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To Sir, with Love II

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To Sir, with Love II

In my opinion it is virtually impossible to shoot a film as unforgettable as "To Sir with Love". We never get tired of watching it over and over again. Every time we watch it, it seems to be the first time. I think there is a lot of things that make this film unique. First of all, it happened in a time so different from the one we're living today. Also the film delivers a kind of message that had already been forgotten, a message of respect and love for our teachers. I am a teacher myself and know what I'm talking about. The cast is great and so is the song that will endure forever on our minds and hearts, and Sidney had an outstanding role.

I love To Sir With Love, and did not know this sequel existed. What a sad mess this little movie is, nothing at all like the first one. I felt no passion, no real emotions from the cast, just a call in to get a pay check. You may or may not like the 1st one if you haven't seen it before, but do not judge it by this one. It might be the times, I grew up in the 50-60s and the 1st movie spoke to me, the school systems not teaching the poor students, students of color being treated less than human, etc., but by the time this second movie came along, it just seems tired, old, and as I said before, called in. Most the time a sequel should not be done, they are rarely any good.

Essentially, this is just a remake of the original. The location switched form London to Chicago, but the main storyline is just the same. It suffered in the same way as the original whereby the cast of students was too old for the parts they played: Christian Payton (31), Dana Eskelson (31), Bernadette Speakes (29). The drugs, knives, guns, gangs, pimping and prostitution was dealt with in an almost dismissive way, as though it was normal. The best part of the film was at the start, in London when Judy Geeson and Lulu reprised their roles in the original. After that it was all down hill. How the title song was not a hit in the UK I will never know. It was the B side to "Let's Pretend" but I remember it getting considerable air-time on pirate radio in 1967. It reached No 1 in the USA.

I thought it would be inferior to the first, as usually happens with sequences, but it was so beautiful when the first, and the unforgettable theme was present ... too beautiful ... (2012) As cute as the first, to the sound of the classic and unforgettable Lulu "To Sir With Love"...

I really liked the movie i think it had a lot of meaning to it the kids would get a lot out of it if they would only watch it. I watch it every chance i get along with the movie of the Temptations. they both were really good i cried in both of them.

I watched this movie expecting to revive the feeling I got (and still get,,,though diminished) from To Sir With Love (1967), which is my favorite film. Sadly, I was disappointed. The connection between the two films is tenuous. The students' characters are not sufficiently developed for me to feel anything for them. Plus, there doesn't seem to be any real change in them by the end. It all seems quite unrealistic. Also, at some points I felt as if I was watching an "ABC After School Special"

I loved the original "To Sir With Love" movie when it came out in the sixties. As Sidney Poitier is one of my favorite actors, I definitely wanted to watch this sequel when I found out yesterday that it existed. I did not expect this one to be as good as the first. However, I was pleasantly surprised for several reasons. First, Poitier kept his charm, charisma and his signature stare despite the passage of nearly 30 years. In my opinion, he is still one of the greatest actors of all time. Second, the director and producer kept the movie completely free from any subliminal political messages. It is an unfortunate fact of life that many Hollywood directors and producers cannot resist the temptation of injecting their biases into every movie they make (I don't need to specify which party is always blamed, but it starts with an R). Third, the main message of the movie was hopeful and uplifting. Overall, the movie was definitely better than I expected.