Movie Night again
Jun. 11th, 2004 07:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowI just watched The Blackboard Jungle. This was apparently the parent of a string of films such as To Sir, With Love and Up the Down Staircase - naive new teacher takes on tough students and ultimately prevails. I haven't seen UtDS, but The Blackboard Jungle is definitely grittier than To Sir, With Love. Apparently it was a groundbreaker when it came out (1955), but a lot of it seemed predictable to me. Also, the about-face in attitude by the teacher's wife seemed unmotivated to me. But it's a pretty good film nonetheless.
