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Directed by Justin Kurzel from a screenplay written by Zach Baylin, the movie follows a lone veteran FBI agent, Terry Husk (Jude Law), as he investigates a string of violent robberies in the Pacific Northwest. He later convinced that a white supremacist terrorist group known as The Order, led by Bob Mathews (Nicholas Hoult), is responsible and the group's grand plan is to overthrow the American government.

I'm not a history buff but it makes me eager to dig deeper beyond what's shown on screen. Whenever I watch a Hollywood movie that's based on a true story or depicts any contemporary historical event, I take it with a grain of salt. Especially if the event is based on a period that I'm not familiar with. Because Hollywood loves to dramatize a story, even if it means just altering it a bit from known facts and (probably) sometimes completely.

(All right, enough of that).

Another one bites the dust, a movie that could've had a proper treatment by giving it a worldwide theatrical release. It's baffling to realize that Sony proudly presents Kraven to the world but only to be leaked online a few weeks later. I'm saying it just to give a point about how solid The Order is and with the subject that it brought up, the movie is nothing more than merely a cautionary tale. The movie highlights these men and their ideology as dangerous not only to the subjected people but also to others because of the string of violence inflicted by the racist group. Both Husk and Mathews' characters are so perfectly matched, Hush being a determined agent who wants to be in the center of the investigation only to be slowed down by his health while Mathews seemingly has the upper hand. But fate has it that their cat-and-mouse chase must end with only one man standing. The actors who played them gave a compelling performance. I mostly know Hoult through his work from the X-Men movies, and he's slowly becoming an actor that I followed, having watched Juror #2, this guy is definitely getting the recognition he deserves. I just want to point this out, even though some may say it doesn't seem much, the visual is beautiful.

The Order seems like a crime thriller movie that came out in the 90s, delivering what it's promised in the trailer without coating it with something it doesn't want to (or need to).

Directed by Peter Weir from an original screenplay written by Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society is a coming-of-age drama released in 1989. Some of you who read this probably already knew who Robin Williams was but if you don't and haven't watched any of his movies, this is a perfect introduction. You'll end up wishing that he was your English teacher at school rather than whoever it was who taught you, and I assure you, you'll never find a movie with a narrative that relates to us, students, so much as Dead Poets Society is.

You know what, I've watched this movie before and decided that it was enough because I don't want to go through all of it again. As much as I like the movie, I just hate how it makes me feel after I finish watching. It's kind of a rollercoaster of emotions really. But here I am, having watched it for the second time just for the sake of writing this very review. I'm not sure if it's the writer's intention, but I think Dead Poets Society is pretty much a social commentary on every conventional school system that we know of out there. You see, teachers, particularly in school, have pretty much the exact same methods of teaching as if it were like a written rule that must be followed. Sometimes, they never let the students think freely for themselves, and the teachers wouldn't even attempt to make the lesson feel exciting. Through Williams's character Keating, the writer subtly tells us that he's exactly the kind of teacher we need. Well, John Keating is indeed the man; he guides us to chase the things that we want or our passion but can't because we are only told what to chase, and if we chase something as we please, it's wrong. Speaking of wrong, he also wants us to find our own "walk" no matter what others might say, to maintain our own in the face of conformity.

I have only seen a handful of movies out of his entire filmography, so I wouldn't necessarily call myself a big fan of Robin Williams, but watching this movie again reminds me of what makes him one of my favorite actors (I surely need to watch more of his work). He always poured his heart out on each role, that's why he also seems very passionate about the character he portrayed. I mean, if you told me whether he was acting or not in this movie, I wouldn't even have known about it. I love how the writer sets the movie to take place during two different seasons, autumn and then we moved to winter, at the end of the movie. Because I think it fits the overall tone and symbolizes a character or also the state of things after a tragedy occurs. Autumn is a perfect use of symbolism for the character of John Keating. He's giving this sense of warmth like none other to his students, they feel free and safe at the same time. To them, he's more than just a teacher; he's the captain or even perhaps a father figure they should have for some boys. The visuals and cinematography of this movie are just gorgeous; it's a feast for the eyes, and they capture the beauty of autumn perfectly. You might say it's an oversimplification, well, because It is simple and beautiful.

I don't care if you don't like a dialogue-driven drama; you must at least watch this kind of movie once in your life. Because It can change you, well, it does for me at least.