The similarities between these two movies is astounding...<spoilers>
Consider the following:
1) Ragtag group of youngsters come together under the careful tutelage of Jeff Bridges/Robin Williams
2) At the end of the movie, a tragedy involving a death of a student precipitates an out-for-blood inquest that tries to scapegoat the teacher.
3) The students rally behind their teacher at the last minute....
White Squall is based on a true story ... I'm not sure if The Dead Poets Society is.
I am sooo gonna meet Simon Gagne ...
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your like..the 50000000 person to say that.
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Even though one may be fictional, they sound the same. Lots of movies are like that. Usually there are a few ruthless kids in the story and in the end they stand behind each other and there's a happy ending. I like White Squall. It's one of the few movies I have.
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*Spoilers for both movies*
One big difference: The suicide in DPS was contrived and no sense as to why he would do such a thing. He shot himself because he had to go to military school? Give me a break!
In WS, the deaths were due to a catastrophe, and were based on historical events. They were pretty accurate, from what I hear.
To me, that makes a huge difference in terms of quality, and of the overall story in general.
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"You make a place for things... Things come. "
In real life suicide often makes no sense to the survivors; and its almost always sudden & shocking, just like in DPS. There were things going on in the mind/heart of the victim -- struggles or whatever -- that survivors can never know or understand.
share4) overbearing rich parent tortures rebellious son
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