<i><b>Dead Poets Society literally changed my life</b></i> and gave me something I had been looking for for a long time…<b> (this text probably won’t capture how much I actually love the movie, so like, stay that in mind👍🏻)</b><br><br>I really love watching movies and I watch them pretty often, like all the time.<br>But I wanted to watch a movie that felt like me, that I could truly see myself in… that feeling of wanting to run endlessly, wanting to be free, but being scared to do it.<br>It’s like poetry when you can’t speak.<br><br><b>The story&nbsp;</b>: <br><b>a group of boys in a boarding school in the 50s</b>. I love that even though they’re teenage boys, it doesn’t fall into the cliché of guys obsessed with drinking, smoking, sex, drugs, etc.<br>To me, this movie shows something way deeper and more beautiful—dreams, art, fear, longing, love.<br>And what I’ll always admire is that most of those things aren’t even said in the film… they’re just felt. You see them and feel them.<br><br><b>My favorite characters</b><br><br><b>Neil Perry.</b><br>Lately, I’ve been feeling kind of <b><i>connected to him</i></b>… I even wrote a song about how I’ve been feeling and I think we have a lot in common.<br><b><i>I love Neil</i></b> because he’s the brightest light, because he’s the boy who wants to act, who loves to feel, who smiles with his eyes.<br>Neil is the kind of boy everyone admires but is also scared to be, because he dares… until he can’t anymore.<br>His story breaks me every single time because his pain is silent, because he never stops smiling.<br>I think <b><i>Mirrorball by Taylor Swift</i></b> is his perfect song because <b><i>Neil shines for everyone else and lights up every room, but no one shines for him</i></b>. And like… that’s the worst part, because I feel like people expect him to be happy and passionate and it’s so heartbreaking to see how broken he really is inside.<br>I wish he had found the courage to tell his father that he didn’t care what he thought—but I think Neil just couldn’t disobey him. It was like… a rule in his head, as if he owed him something.<br>That scene when he leaves backstage is so painful —Neil was so happy and excited, but when he sees his father, all of it just vanishes.<br>And the scene where his dad tells him he’s going to military school is so frustrating. Like, even though Neil works hard and does everything to please his dad, it’s never enough for him—and Neil just… can’t say anything back.<br><br><b><i>Neil Perry, you’ll always have a place in my heart…</i></b><br><br><b>(I wish they cast Robert Sean Leonard more—I mean, he showed us in this movie what an incredible actor he is. Such an underrated actor.)</b><br><br><b>Todd Anderson.</b><br>I love Todd because even though he’s shy, quiet, full of unspoken words, I feel like he has so much to say. And I think that’s why he loves poetry so much.<br>I love him deeply. He represents everything that’s held back, everything that’s not said, everything that’s felt but hidden out of fear of being “too much.”<br>I think after Neil, he’s one of the characters that suffered the most in the movie. Like, the scene where Todd runs and yells Neil’s name—it’s just heartbreaking.<br>I think Todd felt like when no one else was listening, Neil was always there for him. And watching him lose that is just… devastating.<br><br><b>Charlie Dalton.</b><br>I love Charlie so much because I feel like he’s the funny guy who finds humor in everything, but even if he seems kind of shallow or cocky, he actually has so much to say just like Todd. And when he cares about something, he really means it.<br>It’s horrible to think that Charlie Neil’s best friend for years was the one who had to tell the news of Neil’s death to the others.<br>I wish he’d had more screen time.👍🏻<br><br><b>Anderperry</b>.<br>God, as corny as it might sound they’re my favorite couple in the whole world… I love them with my entire heart.<br>Even though it’s never said out loud in the movie, it’s so obvious… like, the way they look at each other, the way they talk it’s perfect.<br>I lov