Who Is Matt Damon? Born on October 8, 1970, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Matt Damon's acting career took off when he acted in the writing 1997's Good Will Hunting with the actor and a friend Ben Affleck. They won an original screenplay Oscar for the project. Damon has since acted in many movies. Like in one of my favorite movies, “Martin” Early Life Matthew Paige Damon, His mother, Nancy, was a professor in childhood education, while his father, Kent, worked in a real estate. Matt has a brother,
Good Will Hunting, written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, was released in December of 1997 by Lawrence Bender Productions. While the movie holds true to two hours, viewers do not notice the length as the film is filled with outstanding actors who evoke true emotions in anyone who watches this film. Some would describe a movie like this as a “crowd-pleaser”; since the outcome of the film is predictable, but the plot is revealed in a way that the director, Gus VanSant, can still leave the viewer guessing
Good Will Hunting: An Analysis In the film Good Will Hunting, Will Hunting, played by Matt Damon, is a 20-year old genius orphan living by himself in a run-down apartment in South Boston (Matt Damon). His only friends are Chuckie Sullivan, Morgan O’Malley, and Billy McBride played by Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, and Cole Hauser respectively. At the beginning of the film, Will is working as a janitor at MIT due to a string of assaults and car thefts he committed prior to the events in the film. However
change, or negative. Though an inner journey is a journey of the subconscious, it allows the individual to reflect on their progress and development in the light of encounters which challenge and inspire them. Concepts of inner journey can be seen in Matt Cameron’s Contemporary Australian theatre and drama Ruby moon and Gus Van Sant’s Good will hunting. Ruby Moon challenges the conventions, forms and styles of traditional theatre in order to engage and inform the audience with the social and personal
Analysis of the Use of Film Trailers and Film Posters Film posters come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colours. Some have appealing pictures on that target a particular age group, some are for a general audience, but they all use the same things on the poster. Anchorage, Alliteration and Eye catching devices. You can find them at a wide range of places, like at the cinema inside and out, or on big billboards, or even in town. But they all have one target in mind, to make you spend
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead. It doesn’t matter their age, gender, who and what they like, color of their skin, whether they are human or animals they deserve the right to be, who they want to be and not have consequences for doing it. It involves ideas like protests and petitions. A true story about activism is an 8th grader named Laurie Wolff who was upset that all of her classmates
The 2009 hit movie Invictus is directed by Clint eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Freeman plays the role of South African President Nelson Mandela and matt Damon plays the role of Francois Pioneer, the captain of the Springbok Rugby Team. The movie tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help bring together their country and win the 1995 rugby world cup. Newly elected President Mandela who has just came
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant. The actors starring in the film are Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, and Stellan Skarsgard. Will Hunting (Matt Damon) seems like a normal twenty year old Boston blue-collar worker who works as a janitor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which happens to be one of the most prestigious schools in the world. Like many kids his age he likes to spend his free time hanging out with his best friends
In the critically acclaimed film, “Good Will Hunting,” the central protagonist, Will Hunting, played by Matt Damon, struggles to balance his supreme intellect with his rugged, masculine and proletarian identity. Will works as a janitor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and catches the attention of mathematics professor Jared Lambeau after Will solves a complex mathematical proof. Lambeau mentors Hunting and provides him with countless opportunities to improve his quality of living
Perhaps one of the most meaningful maxims Emerson wrote would have to be "Insist on yourself, never imitate." This statement captures the total essence of transcendentalism; deny the will and aspirations of others, and follow your own heart.The movie Dead Poets Society begins by introducing the viewers to Todd Anderson, a very subdued and quiet young man. Todd has the average inferiority complex. He is a very bright young man with exceptional abilities. Todd is unwilling to speak his mind for fear
In contemporary times, interpersonal relationships are the most important part of the human social life. Take the example of the popular culture; films and popular songs are popular among all cultures. With these, the themes of life and enduring families are very common. In fact, these, love and family, are the themes to the greatest films (such as Titanic and Avatar) and the best songs. However, these relationships are often punctuated by conflicts. This paper will show that conflict plays a defining
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Robin Williams—the most iconic trio in movie history. This movie lives up to that potential and it will still continue to, it has been since 1997. Good Will Hunting is a movie that forces tears and laughter in the same scene. The relationship between the characters are unique and refreshing. Ever since I watched this movie, it has quickly taken over to be one of my favorites. Good Will Hunting is a classic, it is more than a movie about a wicked smart boy, it has more
The Departed makes use of previous works and puts a spin ... ... middle of paper ... ...l Higher Education, 2009. Print. 2. Bergan, Ronald. Film. New York: DK Pub., 2006. Print. 3. The Departed. Dir. Martin Scorsese. Perf. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson. Warner Bros., 2006. DVD. 4. Derschowitz, Jessica. ""The Departed" Has Connection to James "Whitey" Bulger - Celebrity Circuit - CBS News." Breaking News Headlines: Business, Entertainment & World News - CBS News. Web. 17 July
gruesome and the movie portrayed this perfectly. The action scenes brought together the vibe of the movie tied the audience into the film to see and feel what they were. In addition, another movie with great action scenes is Bourne Identity with Matt Damon. In this movie Jason Bourne is left near death when a boat picks him up, he has no memory of who he is and only has skills for self defense and fighting. He goes out on a mission to find out who he is and why he is trying to be assassinated. The
Written by two young and little known boys of the time, Matt Damon (also plays the protagonist ‘Will’) and Ben Afflect (as ‘Chuckie’, his best pal in the movie), ‘Good Will Hunting’ is a timeless portrayal of emotions and human psychology. Directed by Gus Van Sant, the movie walks us through the journey of a young man who struggles emotionally due to the horrors of his past and is not game enough for anticipated loses. At the same time he possesses gifts of genius intellect and mathematical thinking
Leadership “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader,” (Adams). A leader is a person with the ability to comfort somebody through any task. He or she can make a person trust them whole heartedly. They make people believe in their cause. There are only a few exceptional people that can affect the world on such a massive level that it leaves you in awe, and Nelson Mandela is one of those few exceptional people. He is one of those people
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
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
Textual Analysis Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, is a story of a troubled genius finding his place in the world. Will Hunting works as an MIT janitor until solving a math equation gets his talents in the eye’s of Professor Gerald, a math professor. After getting into a fight and potentially going to jail the character decides to attend therapy sessions regularly. Gus Van Sant is a well known director who is known to illustrate emotional meaning
Jason Iloulian Professor Labalsamo Written Expression I 12 November 2014 Good Will Hunting (Final Revision) While it was a huge success financially and critically acclaimed as well, the movie, Good Will Hunting, offers vivid focus on a young math savant from the socioeconomic realities of Boston’s South End, an underserved section of town that is not unlike inner city environments across the country. I will review and critique the film from the perspective of sociology and the changes a marginalized