Good Will Hunting

First off, great movie! .However, for the longest time, I thought this movie was called Good Will Hunting, as it seemed to be a metaphor or phrase, rather than the actual character's name. It reminds me of those "It's morbin time memes, and I just couldn't take it seriously that this guy's name is Will Hunting. .But in all seriousness, Matt Damon and Robin Williams dive into their characters so well. There are layers to who they are as people and why they are the way they are. The scenes where Williams describes the moments you remember of the ones you love are both comedic and well-written, even the part where Williams talks about risking missing Carlton Fisk's 1975 World Series home run. It's these moments we look back at our life on and wonder what could've been different. What if we took that job? What if we talked to that girl? What if we didn't do what we fear we'll fail at? It's choices like this that keep life interesting. .Matt Damon was fantastic at portraying this genius who is pushed to the limit by a society that wants to misuse him. Whether it was his abusive home, Professor Lambeau, etc. But he's also a man who just knows what things are not how they are. Like the moments they analyze the painting of the woman on the boat. The thing that pops into Hunting's (Damon) mind is that perhaps Maguire (Williams) married the wrong women. Too which, Maguire later explains to Hunting his wrong, during this beautiful moment on a park bench. ."You wouldn’t know about sleeping sitting up in a hospital room for two months holding her hand because the doctors could see in your eyes that the term "visiting hours" doesn't apply to you. You don’t know about real loss, because that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt you’ve ever dared to love anybody that much.".It's in moments like these that Hunting realizes there's more to life than just being a genius in a certain field. Even if the ending is bad, it's the beginning and middle of the relationship that we appreciate the most. After all, without the beginning and middle, how do we get to the end? .Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, Minnie Driver, and the rest of the ensemble did a great job in their part. The way they interact with Hunting feels so natural that we feel as if we are put into their world. How they deal with someone who is almost too smart for their own good is worth the watch. Especially the moment that Chuckie (Affleck) confronts Hunting for not wanting to get out of Boston, because Chuckie knows that Hunting will just become wasted talent if he doesn't. .Overall, it's a fantastic feel-good movie that does a great job balancing those heart-gushing moments like "It's not your fault." Matt and Ben did a great job writing this film, and Gus Van Sant was able to put it in a way that sticks with the viewers. Also, thank god for subtitles, because outside of the Boston accent, there is so much dialogue being exchanged that I could not keep up without them. 5/5