Good Will Hunting

This past weekend, I watched a movie. Not just any movie: an awesome movie. Not just any awesome movie. I watched Good Will Hunting. For all of you people who have never seen this movie, you need to drive to your local Blockbuster or Redbox right now. Yeah now. Get up off your butt and go. This movie was so great. It was about this guy, Will Hunting (Matt Damon), who is a mathematical genius and has a photographic memory, but is troubled and has some run-ins with the law. He works as a janitor and answers a professor's (Lambeau's) really hard math question and the professor finds him. The professor makes a deal with the judge who is the head of Will's trial for hitting a cop that Will has to do math with him and see a therapist. After seeing therapists and none of them wanting to see him because of his obnoxiousness, he goes to see Sean (Robin Williams), a friend of  Lambeau, who takes him on. Sean tries to help him figure out where he belongs in the world and point him in the right direction. The movie is about the relationships he has with Lambeau, Sean, Skylar (his girlfriend, played by Minnie Driver), and Chuckie (his best friend, played by Ben Affleck). What makes this movie is the characterization. The writers, actors, and director did a great job showing the complexities of each character. No wonder it was up for nine oscars. It only one two though because that was the year Titanic came out. Enough said. But it deserved those two it got: best supporting actor for Robin Williams and best original screenplay for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The movie's tagline says it all: " Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them." See the movie and you'll get it. The fact that the movie is funny too makes it even more likable. One of the funniest parts is when Will totally shows a guy up in the bar while he is trying to impress some girls by making a fool out of Chuckie. Will gets one of the girls' numbers. As he is walking out of the bar, he passes by a restaurant where Mr. Smartypants is sitting and talking to a group of people. Will bangs on the window and asks him, "Do you like apples?" The guy says, "yeah." Will then says, "Well, I got her number. How ya like them apples?" When he said that, I burst into laughter. I am just waiting for an opportunity to use that. When the time comes, it is going to be hilarious. Another funny part was when he was the therapy scene when he called one therapist gay and started singing "Afternoon Delight" while he was supposed to be hypnotized by another therapist. So anyway, this was a great, very inspirational movie. What I got out of it was that even the smartest people need a little help sometimes. This is a really important and true message. No one can go through life alone- they need someone to lean on and understand what they have gone through. This is what Sean was for Will and why I love this movie so much. It is tied as my favorite movie with The Shawshank Redemption. The ending makes it. It's like a cherry on top. And the song playing at the end ("Afternoon Delight") has the perfect melody for the ending's mood. And it was sung earlier in the movie, making the ending sentimental and a little comical for those who remember that part. If you ever see me chuckling in class, Kirky, it just might be because I'm thinking about a part from this movie. This is just one of those movies I will never forget. 

"Good Will Hunting" 's poster, just in case you couldn't tell.