !!
Amazing movie and performances by both!! Drama!!
Robin plays a doctor who comes up with a formula for awakening patients that have been catatonic for years!!
'Awakenings' is an amazing film. Reminds me of an earlier movie called 'Charly'. I should revisit them but both affected me in such a way that that would be difficult. 😔
Second this!
I love "Awakenings". Amazing performances from everyone in the cast. Memorable score, too!
I'm just going to enjoy the reaction to one of my favorite movies of all time, but I do want to add something before I start. It took many times watching to catch onto this, but Todd found his voice, his YAWP in Neil's death while out in the snow. It is his name that gives him his voice. Such a powerful movie.
Edit: Oh No 4:48 "Man, I'm all ready to blow my brains out"...uhh
Poor Daniel and his timing. 🤣🤣🤣
Peter Weir sounds familiar because he directed Master and Commander with Russell Crowe, The Truman Show with Jim Carrey, and Witness with Harrison Ford.
4:53 “I’m already ready to blow my brains out” 😬😬😬 Poor Neil.
OMG, y'all's intro had me in stitches! That one pause you could have driven a mack truck through!
This and Good Will Hunting are Robin Williams' greatest roles.
Havent gotten to the actual reaction yet. Just had to comment that that intro had one of the best Abbott and Costello routines I have ever seen. 😄
Those first two minutes and thirty seconds-holy s**t 😂
Wow, that roundabout way to describe the theme of the movie really helped me. I never even thought about that name and what it meant. But it is much clearer now and makes perfect sense lol
😂
The fact that your bit at the top kept going just made it so funny. Couldn't have scripted it better.
Finally somebody is reacting to this masterpiece. Thank you so much, love the channel
I love Peter Weir and his films. Dead Poets Society is one of the best films ever made.
This movie...there is a good argument that it might be the best of Robin Williams movies. No scenes is as amazing as the whole moment when Robin unlock the mind of Ethan Hawkes with his poem...So many great life lessons in it like the danger of conformity, it's such an amazing movie !
The writer is an alumnus and based the story on my high school. You can imagine how much it was referenced while I was there.
Most famous guy from my HS is Jarred Fogle from the Subway commercials. So yeah.... I like your story more
@@clevelandcbi 😂 I see what you mean
@@GoldTop57 My brother (49 to my 43) went to school with him. I swear to God I remember him saying this "big kid" gave him the creeps 🤣🤣🤣. Also, the singer Babyface was #1 til Jarred. He's #1 again.
I remember watching this in my teacher cadets class my senior year of high school. It has always stuck with me. One of the best performances from Robin Williams. May he rest in peace. ❤️❤️❤️
You two have a fantastic channel, congratulations on the baby.
That was a hilarious opening y'all. Thanks so much! 🤣
I honestly cannot think of a Robin William's movie I have not enjoyed. ♥
It was like Who's on First. 😆
What about the one where he a manager at a Club Med-like resort? Or Baron Munchaussen? Or Patch Adams? I understand alot of people didn't like those.
@@donovanmedieval He's had a few duds for sure. Even great acting can't save a shit script. The stink-bombs known as Miss Congeniality 2 and Speed 2 with Sandra Bullock are prime examples lol
@@donovanmedievalHe was in the Baron movie?? I actually like thet one if it's the same film where Uma Thurman recreates the birth of Venus.
@@lavinder11 He was the King of the Moon.
Loved the reaction... I went to the filming of the movie several times, saw Robin, it was shot about a mile from my house here in Delaware..
Such an important lesson - Creativity is important and equal to other pursuits. It doesn't need to be a competition, there is room for all ✌️💜
That intro was a fever dream lol
*The Secret Life of Walter Mitty*(Ben Stiller directed and stars) is another movie where you walk out smiling. Absolute perfect and unexpected ending.
which one?
@@scottythedawg With Ben Stiller.
@@clevelandcbi I prefer the original but also enjoyed the new one.
@@scottythedawg I was half-asleep and forgot there was an old one lol. Also have a thing for Kristen Wiig too. I might prefer the other if not for her.
Undead Poets Society is a great concept. I'd pay to see that.
The intro, “it’s Dead Poets Society” “no” “it’s Dead Poets Society” 😂😂😂😂
This movie resonated with me so much when I was younger. It was a symbol of raging against what society tells you, a young man should be, how they should behave, etc... It struck a cord with me when I was a young man. I love this movie and have seen it dozens of times.
Norman Lloyd is cinema's longest lived male actor, he acted in Orson Welles mercury theatre company in the thirties but returned to New York before the remaining cast proceeded in Citizen Kane (1941),, the following year he played in Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942) and furthermore Spellbound (1945) w Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck ,, over his life he appeared in more than 60roles in film and TV,, directed the show Alfred Hitchcock presents and starred during the 80s in hospital drama, St Elsewhere with relative unknowns Denzel Washington Ed Begley jr David Morse and Howie Mandel,, Dead Poet's Society (1989) was his first film role in nearly ten years though his last was in Trainwreck (2015),, he past away in 2021 at the life age of 106 years ,, 😏✨🕊️🕊️🕊️🗽🎉
Wow!!!
Note to Samantha: I used to make that same mistake too...is it Poets or is it Poet's?!? (LOL) Either way, I'm Proud to share this one with Y'all today...👍
Also noticed that "Ford v. Ferrari" was on the same poll, and I'd Highly-Recommend checking that one out ASAP!👌
Oh nice you're going in not knowing too much about the movie, loving it. I love that your going through classics hope more will pop up. This movie is really powerful.
That was a great intro 😂
Also just starting the videos 😂😂😂😂and your bit about the titles at the beginning 😂😂😂
My favourite reaction channel on TH-cam, Can't fault it, Perfection!
this is in my opinion robin williams' finest hour. oh captain, my captain.
When did Abbott & Costello start a reaction channel?
My favorite Robin Williams film. Thanks for the reaction.
I see Blow Out is in your list. That's an amazing Brian de Palma movie, my favorite De Palma movie. Hope you get to watch it someday.
This is one of my most favorite Robin Williams movies. Such a well written story with some DEEP messaging.
If you guys want to see Robin Williams in another dramatic role, you should check out The World According to Garp. It’s really good, and Robin Williams was excellent in it.
As a kid, I hated that movie. Now I love it.
This intro is gold LoL 😂🤣
You should do The Killing Fields, The Mission, The Bounty and The Emerald Forest, four 80's classics.
Robin Williams one of the greatest and most underrated actors of our time.
LOL. Mork from Ork, Oscar worthy.
Underrated by whom?!
Nobody in the world thinks he’s underrated. Stop using words the wrong way.
OMG THAT INTRO WAS COMEDY GOLD!!!! Lmaooooooo 😂😂😂😂☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀
Dead’s Poet Society? No, Dead Poet’s Society. Or is it, Dead Poet Society’s?… haha love that intro 😂
This whole video was worth it for the intro about the frequently misplaced apostrophe.
Another excellent movie with a similar setting is *School Ties* with Brendan Fraser. Also many other soon to be famous young costars you'll probably recognize.
School Ties is so similar and in my opinion a little better. Would definitely be a good one to watch.
@@codysutton4157 I like it more too.
Yep. Young Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris O'Donnell, Cole Hauser. A stacked cast that we didn't know was stacked when it first came out.
I'm pretty sure that most Americans had never heard the phrase "Carpe Diem" until this movie popularized it. I feel like it popped up a lot in other movies and TV shows after this.
Please watch What Dreams May Come. Starring Robin Williams
Robin Williams got an Oscar nomination for this film.
Another favorite from my early teenage days, saw it in theaters, thanks for that intro :p i find myself always throwing titles at you guys everytime i comment, always humbly because i cant afford a steady patron presence at the moment but! The Fisher King is another one with a steallar performance by Robin Williams and it seems to be an underapreciatted film for some reason.
Best intro conversation by far
FINALLY !!!!! One of my favorites. . . It's a movie when you watch it again, . . . Preferably a few years later, . . makea you appreciate how good it really is. . . .
Williams & De Niro in AWAKENINGS is heart felt and one of these kinds of movies. ✌ ☮
I am writing this to help out tbr Schmitt and Samantha and this video and this channel with the algorithm 🥰❤️✌️☺️
"He's already fired. Why isnt he smacking that Cameron kid senseless? You know none of the others will even try to stop him."
- also my then 5 year old daughter
For all the Big Bang Theory fans out there, all I could think of during this intro was The Wesley Crushers bowling team.
I'm not a fan of this movie but I'm watching regardless and I'm glad I did. That intro was epic! It was like the comedy sketch "Who's on first?". Too funny.
Lol, the intro! Love it 😂
It’s the Dad’s Poet Society
"The Undead Poets Society" is a movie that needs to be made.
Then Neil could come back to life!
Dead Poets Society is an absolute masterpiece. I really hope you guys get a chance to watch Ford v Ferrari as well. It's wonderful
Radio Shack had a little one tube radio kit that I built as a kid, they called them P-Box kits. Worked great.
Robin was just perfection in every role he played. He was enigmatic and so deeply missed
Girl interrupted is a great movie that will also sit with you for a while. Stacked cast and superb performances all around. Definitely check it out
In the same vein (and also set in a cloistered school), Cracks (2009) by Jordon Scott.