As far as the movie itself
The narrative is not focused. The protagonist and the main line are not clear enough. The creator's expression intention is too big. He wants to express the feeling of a whole system, so he covers a wide range of things and characters. He didn't take into account the length of the movie. If it was a TV series, he could spread the narrative a little wider. But now the intensity is scattered, the protagonist should be the teacher and the child who committed suicide, and the narrative should closely revolve around them.
For me, there are a lot of flaws, but I found that this kind of "anti-system" theme seems to be easy to win the favor of the audience. For other themes, you have to have a bloody climax, and the audience will buy it, but in the framework of "anti-system", everyone is surprisingly easy to satisfy... They also love the theme of "reminiscing about youth". Anyway, there are some strange themes, and the audience has a high tolerance for them.
Unfortunately, I find that my point is always different from everyone's. Sometimes I feel that it is really ungraspable and fascinating... But fortunately, I have caught two, "anti-system" and "reminiscent of youth".
Off topic
I don't like Dead Poets Society any more than I like Catcher in the Rye. I think it's all for those young people who yearn for freedom. They want passionate youth, self and freedom. But sometimes they hate rules and regulations for less noble reasons. They hate getting up at 6 for no reason other than not getting up. Real life doesn't have that much drama, those who shout for freedom don't really want to do anything, they just want to indulge their instincts, so they hate all the rules and regulations that govern their instincts. Besides, passion cannot last for 24 hours, and the foundation of the career is solid and boring, so the preface that was torn by the teacher is actually needed. Because not everyone is a Shakespeare, and society doesn't need that many Shakespeare.
Finally, the teacher can only teach Chinese.
I think I just don’t like anti-establishment themes. I feel that many of them are very shallow. It is closer to “don’t want to be responsible” than “anti-establishment”. What is anti-system? To me, only the types of resistance like Li Zhi and Bruno can be called anti-system. They are very clear about what they are insisting on and the price they will pay. And what everyone calls "anti-system" is just acting like a spoiled brat to the society.
I always feel like they're coquettish, so I can't resonate with this type of subject matter.
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