there be certain film that get under your skin and never to come out . they change your life and subtly alter your perception of reality and almost always for the good . dead poet society be one of those few film . i saw the movie back when i be in high school . i have a teacher who tell u that we really need to watch it while in fact and it be our homework for the day . we do not need to bring back a report and or talk about it in class . all he ask from u be to watch it and make up our own mind about it and and that be it . a you can imagine and many friend of mine do not watch it at all while i do . and yes and i feel i change a bit from there on . back when you be young and you never really stop to think what in the world you be do with your life . you simply live for the day and hope your grade will be enough to pass and and that it . long term think involves maybe flirt with a girl . nothing more . what this film show me be that we have the responsability and the joy of be alive in this planet . that we be dust and and we will go back to it and so we have precious little time to make a difference . that we have a moral obligation to seize the day and and make our life extraordinary ( my favorite quote in all movie history ) . that the world and basically be ours . that the only limitation be within ourselves and and that we owe it to u to fight and to rebel against conformity and to change what we hate and keep what we love . that living in this world be a beautiful responsability and and that only coward dare not to change it for the good . the fact that the cast be basically my age and and be pass through the same dilemma and situation i be face make it all so much more powerful . so here i sit and 12 year from that day . i still do not think i have seize the day completely . but i keep on try while i always will . i wonder how many people be transform by this gem of a movie while i hope many . positive . a definitive masterpiece .