Whenever near the end of the movie Shawn tells Will- "Just follow your heart son, you'll be fine" I literally tear up more because I feel like Robin Williams is talking to all of us 😭 Such a great emotional film
To be honest, may be one of the early media I watched that shaped how I am as a friend in this regard. I expect unfettered honesty at all times and I give it at all times, real friends don't enable you to run from life or your problems.
Ben and Matt were both still pretty young when they won the Oscar for best original screenplay for this movie. When they went to the ceremony in Hollywood, they both took their Moms with them. How sweet is that? 😊 Glad you liked the movie. Thanks for this reaction!
Witnessing your reaction is a window into your beautiful soul...There are some really deep conversations where you can hear something different with each re-watch. Good reaction
Matt and Ben won an Oscar for best screenplay for this movie, and Robin Williams won an Oscar for best supporting role. This is quite literally what put them both on the Hollywood map, so to speak. There's so much interesting trivia "behind the scenes" with how they wrote the movie and how they got it made. Glad you enjoyed it. Every time I watch it, I feel like I'm getting free therapy sessions from Robin Williams. RIP
Ive seen this bench scene a few dozen times from reacts and the actual movie and it still makes me tear up. Its not like the first time but it still hits hard.
Whenever near the end of the movie Sean tells Will- "Just do what's in your heart son, you'll be fine" I literally tear up more because I feel like Robin Williams is talking to all of us and to me personally😭 And it’s so sad and profound since he’s gone😑😥😓😓Such a great emotional film
Everyone, and I mean everyone, needs a friend like Chuckie. Someone who will tell you exactly what you need to hear when you need to hear it. That's a friend.
The scene on the bench…in my opinion, the finest bit of acting ever captured on film. It’s soo absolutely beautiful. Robin was such an amazing actor. He won his only Oscar for this role. I go and watch the clip of him winning for a dose of pure joy. Worth it. The movie is a cinematic masterpiece. Very happy you loved it.
The monologue bench scene is a cliché choice of great acting scenes, but with respect, I give that particular scene more points for the brilliant writing. But Williams is certainly amazing here and throughout. From an *acting* perspective, there are a couple better and the best in my opinion is certainly the "it's not your fault scene". And the award goes to Damon. His emotion, push, line delivery and tears is truly next level. ❤ 🙏🏾
@@user-nh1ou6se2g notice the words “in my opinion”….but thanks for yours. I guess. Could have made your own comment about the scenes you enjoyed rather than commenting that my opinion is cliche. Seems a bit pretentious. But, yeah…thanks. 👍🏻
lol, actually, I did comment about the scene I enjoyed, did you miss that? A bit pretentious 😉 And yes, I did notice it was "your opinion", which only strengthens the cliché comment. *However*, NOTHING wrong with cliché, no need to be sensitive. Just think of it as being in agreement with many others 😊 @@jennthabombdiggity
One thing that is so good is that, despite the fact that he fights with Robin Williams character, Stellen Skarsgard also has Will's best interests in mind. He simply thinks that what worked for him will work for Will, while Sean has a deeper understanding of what Will needs. Everyone is looking out for him in their own way.
This film has become something of a litmus test, if you aren’t emotionally shredded by the end of it all, you can’t be human. Thanks for the wonderful reaction and sharing some tears😁
"Coz that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself." That touched you so much. ♡ Wonderfully surprised to see you with a Robin Williams movie. Really hope you do more of them. Particularly the ones that touch on mental health. He was freaking phenomenal. And his beautiful heart always shines through. That wonderful man!
@@Blue-qr7qe oh def. Also The Fisher King and Patch Adams. But Patch Adams destroyed me. So I can't watch it again. He made me cry harder than I ever have, in that one. And, with only an expression!!
36:39 "storm is over". I've seen this movie countless times over the years and I don't think I ever made the connection between that shot and the boat painting in the beginning. Nice catch!
Fun fact: that scene with Ben pep talking to Matt at the construction site about leaving Boston took only 3 takes. Ben prepared so much before that when they filmed it, the director said it was good and they can move on. Ben was so shocked it only took one take and all his work came to an end so he asked if they can film it again. So they did it 2 more times and they weren't sure which one was used in the final movie because they were nearly all the same.
Thanks for your genuine heartfelt reaction. Such a fantastic movie. I cry everytime. The acting was so good. Especially Robin and Matt. Someone once said. "Our world is a little darker without Robin Williams" I truly agree.
Amazingly written and acted. They all earned their Oscars. So remarkable that Afleck & Damon wrote it so young. As a native NYer who went to law school in Boston, Evie confusing these guys HEAVY Boston accent with New York is…incomprehensible and maybe a little offensive! 😂
Hello. New viewer here. Haven’t fully watched your video. I’m still at six fourteen mark, where they meet Skyla. The way you instantly dismiss the loser at Harvard bar? That’s awesome!!! I think you just got a new subscriber here!!! 🤘🏾 Now the movie. I never watched in theatres. Unfortunately. I never made it to theatres to watch this. Anyhow. I used to be a youth mentor. Facilitator. Team leader. I worked in community service industry. My mentor. He was a genius. Not a math whiz or nothing. But just monster charisma. Brilliant speaker. Superb strategist. He said about this movie- ‘it’s not a movie experience, it’s a life investment. It should be people’s responsibility to see this movie. I mean. I never heard him talk about Hollywood that way before. And it’s true. This movie should be required viewing. It is that spectacular. Can’t wait to see how much you enjoy it!!! 🍻💥🍻
Of all your reactions, I believe this is my favorite. Your outro and thoughts on the movie were really eye opening, spotlighting things I hadn't even considered. Robin Williams' acting, particularly his monologue on the park bench with Will, is some of the best work I've witnessed. Right alongside F. Murray Abraham's acting in Amadeus. I'm so glad you experienced this wonderful film. 🙂
Such a great movie. Seen it dozens of times, and I tear up every time. My only regret about the movie is that I so very much wished it showed the scene where he re-united with Skylar. I wanted to see Will give the apology that she so very much deserved. I wanted to see her smile again. Skylar was such a cool character.
Nah it’s good that we don’t know what’s happened with Skylar. She may have moved on. The point is that Will finally plays a hand. Even if he loses that hand, he had the guts to play it.
@@chart6454 Let's just say hypothetically, that they had actually extended the ending to include them re-uniting. Do you think there would be any chance at all that they would end it with Skylar moving on, and Will limping back to Boston, with sagging shoulders and a tear streaked face? No, of course not. So what are we talking about here? Because I'm talking about seeing a happy movie ending. And you're talking reality. lol
I agree the whole point of the movie is that you can't learn your life in a book you have to go live it and see what happens, you win some you lose some, but go find out
When Robin Williams asked the director Gus Van Sant "Who wrote this script?". Gus Van Sant said "These two kids Ben Affleck and Matt Damon". Then Robin Williams said "No seriously who wrote this?". Gus Van Sant said "Seriously". Which really impressed Robin Williams who said "This script has a depth of writing that you don't often see with young writers".
One of the truly excellent films over the last 50 years... The performances were all pitch perfect... and it felt so true to life. Robin Williams was absolutely incredible. Since you loved this one so much, I really think you'll love these films: "PLEASANTVILLE" (starts off as a comedy, then goes into a greater social awareness in a brilliant way.), "STRANGER THAN FICTION" (another comedian turning a great dramatic role), "ARRIVAL" (one of the greatest sci fi films ever... so much heart and beauty in this one), "CHILDREN OF MEN" (a dystopian near-future about a world where nobody can conceive children... amazing) "AMELIE" (One of my favorite French films ever... bright, joyous, hilarious, astonishing, fun, romantic... it's got it all)... LOVE your reactions and thoughtful commentary, Evie! Cheers!
Many adlibbed lines in this- Ben’s brother’s (Casey Affleck) lines were all adlibbed. And Robin’s line about his wife’s farts were all adlibbed. That’s why Damon is laughing so hard and why the camera shakes because the cameraman was laughing as well. This is a superb movie. The acting is great and so is the writing. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck actually won the Oscar for this (so did Williams). Damon and Affleck really had a lot of experience within what they were writing so it really helped in this script. Matt Damon went to Harvard and was supposed to write a one-act. He ended up writing a movie which turned into this one. My favorite moment - beyond “it’s not your fault” is Robin’s monologue on the bench. I love how long it’s just one shot and only near the end so we see some other shots with Will…. It’s beautiful…With distinguishing accents… According to google + stuff from me… for New York “coffee” would be pronounced “cawfee.” For example, “on” would be pronounced “awn. For Boston - “ar” becomes “ah” (but like “aah I’m scared” not “open and say ah”): As the famous idiom dictates, “park your car in Harvard Yard” becomes “pahk yah cah in Hahvud Yahd”. Anyway, great reaction to an awesome movie!
Came to give you the views and comments and likes, as always. 😉 But I meant to say in my comments on Patreon, that I'd never thought before about how easy it would have been to go down the road in the story, where Will's friends get angry and feel left out, or try to hold him back. But you're right this was a much more interesting and surprising avenue for them to go down, and I'm grateful for it too. ❤❤
Can u believe these 2 dorks, Matt and Ben, started writing this in their early twenties, having no idea what or how to write! And someone they knew was blown away, and got a rough bit to robin! And how they got Robin and Stellen to do this, I'll never know! Robin won an Oscar for this! After Robin died, Matt goes back to the bench every year on Robin's bday, sometimes with his kids. The park bench is a memorial now! The younger guy is Casey Affleck! The red head is now in Yellowstone, Cole Hauser! A fantastic actor, but a bit of a loose cannon. His father was even a better actor, but certifiable! Wings Hauser!! Originally, they didn't know how to write the end. Robin comes up with the final line, director and Matt look at each other like, Movie done! He add-libbed the wife farting lines. Matt is cracking up for real. Even the camera man was rolling....look at the camera frame on that scene, it's shaking! Robin has done several top feel good movies. This, patch Adams, good morning Vietnam, awakenings, Dead Poets, and really one could say the bird cage, Doubtfire and Jumanji....which is really a movie about Spielberg's relationship with his dad.
The first meeting between Sean and Will reminded me of how strong Robin Williams was. You can tell by his forearms and stocky build. You would not want to pick a fight with him. When Sean said he could bench 285, I bet Robin could have benched more than that.
I seen this at the theater with my dad. It’s still one of my favorite movies. At the end when Robin says That sob stole my line was ad libbed by Robin Williams. They liked that line so much they kept it in the movie
Loved that your first comments after the movie was about chucky and his friends wanting the best for him. So much inspiration to be taken from this film. Great reaction
Beautiful movie, full of emotions with some good humor and great acting. Wonderful reaction as well. You are right about being "gifted", not always a gift. Of course I am nothing like Will, but it certainly is hard to connect a lot of the times.
I remember my mother once told me every person is gifted in something. If you're lucky, you find it early, but just because you're gifted in something doesn't mean you have to be THAT thing. You make the path you follow. This movie shows me you can be gifted in life, but does that give you an actual life worth living. A person can surround themselves with everything and still be hollow inside.
I feel so connected to this film. I had an abusive childhood. I lost the woman I love and my son. It makes it so difficult to want to love again. I struggle everyday, but this film comforts me.
They wrote this when they were both just 21 and even won an Oscar for best screen play. Robin Williams I think won for best supporting actor for this movie as well. Back then Hollywood was special and full of talent rather than entitlement
Yours is one of the better reviews I have seen. Almost all of them from women.... they share a commonality in the utter lack of understanding of several generation, ethnic ( in the case of Southie) working class values. Why the fight scene? I went to the same HS as Damon and Affleck, years earlier. (It was Cambridge High and Latin when I was there) I understand the working class places in this film. Cambridge has been gentrified to a huge extent over the years. Southie was 5 or 6 generations Irish in my time. Our Representative in Cambridge was Tip O'Neil. (From North Cambridge) Ethnicity was HUGE in those days. Italians in East Cambridge etc etc . Kids were tough and tribal. I was too!
36:36 “Which one is this?” That right there is one of the many beautiful things about this movie: it doesn’t matter which job he took. It only matters that he agreed to take one (for as long as that lasted)
Best film monologues (In no particular order): Sean Maguire: Good Will Hunting, "The Bench" Vito Corleone: The Godfather, "The Five Families Meeting" Hyman Roth: The Godfather II, "Moe Greene" Quint: Jaws, "The USS Indianapolis" Andy Dufresne: The Shawshank Redemption, "Zihuatanejo/Buxton" Hannibal Lecter: The Silence of The Lambs, "Poor White trash" Howard Beale: Network, "I'm Mad as Hell" V: V for Vendetta, "Good Evening, London"; "The Story of Chancellor Sutler" John Prentiss, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, "Get off my Back" Matt Drayton: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, "It doesn't matter a damn what we think" Many more are out there! Great films usually have great monologues.
Interesting note. This movie put both Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on the map. Steven Spielberg wanted a no name actor cast in his movie, Saving Private Ryan. He casted Matt Damon. He wasnt aware that this move was coming out before his movie. And Matt Damon became the new hot actor :)
Your reaction to "Good Will Hunting" was fun to watch and your observations are truly insightful. I can tell you genuinely enjoyed the film and took the time to understand the characters and their arcs. Your reactions to certain scenes gave me a fresh perspective on some of the movie's best moments. I completely agree with your sentiment about the evolving relationship between Will and Sean. The gradual connection they develop, the struggles they go through, and the ultimate breakthrough are indeed incredibly moving. I'm glad you caught on to the importance of the role that trust plays in their relationship. I also appreciated your sensitivity towards Will's fear of intimacy and abandonment, and the narrative of how one can rise from difficult circumstances with the right mentorship and emotional support. It's wonderful to see such a thoughtful, heartfelt person react to one of my favorite movies.
I was walking down a hallway in Toronto at Central Tech, a high school, when I realized it was the hallway from Good Will Hunting. I found numerous locations in Toronto from the movie.
The bar scene is great, but they should have made it Morgan who tried to flirt with Skylar and then got approached by ponytail guy. ...because it would be believable that he'd need to be saved by will. Chucky's personality and already proven willingness to fight at the drop of a dime makes it hard to believe that he wouldn’t have immediately punked ponytail out as soon as ponytail stepped to him.
42:20 "It's very impressive that this was written byMatt Damon and Ben Affleck." Absolutely. This screenplay demonstrates an understanding of human psychology and behavior that is, frankly, astonishing from young men of their age.
@@Spidr-Man An article said Matt started it for a class when he was in Harvard, so he would have been no older than 20. (He left college early -- without graduating -- to take a role in Geronimo: An American Legend.) He and Ben together then finished the first draft in 1994 when they were between 21 and 24. At the time, the film was a thriller, but the duo was advised to remove the thriller aspect and put all the focus on the therapy. They revised the script, it was produced, and they were 25 and 27 when the film was ultimately released.
To me this is one of the best movies ever made and mostly because Robin Williams. His work was beautiful. Thank you for giving us such a honest feelings. You're amazing.
The song you seemed to be enjoying at the very beginning of the schoolyard fight scene was ax extremely popular song in the 70’s called “Baker Street” By Gerry Rafferty He had another titled “Right Down The Line” Enjoy 😊
The hardest thing to explain to people is how close this movie hits to people who have experienced terrible abuse and survived. We never even in therapeutic settings feel like we deserve or can in any way achieve good things. Its an uphill battle worth fighting everyday. There can be no retreat and no surrender.
The writing of this movie is great, but Robin Williams improvisations made it even better. The most two commonly mentioned improvisations are the joke about his wife, which makes Will's (Matt Damon's character) laughter completely authentic, and the "... he stole my line" line. When he improvised that last line, every one was like "Yes! That's it! The entire movie was coming up to that line!"
❤️ loved the reaction. This is a very well written movie by Ben and Matt,, a little FYI they both won the Oscar for best original screenplay for this movie that year 🤘🏼🤘🏼 anyWho, God bless you and good luck with your channel. Keep up the great work 😁
A lot of people don't know this. But the scene at the end where Robin Williams is reading the letter, and Will tells him he "had to go see about a girl"... Robin Williams response to the letter, "son of a bitch... he stole my line"... was improv.
Great reaction to one of my all-time favourite movies. A well-deserved Oscar for Damon & Affleck and one of Robin Williams finest performances. Couldn't hazard a guess as to how many times I've watched this movie, but 35:34 gets me every time. 😭 Evie and I cry at all the same moments...Subscribed! 👍✌❤
Wow great reaction. Good Will Hunting is a powerful movie. The last scene with Matt & Robin always makes me tear up. I love seeing other peoples reaction to this movie, it always seems to impact you in some way. Bless you & i shall subscribe ❤
You have a really good take on this movie. Also, this film is great no matter how many times you see it. It is so well written that you don't have to be a genius, or a male, or an orphan, or an abuse survivor to relate to it and for it to have relevance in your own life. Here is the great irony about this movie : It's so good because the script is so good; and the script is so good because the movie didn't have much of a budget. If you notice, most scenes are just two people sitting in a room, talking -- because that is all they could afford to shoot. So all of these scenes had many rewrites and refinements to make them richer and richer so that the viewers wouldn't get bored by the lack of action. Sometimes people think that this script was so good that the movie didn't require a lot of action. That's true but it's backwards. Damon and Affleck have talked about how the script is so good *because* they couldn't afford action.
The "Farting in your sleep" story was completely made up on the spot during filming by Robin Williams. No one knew what Robin was doing or going with it, so they kept on filming just in case. Matt Damon's reaction and laughter was his true reaction. He was laughing so hard that he thought he was going to piss his pants. The scene was so good that they had to leave in the movie.
I don't mean to encroach on anything here. Nor sound too "sappy"... But this story is the story of my life (without the intellect). Also born in Boston... Father (who was MENSA himself) "checked out" on the responsibility for raising 2 kids when I was five (have a little sister). On the few occasions this father would see his two kids he would tell his son "you'll never amount to anything" (he thought that would motivate me?)... Grew up with a serious "chip on my shoulder". That mode was great for playing sports (i was a pretty "aggressive" football player) but had no social life. No proms, no HS girlfriend, just football, basketball, tennis... In college met THE MOST PERFECT, beautiful, smart, determined girl ever born... She WAS the most beautiful coed on campus and for some unknown reason she decided she liked me... We became a couple. I was her first "adult relationship". I was (painfully) shy and absolutely adored her... Still do... She wanted to become a doctor - which she is - and as I was already out of school (I was a Jr transfer, so a couple of years older), we moved to where our state college was located so she would have a better chance to get into med school... My life floundered. No direction. Kind of lost some self respect (I hadn't made it as a pro tennis player)... After almost four years we decided that - and here is where my life takes a bit of departure from the movie script - we should take a break from each other so I could try and "find myself"... For the next ten years I did not... She married her med school lab partner... I never had another relationship. 40+ years... Never wanted one. Knew I would never again have "that feeling"... So, in this sense, I can appreciate what Robin Williams is saying about his late wife... To love someone THAT much. To admire that person, respect that person. There is no better feeling... My father - to feed his own ego - tried to break me... And, to wrap this up, I did ultimately "find myself"... 6 presidents interviewed, 37 Super Bowls covered, 60 countries visited, a fairly consequential career producing sports broadcasts. But nothing has EVER compared to sharing those moments with my college girlfriend... Five years ago she lost her husband, four years ago she reached out to me... And now we have reconnected... And that final scene of the movie? That's the Mass Pike just west of the Chicopee exit. I've driven that same route hundreds of times. And felt the same feeling Will was undoubtedly feeling on those same miles as well...
In hindsight, this film may be dissected and judged and maybe appropriately over the years. But you cant ever take away the impact of William's monologue to Damon on that bench in the park. That's universal and timeless and cuts many of us right to the soul. The writing is amazing but it works so well largely because of Williams, who is so good generally, but so much so in that moment. Us losing him in a way that his character in this film feels like could've helped and maybe that's why he was so good... The best thing about this film is that many of us felt seen, even if it's fictional...
I enjoyed your reaction to this magnificent movie. People should watch movies like this one, Shawshank Redemption, The Bucket List at least once every few months.
