04-30-2007, 05:15 PM | #1 |
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Freedom Writers
Watched Freedom Writers over the weekend. I was surprised how much I liked it. I thought it would just be another Dangerous Minds type movie with a teacher who comes in and acts "cool" to get in good with the students and then motivates them to change...but that isn't the case at all. I would highly recommend this movie.
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I wanted to hate this movie
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It is also a true story i believe
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I finally saw this movie, i agree with Drum, it was a good movie, dragged on a little at the end but a solid movie, i was waiting for someone to die though and i was a bit disappointed it never happened.
I did a little more research and i just purchased the freedom writers diary from Amazon, the diary of the real kids that were portrayed in the movie.
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08-18-2007, 05:50 AM | #5 |
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I was also surprised by it when I watched it several months ago.
It was better than I thought it would be. Not great, but solid.
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08-18-2007, 07:12 AM | #6 |
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Are there explosions in it?
If not, it can't be that good.
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Just rented this on Netflix. I too liked it although Hillary Swank annoyed me as always. Much better than Dangerous Minds. The student actors were great--I even wonder if some of them were actors.
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It is a pleasant surprise, feel good type film.
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I forgot I had wanted to see this movie. I need to get a copy. The teacher portrayed by Swank is the SIL of my best friend from high school, so that makes me practically famous. . .
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