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Scary when you know that Matt & Ben wrote this classic when they were only 22 and when his performance was recognised by the Academy, Robin referenced their age during his acceptance words. The whole speech is one of the best Oscar moments ever, you can feel the love in the room for Robin, especially from the host Billy Crystal, his old friend from the very early days of trying to make it in showbiz. It wasn't polite applause from his peers - it was genuine love for a man who had brought so much joy & laughter but was also capable of touching performances like this. Wonderful. The award and speech are on YT, do try and watch.
They both kept talking about how young Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were when they acted in this, but they don't seem to know that they wrote it maybe? ... Which is kind of weird when it was in the credits and they were reading the credits but whether they were talking when it went by? I don't know ...
You really should find the Oscars for that year on RUclips Ben and Matt won an Oscar for the screenplay & Robin won Best Supporting Actor - it’s a classic ❤
And? What’s the scary part?
@@SnailHatan scary when you compare it to what you did with your life ... and by you I mean me ... and by me I mean 60 year old me who is running out of time for my latent talents to appear 🤣
Ben was 21, Matt was 23, then when they made the movie they were 24 and 26.
"I used to think the worst thing in life was to be alone. But is not. The worst thing in life is to be with people that make you feel alone."
- Robin Williams
Damn, I know that feeling.
Before this film:
Damon & Affleck, childhood friends who were semi-known actors.
Then they made this incredible piece of work as writers.
Casting Minnie Driver (up and coming as well) and the late Robin Williams was perfection.
After this film:
Critical acclaim and award wins,
Including 3 Oscars.
Best Original Screenplay for Damon & Affleck, Best Supporting Actor for Robin Williams.
I was rooting for them all to win during the 70th annual Academy Awards show.
25 years later; The filmmakers, the cast and moviegoers remember a story about being gifted and not just for the purpose of being smart.
But being strong enough to give and receive the love that we all deserve.
The Park Bench scene is magnificent, but my favorite scene is the "Unabomber scene", with Gerry and Sean debating what was best for Will. It was a brilliant illustration of who those men are and how they see Will.
If I'm not mistaken that bench has been named after Robin Williams
This movie is an example of the adage "write what you know." Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote this movie together in their early 20s, and the father of one of them (can't recall which) was a math professor at Harvard, and the mother of the other was a psychologist. That's why the script knows so much about math and trauma therapy.
To be fair, my father was an engineer, I definitely can't write competently about engineering.
@@jkhooverdo you talk to your dad about what he does at work and go in depth? That's probably why. I didn't know anything about running a business until I was 20 and started talking to my dad about his and he told me all the workings of running a business
Its not just being smarter or having knowledge he doesnt use, these men have worked their entire life in the pursuit of knowledge and the ability to solve these problems. In walks will and renders their entire professional pursuit worthless. Thats hard to reconcile with regardless of ego. Love this movie and the reaction!
Sometimes, I like to watch this movie to feel like I'm getting free therapy sessions from Robin Williams. 😭
So true 😭😭😭
Ultimate comfort movie for me
"It's too much work to hold a GRUDGE when you're older." There is so much truth in this quote! I keep telling my buddies from high school the same thing. Why go through life wasting time and energy of incidents of the past? Life and people continue moving on while you are still bitter inside. It's not only unhealthy, but it is also meaningless. Live life to its fullest I say! Forgive, forget and keep living! Great reaction.
That “it’s not your fault” scene is hands down one of the saddest yet happiest scenes in a movie ever
Heard joke once:
Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain.
Doctor says:
"Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up."
Man bursts into tears. Says:
"But doctor…I am Pagliacci."
Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.
Stella is great to watch movies with. Honest, thoughtful, empathetic. Needs her own channel.... but THAT is a lot of work and gets in the way of having a real life. Glad she was added to the crew.
To cry "Amen" to that, thus we appear.
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You are right.
But for me, it`s as if it is her channel when she takes over.
And stunningly beautiful. Especially during "Wednesday".
@@lechat8533 Yes Stella effortlessly owns the camera, I wonder if she does the same on stage?
It's only a matter of time. She's a powerhouse of youthful intellect. Her future will be what she makes of it.
Robin Williams deservedly won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. His performance is so restrained from his usual zany roles, yet he embodied it perfectly. His legacy will continue to burn brightly. 🕯️💖
When Ben and Matt wrote this film specifically for them to star in, to create their own roles as actors (meaning they were not open to selling it and letting other, better known actors be in it, it was all or nothing) and were successful it started a trend.
All over America, especially in LA, young struggling actors all started writing screenplays for the first time. People who never had an interest in writing before were trying to make their own films specifically to help boost their acting careers. They would refer to their attempts as their “good will huntings”.
That seems so normal to us now. The early 2000s were full of successful Indy movies with actor/ writer/ directors. Then came the open platforms of the internet and hustle culture and everyone became their own everything.
But so much of that concept for young artists in the film industry at that time had its roots in this film’s success.
It's the Rocky approach that Sylvester Stallone did 20 years earlier.
@@joegreene7619That was my first thought as well.
@@joegreene7619True! I didn’t mean to imply they single handily invented it 😬😂 And they were probably inspired by Stallone. I just meant they inspired a whole host of young actors at the time. And because of the timing that fed into the early days of the digital age.
One of those movies that makes your life better somehow, makes you emotionally mature and questions your own abilities and life itself
One of the most dismissed movie by those who never saw this film, but one of the greatest with real life lessons mixed with just enough humor. If you haven't seen the movie "Patch Adams" with Robin Williams, you will see more of his magic. I'm glad you shared it with us.
At the end of the movie. When Robin William said "Son of a bicth, he stole my line". That was improvise by Robin William & not scripted. Love yall Reactions ❤
Great reaction. I was a young man when this movie came out, and could relate a lot to the character Will. I was a student struggling with my own identity and knowing what I wanted to do. Now that I'm older, I find that I relate more to the character, Shaun. I have life experience behind me and enjoy supporting young people to find their own way in life.
There is a gentleman with a channel called “My Little Thought Tree”. He analyzes all the therapy scenes between Will and Sean. It’s really interesting and insightful! I believe he is a therapist too! And I’m pretty sure I’m in love with Stella.
You two are intelligent and lovely.
Oh, more? Well you made so many post-watch points that were both spot on and illuminating. To watch this a 2nd time and notice the nuances of both the movie and your own growth, it was amazing to experience. Thank you both! ❤
I would love to see you guys react to movies outside of the RUclips movie bubble. I'm not saying any of those movies bad, some like Good Will Hunting are really good, it's just that there's a whole world (literally) of great cinema out there. Classic Hollywood, New Hollywood, the new waves from around the world in the late 50's and early 60's (France, Japan, Czechoslovakia, etc.), Indian Parallel Cinema and a dozen more film movements I could name. Gus Van Sant's earlier film, Drugstore Cowboy is really good and doesn't get talked about enough these days. Keep up the good work.
This was a great boon for the idea of therapy ... though it was pretty accepted at the time. (I'm 60 now) An equally good film that came before this, also based on the relationship between a traumatized kid and his therapist was "Ordinary People"... Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton... won best picture , lots of noms. It was the Good Will Hunting of my gen.... worth a watch on this channel for sure.
Minnie Driver and Matt Damon started a relationship in real life during this movie. Its one of the reasons their chemistry is so palpable on screen.
For anyone curious about how a therapist's viewpoint on this movie, I highly recommend watching Cinema Therapy's video on it. It's really good.
My Little Thought Tree has an in depth analysis too.
How are yall just seeing this. This movie made the career of almost everyone who was in it. Great drama just such a masterclass in fimaking all around.
I like to think that when Will first speaks to Sean at the 19 minute mark it's because he notices he's falling asleep and that doesn't serve Will's agenda to waste his time because if he's asleep he's not focusing his attention on Will, so while he doesn't want to be vunerable he still, even subconciously, wants Sean's attention
Robin William has done more for young man that he will ever realize. We lost him way too soon. That "good luck, son" alongside all the other intimate moments towards the end speak to A LOT of men and boys. I've seen tough-guy military veterans and I've seen young boys cry all the same tears because of this movie. I wonder if people realize how relatable the struggles Matt Damon's character goes through are for a lot of men.
I love how Sean calls Will "Chief" or "Sport" in the beginning, but at the end it's "Son"
I grew up one street over from where Will's apartment was supposed to be. There's some very real Boston stuff from this time period such as riding with your friends, who have no money, in an old clunker of a car, and especially the fight scene from the playground. We had grudges with other groups and everyone was expected to settle it on the street. Our neighborhood was full of abused and traumatized kids with terrible parents and poverty everywhere. We wore it as a badge of honor for years, but the trauma catches up later in life after substance abuse, bad marriages, and the same social issues Will had. The movie doesn't get too deep into the issues all around Will, but watching the movie still reminds me of how many friends (if they didn't die from drugs and crime) needed help later in life.
I was a maths person growing up and I was the best in my class but I never cared for it. It took me until I was an adult to realise english and art were the things I loved but never really had a chance to do well in when I was in school. I was always pushed into maths just because it came naturally to me and art was off limits because it wasn't a "real subject"
My suspension of disbelief was damaged when he pulled the mop out of the bucket without wringing it. Them boys ain't never worked as no janitor.
Oww Stella "Between The Bars" is one of my favourite songs too🥲
IIRC The "My wife farted in her sleep" dialogue was completely ad libbed by Williams and Damon's reaction was genuinely him laughing.
Always love to see people's reactions to this, such a great movie, and done really well, thank you. I wonder when someone will have the guts to do Sleepers 1996. Without giving it away, its got a great cast, and covers a dark topic like this. Bit more Hollywood though. For some of us, it's cathartic to see people reacting to this sort of content. All the best.
I love the Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season parody in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
I went up to Calculus 3 and Differential Equations in college ( albeit, I was barely holding on for dear life in there) that problem on the board was well beyond what I've ever seen. Like Robin Williams (Sean) said. only one or two people in the world could figure out those equations!
Not true. It's advanced math, to be sure, but it's stuff a math major or grad student could do.
@@ntertanedangel I was 21 left home and partied too much, probably why I ended up doing something else
The second math problem in the movie is part of graph theory, so unless you take classes dealing with Discrete Mathematics, you might not get introduced to it. That specific problem was brilliantly covered by a Numerphile video posted here: ruclips.net/video/iW_LkYiuTKE/видео.html
"Who doesn't love Robin Williams?" Fuck me, that hurt in a way I suddenly wasn't expecting.
If you want to break through in Hollywood, writing an Oscar-winning screenplay and acting in it is certainly a boss move.
Nice to watch the reaction of ladies your age to see if they were the same as our oh so long ago! Enjoy and Thanks!
The part about Maguire describes his wife farting was improvised!
21:41 The fake brothers' names WERE all the same when Will repeated them. Wow! He says twelve, made-up on the spot, names and instantly remembers all of them.
I was in Cambridge, MA when I first saw this movie. So it always bring back memories of that place when I see this movie. If Will actually went to MIT he probably would be one of those people that was able to do three majors while the normies struggle with just one major.
The fart monologue was actually improvised, Matt was geniunely laughing his ass off. Even the camera guy couldn't hold it in as you see the camera shaking hahaha
I love how Will is off the charts intelligent and is basically the Mozart of Math. He's so good that he makes the brightest minds in the world look like bumbling children. If you've seen the Amadeus movie, it is like that moment when Salieri is looking at Mozart's originals and sees that there are no corrections and they are genius that was written in his head first. He knows it is God mocking him. It's the same here. This is demonstrated in the scene where the teacher says he wishes he never met Will, because then he wouldn't have to know that somebody like him exists.... somebody who is leaps and bounds above him without even trying... when he has devoted his entire life to math and is a plebe by comparison.
I love the girls reaction please more
The problem he solved that looks like lines and dots is homeomorphically irreducible trees of size of the order of ten, that is trees or lines connected by 10 dots. Each node or dot can only end or be connected by three lines max and cannot repeat themselves. It can be used in ways to promote thinking in creativity by reduction without redundancy. But are used in graph theory etc. And can be seen in nature sought like the fibonacci sequence. It's actually not a hard math problem just different. I think they made it simpler and interesting visually.
Looking forward to this reaction. Thanks.
this movie was one of the greats like "the breakfast club", it shows you how the people around you are all just trying to live. coming from a man that lived a childhood with no cell phones, and no true computers. there was no media other than TV, radio, and newspapers with no true freedom of the press. information of any true value cost money(or a trip to the library). all there was to pass the time was imagination and people. i was lucky to have a musical understanding similar to will's math to get me through. this level of personal trauma didn't come to me until i was in my fifties. after my stroke, i couldn't make or keep up to the best friend(the music) that had, for so many years, gotten me through life in general. these movies were the first ways to actually experience and see with my own eyes that life is about all the people in it.
39:44 As a goth kid diagnosed with clinical depression at 15 (1990) I was well versed in all the terms when I saw this in 1998, as were my friends. I didn't like my parents very much when I was a teen and loved throwing these terms in their face to prove how much smarter I was than them. Ahh, youth.
Men don't like mental health. To see a man break down like that is refreshing
Yeah, we definitely need more reactions form the two of you.
You should check out Searching For Bobby Fischer. It's a movie about chess, but it's not really about chess. It's just like this movie where the underlying theme is more important than the background of the movie. You also get that in a lot of sports movies, such as Moneyball, Field Of Dreams, Rush (2013), Rocky, Chariots Of Fire, and Brian's Song, to name a few. If you want to see another film where Robin Williams plays a similar role, check out Dead Again.
You guys should check out Dead Poets Society, another Robin Williams film.
when i saw the film years ago, traditional mental therapy was still viewed as something reserved for celebrities in hollywood and people with real trauma. over the years, it's become much more accepted as a viable avenue for 'normal' people as awareness of the mental health has grown especially since the pandemic.
a beautiful and mooving story
Oooh, a fellow Elliott Smith fan! 'Between The Bars' is one of my favorites as well.
I really love Robin Williams in this. Louis CK's comments on Matt Damon's character are really on point though. You can tell he wrote it: "First of all... I'm BRILLIANT. Like for no reason I didn't even go to school but i'm smarter than EVERYONE. Also I get into so many fights cause I'm cool."
2 of the best monologues in movie history, Williams on the bench and chuckie’s monologue at the end.
Crying is definitely healing, in this movie.
People judge Prof Lambeau too harshly. Will is given three choices: stay the same, follow his genius, or try something new. Lambeau represents the single-mindedness it takes to be great - not married, no friends, missed the funeral because of a conference, always in his office. It's not that Lambeau is a jerk, it's that he stands for the cost of greatness.
Gerry Lambeau is the most interesting character in the film, IMO.
He's not a villain, he's not an antagonist, but he sure is a pain to Will and Sean.
Gerry wants to save Will the math genius, but Sean wants to save Will the man.
Gerry wants Will to become successful, to be great, but he keeps making it about him. He wants to BE Will Hunting.
Gerry's envy of Will's genius is obvious. He wants Will to be the next Einstein, the genius that HE could never be.
Sometimes teachers or coaches don't realize everyone didn't grow up like they did. Everyone didn't have the two parents, supportive friends, stable home that allowed the person to focus and excel. Or maybe the coach was pushed when young to embrace the athletic, combative side of himself, to be a fighter instead of giving up when pushed hard. Maybe the teacher was taken to artistic programs and exposed to art and music so they had a natural interest in these things. Everyone isn't like you.
*Begins playing Between the Bars*
"This is one of my favorite songs of all time!"
*Throws hands up* Alright, that does it. It's official: I am in love with Stella. Marry me, marry me, marry me. 💍
Seriously though, shout out - like a GREAT, BIG, ENORMOUS shout out - to the one, the only, the man, the myth, the legend: Elliott Smith (August 6, 1969 - October 21, 2003). "Angleles" "No Name #3" "Between the Bars" "Say Yes" "Miss Misery" not to mention all the other incredible songs he wrote and performed. RIP
Knowing math, I recognized third-year problems. I suppose the description of very hard problems was to be accepted for the sake of the plot. Fair enough.
Have either of you seen “What Dreams May Come”? If not, it’s another Robin Williams movie I highly recommend.
What Dreams May Come is very underrated. They way it presents it's subject matter is unparalleled. It deserves more eyes brought to it.
I don’t know for certain, but it seems that Damon based “Will” on William Sidis, a child genius that attended Harvard at 9, and was tested at over 250 IQ. He was rejected by the intellectual community because of his age, and left the intellectual community by 14. His work was ignored and he lived a reclusive life working modest jobs until he was recognized, and he would have to move again. He was loved amongst his friends, and did have a loving relationship for awhile, but sadly he passed before the age of 50. A less romantic tale, but he did know peace despite the pressure of genius.
Regarding the chemistry between Damon and Driver, they started dating during (after?) making this film and fell in love. Unfortunately it didn't last, and was a very public breakup.
Thanks for another great reaction, girls :)
it's a shame that robin williams chose to leave us. i hope he found the peace he was looking for.
professor challenges his students to draw all Homeomorphically Irreducible Trees of Order Ten, that is, a collection of trees each having ten dots connected by lines. Although the film suggests that this is a difficult problem, it is in fact quite easy they say
As someone with a somewhat math background (computer science), math is so incredible. It's an absolute shame that it is hated so widely. I blame all the bad teachers who are angry and lazy 😅. Most teachers don't have an actual background in math, they just qualify to teach it via the teaching credential program.
At a certain point learning advanced math, you start to see just how unreasonably well it describes nature and our reality. It is legitimately beautiful!
The original questions on the board are actually quite simple and none of them have anything to do with Fourier Analysis. The first question is just for finding an adjancency matrix given a graph. Basically, your just describing the following in matrix form (think of a matrix as a table with a column and row for each node): for each node, label the paths to the other nodes in the right column and row.
Then the second question is just multiplying that matrix by itself 3 times.
Anyone who understands even basic algebra could be taught how to solve either of those problems in one sitting.
Fourier Analysis has to do with the notion that any wave can be described as the sum of two other waves. The modern/technologically advanced world basically exists off of this principle. Its the only reason things like cell-phones work. Without it I couldn't even be commenting on this video lol.
Electromagnetic waves are being used as signals and you use Fourier Analysis to compose and decompose the forms these waves should take as signals. Theres infinitely many other similar uses for this, essentially every physical phenomenon can be viewed as some sort of signal or waveform. This is literally true for even the particles we are made of. One school of quantum theory only exists itself on the basis of Fourier mathematics, while the other is based on matrix mechanics.
The remaining two questions are more advanced and require knowledge of sums, but also not really that difficult and something any university STEM student can be taught to do.
What Dreams May Come, and The World According To Garp are a couple of Robin's movies that would be good reaction.
5:25 Will is big mad about his childhood and needs somebody to take it out on
One of my favorite stories that came out of Good Will Hunting was from Steven Spielberg. How he wanted a basically unknown actor to portray Private Ryan in Saving Private Ryan and hired Matt Damon who hadn't been in much before filming began. Then at the Academy Awards on March 23rd, 1998 Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won an Oscar for the Good Will Hunting screenplay and basically became overnight sensations less than 4 months before Saving Private Ryan's July 21st, 1998 release date!!! OOOPS!!!!
It was easy for Robin Williams' character to remember the day he met his wife because history was made that day. It would almost be like if he met her on 9-11-2001 or 6-07-1941 or 07-20-1969.
Despite their differences, Gerald and Sean both care about Will, they just have two extremely different backgrounds in life. Gerald seems to have had a decent upbringing while Sean and Will both dealt with serious abuse growing up from their family. I know everyone always bashes on Gerald but he does genuinely want to help Will.
People judge Prof Lambeau too harshly. Will is given three choices: stay the same (represented by his buddies), follow his genius (Lambeau), or try something new (Skylar). Lambeau represents the single-mindedness it takes to be great - not married, no friends, missed the funeral because of a conference, always in his office. It's not that Lambeau is a jerk, it's that he represents the cost of greatness.
One of my favorite movies ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
Elliott Smith Between the bars is one of the best songs ever written.
Another well made movie of importance is called “Rain Man” well acted and well worth the watch.
Did will steal Carmine’s jacket ? 🤔 😂
RIP Robin Williams
I also love how math is the subtext to demonstrate the mental prowess of Will, but it is really a distraction to the true intent of the movie.... a ninja mind fuck chess match between two geniuses.... where math doesn't matter one little bit. In the end, they both won... they each unlocked repression in the other. It took somebody of their caliber of intelligence and internal giving a damn to get through to each other. Otherwise, they were both hopelessly lost at sea.... easily outsmarting anybody who would try to help them.
12:45 in reality therapy isnt some magic where the therapist talks to you and one day you wake up and you are healed.
if you go to therapy because your parents or a friend or a judge told you to do so its usually wasted time. therapy is really hard mental work, its exhausting, and it may hurt and it requires all of your willpower to make changes happen.
What a beautiful reaction!
Fun Fact: The "Farts in her Sleep" scene was apparently improvised by Robin Williams, and if you look closely, the camera is shaking slightly, because the camera man couldn't hold back his laughter! 😂
The late 90s wasn't the dark ages as far as pop culture knowledge about psychiatry. Fraiser Crane and Hannibal Lector were well established. There was an HBO drama called In Treatment. The Sopranos and Analyze This were not far off.
LOL at "start of their careers" comment while humming the 'Voyage of the Mimi' theme song from the 80s. (If you don't know, you REALLY need to look it up; you're welcome!)
Maybe you all have already seen it. But since you like Robin Williams, another great film he's in I would say is Patch Adams. Another great drama he was in. If you haven't watched it, it's a good one from what I remember. Probably need to watch it again myself.
The speech that Robin Williams gives to Matt Damon at the park is amazing to me because Damon and Ben Affleck wrote it. They somehow had the perspective of a grown, experienced man talking to a boy while they themselves were just boys. To have that mature a perspective at that young an age is incredible.
very true about the cultural climate being very different when it came out. Therapy was nowhere near as much part of the mainstream and was seen more as something shameful
He was not unprovoked. Scars from bullies do not heal.
It's not the professor's ego - I don't why people misinterpret what he says in that scene, after Will sets the proof on fire. He's saying it kills him to know that guy like Will, who's capable of so much, is wasting this incredible gift he was given.
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Of the hundreds of different types of cancer. Lung cancer due to cigarette smoking is just one.
The MATH problems are actually reasonably simple, there are several reasonably short RUclips videos that explain these GWH math problems in simple terms.
Another great one is The Fisher King.
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Not really that much changed, because we're still a knowledge society like Will, instead of an experience society like Sean.
🧠The problem is that experience is always knowledge, but knowledge certainly doesn't mean havin' experience.
Even now when we are at a point in time that gaining knowledge is easy, we run the danger of gettin' the wrong knowledge, like fake news.
🙄Nowadays we have too much contrasting knowledge while it costs precious time to figure out which is which.
Sling Blade is another good one that came out the same time and made Billy Bob Thornton famous he wrote directed and acted in it won a couple of awards hope you check it out
Good reaction. But, oh boy…per your post-movie comments, terms like ‘attachment disorder’ and ‘fear of abandonment’ were not new at all when this movie was released. By the 1990s (jeez…even the 1980s) therapy and therapy terms were already long established in popular culture for decades. Remember, even daily talk shows like Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Ruth constantly brought up those issues since their show went on air in the 1980s. Also, advice columns in newspapers discussed those issues for advice seekers for decades prior. So nope…no one watching ‘Good Will hunting’ in 1997 were astounded by those terms. It wasn’t like a caveman seeing fire for the first time. The fire was already well known by the general public. This was simply an awesome movie that dealt with those topics in its own way.
Btw, today ‘therapy’ has gone downhill. In the past, the goal of therapy was to heal. However, today, the goal of therapy appears to be to keep people in a vulnerable, confused, and emotionally weakened mindset, so that the therapists could maintain certainty of cash flow from their forever-patients from childhood into adulthood, and to help BIG PHARMA maintain its revenue and profit margins from the sale of anti-depressants.
Staying may favorite reactors. Thumbs up for Hayley's edgy make up.
Great film, Ben and Matt boomed into hollywood with this script. Though i like your guys reactions our education system is obviously horrible
I was a math whiz but my grandma was an English teacher, so I aced both. lol
Ends with him going to california....... meanwhile, 20 years later both Affleck and Damon realize how crazy and psychologically damaged california is and how all sane people should be getting out of it. Sounds like they need to write a sequel.
The movie ends before Will sees Skylar again because the point isn't whether Will gets the girl, it's that he made the choice to try. Will is confronted with three choices: stay in his comfort zone (represented by his old buddies), focus on maximizing his genius to do great things (Professor Lambeau), or take a leap of faith and try to love and trust (Skyler). The victory is that a guy from his abused background chooses to try to love, not whether it turns out well afterwards.