Good Will Hunting

Do you like apples?

Yea.

Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?

A non black and white flick, now that's what I'm talking about!

So where do I start?

Well main character Will Hunting, has a gift that a very, very limited group of people have in this crazy world. He has the gift of being highly intelligent, way above average. With a photographic memory he can basically figure out any and every formula, theory, book, art, you name it, he knows it.

Growing up on the south side of Boston, living a rough life, foster home to foster home he never was able to take advantage of this talent, nor did he want to. He just wanted to be normal, have a brewski with the guys, go out chasing women, and work a blue collar job.

Simple YET Complex.

Perfect example for this movie. Good Will Hunting is pretty gol dang simple when it comes to the way it is presented. Lets look at what we have: smart kid, Boston, beer, cigarettes, friends, girls. Pretty simple if you ask me, just like everyday life, well if I lived in Boston not Bismarck. Now comes the complex part of the movie. We have ol' Will here having constant conflicts with himself. He has a hard time letting people into his life because of his history of people walking out on him. He also has a hard time excepting who he is and who he wants to be.

As far as the characterization through appearance, you would be way off by looking at Will. We got a poor 20 year old kid, who is drinking and smoking for over half of the movie, working as a janitor. Nobody would come to the conclusion that he is a super genius by looking at him.

Then we have the privilege to hear Will talk, and the characterization through dialogue comes into play. We now know that will is highly intelligent. It especially comes into effect during the bar scene when he confronts the weird looking MIT grad who is blowing smoke about something to try to impress some girls.

The reason this film is a good movie is because of the credibility that this is very possible to happen. It gives off a good feeling to the viewers. I know I enjoyed it because the thought of something like that happening is very interesting and makes for a great story.

Overall I loved this movie, humor, seriousness, real life situations. Couldn't have spent my Wednesday night any better.