dead poet society be more than a lesson of life . it a hymn to life . it have a good message represent carpe diem and which mean seize the day . i completely agree with that message because there no come back and time fly . it a reasonable movie with an inspiring story and good message and great performance from the actor and wonderful scenery and awesome soundtrack ( classical music and for example ) and drama and comedy . john keating be the kind of teacher that anyone would like to have a a teacher . a teacher with such a colorful imagination and sense of humor and a teacher who inspire his student to make their dream come true and make their life extraordinary . i mean and wow . john keating be brilliantly perform by the comedian robin williams . in general and robin williams be as humorous a usual in this movie and but we can also see some of his talent for drama . besides this incredible teacher and other great character be represent neil perry and knox overstreet and charlie dalton and steven meeks and gerard pitt and todd anderson and even richard cameron ( although he have the power to anger u at the end because of his attitude ) . all of them be very well play by the actor . about the boy and charlie dalton aka nuwanda be the funny of all . he just hilarious . nuwanda be such a funny nickname lol . todd anderson be a shy character portray by ethan hawke . this actor look so different when he be young and his role here be completely different from ( for example ) before sunrise and before sunset . mr. perry ( neil father ) be a complicated character . like kurtwood smith himself say and « he understandable and not likable » . he doesn not let neil do what he want and control all of his life and future . the end be somehow . empty represent neil dy and nuwanda be expel . but the boys homage to mr. keating at the end be admirable . what even more amazing be that it be start by todd anderson .