I would think Damon probably did most of the heavy lifting on the screenplay being that he got into Haaaavard and all. Maybe Affleck threw in a few things here and there like the story that Skylar told in the bar. 😂
Damon and Affleck were teen actors that were close in the field. While they both had multiple small roles in films, this was definitely their breakout film. I was only familiar with from the movie “School Ties” before this. The film was up for multiple Oscars but only one Best Original Screenplay for Damon/Affleck. Should have won Best Picture and Best Director as well but it was against Titanic, which I’ve never been a fan of. Van Sant, the director, also directed a fantastic film called “My Own Private Idaho” which is absolutely worth watching.
I absolutely adore this film. Without Kevin Smith becoming a producer on the film Good Will Hunting, no studio wanted either Matt Damon nor Ben Affleck in the lead roles. Even though they had both written the screenplay, the studios considered them to be unknowns. Kevin Smith, thankfully, convinced them otherwise. Please watch Clerks.(1994) Written/Directed/Starring Kevin Smith
Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra, Cuba Gooding Jnr and Max von Sydow ( 3eyed Raven in GoT) all in "What Dreams May Come." Please please react to this gem of a movie, the visual effects alone are worth a watch but with this cast too, so worth it!
"Ollie, your eyes are leaking." ~ Robin Williams as Mork from Ork. If you're not aware, Ollie, "Mork and Mindy" was the TV series that made Robin Williams famous. The character originally appeared as a one off on the hit TV series "Happy Days". The character was so well received that he had a couple of other appearances on that series, which spun off "Mork and Mindy". Mork was an alien from the planet Ork who was sent to earth to observe the people and make a report at the end of every episode. He lived in the attic of an apartment rented by Mindy. Whenever somebody on the show would cry --- usually Mindy --- his response was always, "your eyes are leaking."
I remember when they filmed the bench scene in May, 1997. But I couldn't see Matt Damon or Robin Williams. Much of the park had spotlights, trailers and equipment. I also remember that bench with flowers and candles in August, 2014, after Robin Williams took his life.
I hope you make a full recovery, Oliver! 🍎 This one will always be amongst my top-tier titles. All hail director Gus Van Sant. Check out DRUGSTORE COWBOY (1989), MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) and MILK (2008) by him.
Love Robin Williams and Matt Damon. I love this movie so much. You should also react to other Robin masterpieces that are The Dead Poets Society and Mrs. Doubtfire if you haven’t seen them yet.
Highly recommend the film “Finding Forrester” (2000). A film I wish more movie reactors would react to. I consider it a “spiritual sequel” to “Good Will Hunting”. Both films not only share similar themes but were also directed by Gus Van Sant, one of my favorite directors who has a filmography worth checking out. I love your videos, Ollie!
This movie would make a statue cry. So glad you watched this Ollie. Such a groundbreaking movie and as always I love spending the time re-experiencing these masterpieces with you. Hope you've been well, see you soon!
Before I even WATCH this reaction, I commented before that my favourite reactor was reacting to my favourite film (The Matrix), I always list this as my second favourite! Best.. dialogue.. EVUR :)
Incredible movie. To win an Academy Award for writing at age 26 with your best buddy must have been an incredible experience and shows how talented they both are.
"Do you like apples?" "Yeah." "Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?" Fun Fact: Director Gus Van Sant painted the picture that hangs in Sean Maguire's (Robin Williams) office. Five Year Dream Fact: The very first day of the shooting, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck started crying out of happiness, because it was a scene between Robin Williams and Stellan Skarsgård, accomplished actors, doing Damon's and Affleck's scene verbatim, and they had waited so long (five years) for this to happen. What Script Fact: The lines in the scene when Sean talks about his late wife's farting antics were ad-libbed by Robin Williams. That is why Matt Damon was laughing so hard. If you watch the scene carefully, you can notice the camera shaking a bit, possibly due to the cameraman laughing as well. Robin Williams' last line in the film "Son of a bitch. He stole my line" was also ad-libbed. MIT Connection Fact: Matt Damon, a former Harvard student, originally intended to make the title character a physics prodigy. He discussed his idea with Sheldon L. Glashow, a Nobel laureate in physics and, at the time, a Harvard professor. Glashow told him that the premise did not ring true to him: he suggested that the main character be a math prodigy instead. He referred Damon to his brother-in-law, Daniel Kleitman, a professor of mathematics at MIT, who provided advice on the story. Both Glashow and Kleitman are thanked in the credits.
I can't imagine what it would feel like to have two amazing actors act out your scene when you are still new to the business. Must have felt so surreal for them
Excellent reaction to a great film. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won the Academy Award for best original screenplay and Robin Williams won for best supporting actor. You should check out more films by Gus Van Sant like Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, and To Die For (with an impressive performance by Nicole Kidman). Have a nice day.
Another Matt Damon movie you should watch is "Hereafter". This is a hidden gem, no one on RUclips has reacted to this film. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Steven Spielberg. The reason why very few people knew about this film is because - it flopped when it first came out in the cinema. 1/3 of this movie is in French and Americans hate movies with subtitle, it's a pity because it's a very good movie.
My first time watching a reaction from you (or anything) but great job! I’m just an old man from North Carolina, nobody special but it’s good to see a younger person seemingly get this movie! Good job 😀
The title has two meanings: The character's name, Will Hunting being good, and hunting for good will. To have good will for something is like to have good intentions and motivations, a.k.a., will.
1:54: Yes, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon wrote the movie, it says so in the credits. No seriously, it's right there. 9:15: that inmate is Harmony Korine, has a new movie out called Aggro Dr1ft but you should do a reaction to his famous film, Gummo. 14:45: You're right, there's no way that Ben Affleck & Matt Damon wrote this story, even though it's been in the credits for almost 30 years? 41:00: Yeah, it's in the credits. They both wrote The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott, who also directed The Martian which starred who? Promised Land and Gerry were also written by Matt Damon, the director of this movie, and a famous member of The Office (US). Why do we have to do the heavy lifting here?
Matt Damon movie to watch, shortly after this one (getting nominated for a Best Actor Oscar boosts your profile): _The Talented Mr. Ripley_ (based on the same Patricia Highsmith novel as the new Netflix series; she also wrote 'Strangers on a Train') Gus van Sant movie to watch: _My Own Private Idaho_ (River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in an updated, loose adaptation of Shakespeare's _Henry IV_ )
"My Nose is Crying" Really?....don't say stupid shit like that trying to be cute or different please. Just react genuinely with the focus on the movie...not on you. Those reactors that do that are the ones with growing channels. The ones where it is clear that the channel is all about the reactor are the ones who fade away. "My Nose is Crying" is just dumb...your better than that.
1) From my experience, one doesn't need to "try" to be cute / different... it comes out naturally, and if YOU don't like what comes out, don't watch him. I consistently follow 18 different reactors for different reasons, and the reason THIS one is one of those 18 is because of the random stuff that he says. Never mind "My nose is crying"- some OTHER stuff he says has made me roll on the floor laughing and think "You can't make this stuff up" lol. 2) I myself have said out loud things like that before, like one time I was showing my roommate a REALLY really funny video that almost made me stop breathing... I managed to get out (since I was surprised), "My left eye is leaking" (just my left one though). I thought it was funny, so I said it. It's what reactors do, so let them be, lol.
@@lisakovanen1975 Indeed, like I said in my own reply: 1) From my experience, one doesn't need to "try" to be cute / different... it comes out naturally, and whoever does not like what comes out, doesn't need to watch him. I consistently follow 18 different reactors for different reasons, and the reason THIS one is one of those 18 is because of the random stuff that he says. Never mind "My nose is crying"- some OTHER stuff he says has made me roll on the floor laughing and think "You can't make this stuff up" lol. 2) I myself have said out loud things like that before, like one time I was showing my roommate a REALLY really funny video that almost made me stop breathing... I managed to get out (since I was surprised), "My left eye is leaking" (just my left one though). I thought it was funny, so I said it. It's what reactors do, so let them be, lol.
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_Great reaction!_ Please react to :
★ *Bicentennial Man* (1999)
_starring Robin Williams & Sam Neill_
directed by Chris Columbus
they won the Oscar for that script. and Robin won an oscar for best supporting actor. brilliant film.
If I had to pick my favorite screenplay of all time on the spot, it's this one.
Casablanca. But this is definitely up there.
One hour photo
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won Academy Awards for best writing!
I never understood why since every other word is “fuck” practically.
Ben affleck and Matt Damon became the youngest people ever to win best original screenplay for this.
I would think Damon probably did most of the heavy lifting on the screenplay being that he got into Haaaavard and all. Maybe Affleck threw in a few things here and there like the story that Skylar told in the bar. 😂
Damon and Affleck were teen actors that were close in the field. While they both had multiple small roles in films, this was definitely their breakout film. I was only familiar with from the movie “School Ties” before this.
The film was up for multiple Oscars but only one Best Original Screenplay for Damon/Affleck. Should have won Best Picture and Best Director as well but it was against Titanic, which I’ve never been a fan of. Van Sant, the director, also directed a fantastic film called “My Own Private Idaho” which is absolutely worth watching.
School Daze is s good early Affleck flick (Damon in the background with a line or two).
I absolutely adore this film. Without Kevin Smith becoming a producer on the film Good Will Hunting, no studio wanted either Matt Damon nor Ben Affleck in the lead roles. Even though they had both written the screenplay, the studios considered them to be unknowns. Kevin Smith, thankfully, convinced them otherwise. Please watch Clerks.(1994)
Written/Directed/Starring Kevin Smith
Makes sense, I guess that’s how Smith got them to appear in Dogma
@@avengemybreath3084 I take it you haven’t seen Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back ?
Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra, Cuba Gooding Jnr and Max von Sydow ( 3eyed Raven in GoT) all in "What Dreams May Come." Please please react to this gem of a movie, the visual effects alone are worth a watch but with this cast too, so worth it!
"Ollie, your eyes are leaking." ~ Robin Williams as Mork from Ork.
If you're not aware, Ollie, "Mork and Mindy" was the TV series that made Robin Williams famous. The character originally appeared as a one off on the hit TV series "Happy Days". The character was so well received that he had a couple of other appearances on that series, which spun off "Mork and Mindy". Mork was an alien from the planet Ork who was sent to earth to observe the people and make a report at the end of every episode. He lived in the attic of an apartment rented by Mindy.
Whenever somebody on the show would cry --- usually Mindy --- his response was always, "your eyes are leaking."
Lol " and a young Affleck as well"....ya think lol
I remember when they filmed the bench scene in May, 1997. But I couldn't see Matt Damon or Robin Williams. Much of the park had spotlights, trailers and equipment. I also remember that bench with flowers and candles in August, 2014, after Robin Williams took his life.
I hope you make a full recovery, Oliver! 🍎 This one will always be amongst my top-tier titles. All hail director Gus Van Sant. Check out DRUGSTORE COWBOY (1989), MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) and MILK (2008) by him.
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
Filmmaking. Period.
They also won the Oscar
Your Move, Chief. ❤
talk too much
If those two acually wrote that script then men actually landed on the moon. But I'm not buying either story.
Gus Van Sant took a great script and elevated the material.. Love this
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Robin and Matt are sooo good in it and the writing is incredible.
I wrote this - my character is a super genius, and also disadvantaged and oppressed, and also good looking and sexy.
Love Robin Williams and Matt Damon. I love this movie so much. You should also react to other Robin masterpieces that are The Dead Poets Society and Mrs. Doubtfire if you haven’t seen them yet.
Highly recommend the film “Finding Forrester” (2000). A film I wish more movie reactors would react to. I consider it a “spiritual sequel” to “Good Will Hunting”. Both films not only share similar themes but were also directed by Gus Van Sant, one of my favorite directors who has a filmography worth checking out. I love your videos, Ollie!
Great movie. Great suggestion.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are friends in the 80s, before they both work in good will hunting ever since.
This movie would make a statue cry. So glad you watched this Ollie. Such a groundbreaking movie and as always I love spending the time re-experiencing these masterpieces with you. Hope you've been well, see you soon!
You're one of the best reactors on RUclips, keep up with the great content! Love it
1998 Patch Adam's with Robin Williams.
The movie is so good. It turned him into a Skyrim vampire in the thumbnail
Before I even WATCH this reaction, I commented before that my favourite reactor was reacting to my favourite film (The Matrix), I always list this as my second favourite! Best.. dialogue.. EVUR :)
Incredible movie. To win an Academy Award for writing at age 26 with your best buddy must have been an incredible experience and shows how talented they both are.
"Do you like apples?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?"
Fun Fact: Director Gus Van Sant painted the picture that hangs in Sean Maguire's (Robin Williams) office.
Five Year Dream Fact: The very first day of the shooting, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck started crying out of happiness, because it was a scene between Robin Williams and Stellan Skarsgård, accomplished actors, doing Damon's and Affleck's scene verbatim, and they had waited so long (five years) for this to happen.
What Script Fact: The lines in the scene when Sean talks about his late wife's farting antics were ad-libbed by Robin Williams. That is why Matt Damon was laughing so hard. If you watch the scene carefully, you can notice the camera shaking a bit, possibly due to the cameraman laughing as well. Robin Williams' last line in the film "Son of a bitch. He stole my line" was also ad-libbed.
MIT Connection Fact: Matt Damon, a former Harvard student, originally intended to make the title character a physics prodigy. He discussed his idea with Sheldon L. Glashow, a Nobel laureate in physics and, at the time, a Harvard professor. Glashow told him that the premise did not ring true to him: he suggested that the main character be a math prodigy instead. He referred Damon to his brother-in-law, Daniel Kleitman, a professor of mathematics at MIT, who provided advice on the story. Both Glashow and Kleitman are thanked in the credits.
I can't imagine what it would feel like to have two amazing actors act out your scene when you are still new to the business. Must have felt so surreal for them
Oh have you seen The Martian? You would really enjoy that.
Excellent reaction to a great film. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won the Academy Award for best original screenplay and Robin Williams won for best supporting actor. You should check out more films by Gus Van Sant like Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, and To Die For (with an impressive performance by Nicole Kidman). Have a nice day.
Another Matt Damon movie you should watch is "Hereafter". This is a hidden gem, no one on RUclips has reacted to this film. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Steven Spielberg. The reason why very few people knew about this film is because - it flopped when it first came out in the cinema. 1/3 of this movie is in French and Americans hate movies with subtitle, it's a pity because it's a very good movie.
White privalage .......Right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My first time watching a reaction from you (or anything) but great job! I’m just an old man from North Carolina, nobody special but it’s good to see a younger person seemingly get this movie! Good job 😀
The title has two meanings:
The character's name, Will Hunting being good, and hunting for good will. To have good will for something is like to have good intentions and motivations, a.k.a., will.
1:54: Yes, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon wrote the movie, it says so in the credits. No seriously, it's right there. 9:15: that inmate is Harmony Korine, has a new movie out called Aggro Dr1ft but you should do a reaction to his famous film, Gummo. 14:45: You're right, there's no way that Ben Affleck & Matt Damon wrote this story, even though it's been in the credits for almost 30 years? 41:00: Yeah, it's in the credits. They both wrote The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott, who also directed The Martian which starred who? Promised Land and Gerry were also written by Matt Damon, the director of this movie, and a famous member of The Office (US). Why do we have to do the heavy lifting here?
No, he very much should not watch Gummo. Not even Kids either.
Cool, genuine reaction!
Outstanding film
Yeah it's soooo hard to believe someone who went to Harvard could write a movie like this.😐
In the 90's they did so well movies about people and relationships.
Will Hunting is an INTP-T, Chuckie is an ESTP, Prof Lambeau is an ENTJ, and Sean is an INFP .
Matt Damon movie to watch, shortly after this one (getting nominated for a Best Actor Oscar boosts your profile): _The Talented Mr. Ripley_ (based on the same Patricia Highsmith novel as the new Netflix series; she also wrote 'Strangers on a Train')
Gus van Sant movie to watch: _My Own Private Idaho_ (River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in an updated, loose adaptation of Shakespeare's _Henry IV_ )
I have already reacted to My Own Private Idaho! And The Talented Mr. Ripley is on my list :))
One of the most mawkish, manipulative, formulaic film ever
Objectively bad taste.
@@ceoofbased3956 Me or you?
@@ceoofbased3956 So wait, it's not completely formulaic? How many movies have you seen? It wasn't by the numbers? Okay, objective truth deemer.
"My Nose is Crying" Really?....don't say stupid shit like that trying to be cute or different please. Just react genuinely with the focus on the movie...not on you. Those reactors that do that are the ones with growing channels. The ones where it is clear that the channel is all about the reactor are the ones who fade away. "My Nose is Crying" is just dumb...your better than that.
I disagree. You are being negative in a very provocative, far from nice way.
1) From my experience, one doesn't need to "try" to be cute / different... it comes out naturally, and if YOU don't like what comes out, don't watch him. I consistently follow 18 different reactors for different reasons, and the reason THIS one is one of those 18 is because of the random stuff that he says. Never mind "My nose is crying"- some OTHER stuff he says has made me roll on the floor laughing and think "You can't make this stuff up" lol.
2) I myself have said out loud things like that before, like one time I was showing my roommate a REALLY really funny video that almost made me stop breathing... I managed to get out (since I was surprised), "My left eye is leaking" (just my left one though). I thought it was funny, so I said it. It's what reactors do, so let them be, lol.
@@lisakovanen1975 Indeed, like I said in my own reply:
1) From my experience, one doesn't need to "try" to be cute / different... it comes out naturally, and whoever does not like what comes out, doesn't need to watch him. I consistently follow 18 different reactors for different reasons, and the reason THIS one is one of those 18 is because of the random stuff that he says. Never mind "My nose is crying"- some OTHER stuff he says has made me roll on the floor laughing and think "You can't make this stuff up" lol.
2) I myself have said out loud things like that before, like one time I was showing my roommate a REALLY really funny video that almost made me stop breathing... I managed to get out (since I was surprised), "My left eye is leaking" (just my left one though). I thought it was funny, so I said it. It's what reactors do, so let them be, lol.