Language & Movies
"So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do."
-Dead Poets Society, 1989
Spotted someone quoting this on Tumblr. (I seem to be losing hours on there.) It was a quote that jumped off the screen and spoke in my ear. It said "Listen, remember and think".
Certainly something to put into thoughtful use when writing next.
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I watched Dead Poets Society long ago for english in high school. I remember thinking it was a brilliant film and have it firmly placed in my memory as one of the films that I enjoyed, would recomend to others and never, ever want to watch again. My heart, my head, they could not take it. (Other films that fall into this category are Pan's Labyrinth and Forest Gump.)