i recently saw the origanl and was wondering if this was any good.
Holy smokes 99 channels and nothing's on!
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i just watched this film and its a good enough film almost identicle to the original,i enjoyed it
shareIt's ok although it's less a sequel than a cheap remake. Poitiers is as watchable as he was 30 years ago. The one thing I found annoying, being a teacher in a rough school myself is that, when kids are supposed to be "unteachable" they don't nicely sit quietly while you ramble on - if only teaching were that easy. But maybe things are different in Chicago!
shareI stumbled across this movie the other night on cable. At first glance, I said, "ehh" (disgusted sound), thinking it was a Substitute, Lean on Me, The Principal, or Dangerous Minds type of clone. Considering there wasn't nothing else worth watching on 200+ channels, I found myself back at this movie and I was pleasently surprised. I thought it was quite good. 6 out of 10 rating.
I then checked out the original from the cable's On Demand service, but turned it off with 30 minutes left to go. I didn't like the original. What surprised me was that this movie was made back in '67, and was the originator (I believe) where as all the other movies I mentioned above may have copied from it.
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This is formulatic, contrived, and ridiculous. Lean on Me, etc. etc. are all the same formula.
Teacher takes on the unteachable students.
Teacher wins over the students with his dignity and by showing them respect, and demanding it.
One student isn't won over.
Some parent or administrator or outside force (in this case the cops) finds something to not like about the teacher and somehow gets them fired.
Kids think teacher has quit on them.
Teacher, with the help of the students, gets back the job.
The one student not won over somehow gets beaten.
Formulaic now perhaps but To Sir with Love is the original upon which all others are based.
I love the original but can't help thinking that the motivation behind this sequel was the success of Dangerous Minds et al. Oh well...
" ... To Sir with Love is the original upon which all others are based."
Then you should see "Blackboard Jungle" (1955) with Glenn Ford as the teacher and -- wait for it -- Sidney Poitier as one of the tough inner-city students.
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the last 30 minutes are the best part. You really should finish watching it sometime. The original is one of my favorite movies. I haven't seen the sequel yet, mainly because I had no idea it existed.
shareAgreed. Go back, watch the original then watch the first 10 mins of this to see the touching little reunion between Pamela and 'Sir'. Then go back and watch the original again!
This remake was ok as films go, but can't hold a candle to the original. And whose idea was it to put the blonde girl at the end in a white Pamela-esque dress? I know the format was the same but really, did they think that we'd be fooled.
Sidney Poitier was terrific though, as always.
it's quite good, it's clearly a remake of 1st part thought but in 1996! ;-)
shareIt makes me laugh when stupid people say movies like 'Lean On Me' and 'Dangerous Minds" are fake and not realistic....they are based on REAL EVENTS you jackasses, must be pretty real then huh morons...LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
shareThe original TO SIR was based on a memoir by a "real" teacher, E.R. Braithwaite. The sequel is of course, formulaic, but seeing Poitier in virtually anything is worth the time for me. And those Chicago kids were much rougher than the Brits. "Sir" needed a gat!
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It's ok, not great but not awful.
The storyline is a little cliched but not really in a bad way.
It recalls some of the spirit of the original.