An individual is shaped and molded by how they are treated by those that surround them. Most people value the opinions of those they care about and want to act in accord. Consequently, the choices people make are greatly influenced by the people in their lives. Sometimes, someone will become close with people who are different from each other. Such is the case in Good Will Hunting. Will Hunting (Matt Damon) struggles between the people that created him and the people that discovered him. Will Hunting is a 20 year old genius with untapped potential. Lacking a post-secondary education, Will spends his time reading borrowed library books. What he reads, he knows. He can quote college textbook pages and understand theoretical math and science principles that men at the top of the math field struggle with. But his knowledge isn’t put to use as he mops the floors of Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a janitor. He takes breaks from cleaning to solve the math problems that Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard) post outside his classroom. Lambeau wants to know who solves his math problems, which are too complex for all his theoretical math students. As Lambeau is leaving his office late at night, he discovers a janitor grafting on his board. Lambeau chases Will off, but soon realizes he has found a genius. Assuming he’s fired, Will heads out with his friends to blow off steam. When they come across Will’s old elementary bully, they decide to beat him up. As Will is wailing punches on his former bully, the cops show up. Will recites quotes about American liberty as he represents himself in court. The judge is unimpressed as he reviews Will’s rap sheets and says there is no way for Will to talk his way out of j... ... middle of paper ... ...rspectives and opportunities. It is friendship that has the power to keep a person close to home. And it is friendship that gives a person the support to leave their home. Works Cited Ebert, Roger. "Good Will Hunting." RogerEbert.com. N.p., 25 Dec. 1997. Web. 17 Apr. 2014. Hauge, Michael. "Revealing Your Hero's Wound: Good Will Hunting." Revealing Your Hero's WoundsMich: Good Will Hunting. N.p., 2010. Web. 17 Apr. 2014. Levy, Emanuel. "Review: 'Good Will Hunting'" Variety.com. N.p., 30 Nov. 1997. Web. 17 Apr. 2014. Maslin, Janet. "Logarithms and Biorhythms Test a Young Janitor." Nytimes.com. N.p., 5 Dec. 1997. Web. 17 Apr. 2014. "Robin Williams' Therapy Makes 'Will Hunting' Good." Review and Analysis: Good Will Hunting. N.p., Aug. 2008. Web. 16 Apr. 2014 "Supplemental Materials for Good Will Hunting." Teach with Movies. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.
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Within the very beginning of the film, the wonderful portrayal of William by Billy Crudup gives the audience a lasting impression by Burton of the blatant resentment and distain William has towards his father and his mythological stories. Wallace, while more subtle in his method to reveal the underlying anger of William towards Edward, does not make it any less apparent than Burton of the obvious indifference William feels towards his father. In Burton’s ...
“In the heart of nation’s capital, in a courthouse of the U.S government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.” This tagline helps to sum up the tone of the film A Few Good Men. Two soldiers caught in the middle of right and wrong will keep there hope and loyalty high as they wish for the best. Will the instigator of it all be pressured through his own anger to reveal the truth? Rob Reiner presents Col. Nathan R. Jessep as having an exaggerated self opinion while using his power for evil, based on dispositional factors.
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Good Will Hunting is the graceful tale of a young gentleman’s struggle to find out where he belongs in the world, by first finding out who he himself is. In this film, Matt Damon takes on the role of a disturbed genius that has a keen understanding of the deepness of human character. The film is a voyage through the mind of Will Hunting as he is required to undergo psychotherapy as an alternative to serving jail time. With the assistance of a psychologist, played by Robin Williams, Will learns about himself and recognizes his individual worth in the world by comprehending what is most important to him in his own life. This motion picture serves as a source of superb example for film technique. Gus Van Sant’s directing ability joined with the writing skills of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who also plays Will’s best buddy, Chuckie, is a vibrant mixture of technical features used to induce sentiment and compassion amongst the viewers of this heart-warming film. Characteristics of the color, angles, shots, camera movement, editing, and distortions are all each particularly noteworthy to the general composition of Van Sant’s Good Will Hunting.
He is the underdog, and everybody likes the underdogs in movies. Will makes many bad decisions, like beating people up, and they are overlooked by the viewer because we are on Will’s side and we want him to show up the snobby upper class people, like Professor Lambeau. The professor uses will’s knowledge to make himself, and the upper class, look better, and viewers see that, making us want Will to do well in spite of them.
This again forced me to relate myself to Will because my dad is a superintendant at his job, and whenever he is not home, he’s on call and will have to be on the phone 20 hours a day to sort everything out, just as if he is at work. Even though I know my father has an important role at work I wish that we were closer and I could spend more time with him, just like Will and his father. Throughout this first half of the novel, Will is easily relatable to me, which makes it super easy for me to like him. We live similar lives at school and at home, we follow the same characteristics, and even enjoy the same things. At school Will is an average student who enjoys maths, sciences, and speaking his mind, while at home he stays segregated to himself and follows similar routines to me by helping out our mothers due to the fact that our fathers are never home. Will is a very relaxed teenager who seems to have no cares in the world, and would rather stick to himself rather than do something that he is not interested
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In conclusion Good Will Hunting is a good example of some of the challenges that gifted and talented people face. First, they can be bored if not properly identified, and served. Secondly, they still need the same attention that adults give to students without exceptionalities. Finally, students with exceptionalities face the same social-emotional problems
The purpose of this report is to analyse the personality of the character, Will Hunting from the film Good Will Hunting using the psychodynamic and humanistic theories of personality. The main characters discussed in this text and their relationship to Will can be seen in appendix 1.
This paper will discuss the relationship between Will Hunting and the psychologist Sean Mcguire in the movie Good Will Hunting. The struggles that occur between these main characters will be analyzed and their meanings found. A basic outline of the movie will be included to give the larger picture and its influence upon the two men.
“The Pursuit of Happyness”. Dir. Chris Gardner, Quincy Troupe, and Mim Eichler. Rivas. Perf. Will Smith. Sony Pictures, 2006. DVD.
Dr.Maguire helps Will by generally using empathetic psychodynamic therapy, encouraging the intimate discussion of the client's symptoms and the effects on the client's life. By providing clients with meaningful self-insight on their experiences, psychodynamic therapy is useful for people with a traumatic childhood. But the most important aspect of Dr.Maguire's method is his strong relationship with Will. Other psychologists failed with Will by using outdated therapies like “free association” and not creating an empathetic relationship. Good Will Hunting has thus humorously dealt with the stereotypes of outdated psychotherapies and incompetent therapists. Charlie also receives psychodynamic therapy, though the film doesn't depict the exact dynamics of this treatment. Charlie's situation differs from Will's in that he isn't treated until he is hospitalized for a severe mental breakdown, while Will is treated before his mental condition can deteriorate. Charlie's sessions with psychiatrist Dr.Burton help him recover, and he continues seeing her on a weekly basis after his release from hospital. If Charlie and Will had received therapy sooner in life, their more severe symptoms may have been
Friend has always been regarded as a precious gift presented to human beings. Without friendship, life is completely meaningless. However, building up and keeping a long-last relationship with friend is not simple as there exists many elements contributing to the lifespan of friendship in which communication is included. Samter (2003) points out five mainly necessary competencies for establishing and preserving friendship, which are initiation, responsiveness, self-disclosure, emotional support and conflict management. However, due to length limitation, the essay will focus solely on three main domains: initiation, self-disclosure, and conflict management as well as role of communication and signals of an ending friendship.
One of those problems is an adequate amount of money. That has always been a subject of concern for people and, most likely, always will be. People today know the saying, “Money does not buy happiness,” but life can be taxing and threatening without it. In The Pursuit of Happyness [sic], Will smith is in a situation where he has no money and is trying to acquire an occupation as a stockbroker. When a person is left in a desperate financial situation, he can find the situation emotionally overpowering. A strong r...