Half Nelson
I don't know why, but apart from School of Rock, there have been zero good films about teachers, and it is expecting a lot of Half Nelson to break this streak. Ryan Gosling plays druggy teach, but even in the first frame he looks too good, as if the film has been brought to you by the Crack Marketing Board of America. So you downgrade your expectations; it is evidently too much to hope for the film to be real and truthful, maybe it will be entertaining? This wish is cruelly shattered after a few more frames, and then I was just sitting there in the dark trying not to get too bored. But it's very slow - the central point of the film being teacher... is.... such.... an.... ass... hole..... yet somehow the filmmakers expect you to overlook this blatantly obvious information until the last few scenes.On the positive side, Ryan Gosling's Oscar-nominated performance is quite competent, but then again I'm not sure that impersonating a tiresome nob-end is a very laudable skill. This film is so shit it makes you wonder if people who like it are just extremely incompetent human beings.
If you can think of any good films about teachers, please leave me a comment. I haven't seen that one with Sidney Poitier in it but I am open to suggestions.
posted by Chairman Peyote @ 8:47 AM
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Gregory's Girl. Not, strictly speaking, about teachers - but they did appear quite a bit.
"Away you go, you small boys"
The Chorus. It's as much about the teachers as the kids. A great film.
Dear Anon #1
Yes, Gregory's Girl is a cracking film, but this is because it is about tha kidzz. When the same people got together to make Gregory's Two Girls they had all growed up and therefore it had to be about teachers. And so naturally it stinks.
Dear Anon #2
I'm not sure about that film. But I might put it on my list. Thank you.
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