Just okay?

[tarotgal]

Just finished watching Dead Poet's Society with sister. Her first time watching it. It was probably a bad move on my part for a couple of reasons, but she really wanted to watch it and so we did. I'm sitting there getting teary-eyed at the moving lines about poetry and living every moment to its fullest... and sobbing when the boys tell Todd about Neil. And crying my eyes out at the last scene. Gods I want to change people's lives. I want to move people. It's so moving, so inspiring, that scene. As I go for my 5th tissue, sister says "are the desks really that steady?". Then as the credits roll, she says "oh, that's it?" And when I ask what she thought she says "Eh, it was okay."

Okay? Just okay? I mean, I know I'm a writer and I want to be a teacher... and my favorite teachers in school were always the English profs. So I probably feel it more deeply than most. But my sister's an artist and wants to be a psychologist. And... just "eh, okay?" Dead Poet's Society just "okay"?? Is she MAD?! LOL To her credit, she laughed and was worried in all the right parts. But... just okay?

Damn but I love that movie *deep sigh* So much passion. GODS but I love people with passion and inspiration. I don't see the point of doing things if you can't be passionate about them. I really don't.

My dream is to one day know what my dream is ;-)

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[(Anonymous)]

*gasp*- "it was ok"?!?! :O

I Loved that movie. That and Mr. Holland's Opus are my favourite teaching type movies. Partly Mr. Holland's due to the fact that I basically Lived my Jr. and Sr. High life in the music deptment.

Anyway- I agree I thought that Dead Poets was a really great inspiring movie. People have tried to duplicate it is movies since then- but in my opinion they haven't achieved the same pure emotions that were in that film.

Maybe its one of those things that "teaching" type souls connect with more. I'm not sure. My friends that Love it are teachers- other friends are more like "eh... its good".

[(Anonymous)]

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tma

[tarotgal]

Awww :-) Thanks for the comments & reassurance. Thought I was going insane. heehee My sister's not overly sentimental as I am... but, still... I can't imagine anyone not being moved by something in that movie!

I actually have never seen Mr.Holland's Opus. But it's on my long list of "catch them if you see them on tv" movies. And though I was a first chair clarinet for a couple of years, I sucked at band and dropped out without much passion/love for it by the end.

I loved it long before I thought seriously about being a teacher. But that was because I love poetry and writing. And I understand passion and think it's a waste for people to live without it, for people to live do things because they have to rather than feel and do things they actually want to do. I don't understand people who don't have passion in their lives about something. I've met a lot of them... I just don't understand them...

[tarotgal]

DPS is, in the most general explanation, about a group of boys at a prep school who learn about poetry and passion in life from their rather inspiring English prof. It's a fascinating and inspiring movie that moves me to tears just thinking about it. Well, that and I find the kids very sexy-yummy :-) Though I suppose that's rather illegal to think about now... except that the actors are actually older than I am now so it's not so bad... er, I'm off topic.

I always cry during movies. I'm not sure I'd want to watch a movie with someone if they were amused by me being emotional rather than paying attention to the touching moment on the screen... I know during RotK some of my friends kept looking over during the opening credits and saying, jokingly, "are you crying yet?" But they quickly realized my tears were understandable. But, yeah, I cry at EVERYTHING. Happy, sad, moving, anger-inspiring, you name it. Right before HP3 they showed a trailer for The Polar Bear express (a book I liked as a child) and I was crying halfway through the damn trailer. How's that for bad? LOL Of course I cried through HP3 at times, too. But that's understandable. Yeah. I cry at everything. I have a very sympathetic and open heart when it comes to characters. Especially when they touch on something I can easily relate to.

Anyway... yeah... DPS is a classic. Not to be missed by anyone who loves reading and who wants to lead a full life :-)

[tarotgal]

Just read your Lord of the Flies fic. Awww Ralph is so cute *snuggles* I liked Roger's brief appearance, too.
It was interesting you chose to write from Jack's POV. I know you like him a lot more than I do (then again, probably everyone likes him more considering I hate the guy) but I thought it was an interesting choice. I'm not sure I quite believed in such a quick and shocking turn-around in morals, that such a sudden understanding struck him as the men returned. I really think in his mind he thought he was doing what was right and what had to be done and became a man through the act. Then again, it's been a good many years since I read the book. Still, I'm not sure I personally buy his regret- at least not as a sudden regret. It's a nice theory and you describe it very well. I guess I just consider him too far gone. And I loved Piggy so I'm terribly angry with him.
Ralph was adorable, though. The officers telling him to rest and giving him a little cabin in which to do so. One of my favorite parts of the book was the parallel between the real world's war & military and what the boys were going through. So I find it interesting to think about how the crew & officers reacted and treated them on the way back home. They're trained to kill and it's possible none of them actually have. And then here are boys who were on an island for a short while and managed to commit two murders. So it was interesting to see how you had the adults treating them, and how the boys were reacting to having adults around again. Your Jack seems to have gone back to how things were before... apart from memories of incidents and regrets. And Roger, likewise. But Ralph... yeah, I knew there was a reason I liked Ralph so much. I can certainly imagine him feeling so emotionally beat up that he easily got sick. Poor lad *snuggles*

I liked a lot of your details, too. Jack's commentary about the way clothes were weeks ago and the way they felt now... the specs (awww *sob*)... the red, blood-like warpaint running down the drain.

And the plot/way it matched the hatching was very creative. I would never have thought of those two when reading that bunny. So it was interesting to see where you took it. I ADORED Ralph's growl of "It took a good scrubbing to come to your senses?" *giggle* Yeah, you tell him, Ralph! And though you did have a progression and offered good reasoning about why Jack's sorry, etc, I totally didn't forgive him, still. Jack embodies the thing I hate most about human nature and the things I hate most about my own potential. I think, if faced with a situation like the boys', I would probably end up like Piggy 99 times out of 100. But that other 1%... I think I'd probably turn into one of Jack's followers and that scares the shite out of me. And I can't forgive him for what they did (or myself for thinking I have the potential to kill when overcome with fear instead of thinking rationally or caring about things important to me like friendship and life and loyalty). Anyhoo... I totally wouldn't forgive Jack... and in my mind your Ralph was too emotional and feeling badly to really forgive him either *G* He could have just said that to get Jack to leave him alone. *sigh* But, I dunno. Ralph's a hell of a nice guy. And considering their backgrounds/society they came from, I suppose it makes a lot of sense for Ralph to understand the nature of forgiveness and want to make Jack feel better. Which is sort of nice, in a way. He's the one who's sick and is making Jack feel better. Though in my mind, he deserves to feel like crap the rest of his life...

Anyhoo... it was a very interesting read. Makes me want to pull the book down off the top shelf and read it again :-) And sneezy Ralph... awww, so very cute! *cuddles*