Will (Matt Damon) is explaining to an NSA recruiter why he rather hold out for something better. Film: Good Will Hunting Released: 1997 Director: Gus Van Sant Distributor: Miramax Films
@@TheNewton Thats “Outcome..” Treadstone was the first program where they started out with superior candidates.. It being hard/expensive to find the right people (especially because they keep killing them) they switch to using drugs to bring a regular soldier up to the Treadstone level. But even “Outcome” is an obsolete program because they had already perfected and used the drugs in “the beta programs” or whatever the soulless super soldiers were. They were even having Outcome people take drugs they didn’t need anymore.. If I remember correctly, they say somewhere that Bourne was the benchmark all the other programs were trying to meet, which is another reason they’re scared shitless when he goes apeshit..
It didn't age like wine, it just didn't age at all. It was relevant 30 years before the movie was made, it was relevant when this was on the big screen, and it hasn't changed since
THIS IS NO WRITTING WHAT WILL IS SAYING IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THIS IS A PREDICTION CAME HORRIBLE TRUE 1. American blue jobs are taking away and giving to illegal migrants 2. Gas price hike by sabotaging local oil produce 3. Bomb an Afgan home compound killing 7 children and 3 aid worker 4. BLM+Antifa Vs Patriots 5. Oil pipe lines are either legally stop or physically bomb
Clever writing indeed. However a point I had never considered until hearing it recently was that he wrote himself into the story as this genius main character, which is a bit weird..lol
The irony behind this is great because as NSA man said he would be working on Chaos theory he then perfectly described Chaos theory and the butterfly effect
Watch him and Ben win the Oscar for best picture in 1997....... then watch Robin Williams win best supporting actor......... I shed a tear every time for Robin........ man I miss him 🙏🙏
What a lot of people seem to be missing about this scene is that this is Will's maladaptive coping mechanism in the face of change or having to do something new. Yes, he's brilliant, he can to some degree predict a probable scenario he might encounter as an NSA employee, but he'll never know because he's never left Boston. That's one of the main points of the movie. Despite how smart he is, at the end of the day he's more comfortable reading in his apartment and screwing around with his friends than he is taking a chance on anything that could be new or uncomfortable.
@@jaya1000 none of the careers he could've taken would've been challenging, that wasn't his problem. His problem was being too scared to jump into the unkonwn.
What YOU fail to realize is that the NSA & CIA as well as the USA military Industrial Complex are terrorist organizations. What he pointed out in this scene is backed by the facts in which he spent time reading. Go educate yourself on the USA & NATO’s terrorism around the world.
Have you heard the phrase "History repeats"? It's insane how many kids think 9/11 was some major catalyst to the US being cunts when they've been at it a great deal longer...
This week The U.S. are leaving Afghanistan and there has just been an ISIS bombing at The Kabul airport killing 13 or so U.S Marines. .Not just Iraq but The war in Afghanistan has been a mess and unnessary too.
Because in the 80s the pot was being stirred in central asia and Africa, in the 90s it reached the middle east. After desert storm ended there's been tensions between USA, Iraq and Lybia. Later, after 911 "war against terrorism" became the excuse for plundering the middle east just like Will described here.
Not to stir the pot, but the last line about "becoming President" is especially nuts in lieu of Trump(bone spurs), W. Bush(Texas Air National Guard, really? Was that a thing?), and Cheney(five draft exemptions filed).
Except for the 2.50 per gallon, lol. Very soon it'll be $5.00, it's already happening in some states. Before long, the oil companies will have switched gears from Oil to Lithium & Cobalt because we're making more electric cars. We get those the same way, from crooked dictators the CIA installed in Africa, the Middle East, and South America.
@@tt-vc9vd What have you been smokin' and where you been hiding out??????????? You must be one blind ass hole if you believe your comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@stevemason5173 The whole woke based anti-American attitude is by far the dumbest trend on the internet. People hate on the American government more than the NK/Venezuelan Governments. You're too edgy to see facts, but look up American U.N votings on human rights & America's financial assistance to over 70 countries and then maybe, just maybe, you'll realise America's government ain't that bad as you portray it to be.
I joined the army, went overseas, was disgusted by what I saw so I wanted to make amends and save lives instead of destroy them. I joined the coast guard, went overseas, Columbia, haiti, countless places working for the intelligence community and the forward spear of a corrupt state department. It wasn’t any better. This monologue is so so truthful
I went overseas, working as a DoD contractor, and saw the US military daily defending the peace and security of South Korea and Japan. It ain't all bad.
@@johnbrandt2167 Was Japan in any war danger after World War 2? Nope. The US won't let them build back their own army though, officially their army are all part of the police force or self defense force. This is the result of them bombing Pearl Harbour, the US does not forget or forgive some shit like that. They are not there to defend the Japanese, they are there to establish a base and keep watch. That's why the Japanese government do any shit US tells them to do, and follow every policy US put out. Their backyard is full of US soldier ready to fuk them up if they don't listen.
I’m not saying he was reading off of a script or teleprompter but he keeps looking away to the right throughout the monologue. Either way he’s a great actor
@@nickepants7011 He was most definitely reading off something... you could see it every couple seconds... he’d look over to the right and his eyes would go from left to right as he read each word on 1 or 2 lines but then he’d remember the rest and look somewhat back towards the camera
It's funny to me that it's the interviewer explaining why HE should work for them. Often times it's the other way around. Goes to show just how smart and capable he really is, and the lengths people will go to in order to exploit his knowledge.
@@chalor182 I got offered a job like that. Nuclear physics. Everyone that recruited me took off running to avoid how much paperwork it actually took. My marine recruitment office took off with 0 recommendations. He said I should do Nuclear Physics. After that test, he said I was recruited to grunt level battle company. I visited 13 marine offices. Not one of them offered me a guaranteed position. Military just wants the absolute dumbest individuals for every task. How dare they offer someone 450k+ for about 10 minutes of work. Fuck off.
Years ago, I was contracting at a tech company and they were very interested in hiring me directly, but I knew that would probably reduce my income, at least in the short term. Still, it was a decent job and I wanted to at least hear what they had to say, so I set up a meeting with HR to discuss it. The HR rep started with questions like "Tell me about your strengths and weaknesses", so I had to stop her. I said, "I think there's some confusion here. My boss wants to hire me, that part is a done deal. I'm not really looking for an interview, I'm looking for a sales pitch." The HR person was kind of taken aback, but did her best to explain benefits and such. In the end they really couldn't give me anything that was of value to me. I was there about 18 months (only as a contractor) when they were forced to downsize and they let me go.
Too bad. I used to live in United States of America but left. No vacation time, no health care or insurance, no fuck all. So I went back to Europe were I have all that didn't have in United States of America, which includes a free ride through law school. Take care, buddy.
And eventually when he regained his memory, he discovered that his real name is David Webb and that his father was a university professor, who was one of the founders of a covert spy agency, known as Treadstone..
2008 and onward it was going four and five dollars a gallon on top of a recession. I remember it fell to one dollar and I hope it stabilizes for a time. Two dollars a gallon is better than five dollars a gallon.
That's why he had to repeat what he said/wanted to say on that couch. Because after the first 30 seconds, the man next to him escorted him out of the building.
It's interesting that Will is tempted into a role which is similar in effect to what the Unabomber (brought up later in the film) became. It's a great parallel they drew which gives the story more weight, since those were real life events.
He totaly just summed up Joe and Hunter Biden. Kill keystone. Buy from foreign hostile nations. Export jobs and import illegal aliens who will vote illegally for Democrats
@@letsgetbrandon No, it's that you don't go back far enough to see the forest. It started with Nixon and Regan, Republicans. Remember the oil crisis? Or are you 12 years old? AND it's not an "US Against THEM" GAME.
It being so hauntingly good is why Matt won an academy award and several others like the critic's choice award for writing it (the initial 80% of it was all him with some later input from Affleck and the director) and then acting it out. It's that good because Matt is an English major who only dropped out of Harvard with 12 credits left to start his film career.
@@philipdillon83 inflation is mostly derived from gas prices… your essentially adjusting gas price in 1997 to the growth rate of gas prices… of course, your number is close to today’s gas prices. ☠️
@@philipdillon83 I actually like the point you brought up. The core question is did gas prices rose faster than prices of other goods? You should look at the growth rate of gas prices vs growth rate of other goods. It’s hard to use inflation as a benchmark because gas prices is already embedded in that number…
@@JSC178 Though that's due mostly to your taxes. Gas is running around $3 a gallon in most of the country. It's California taxes that end up driving that price up over $6/gallon.
That's the truth. Being smart makes you aware of the darkness. Once it's there you start to see it. Once you have seen it you can never forget and it's hard not to see it everywhere you look.
@@CraigsVideoList my teachers in high school and professors in college always warned that intelligence is a gift and a curse but mostly the latter. They don’t call say ignorance is bliss for nothing
This scene goes to show that all actions and even thoughts, have an intertangled web of consequences. Always examine your behavior or actions in the widest context of influence that you can.
The irony is, your cute little Ukraine flag avatar is exactly part of the scam Will explains here and YOU sir are being played. Thanks for making plans of the global players possible, tool!
Meanwhile you having a stupid Ukraine flag virtue signaling for something that he just explained his massively corrupt including the Ukrainian government that was actually installed in 2014
Not just the best scene of the movie, one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history. Damons delivery and cadence are literally perfect, followed by a close second by Afflecks "you owe it to me" scene leading up to "the best part of my day".
Actually yes. The government often hires criminal geniuses. Same idea as tech companies who hire hackers who have cost the company a lot of money to stop other hackers from getting to them in the future. If it's more profitable than the loss of public respect when found out, it will get done.
To this day Good Will Hunting has the most intense and powerful crying scene in any movie I've ever watched (the "It's not your fault" scene). It's hard not to start crying yourself.
I remember being blown away when I first heard this in college, keep in mind I'm 23 now and realized oh Will wasn't smart he just noticed that shit has always been like this. We're no further along than we were then except just like they did we think we're on the cusp of change. Turns out tomorrow is just a word to justify what happens today.
Considering that Good Will Hunting is a power fantasy that Matt Damon wrote for himself so that he could be the smartest, toughest and most sensitive person in the movie this is the least surprising monologue I have ever heard. The entire monologue isn't even an argument it's what dumb people think smart people sound like, written to stroke the ego of an actor, and consumed by listeners as if it's some deep truth. An actual smart person would say 'I don't agree with US foreign policy so I'm not a good fit for the NSA.' What Damon said is auto-fallatio masquerading as a script for the benefit of stupid people who want to imagine their political priors are identical to an imaginary genius who's opinions were written by Matt Damon not an actual smart person.
