Dead Poets Society

After my recent post about Miss Potter, I've been thinking about other great movies I love. For some reason, Dead Poets Society has been going through my mind a lot. I LOVE this movie! I've seen it about a million times, but haven't seen it in a few years because we got rid of our VHS tapes and haven't replaced it on DVD yet. Anyway, if you haven't seen it, you should. It's fabulous. (Warning Deb: this will make you cry.)

Here's a couple clips. First, the flying desk set scene:




And the fantastic YAWP scene! (If you only watch one clip, this is the one to watch.)

Miss Potter

I have a new movie to add to my favorites list: Miss Potter, the biography of Beatrix Potter, author of the Peter Rabbit books. Roccy lent this movie to me (a long time ago, I'm afraid) and I finally had a chance to watch it. I LOVED it! I love period movies (Little Women is another one of my favorites) as well as anything that has to do with the creative process (Finding Neverland is about the author of Peter Pan, and that's another fantastic movie).

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Watching Miss Potter made me (and the kids) want to read her stories, and it made me want to know more about this woman and her life. I wasn't crazy about who they cast for Miss Potter, but other than that, I thought this movie was very well done. I highly recommend it.

Actually, I recommend the others as well: