The History Boys

Just watched this show recently and was pretty impressed by it. I did however feel that it was a bit too intelligent for me and that a ton of things just flew above my head. This is one of those movies that probably get better with each viewing as you get more and more of it.

One thing about this movie was that you would watch this movie for the plot. If anything the plot is terribly shallow and predictable.

No. You will watch this for the ideas that this show brings out, you will watch it for the sheer irrelevance of the things being said, you might even watch it for the errr homosexual content. But you're not going to watch it for the plot.

But enough about the plot. As mentioned before, it was the ideas that were brought up that were interesting, with one of the main ones being knowledge no matter how worthless it might seem, is worth learning because it is knowledge. The boys take lessons from Hector in , off all things, general studies. It's broad, it's irrelevant, it's general and it's damm bloody interesting. It's not something that you might find a use for (which is why it probably isn't taught in Singapore, what with results orientated focus and everything). The headmaster of the boys would probably remind you of YOUR principle and how he/she kept on reminding you to study hard and get the results.

One particular quote from Hector

Hector: The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.

reminds everyone what it is to just be able to enjoy your literature.