The professor tried, the therapist tried, and even his true love tried. But at the end of the day it took the honest words of his best friend to shake him awake.
ironic how i'ts dudes like this with skills in the trades and construction who in the real world make more money and have a happier life than most college kids who do their masters in history and end up as a waiter
Joel Rowe that's cause they are idiots and probably deserve it... what kind of a job is one expecting to get by majoring in shit like gender studies...
agree but in this movie will is one of the smartest people in the world a math phd teacher at the best college in the world said he smarter then me. will could be working at the NSA for a 200,000 a year or be the next bill gates, but he want to say fuck it and hang with his bodys and he want him to go after the girl he loves.
that's really fucked up actually. That guy is a the top of his game. His kind of genius could make millions a year. Yet he chooses to be a construction worker - that's really dumb.
When I first saw this movie in 1998 this scene made me think to myself, "I wonder where I'll be in 20 years? Screw it, that's ages away. I don't need to worry about that." Well now it's twenty years later. And all I can think of now is, "fuck."
Some of the greatest movies out there have maybe 3-4 great scenes; but Good Will Hunting, has a great scene almost every 5-6 minutes... This is one of the greatest screenplays of all-time!
ben and matt were realy smart fellows as kids ans they grew up in the old mixed-class Cambridge Ma, between MIT and Harvard and the working class poor folk just like these guys they are portraying. they knew all of this stuff from living around it.
Will is smart, but Chucky is wise. You can tell by that curious look on Will's face at 2:37. He is just yearning for Chucky to tell him something he doesn't know. Ironic. A genius who can solve a calculus problem in two minutes, doesn't know what his knucklehead friend thinks about, even though he sees him everyday. Finally, something Will learned that wasn't in a book.
Odawg Kizzack Unique scene in the sense that it's Chuck who finally gets thru to him -- Lambeau sure as shit couldn't, Sean had a challenge doing it despite the fact that they're both from the same neighborhood but he still helped Will. But not even Sean could talk to Will like Chuck could.
tommyt1971 I completely agree. That is very insightful. Most people don't compare the relationships across the board like that, but it proves to be effective for a film like this. Good analysis.
The sad reality is that most friends have the "misery loves company" approach. The fact of the matter is that most of us actually need to kick our own asses to improve our lives. It's easy to choose the familiar. It takes courage to push yourself into something new, even if that new thing is a better, more prosperous life. It's incredible how many people I've seen opt for mediocrity when they were an arm's reach from a meaningful upward move in their life.
That's because we know, have learned, or will learn...that just because the grass is greener, on the other side, doesn't mean it has it's other negatives. For instance, the Colorado movie theater shooter...was how close to being a brain surgeon?
You speak the truth. Problem is that familiarity, no matter how much your situation might suck, bogs a lot of people down. It's our nature, to some degree, to choose the comfortable over the uncertain.
Yep, and those sre the only friends you should ever keep be they attourneys, engineers, bartenders or carpenters. The people that hold you accountable are the only ones who really care. Thats the only quality to ever seek out in a friend.
I know Will is a fictional character but people like him are incredibly lucky. All of us have very few friends on earth, if any, who literally wants the very best for you in life and will tell you things as there are and call you on your bullshit. Will was bullshitting, and most friends wouldn't bother as it isn't them or their life. So count your blessings if you have a friend like this, that's basically your extended family member or guardian angel.
Will is based on a real person named William Siddis. He had an IQ over 225 and wasted his potential. He passed an anatomy exam at 6, passed the MIT entrance exam at 8, graduated harvard at 16. And only worked in a lab because it was part of his parole. Otherwise he just wanted a normal life.
Daniel Cannata Lol. I'm an idiot and I want the simplest life possible. If I was just being paid enough to be sustained and asked to work for the rest of my life. My whole life being a simple routine with a work that I enjoy, I wouldn't complain at all. Electronics research sounds interesting, only because I have an idea that I want to work on.
Mediocre people hate high achievers,and high achievers hate mediocre people..but to have a true friend Like will has, that wants the best for him even if it means never seeing him again is so so rare.
Someone on another thread mentioned that the framing here seems to be intentional by Van Sant. Will’s background is the sky, some kind of work happening, the sun is shining on his face. Chuck’s framing is walled off, with a fixed background behind him, and he’s in the shade. Also, it’s amazing that Will’s greatest fear and trauma, someone leaving/abandoning him, is Chuck’s greatest wish that would make him happier than anything. This film was perfect.
This is why having real friends who give a shit about you can be brutal and incredible at the same time. Real friends will always tell you the truth regardless of how hard it might to say or how uncomfortable it may be for you to hear. Real friends care enough to tell you the truth.
Yeah...same here....although I'm in.my 40s now and back to being unemployed....all the ambitions I had in my 20s have been crushed into dust, it feels.....and now I don't even know how to get back in....social media and tech have destroyed everything.....there's 20 year old imbeciles making "tik Tok compilation" videos raking in 20,000 a month.....zero talent influencers...... I'm not sure there's even room in the ecosystem for substance and meaning.
Its very sobering when you realize that genuine friends, genuine people like that are beyond a rarity in the real world. In my personal experience virtually nonexistent. Top-class acting; a very powerful scene from a very powerful movie.
He's got a damn lot of good scenes too in all his films. I've always liked how he is very calm in his roles. He owns the role in every film he takes. He was incredible in The Town and Renner just bounced his energy off of stoic Affleck to a T. This movie is quite the same. Everyone of the actors/actress' in this film killed it.
This is the cold hard kick in the ass Will needed. Chucky declared that a day will come when he no longer is loyal to Will. Not in the way Will wants him to be. A day will come where Will will pay dearly for giving into his fears and wasting himself by staying where he is. Even if Chucky himself has to make him pay. He's doing what only a champion-level, true to name _best friend_ will do to someone. *Force* his friend to do better, and be better.
Fun Fact: Director Gus Van Sant, at one point, asked Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to re-write the script so that Chuckie is killed in a construction accident. Damon and Affleck protested, but reluctantly wrote the scene in. After Van Sant read it, he agreed that it was a terrible idea. So the idea was scrapped
The conversation up until "i would give anything to have what you got" is good, but the dialogue after 2:35 until the end elevates it to the Great level
There is nothing wrong with wanting a simple normal life. The issue that I see is more often when people feel so entitled or special that they think they can just sit on their asses and patiently wait for the universe to come do them a favor. I think people who don't have to work that hard for their gifts in life, seldom appreciate the gift enough.
Both of their acting careers would all be downhill from here, and I don’t mean that as an insult to them but rather as a compliment to this masterpiece.
I always loved how he said "Way outta this shit, better than here." cuz Will be needed to see his friend ain't romanticize the struggle. The answer was literally that simple and he couldn't figure that out.
A line i would've added... For us, this is a way to make a living... For you... this is away to hide from living. It's an insult to us if you're still here in 20 years
That would be blatantly stating the obvious, carrying the audience by the hand; leaving it unsaid but heavily implied is a better, more natural route because 2 guys that have been friends their whole lives wouldn't have to spell out everything.
I love how Chucky see's through all Will's bullshit throughout this scene, I think he knew Will really liked his girlfriend and when he told her she was 'gone', he knew exactly what he meant but asked "GONE.. GONE WHERE?" even though he knew already that Will had given up on a really good thing for him. He then started to ask about being hooked up with a job after the meetings because he knew Will would play it down and used it as a gateway to give him some hard truths.
2:36 the way that Chuckie echoes Will with the "oh, I don't know that?" sounds sort of like when Will is about to checkmate the ponytail plagiarist guy in the bar. That's kind of cool: Will and Chuckie are BFFs and grew up together so they have some of the same speech patterns.
My favourite film ever, I managed to crawl out of the absolute dive I was in and make something of myself and travel the world. I ain’t no maths genius like Will but I had enough drive not to drink myself to death in my hometown like everyone else I knew.
Well, no, you've just been duped by the Hollywood money-is-god mantra. You are foolish. In fact, staying close to your best friends, to your home, taking your kids to sports with your pal's kids THAT'S THE WINNING LOTTERY TICKET. Not chasing big bucks in a mindless dull job in a new city, in an apartment block where you know no one. How stupid are people t believe this Hollywood money-loving-above-all-else BS? Love of money IS the root of all evil, Hollywood sells you that crap and you fell for it, hook line and sinker.
I know Will’s the focal point of attention on this film, but Chucky is my favorite character. Without Chucky, Will would have probably ended up dead in a ditch somewhere. Chucky exemplifies what a best friend should be and Will reciprocates by allowing Chucky to be the only guy he really listens to until he meets Sean. It would be nice to think that in this fictitious universe Will does something to help all his friends out.
Because of this scene this is my favorite Ben Affleck movie... Will's character really needed that he really needed to know that his best friend could really see who he truly was and that he was not meant for that life.. he could have been like a crab in a bucket but instead he decided to say the truth
Had a similar conversation with my best friend. Kid is a genius. Not like this but if he can't do it he stays up all day and all night to learn how to do it with everything. Kids got drive.
Same as I, almost. I'm an artist by trade and I've had and a very similar conversation with my own bestfriend. For the last few years I've been stuck in a rutt and given up completely on my art. Been forcing myself to relive trauma from the past and using it as an excuse to continue my alcoholic abuse as a front and throwing a pity party for myself. The conversation came up naturally between us while we we're having a drink and partying and it made me hate myself. I write this message to you not out of pity for myself or for clout, but just as someone on the other side of the conversation, please take it easy on us. We know you mean it in love but sometimes it takes us time to get in the groove and finally find our way in this wild world we find ourselves in. God bless you and friend, I hope you both find your place in this wicked life. #GOODVIBESFOREVER!
@@channingbloom7125 Nah, he's right. Good friends will sell you to the world as the next best thing, but when you're together and out of sight? They'll shit on you to keep you humble.
This really sums up what Louis CK was getting at with Damon himself having written the script. Some moments just go way over the top to establish how awesome he is. "If you don´t get out of here and become a successful mathematician or basically anything you wanna do since you´re a genius,I will murder you. I will literally take your life cause you´re such a good friend and watching you waste all that talent that could change the world would be more than I could bear. This is what I want for you,I don´t know what you want but that´s not important now. Viewers have to know how good a friend I am and how valuable you are so Im saying these words." It´s a very emotional movie and Williams´s role is a great piece of writing but I´ll never be completely sold on Will himself.
"I'd give anything to have what you got." No, you would'nt. The mind you have now, and the mind you think you want, do not function in the same way. Everyone wants to be themselves, but smarter, because they don't understand what that means. You'll go from respecting confidence, to resenting how people can be so confidently ignorant. You'll understand things, and no level of articulation will allow you to give that understanding to others. You'll be alone, even with your peers, because every life is specific and pointed. Be happy if you can be happy, the trade isn't all that great.
You misunderstand what Affleck was saying. "I would give anything to have what you got" is not referring to his smarts, it was referring to his opportunity to be more than a construction worker. For many people, that is the way to earn a living, and it's a good, honest living. The talent Damon has (which could have been anything) would be wasted doing construction work simply because he feared the unknown.
@robertperrotto870 you don't get that your idea is the base assumption, and how I arrived at that conclusion. Your desire to be right overwhelms your ability to understand things.
@@ATBatmanMALS31 if you refuse to utilize the talents that set you apart from the average person, you have lived a wasted life. The opportunities talent presents is beyond what the average person will get, as what they do for a living is what they HAVE to do, A person with Talent Chooses it.
The professor tried, the therapist tried, and even his true love tried. But at the end of the day it took the honest words of his best friend to shake him awake.
as it should be
ironic how i'ts dudes like this with skills in the trades and construction who in the real world make more money and have a happier life than most college kids who do their masters in history and end up as a waiter
Joel Rowe that's cause they are idiots and probably deserve it... what kind of a job is one expecting to get by majoring in shit like gender studies...
agree but in this movie will is one of the smartest people in the world a math phd teacher at the best college in the world said he smarter then me. will could be working at the NSA for a 200,000 a year or be the next bill gates, but he want to say fuck it and hang with his bodys and he want him to go after the girl he loves.
that's really fucked up actually. That guy is a the top of his game. His kind of genius could make millions a year. Yet he chooses to be a construction worker - that's really dumb.
"'Cause tomorrow, I'm gonna wake up and I'm gonna be 50..."
That one line still hits me so hard, even after all these years.
Time is moving real fast
When I first saw this movie in 1998 this scene made me think to myself, "I wonder where I'll be in 20 years? Screw it, that's ages away. I don't need to worry about that."
Well now it's twenty years later. And all I can think of now is, "fuck."
Best comment on RUclips. After passing 30 years I understand why grandparents always said time moves fast.
For me it's the what do you want to do scene and the job interview scene
Fuck you
"i don't much, but i know that". sign of a old wise man.
Ben Affleck my guy
I don't know much*
Some of the greatest movies out there have maybe 3-4 great scenes; but Good Will Hunting, has a great scene almost every 5-6 minutes... This is one of the greatest screenplays of all-time!
Harvard is a good school
good scene every 5-6 minutes and they last 5-6 minutes :))
Came here to say just that!
Most films are lucky to have 2-3 memorable scenes, GWH has at least six.
Good, not great movies like so are SO HARD TO FIND. Anyone else knows of any pls let me know
Thank in advance
ben and matt were realy smart fellows as kids ans they grew up in the old mixed-class Cambridge Ma, between MIT and Harvard and the working class poor folk just like these guys they are portraying. they knew all of this stuff from living around it.
Will is smart, but Chucky is wise. You can tell by that curious look on Will's face at 2:37. He is just yearning for Chucky to tell him something he doesn't know. Ironic. A genius who can solve a calculus problem in two minutes, doesn't know what his knucklehead friend thinks about, even though he sees him everyday. Finally, something Will learned that wasn't in a book.
Odawg Kizzack Unique scene in the sense that it's Chuck who finally gets thru to him -- Lambeau sure as shit couldn't, Sean had a challenge doing it despite the fact that they're both from the same neighborhood but he still helped Will. But not even Sean could talk to Will like Chuck could.
tommyt1971 I completely agree. That is very insightful. Most people don't compare the relationships across the board like that, but it proves to be effective for a film like this. Good analysis.
Odawg Kizzack Thanks! Yours wasn't so bad either! :^D
...and that was the whole point that Sean was making in the park.
... and that's why Will took nearly 1 hour of movie to finally realize he really wanted that girl's pussy.
Everybody lived happily ever after
Very few are that good of a friend.And very few would appreciate them if they had one
Night Rider wow, this is a really profound statement!
It takes a true friend to look you in the eyes and tell you the truth, no matter how hard it is
The sad reality is that most friends have the "misery loves company" approach. The fact of the matter is that most of us actually need to kick our own asses to improve our lives. It's easy to choose the familiar. It takes courage to push yourself into something new, even if that new thing is a better, more prosperous life. It's incredible how many people I've seen opt for mediocrity when they were an arm's reach from a meaningful upward move in their life.
That's because we know, have learned, or will learn...that just because the grass is greener, on the other side, doesn't mean it has it's other negatives. For instance, the Colorado movie theater shooter...was how close to being a brain surgeon?
You speak the truth. Problem is that familiarity, no matter how much your situation might suck, bogs a lot of people down. It's our nature, to some degree, to choose the comfortable over the uncertain.
Yep, and those sre the only friends you should ever keep be they attourneys, engineers, bartenders or carpenters. The people that hold you accountable are the only ones who really care. Thats the only quality to ever seek out in a friend.
2:07 “no, you don’t owe it to yourself, you owe it to me!” Ben’s best scene!
That is a true friend till the very end.
I know Will is a fictional character but people like him are incredibly lucky. All of us have very few friends on earth, if any, who literally wants the very best for you in life and will tell you things as there are and call you on your bullshit. Will was bullshitting, and most friends wouldn't bother as it isn't them or their life. So count your blessings if you have a friend like this, that's basically your extended family member or guardian angel.
Will is based on a real person named William Siddis. He had an IQ over 225 and wasted his potential. He passed an anatomy exam at 6, passed the MIT entrance exam at 8, graduated harvard at 16. And only worked in a lab because it was part of his parole. Otherwise he just wanted a normal life.
We truely want what we dont or cant have.
Low iq people want a bigger life.
Big iq people want a smaller life.
I can't say i blame Will....
Daniel Cannata Lol. I'm an idiot and I want the simplest life possible. If I was just being paid enough to be sustained and asked to work for the rest of my life. My whole life being a simple routine with a work that I enjoy, I wouldn't complain at all. Electronics research sounds interesting, only because I have an idea that I want to work on.
@@damianblue2648did not know that.thanks
Mediocre people hate high achievers,and high achievers hate mediocre people..but to have a true friend Like will has, that wants the best for him even if it means never seeing him again is so so rare.
In my opinion, the best scene in a movie filled with great scenes. Really shows the value of a friend.
A truly good friend will kick your ass when you need it the most.
Someone on another thread mentioned that the framing here seems to be intentional by Van Sant. Will’s background is the sky, some kind of work happening, the sun is shining on his face. Chuck’s framing is walled off, with a fixed background behind him, and he’s in the shade. Also, it’s amazing that Will’s greatest fear and trauma, someone leaving/abandoning him, is Chuck’s greatest wish that would make him happier than anything. This film was perfect.
"Tomorrow I'm going to wake up and I'll be fifty." That might be the most wisdom of any line in any movie. Don't squander your time, kids.
Shitake! I woke up and I was 50. Just like he said.
This is why having real friends who give a shit about you can be brutal and incredible at the same time. Real friends will always tell you the truth regardless of how hard it might to say or how uncomfortable it may be for you to hear. Real friends care enough to tell you the truth.
I just woke up and I was 50, doing the same shit. That hit hard. First watched this when I was 23. Damn time goes quick.
You and me bro, you and me.
Yeah...same here....although I'm in.my 40s now and back to being unemployed....all the ambitions I had in my 20s have been crushed into dust, it feels.....and now I don't even know how to get back in....social media and tech have destroyed everything.....there's 20 year old imbeciles making "tik Tok compilation" videos raking in 20,000 a month.....zero talent influencers......
I'm not sure there's even room in the ecosystem for substance and meaning.
@@ghost9-9ghost that’s tough. Doing something that means something still counts. I’ll say a prayer for you to find a job, bro.
@jonathanemontgomery hey man...I appreciate your supportive comment...a lot..... it's becoming virtually impossible to maintain any optimism....
Selfless best friend. Hard to find.
Can't believe we can just watch this scene RUclips is life
Its very sobering when you realize that genuine friends, genuine people like that are beyond a rarity in the real world. In my personal experience virtually nonexistent. Top-class acting; a very powerful scene from a very powerful movie.
Now that is a true friend, no bullshit just simple, brutal honesty.
In other words, Chuck is really telling Will that he should try to overcome his fears.
Ben A's best scene in any film.
He's got a damn lot of good scenes too in all his films. I've always liked how he is very calm in his roles. He owns the role in every film he takes. He was incredible in The Town and Renner just bounced his energy off of stoic Affleck to a T. This movie is quite the same. Everyone of the actors/actress' in this film killed it.
Runner up, his car scene in Chasing Amy where he professes his love
Great scene from a truly great movie.
I agree with half of the statement.
Glad "Will "had a true friend...told him what he needed to hear....
This is the cold hard kick in the ass Will needed.
Chucky declared that a day will come when he no longer is loyal to Will. Not in the way Will wants him to be.
A day will come where Will will pay dearly for giving into his fears and wasting himself by staying where he is. Even if Chucky himself has to make him pay.
He's doing what only a champion-level, true to name _best friend_ will do to someone.
*Force* his friend to do better, and be better.
Fun Fact: Director Gus Van Sant, at one point, asked Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to re-write the script so that Chuckie is killed in a construction accident. Damon and Affleck protested, but reluctantly wrote the scene in. After Van Sant read it, he agreed that it was a terrible idea. So the idea was scrapped
Thank god.
It was unnecessary.
The conversation up until "i would give anything to have what you got" is good, but the dialogue after 2:35 until the end elevates it to the Great level
Favorite scene in the movie.
Love this scene. Talk about being a good friend. He put someone else's needs over his own. That's called true love.
Ben motherfucking Affleck is a fucking genius! Good Will Hunting, Gone Baby Gone, The Town and I'm waiting for Live by the night!
Gone baby gone was his brother.
Ben was terrific in the movie ‘The Accountant’ one of his best roles.
only a real best friend would be this honest
That’s a true friend. Not just telling the truth, but telling the truth when that person (Affleck) has something to lose - his friend.
One of the best scenes in history.
I wish i had a friend like that
There is nothing wrong with wanting a simple normal life. The issue that I see is more often when people feel so entitled or special that they think they can just sit on their asses and patiently wait for the universe to come do them a favor. I think people who don't have to work that hard for their gifts in life, seldom appreciate the gift enough.
Both of their acting careers would all be downhill from here, and I don’t mean that as an insult to them but rather as a compliment to this masterpiece.
3:10 his beer switches from right hand to left hand.
slight of hand
Thanks, continuity police
_”Tomorrow I’ll wake up and I’ll be 50”_
Ouch!
Can't watch this scene without crying
I always loved how he said "Way outta this shit, better than here." cuz Will be needed to see his friend ain't romanticize the struggle. The answer was literally that simple and he couldn't figure that out.
Good friends are hard to find. Especially when they know what's good for you.
A line i would've added...
For us, this is a way to make a living...
For you... this is away to hide from living.
It's an insult to us if you're still here in 20 years
That would be blatantly stating the obvious, carrying the audience by the hand; leaving it unsaid but heavily implied is a better, more natural route because 2 guys that have been friends their whole lives wouldn't have to spell out everything.
one of the truest friends i’ve seen in any story
Like I said before, “Both Matt Damon And Ben Affleck will never be the same again” and I still hope I get to them in person. 🙂
I love how Chucky see's through all Will's bullshit throughout this scene, I think he knew Will really liked his girlfriend and when he told her she was 'gone', he knew exactly what he meant but asked "GONE.. GONE WHERE?" even though he knew already that Will had given up on a really good thing for him. He then started to ask about being hooked up with a job after the meetings because he knew Will would play it down and used it as a gateway to give him some hard truths.
2:36 the way that Chuckie echoes Will with the "oh, I don't know that?" sounds sort of like when Will is about to checkmate the ponytail plagiarist guy in the bar. That's kind of cool: Will and Chuckie are BFFs and grew up together so they have some of the same speech patterns.
this is a true friend. very rare nowdays
That's a true buddy...... I'm 47, and I've never had one person in my life like that
3:11 picks up the can with his right hand, next shot it's in his left hand. I don't normally notice such things.
+Fin Stevens
Dan Turner over here.
+Fin Stevens that’s cos youre a potato
he switched hands.
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either that or it was a wizard. im thinking it might have been a wizard.
I watched this video 12 years ago, I was in college, today I woke up and I was 40
He said ‘50’ 🤦🏻♂️
@@cannywf1 I'll come back in 10 years
Alternate ending: Will stayed for 20 years.
Chucky: Tell me, do you bleed? ...You will!
When your best mate tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.
What a friend.
My favourite film ever, I managed to crawl out of the absolute dive I was in and make something of myself and travel the world. I ain’t no maths genius like Will but I had enough drive not to drink myself to death in my hometown like everyone else I knew.
Proud of you!
What a friend!
He knows it. Best friend in the world.
Well, no, you've just been duped by the Hollywood money-is-god mantra. You are foolish. In fact, staying close to your best friends, to your home, taking your kids to sports with your pal's kids THAT'S THE WINNING LOTTERY TICKET. Not chasing big bucks in a mindless dull job in a new city, in an apartment block where you know no one. How stupid are people t believe this Hollywood money-loving-above-all-else BS? Love of money IS the root of all evil, Hollywood sells you that crap and you fell for it, hook line and sinker.
This is my most favorite movies of all time
Tough love that’s what friends are for.
I still think about this scene, dunno why but it pops into my head from time to time
the only one who could get to him at the end was his best friend this is my favorite scene by far
Brutal Honesty slaps down any level of genius any day of the week.
Just A great great scene !
“True Friends stab you in the front”
- Oscar Wilde
That is truly his best friend in the whole fucking world.
Ben Affleck's line when he said the Best Part of his day was a lifesaver for Will
J is a genius, he relates to this movie a lot. A math genius
I know Will’s the focal point of attention on this film, but Chucky is my favorite character. Without Chucky, Will would have probably ended up dead in a ditch somewhere. Chucky exemplifies what a best friend should be and Will reciprocates by allowing Chucky to be the only guy he really listens to until he meets Sean. It would be nice to think that in this fictitious universe Will does something to help all his friends out.
you owe it to me
Thank you.
Stop being racist
This, this is why we make movies.
This is as good as it gets.
I had a cousin who had what Will had. I hope he had a best friend to tell him.
this dialog is excellent. Excellent.
Did excellent in high school, I flunked out during the pandemic. Been working retail for some years now. Not sure what I'm going to do with my life.
I went through the same exact thing. I work In construction rn and I know this isn't what I want out of life.
@@dkinguhhh Hang in there. Not sure when or how but one day, it’ll all be worth it.
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You spelled "Pretendemic" wrong...
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best scene in the movie
A true friend. Has zero skin in the game, just knows what’s best for his friend.
I had to do a monologue for drama and this was the perfect scene to do
Beautiful Ford truck
I woke up, it's tomorrow and I'm 70 ... it all goes so damn quickly.
I tell my best friends how i hope i never seen them again all the time. It never works like in the movies.
How to identify your truly best friend 101.
Thats not a friend. Thats a brother.
Things I wish my friends said to me instead of 'here try this....'
Seeing this movie gave me a new appreciation for Ben Affleck's acting ability. I actually liked him better in this then Matt Damon.
as a musician who dosent see the point in putting music out to the world this scene really hits
Because of this scene this is my favorite Ben Affleck movie... Will's character really needed that he really needed to know that his best friend could really see who he truly was and that he was not meant for that life.. he could have been like a crab in a bucket but instead he decided to say the truth
"foley field" named after my great grandfather..movie has been my familys claim to fame
"it would be an insult to us if you're still here in 20 years"
This is top 10 movies of my life....in my opinion.
My whole life, I've never had a friend like this.
superb clarity and sound
please post the full movie please please please please please ........
Had a similar conversation with my best friend. Kid is a genius. Not like this but if he can't do it he stays up all day and all night to learn how to do it with everything. Kids got drive.
Same as I, almost. I'm an artist by trade and I've had and a very similar conversation with my own bestfriend. For the last few years I've been stuck in a rutt and given up completely on my art. Been forcing myself to relive trauma from the past and using it as an excuse to continue my alcoholic abuse as a front and throwing a pity party for myself. The conversation came up naturally between us while we we're having a drink and partying and it made me hate myself. I write this message to you not out of pity for myself or for clout, but just as someone on the other side of the conversation, please take it easy on us. We know you mean it in love but sometimes it takes us time to get in the groove and finally find our way in this wild world we find ourselves in. God bless you and friend, I hope you both find your place in this wicked life. #GOODVIBESFOREVER!
Sounds like me my adopted brother Paul but he didn't know I'm facing a devil so i ended telling it to my friend
A true “friend”
Anyone who still doubts Ben Affleck as an actor needs to watch this immediately
Good friends say nice things behind your back and bad things to your face!!
I think you got that reversed.
@@channingbloom7125 Nah, he's right. Good friends will sell you to the world as the next best thing, but when you're together and out of sight? They'll shit on you to keep you humble.
My buddy was like Will but never pushed forward. Just ended up a drunk depressed parts manager. He’s like 50 now. Can’t even look at him.
This really sums up what Louis CK was getting at with Damon himself having written the script. Some moments just go way over the top to establish how awesome he is. "If you don´t get out of here and become a successful mathematician or basically anything you wanna do since you´re a genius,I will murder you. I will literally take your life cause you´re such a good friend and watching you waste all that talent that could change the world would be more than I could bear. This is what I want for you,I don´t know what you want but that´s not important now. Viewers have to know how good a friend I am and how valuable you are so Im saying these words." It´s a very emotional movie and Williams´s role is a great piece of writing but I´ll never be completely sold on Will himself.
May God let me have, and (more importantly) be a friend like Chucky.
"I'd give anything to have what you got."
No, you would'nt. The mind you have now, and the mind you think you want, do not function in the same way. Everyone wants to be themselves, but smarter, because they don't understand what that means.
You'll go from respecting confidence, to resenting how people can be so confidently ignorant.
You'll understand things, and no level of articulation will allow you to give that understanding to others.
You'll be alone, even with your peers, because every life is specific and pointed.
Be happy if you can be happy, the trade isn't all that great.
You misunderstand what Affleck was saying. "I would give anything to have what you got" is not referring to his smarts, it was referring to his opportunity to be more than a construction worker. For many people, that is the way to earn a living, and it's a good, honest living. The talent Damon has (which could have been anything) would be wasted doing construction work simply because he feared the unknown.
@robertperrotto870 you don't get that your idea is the base assumption, and how I arrived at that conclusion. Your desire to be right overwhelms your ability to understand things.
@@ATBatmanMALS31 if you refuse to utilize the talents that set you apart from the average person, you have lived a wasted life. The opportunities talent presents is beyond what the average person will get, as what they do for a living is what they HAVE to do, A person with Talent Chooses it.
This scene is deep..
Blessings
why aren't movies this good anymore?
RUclips is great for having this scene
I wish someone told me this when I was young. I also once won an arguement in a bar