A legend that will always have a place in my heart. Dude helped me through tough times without even knowing he has done so. And I have met him before. He is as genuine as he seems in this film. I was lucky enough to meet him once, I just wish that I had more time to actually talk to Robin. Dude was a national treasure, I dont think anyone with any common sense would ever argue with me on that.
agreed. He wasn't crying or yelling or doing anything big but its still so impactful because of the micro expressions. One of the best actors to have ever done it.If not the best.
@Kjthelife I doubt that he was thinking about the micro expressions while recording this scene. It is all about Robin's gift of feeling. Of being there, of living the story and let his own soul suffer like his character did. When I look at him I see true pain, anguish, happiness, enthusiasm and those all can't be faked by micro expressions. You need to be willing to expose your soul to all those feelings and then let it speak about the experience. That's a true actor for me. Sorry for the bad english btw.
"I ask you about games, but I bet you don't know what it's like being sucked into a board game, being fragmented into human dust particles, living in the jungle for 20 years. Your move champ."
“I ask you about the planets and the stars, and I bet you can quote me Carl Sagan but you don’t know the first thing about traveling through space in an egg.”
I ask you about 'Nam, you'll probably give me a whole political breakdown. But you've never sat there in front of a microphone and gone "goooooood morrrnning Vietnaaaaaaam"
‘I ask you about games, and you would probably tell me a few shooters you played as a kid. But you’ve never been iridescent on ranked okay call of duty’
Robin did this monologue in a single take. He sat down and delivered one of the greatest monologues in acting history in a single try. Let that sink in for a minute.
A gift for all that could never be replaced. He is one of the few that brings character, shows, films to a new level. One that nobody can match. Such an icon!
Robin Williams' performance is a given but Matt Damon performed excelent in this scene too. The passage of emotions from a cocky little brat to a terrified young boy is astonishing.
I’ve seen this film many times but not for a while now - I searched this scene today to show my partner how good Robin Williams was, but this is also what hit me this time around; Damon’s part is just as critical to the scene and he plays it flawlessly
I have seen this scene a dozen times and only ever focused on Robin. This is the first time I watched and only focused on Damon's character. All I can say is wow, you could feel the change in him when Robin was talking to him, all with no words.
You know a scene is truly moving and iconic when you can not have seen the rest of the movie, but can still emotionally feel the weight of it and understand where either character is coming from. Truly magnificent.
I love the camera angle of this scene, for the majority it is side on to Robin’s face; it gives the impression that you’re the person he is speaking to. Really personable and hard hitting, un-aging.
When I saw this scene the first time, I thought to myself so many of us live and settle for mediocre relationships. I still wonder if there is love as pure as the one described by Robyn Williams. I want that kind of love. This scene breaks me each time.
There is love so pure. My wife passed away not 15 months ago, and to have felt, and lost, that love as Robin Williams describes it, is beyond common understanding. To have someone in your life, that you would go through fire and flames for just to see them smile. And that smile would turn away the darkest skies and make the sun shine. Love so powerful, that it could make your day, if you saw them being happy. And who would even give you a smile, when their day was bad. Being each other's angels, and make the rest of the world "disappear", when you saw into their eyes. Don't give up on love, because it really is out there.
@Joachim Vorbech Christensen wow. Thank you for this. I didn't know that kind of love existed anymore. I am going through a breakup and I feel that my heart is broken in a million pieces because after 7 years together to find out that this person actually didn't love me and I was so blind by the love I felt for him I excused all his red flags because I wanted him to be my forever home. Thank you so much, I am now on the process of healing but your message is inspiring and I know I will find that kind of love.
This is how I feel about my grandmother who is my angel. She's 84 this year and at 45 I know im blessed to have her but I can't imagine the day I will lose her. Having someone who gets you, accepts you for you and doesn't judge you is the sweet spot of life
If more therapists were willing to risk authentic, vulnerable connection like Robin's character here, there would be a lot less suffering in the world.
Thearapists examine disordered behaviour much like a zookeeper might examine the behaviour of animals I rarely meet ones that can empathise or enter on to my feelings most of the ones I have spoken to are just as cocky and arrogant as will hunting is in this film
WOW! Every time I hear this speech, and I’ve watched this film quite a few times, I get chills. It is flawless. It is meaningful. And it is truly the best of Robin Williams!
I can't tell you how many times I have watched this and listened to his words. When he talked about the smell in that room and looking up it gave me an idea. This summer I did what he talked about, I went to Rome and the Vatican City and I looked straight up and saw all of those paintings then I closed my eyes and smelled. In my life there is no Robin Williams to say what he said to Will but now, even if its just a small portion, I got closer to the man he is.
@@fuqueroji I ended doing 6 months in Europe then taking a 3 week cruise from Barcelona to Singapore by traveling through Egypt. Making my way by land to spend 6 months in Bangkok then 2 months china before flying from Beijing to instanbul and traveling by land from there through eastern Europe to take a cruise from from to usa
Just imagine what this world would look like if we all just stopped in our tracks for a moment because it was imperative that we listen to another brother or sister going through suffering. If we all took turns to take care of each other when someone was depressed, or something else. My grandpa was a medicine man (we are Diné) and he told me a long time ago, this is how we used to take care of each other. But it's lost now. There some other cultures as well thst practiced this, I think it's where "moral therapy" originated. Either way, this world would be a truly connected world.
RIP to such a brilliant and talented man and a beautiful human being. His Oscar for this role was so well deserved. The depth of emotion he went into in these scenes with Matt Damon, were phenomenal. It’s not your fault…
This scene is obviously Robin's moment and clearly the scene that earned him his long overdue deserved Oscar. But, what Damon does toward the end of the monologue when Robin has cut through all his defenses to get to the heart of the matter arriving at this moment of truth heightened reality moment has always gripped me. Matt is doing very minimalist acting giving Robin all the space he needs to cook which he does and is, but then those precise specific moments where Damon maintains his poker face, but his side-eying begins here indicating to us the exact moment in time Robin's character had broken through Will's bullet proof armour and for the first time Will hopelessly attempting to maintain his facade, but desperately trying to read this unlikeliest of sage's face and mannerisms for some sort of hint or clue in how to deal with him, but literally left in a state of discombobulated confusion grasping for a way to process a meriad of emotions bombarding him not the least of which is he has no muscle memory of life experience to draw from in how to handle a situation where he inexplicably he has been outmatched, out played, out psyched by some one he now knows he respects, has hurt, totally misread, but completely has his number and calling him out point after point like some lightening round of This Is Your Life of the Damned. But, most of all, that worst creeping up feeling that all cynics and the jaded have to confront sooner or later if they're lucky: when someone does come along who suddenly does care, is a difference maker, the game changer, but all you know is pain and betrayal and putting up walls as a result so how do you relearn a lifetime of trauma to even begin to trust that gift of help or believe and let into your brutalized soul hope? Its all there in those frantic, darting eyes lost at sea flaling for a life preserver or what to do. Its revieting and a masterclass of minimist acting while giving your scene partner everything they need. These two made movie magic together. Matt got that opportunity. Ben had no scenes with Robin and never got to gave that chance. Nobody ever in the twenty five plus years has ever asked Ben that publicly and I've always wondered how he feels about that.
God I never understood the power of Robin's words in this speech until I got a wife, found out what it was like to have that connection, to feel the way that he describes and then to lose that. It really puts things into perspective
This scene will forever speak to me. So many lessons in it. It teaches you about love and it teaches you about judging others. Despite how intelligent you are, or what your story is, how can you judge the human experience another has gone through by just looks or a brief interaction with them? Truly miss Robin Williams brilliance on the screen. I’ve never watched a pivotal moment in a movie and had it feel so real and make me evaluate how I treat others every times I see it. Love this movie
We don't seem to have that kind of writing in movies or series anymore. But, then again, we don't seem to have those kinds of actors like Robin Williams in movies or series anymore.
May I try to change your mind? I recommend Mass (2021). It's mostly four people talking in an almost empty room. Nothing to carry the film except its excellent script (that, dare I say, rivals Good Will Huntings') and the actors' acting skills.
There is a recent interview with Matt Damon where the interviewer says he visited the bench, took a picture, and saw that someone has carved that line into the bench.
You can see the moment it stops becoming acting when robin Williams states the phrase " i see a cocky scared shitless kid" in his eyes! his eyelids drop maybe 1-3 centimeters and the light disappears, but you see the difference between intelligence vs experience! Amazing beautiful acting that shows the depth and honesty between existence itself. you can see the actors weren't just acting but in their own eyes and heart they understood it was so much deeper than what would be explained!
Hands down one of the best movies ever made. The depth of human compassion is unmeasurable. I came from nothing. I saw this as a 10 year old boy. No real father figure mom on drugs, foster care, juvenile detention centers, etc. this movie helped me become the person I am. We miss your warm and smooth voice. RIP homie
There's word an artist there in Boston wants to make a bronze Statue of Robin in this role, sitting there on that bench, so when people go there, they can sit next to him.
a powerful scene that shows the extraordinary difference between knowing something intellectually and truly understanding something and the courageous vulnerability it takes to bridge that gap.
As I have looked back on the many successes of Robin, I see someone as grounded and desirous of showing the human spirit. That is a very special talent that few bring to the screen. This monologue exemplifies the talent of Robin and his extraordinary work. It’s sad he’s gone, RHIP.
Matt Damon said in an interview on the Jake's Takes RU-vid channel that he remembers shooting that scene very well and that director Gus Van Sant was satisfied with two or three takes, but Robin wanted to do more. So they did around seven or eight takes.
We all yearn for a mentor like this. Even really hard case dysfunctional kids or criminals or whatever - everyone putting on a tough act and being destructive to themselves and others, just crying out for such a mentor. Unfortunately though, oftentimes even when confronted with such a mentor as Sean here, some people would be so damaged, they would be incapable of recognising the wisdom Sean is imparting and might even just interrupt him and say "F off". Some people get so lost they can't even hear wisdom being gifted to them.
Yep some people's egos are so big the ego won't let me say anything to jeopardize it's fragility and instead paralyzes the person until afterwards when they may be able to honestly reflect
It’s true. There are so many young men out there with absolutely no guidance. No rite of passage. No fatherly figures at all. And then we wonder why depression, suicide, drug abuse, and general mental illness are on the rise amongst young men. We need guys like Robin Williams’ character
This movie. Ugh. It breaks my soul every time I watch it. I have no idea how Matt and Ben could have written such a brilliant script at such a young age, but they did it. This is still my all time favorite movie. And the best acting Robin Williams ever did. An absolute masterpiece.
I loved this man & I miss him every day. He was so good in this film, he turned a very predictable story into an unforgettable moment in cinema history. Robin Williams was remarkably without the ego that far too many " actors " have. And here, in a key moment, he is both therapist, & friend to a troubled kid . And in the process, Will begins to see Sean as someone he can & must, listen to, for once in his life. Legendary scene. -----MJL, 77 y/o
One of the best movies of all time and the ending is perfect. Our imagination is more entertaining than anything we could possibly ever get on film. 10/10
Hard to describe in words but in a few it would be if you truly care for someone you need to tell them the truth even if it hurts, we are human and only our mistakes can truly learn us. Then again the meaning seems to change with every rewatch and i think thats whats so beautiful about this scene and film, it feels like its already taught me so many lessons. God rest Robbie Williams you really put everything into this.
Or maybe it's the talk every father wishes they could have with thier son, before the son learns life is more complicated than advertised and nothing can ever go back to the way it was.
It's description of today's generation. They don't know what real love is. Some of them probably do, but majority is just all about themselves, ego , materialism. They'll leave loved one on the first obstacle. Does it even matter if it happens on first or 150th obstacle? Love is just what Robin explained here. It's only true when you love someone more than yourself. Nothing in life is more valuable than unconditional , true love.
I’ve sat upright at the bedside of someone I loved and yes the hospital staff knew that the term ‘visiting hours’ didn’t apply to me. Blessed to have someone to love that hard ❤
I realise now the last time I watched this, was before my wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Watching it again now, brings a whole new meaning to what his words meant.
And to think the man sitting next to him on that bench, the one he was talking to, was, at the time, a 27-year-old man who co-wrote that brilliant screenplay with his costar and friend. That said, there are certain monologues, especially those out of Robin's mouth, that are so heartfelt and brilliant, that they can make you think, "Was this in the script or is this coming from him?"
Just finished watch Good Will hunting again to go down memorie lane when I watch this movie when I was 19 years old back in 97 and it still hits me emotionally and mentally especially when Will was crying in Seans arms in his office for a therapy session over Wills violent upbringing as a boy. Telling 6 times it's not his fault and then emotionally crys it hits me hard inside that Will needed that Male Role Model for guidance and inspiration for a better life. 💪❤ WILL POWER
I think that lesson of male bonding is so important. Hollywood tries to emulate it, but often falls short. Men are deeply emotional and those bonds they establish early in life make them the men they are. The importance of mentorship can’t be underestimated.
I watched this movie for 1st time the other day. Someone said it was good & I knew nothing about it’s content/production/background etc. Honest to god, i was rendered speechless, in tears & completely blown away when this monologue came up. I love RW anyway, but this showed what a truly gifted performer he was. Flawless at comedy (obvs) but my word he could do deep, serious & emotional to a special level when he needed to. Up there with the greats in my opinion. In fact just Googled it and he’s #16 on IMDb greatest actress ever list. Well deserved in my opinion. Miss him a lot
It’s taken me about ten years to dedicate time to find this bench in Boston. Surreal moment to sit here and finally start the next leg of my journey ❤ Thank you Boston for everything.
One of Robin William's finest performances. But I think Matt Damon was good too, seeing the change in him from defensive defiance to realizing the truth of what he was hearing, and the arrow hit home, and he was silent. But you can feel the intense emotion in the silence.
Never watched this movie until now. I had to pause after this scene and collect my bearings. That had to be the best delivery. Goosebumps ran through my body… what an actor. RIP Robin Williams
This is a great movie. Matt played a great role but I think Robin was the genius in it. The acting world feels empty without him. May he rest in peace. Thank you for this video.
The genius of this scene: how the camera waits until Robin Williams' monolog has shaken Matt Damon before panning over to include the younger actor in the frame. Genius.
So true. And then Matt sitting alone and sad on the bench at the end, contrasted with families having fun around him in the beautiful Boston Common. I can't get my head around just how good this movie is.
When I'm feeling down, I play this scene. It reminds me that life as many twists and turns. Robin Williams is my guiding light. R.i.p my friend. I'm a scared shitless kid.
My girlfriend/soulmate/woman of my life and I had decided to do trips all around the world and see as many countries as we can.later she diagnosed with borderline disorder and i promised her that i will be there for her no matter what,to help her and protect her.Even we break up at the future,i dont if this is love but i wanna do that
