Topic 27 of 69: Good Will Hunting
Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (07:34) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Good Will Hunting. It's with Robin Williams and Matt Damon.
Siskel, or was it Ebert, call it this year's Rainman.
There are great, consistent performances thoughout. And Robin Williams
is great in a non-hyper role. He's a saintly shrink and Matt is an
errant math genius. He's in love with Minnie Driver (a smart Harvard woman).
No car crashes in this movie folks. Thank God.
I'll save my spoilers till more folks comment and till I'm sure the rest
of our little springeurdom has seen this flick. I've got lots more to
say about this movie.
13 responses total.
Topic 27 of 69 [movies]: Good Will Hunting
Response 1 of 13: Charlotte (Charlotte) * Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (12:36) * 8 lines
Wow. I'm surprised this topic is only just now getting started!
I put this film at the top of the list. It's the very best movie
I saw last year. Better than Titanic. Better than As Good As It Gets.
Williams is Brilliant, and Matt Damon is electric.
I would not compare it to Rain Man, however.
Topic 27 of 69 [movies]: Good Will Hunting
Response 2 of 13: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (18:17) * 1 lines
I have not seen this movie yet, but it seems like one of those films that is consistently well-liked by every demographic group. I've yet to hear anyone say they didn't like it.
Topic 27 of 69 [movies]: Good Will Hunting
Response 3 of 13: Charlotte (Charlotte) * Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (18:26) * 1 lines
I'm willing to put money on a bet that you will like it, too, Autumn. :)
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Response 4 of 13: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (19:01) * 1 lines
My girlfriend keeps asking me to go see it with her again, she liked it so well...
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Response 5 of 13: Charlotte (Charlotte) * Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (19:13) * 3 lines
So what's keeping you from it?
I'll be anxious to hear your thoughts after seeing it.
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Response 6 of 13: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (19:25) * 1 lines
My time is limited and she works a really screwy schedule that seldom jibes with mine....
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Response 7 of 13: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Mar 24, 1998 (09:18) * 1 lines
yeah! for the two young authors!
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Response 8 of 13: Charlotte (Charlotte) * Tue, Mar 24, 1998 (12:04) * 7 lines
Hear, hear!
Much deserved. I'm so proud of the Academy for recognizing their
fresh talent. They were gracious and grateful, and a lot of fun to
watch.
I hope they write another movie. I'd go see it in a heartbeat.
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Response 9 of 13: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Mar 24, 1998 (15:49) * 1 lines
i'm now certianly inspired to see the first one!
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Response 10 of 13: George Klos (osceola) * Mon, Aug 31, 1998 (18:25) * 1 lines
I recommend this one to everyone I know who doesn't go to movies anymore because they think Hollywood only puts out stupid movies. Well acted and well written, and I liked the moral of the story.
Topic 27 of 69 [movies]: Good Will Hunting
Response 11 of 13: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Sep 3, 1998 (21:48) * 1 lines
I didn't enjoy this one so much as I thought I would. I guess it got so much hype, my expectations were too high. Robin Williams was fantastic, but the Matt Damon-Minnie Driver pairing lacked chemistry and seemed disjointed. However, everyone I know loved it.
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Response 12 of 13: Leplep le Plep (jgross) * Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (13:16) * 14 lines
I mean if only they hadn't spent so much time with scenes in physics class together acting like contortionists.
And the way they'd thumb their noses at Mr. Booplingle, one of the best chemistry teachers that university ever had.
Between takes the director kept telling both the leads, "you fight well for a tailor." Y'know, what's that supposed to mean? Right? No wonder it croaked.
Towards the end, there was that 15-minute stretch there that brought in the scene that had a buncha interspecies romance goin' on, REALLY goin' on.
I really wish that coulda been what the whole movie was about.
Plus after they were finally done kissing, Matt and Minnie, well, I just don't think they chose voices that differed enough from each other, so I lost the connection at that point. The character of the voice is everything, and it needs to vary itself, or else most assuredly the director or somebody needs to put some sort of medieval ointment on it to loosen it, relax it, laxative it.
They were geezers.
I thought I was watching "Cocoon".
And ya know what really got me: how could both of them have babies by other lovers and then leave them on the home doorsteps of mildly indolent campus administrators!
Some of the cereal they ate was unfair, too, especially those bowls of stuff
in the middle of the movie when everyone was for sure expecting just muffins and orange juice.
The academy award it won for best disaster musical was appropriate, but for all the wrong reasons. The singing only worked well because of the oboe playing (even Siskel and Ebert could see that).
I could go on and on with at least 40 more totally accurate points very much worth making, but I hear these lousy loud footsteps getting way wee closer---oh yes, who's surprised by that, it's Donna wanting me NOW to start pouring the wine.
"You got it, babe." (her lips are like already drinking it even though I haven't given her the glass yet)
Topic 27 of 69 [movies]: Good Will Hunting
Response 13 of 13: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (22:37) * 1 lines
LOL! (at everything between the tailor and the oboe!)
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