'Intelligent/good' films for expelled & problem kids - suggestions?

[scifisam]

If you decide to use Stand By Me, I have a load of teaching resources I made for it. I ignored the rules and showed it to under 15s, too, such a rebel I am.

 

[isitme]

do the right thing by spike lee

the message is a bit overegged, but it's an enjoyable film

 

[HobgoblinMan]

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

 

[isitme]

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Bogus Journey had more pathos

i found the first one a bit lightweight tbh

 

[HobgoblinMan]

Yeah, like they're gonna say, "Miss, that was ok, but could you show a film with more pathos next time." Cock.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

Besides, at the end of Excellent Adventure when they make that wicked presentation and pull it off, that plays to the audiences emotions and is itself a moment of great pathos when Rufus fucks off back into the sky.

 

[isitme]

Yeah, like they're gonna say, "Miss, that was ok, but could you show a film with more pathos next time." Cock.

I wasn't saying that it wasn't suitable, just that i find the Bogus Journey to be more complete in many ways

i'm not knocking the first one as a piece of cinema, i just thought since it seems like a fairly limited run of films, that the OP would want films that the students could really get their teeth into

 

[isitme]

Besides, at the end of Excellent Adventure when they make that wicked presentation and pull it off, that plays to the audiences emotions and is itself a moment of great pathos when Rufus fucks off back into the sky.

it's a masterpiece for sure.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

The use of "cock" was of course for theatrical gain, not a call to arms, for the record.

 

[isitme]

The use of "cock" was of course for theatrical gain, not a call to arms, for the record.

obviously a man who recognises a fellow art lover

 

[gsv]

Man on Wire was a very good call

Also:

La Haine (B&W, arty, as fuck)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (B&W, old, as fuck)
Romeo + Juliet (more their demographic tbh)​

GS(v)

 

[isitme]

'Naked' or 'Rita Sue and Bob' by Mike Leigh are good

 

[DaveCinzano]

'Rita Sue and Bob' by Mike Leigh are good

Do you mean Rita, Sue And Bob Too by Alan Clarke?

 

[isitme]

Do you mean Rita, Sue And Bob Too by Alan Clarke?

my bad

 

[DaveCinzano]

Not sure today's youth deserve being exposed to Black Lace.

 

[isitme]

timeless music

 

[DaveCinzano]

I'll shake your pineapple if you're not careful, you wee scamp.

 

[minxcariad]

No, it's push, surely? I have analysed the lyrics in depth, and it appears that only the tree is shaken...

 

[isitme]

I'll shake your pineapple if you're not careful, you wee scamp.

you'll turn into a bloody pineapple one of these days

 

[DaveCinzano]

I have analysed the lyrics in depth, and it appears that only the tree is shaken

There's an epitaph and a half.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Harrison Bergeron might be an interesting one - depiction of a society where academic achievement is considered subversive. Some SWP types probably consider it 'rightwing' and you might get told off by some fucktard. That said, the friend who showed it to me is very very leftwing...

 

[sumimasen]

There's a film similar to Boys N The Hood, I think it's called Fresh. About a young kid in the Projects. Samuel L Jackson is in it as his dad-away-from-home doling out advice from the other side of a chessboard.

This was before SLJ became a cock.

 

[isitme]

There's a film similar to Boys N The Hood, I think it's called Fresh. About a young kid in the Projects. Samuel L Jackson is in it as his dad-away-from-home doling out advice from the other side of a chessboard.

This was before SLJ became a cock.

great film that is

'smoke' by jim jarumusch as well

 

[Cloo]

Last night we watched the documentary 'Tyson' about the boxer - it might take more attention than the kids have, as it is literally 90 mins of him talking about his life, interspersed with mostly fight footage. But it could communicate to them strongly, especially boys.

A renowned tough guy like Tyson talking about and showing emotions could surprise them. Interesting, he talks quite a lot about how motivated he was in the ring by fear, and how much of it there always had been in his life - I'm sure the same is true for many troubled adolescents.

There are no answers really given in it, but a lot of questions are posed. There's no real redemption, but there is a man trying to understand himself and his life.

 

[spawnofsatan]

Ken Parks

 

[HobgoblinMan]

it is literally 90 mins of him talking about his life, interspersed with mostly fight footage.

Here's me thinking it would include mostly gardening and hopscotch footage.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Bang bang you're dead?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Harrison Bergeron might be an interesting one - depiction of a society where academic achievement is considered subversive. Some SWP types probably consider it 'rightwing' and you might get told off by some fucktard. That said, the friend who showed it to me is very very leftwing...

The reason I mention this is that it does sort of say that academic achievement and stuff is actually kind of desirable (and not 'uncool'), and might make kids who previously thought it was uncool to achieve, try to do so

 

[minxcariad]

Like it, thanks!

 

[8den]

There's a film similar to Boys N The Hood, I think it's called Fresh. About a young kid in the Projects. S

This.

It's an excellent film about a young drug dealer who's estranged father is Samuel Jackson. He's a chess prodigy.