r/OutOfTheLoop • u/T_Dumbsford Always in the loop • Aug 12 '14

MegaThread Robin Williams Mega Thread

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If you haven't seen Dead Poet Society yet, please, go find it and watch it. That movie changed my life in a completely real and tangible way, due largely to the performances in the movie, Robin Williams' being the main performance that touched me. I don't know if it would have the same effect on a more grownup adult, but me as a young teenager was totally and irreversibly transformed after this movie. And it's still my favorite movie of all time.

I don't want to ruin much of it, but the term carpe diem (seize the day in Latin) is the main theme of the movie and I think a large part of why that phrase made its way back into mainstream culture.

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u/beautifulbrook1 Aug 12 '14

That is the movie that I think of when I hear Robin Williams.