Norman Lloyd, the actor who played the headmaster passed away about 2 months back at the age of 106. He had an incredible career. He's best remembered as Dr Auschlander in the popular 80s medical drama series St. Elsewhere.

When you said "stick up for yourself" when Neal was about to tell his father what he feels but couldn't I was a bit sad. My own stepfather was even worse to me than Neal's father, he beat me constantly and messed me up as a child. And when he looked at me so angrily I almost sh*t my pants so I know exactly how Neal felt here. He couldn't say anything under the stern, belittling, horribly rageful glare of his father, and I couldn't either. Would I have done that - saying what's on my mind or talking back - I would have been hit for sure; so hard I couldn't feel my cheek for hours afterwards. So many people seem to want Neal to stick up to his father but if you've grown up in an abusive or stern family yourself you'll know that it is NOT that easy as many may think.

This movie affected me so much when it came out that it was all that I could do to restrain myself from jumping to my feet in the theater and swearing at the father in the film as that was how I felt about what I thought that my father had done to me at the time. The years have passed and I love my Dad.

32:22 Well he did say he felt "nothing", unable to express himself & crushed by the expectations/demands of his Father & traditional society he felt that there was no hope left. So sad, brought a tear to my eye just watching your reaction.

"I've got to tell you what I feel!" ... "nothing..." That wasn't just him backing out. That was the truth, too.

To be fair, "Neil" did eventually become both actor _and_ doctor, when he grew up, since Robert Sean Leonard played a doctor on "House, M.D.."

They're so many dramatic roles that Robin played that were equally great as they were diverse. Many of his films are more than worthy of a reaction, Good Morning Vietnam, Awakenings, Moscow on the Hudson and my personal favorite being from Boston Good Will Hunting for which he won an Academy Award. Great reaction you definitely hit upon the aspects that made this such a good movie

Robin Williams character makes you rethink even the most mundane actions and activities. This movie made me rethink life in general when I was in high school. I have taken those lessons with me through many events in my life.

They were not wearing hooded robes like the klu klux clan when they were visiting the cave to recite poetry. They were wearing coats that were fashionable at the time in various parts of the world. The movie is set in the 1959. The coats the boys were wearing are produced in a town called Duffle in the province of Antwerp in Belgium. I loved these coats and many people all over the world wore them. They are really warm to wear in winter.

My friend Candy dated Robin Williams back in the day and said he was a truly wonderful and wondrous person. And I really want to recommend a book of poetry if you wish to explore poetry more called AMERICAN PRIMITIVE by MARY OLIVER.

Great Great choice Ash. Dead poets is not alot of action. So it doesn't get the attention it deserves.

The Dead Poets Society was the first movie that ever made me cry (and I was 14 by then!) Only two more have made me cry over the next 5 years, but watching someone else see it for the first time made me cry again. This movie hits me every time.

It was during the summer before my senior year of high school when this film was released in 1989. I was already deep into literature with my summer reading for my A.P. English class, and this entire film just hit me deeply...most of the students were about my age and Robin Williams was already one of my heroes. Most of my classmates for my AP English class saw the movie as I did that summer...so, in our high school yearbook, we all listed 'Dead Poets Society' as part of our activities. Thanks for watching this one! Other Robin Williams films that are really wonderful...'Good Morning Vietnam', 'Good Will Hunting', 'Awakenings', and 'What Dreams May Come'. Also, on the comedy side...'The Birdcage'.

So glad you reacted to this Ash. I had the same reaction that you did over the suicide scene. Truly tragic. An excellent film.

Robin Williams and Christopher Reevs (super man) were great friends, when Reeves was as paralyzed in a horse riding accident Robin Williams supported him the rest of his life. That was Williams

I think everybody who knows what "carpe diem" means most likely is because of this movie, it was a huge success when it came out both in cinemas and vhs rentals. I absolutely love this film. And another great recommendation in case you haven't watched it yet, "Good Will Hunting", with Robin Willians in it again.

This film is a classic a true masterpiece Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Kurtwood Smith and music score by Maurice Jarre. The famous line in this film is "Carpe Diem. Seize the day Boys, Make your Lives Extraordinary". Thank you Mash great reaction😊😊

i know people get inspired by this movie. People want teachers to be like Keating.. yet why can't we say that PARENTS need to be like Keating?!! I"m 50. Adults like me watched this movie when we were kids, then grew up and did it to our own children.. even knowing how it DESTROYS the heart of the individual. Education isn't education.. you're learning nothing about reality, where you fit in it and how to become yourself. Don't people remember what it was to be a child, and have your heart lean so HARD in one direction, to have all the adults around you mock you or challenge you or deny you.. stifle it on you.. and direct you to learn about how to be a good businessman, lawyer, teacher, firefighter, no-mind economic slave.. how to make money for the empire. That's what a job is.. what your'e being trained for. You're not being raised to be the best you can be. If you're religious, you're taught to turn AWAY from yourself.. to deny yourself, to say you're born FLAWED, now you gotta spend the rest of your life atoning for said sins of humanity.. to get with God better. All these instructions from adults serves to destroy the autonomy of an individual.. and that individual scrambles for the rest of their life.. to belong somewhere, to be right within. We know how Neil processed the choice.. and countless others have been lost the exact same way.. generation after generation.. because nobody listens to children. Everybody betrayed their inner child. Except for me. xo

It's interesting that, all the advice you give at the end, the Knox character was doing all that in his pursuit of Chris. That made you distinctly uncomfortable. Not just the kiss, which was physically invasive, but his entire pursuit you said was "creepy." That's the kind of pressure that keeps people from doing the very thing you suggest at the end. Your reaction was much less extreme than Neil's dad's, but it's the same mindset: I know what's best for somebody else. Neil's dad didn't know what was best for him, you didn't know what was best for Chris, I don't know what's best for you, etc. We go through life creating pigeonholes for other people and demanding they fit in them, when we should be listening to them.

It was a pleasure to see you take this journey---it's an amazing flick. And it still holds up.

I never thought about how Neil got the book with the Thoreau quote. But yeah, Keating probably did give it to him. Or left it, like Dumbleldore left the invisibility cloak for Harry.

Ash, another beautiful reaction from a beautiful soul. It was apparent that this movie touched you deeply - that was Robin Williams' gift. When he took a dramatic role, he brought his gentle humanity to the forefront and connected with our essence. You saw it here, but also in Good Will Hunting, The Fisher King, and of course What Dreams May Come. He understood people, even if people didn't always understand him. I thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you so much and again, keep being who you are and doing what you do!

You say English wasn't one of your better subjects but you're very well spoken

Thanks 4 watch this movie, one of the best movies ever, Robin Williams was an amazing actor and in movies like that we can see it

what u have to remember about cameron is that, in the end, he is also still just a kid. these boys are juniors, so he's seventeen years old, maximum. he's under immense pressure from his parents and headmaster, he's facing the threat of expulsion, and he's actively grieving his best friend. he's not equipped to handle a situation like this as a child, so when he's given someone to blame, it's really easy for him to blame them, regardless of evidence to the contrary. he's being exploited. of course what he did wasn't right -- although let's remember that almost all the other boys, barring charlie, ending up providing the exact same information to nolan that cameron did -- but it's not something we can really blame him for. he was a teenager faced with a situation that no teenager should ever be faced with. i think hating cameron, or blaming him for keating being fired, sort of misses the point of the film to a degree. this movie's platform is that the adults are the ones to blame, NOT, in any circumstances, the children. it's also worth noting that none of the other poets are super NICE to cam throughout the film; neil is the one who includes him in the group and invites him to things. once neil is gone, cameron probably feels super isolated from the rest of the poets, making him even more susceptible to being used by the authority figures of this movie.

About calling parents sir or madam...I grew up in a strict home but we didn't do that. My father and I would call each other with the honorific sir for emphasis in a specific moment or when making a serious point with each other. In all it was used less than 1% of the time. His father and him had a similar relationship.

Not a dream but a nightmare to live with for the rest of his life. Ironic that the play is A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Ash is both wise and beautiful....what a wonderful young lady, thank god for wonderful people like her, making our lives so much better.

"Quiet desperation is the English way" Pink Floyd Time

The opening school scene must have inspired Hogwarts

Such a good film and really shows you how much of a great actor Robin Williams was. Comedy films to him was easy, this was a drama and he done a fantastic job. The film is brilliant, one of my favs and it hits you on so many different levels. Great vid btw, I enjoy your channel

Thanks for reacting to this wonderful movie 😊

Thanks for watching this- love your reactions…I’ve got to recommend that you check out some Wes Anderson movies…The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic…any of them really. The humor is right up your alley…cheers

i forget how many future tv stars were in this film Robert Sean Leonard (House),Kurtwood Smith ( That 70's show) Norman LLYOD (St Elsewhere)

Love this video so much!!❤️❤️❤️❤️💖 Dead Poets Society is such a life changing movie!!❤️❤️💖💖❤️❤️👏👏❤️❤️❤️

The scene where he kisses her on the forehead has been criticized by the lense of today. View it through the lense of 1959 and it is a totally different view.

*Carpe diem* My Captain My Captain!

"I hope he doesn't get caught." My heart sank for you at that moment. Now to finish the vid! xD.

I have NEVER once heard the phrase "teen movie" used to describe this film.

Here in Brazil it is very common to use 'Sir' and 'Mrs' when talking to your parents. Of course we use 'Father' and 'Mother', but 'Sir' and 'Ms' is not old-fashioned.

At 3:52 that is Red Forman (Kurtwood Smith)from That 70's Show. I'm surprised he didn't say "I'm going to put a foot in my son's a**!!" (you have to see the show to get the joke).

School Ties and Swing Kids are two other great movies.

It's funny looking back, Steve Martin was a comedian in the 70s, then turned into a great actor. Tom Hanks first was in a series called "Bosom Buddies". They dressed like girls to fit in their college, then of course, Tom is Forrest Gump, in The Green Mile, Castaway etc. That seems to be a noticeable time, 70s comedy, big and serious later. Oh, Eddie Murphy too...

Love the Scottish bagpiper music! Books and Poetry like Robert Burns are also an important part of Scottish heritage.

Seize the day rewards you with punches at first 😂😂😂

If you want to see RW's range, I always recommend this film, Good Morning Vietnam, Good Will Hunting, Insomnia, and One Hour Photo. : )

Loved this 💕

Or What Dreams May Come is also a really good movie

If you enjoyed this, you really should see "The Emperor's Club". Just as good and a more modern theme. I highly recommend it.

RIP Robin Williams.

You would probably like Cider House Rules

Sir and mam ARE the proper way to call people older than u. We had a LOT less problems in this world when that was pushed.

"Scent of a Woman", would be a great movie to react to...starring Al Pacino...great movie imo

I hope you do a reaction to The Fisher King at some point; that one and this are the two greatest things that Robin Williams did (my own subjective view) and both have a special resonance for me, because of a relationship I was in at the time they were in cinemas, kerk

Please watch THE NEVERENDING STORY!

I still don't personally enjoy poetry but this film did help me respect it

Ì feel that Robin would have been an inspiring teacher if he would not have been a comedian.

"Just imagine so many birds flying at you." Just wondering if you've seen the Hitchcock movie 'The Birds'? I watched it again recently and it's a brilliantly shocking movie.

Personally, the only people I know who call their parents "sir" or "ma'am" on a regular basis have strict/demanding parents. Not necessarily abusive parents but definitely on the controlling side. That's not to say all do it for that reason but that is what I have, personally, witnessed.

Great movie. You should watch other movies like that like School Ties and The emperor Club.

Check out "Good Will Hunting". Robin Williams won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. It also has Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Minnie Driver.

Yes, they would expell them all. The ones that sto9d paid a price. A dear price. But those that sto9d are the very ones that i would follow int9 battle. They would n9t lead me without a go9d cause. Those i want to be my leaders.

A somewhat similar movie is The Emperor's Club -- not as good as DPS, but still worth watching. Mr. Holland's Opus also comes to mind.

This is the third reaction I've seen in which the person reacting saw Neil's father walk into the theater and thought it was a good thing and would have a positive outcome. That moment never struck me as a good thing. I had the same dread as Neil. So much for cliches, I guess :)

Enjoyed your reaction. But -- underrated? It was nominated for 4 Oscars, won 1 Oscar, and was nominated for 6 Baftas and won 2.

Okay then yeah

"Please tell me his dad's going to be there.......yes! This is good." Ummmmm.....oh, boy.

Another good Robin Williams movie you could try is Good Will Hunting

you saw those kids looking like KKK (in their caped hoodies and I saw Hogwarts lol.. xo

PLease do the anti Rocky film, Scorcese best film Raging Bull

Hello House of Mash "H.o.M" for short. Raymond here.. Could you please upload Schindler's List Unedited to patreon too please.. And since you have seen this.. have a few movies for you, and some short shows too.. Allright here i go. MOVIES: The Green Mile. Conjuring 1-3. Hacksaw Ridge. The Curse of La Larona. Grave of the Fireflies. The Nun. TV SHOWS: Band of Brothers (10 Eps) The Pacific (10 Eps) Chernobyl. The Haunting of Hill House (10 Eps) The Haunting of Bly Manor (10 Eps) Soo.. what about all these?? Greetings Raymond.

Honestly is not overrated, probably you are young and your friends too, but basically all people more "old" know the movie, all millennials know it for example and watched in school even lol

you address your mother and father as "madame" or "sir", if you respect them. I believe that is fair.

Smhould have been collect call.

You missed the mark so many times throughout the movie. You seem very book smart, but I think the time frame in which you were raised precluded you from the way you interpreted the nuances of the film. They're your takes, as you see them, and that is fine. I think it has to do with your age and the schooling you received that gives you the rose colored glasses in which you perceive the world, or in this case a time period piece of film. It was none the less entertaining to watch the film with you, and in the end that's all that matters. And the fact you liked the film very much.

I'm not sure that you understand the setting of the private religious boarding school for this film. Williams purpose is to set the boys minds free from the narrow confines of conservative religious and academic thought. You clap when Williams quotes Keating at 12.45. "only in their dreams can men be truly free, twas always thus and always thus will be." This is not meant to be a celebration of religious dogma. It is a rejection of the chains of religion.

you're so beautiful.

"how disciplined, wow". you said that like you admired how restrained and oppressed the kids are. The movie makes the point that such "discipline" is destructive to youthful growth and individuality. Carpe diem -- not following rules because teachers say.