John Doe Intro to Film Good Will Hunting Robin William’s character in “Good Will Hunting” helps exploit the intelligence within Matt Damon’s character and helps the young man escape his adolescence through accepting his past. Matt Damon plays his part differently throughout the film to show us how his character is maturing and dealing with the new perception on life he is being opened up to. How the film is shot and the type of character he plays in different environments helps accentuate
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The movie Good Will Hunting has characters that have successful qualities. Success is when a person achieves their goals‚ whether it be raising a family or having a successful job. Will Hunting is a mathematical genius and Gerald Lambeau worked very hard to get to where he is. Chuckie Sullivan is loyal and Skylar is caring. However‚ Sean Maguire is the most successful person in the movie because he is an understanding and empathetic person‚ he is knowledgeable in the field he enjoys working in‚ and
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GOOD WILL HUNTING SYNOPSIS This movie is based on the character Will Hunting who works at MIT‚ a prestigious University‚ as a janitor. He endured an extremely rough childhood as an orphan. Whilst working one day Will stops and puzzles out a math problem written on a blackboard that had been left for the graduate students to solve‚ but none could accomplish it. upon seeing this Professor Lambeau discovers Will’s limitless intelligence and decides to bail him out of jail for his crime of assault
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Fabian Gonzales Mrs. Schuler Writing 836 Feb. 8‚ 2011 Good Will Hunting Sometimes our past can cause pain that doesn’t allow us to trust others. People we trust can cause us to put up a wall and look to other things for comfort. In the movie‚ Will Hunting found his comfort in books. Will Hunting needed a real friendship to help him open up his mind in order to discover that there is more to life than living through the books he reads. In the movie‚ there are four main characters‚ each
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Karisa Zamy Zamy1 Lowell Harris COM 260 2/26/15 The two films I am going to get into depth with and compare is The Academy award winning drama Good Will Hunting‚ and also another Academy award winning film Mrs. Doubtfire‚ both starring the legend Robin Williams. In both the films Robin Williams plays an important supportive role and proves that he can make a difference. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon also play great lead and supporting roles where we can see the characters grow and have a
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Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting is an unusual character portrait of a self-taught genius named Will Hunting‚ who grew up as an orphan in South Boston‚ suffered abuse at the hands of his foster father and engaged in gang violence because of his rough upbringing as a child. Will is a mathematical genius with a photographic memory but struggles to find his place in the world. Will works as a school janitor at M.I.T‚ one of the prestigious technical universities around‚ while working‚ he delights
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Good Will Hunting 1) Will hunting was an orphan. As a child he was moved from foster house to foster house and during this time he didn’t receive proper moral development. He was alone and probably acted out by breaking things‚ hurting other kids and talking back but this got him punished. In the movie he explains that he would get abused by his foster parents‚ he would get cigarette buds put out on his skin and probably got a lot of verbal abuse. This could’ve resulted in his relationship issues
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Good Will Hunting is a movie with an all-star cast including Matt Damon‚ Robin Williams‚ and Ben Affleck just to name a few. Matt Demon plays the main character Will Hunting while Robin Williams and Ben Affleck play supporting roles as a psychology professor and best friend. The movie introduces Will as a janitor at MIT that is much smarter than he lets on. In fact‚ Will Hunting is a mathematical genius. Stellan Skarsgard plays a professor at MIT named Gerald Lambeau. Professor Lambeau decided
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Good Will Hunting Movie Analysis The movie Good Will Hunting is about Will Hunting‚ a janitor with an Irish background and a pure gift for math. He is the janitor at the notorious college MIT and often cleans near a prominent math/chemistry professor’s classroom. This professor assigns his class a task that would involve solving a very difficult math problem and the reward would be an automatic A in the class and the ability to work with the professor on research. Will‚ having an excellent background
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Hunting is considered as a hobby for most people across the world‚ it is also known as a crime in many countries. The animal instinct in humans was first brought alive through hunting during the Stone Age‚ when man had not discovered any resources of food other than predation. He hunted like other wild animals‚ schemed a plan to attract his prey‚ waited till it approached and then pounced on it with weapons till the animal finally gave in. This practice of hunting has been followed even after millions
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