What does the title "Good Will Hunting" mean to you?
03-07-08 | 10:30 PM
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What does the title "Good Will Hunting" mean to you?
in the context of the movie of course.
I posed this interpretive mini-essay question to my Psychology classes after we watched it and was wondering what you all took the title to mean and if there is an answer put forth by Matt Damon or Ben Affleck at some point. Thanks for help.
I posed this interpretive mini-essay question to my Psychology classes after we watched it and was wondering what you all took the title to mean and if there is an answer put forth by Matt Damon or Ben Affleck at some point. Thanks for help.
03-07-08 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Never saw the film. But I would say the title is play on the word "goodwill."
And there you go!
03-07-08 | 11:11 PM
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When he isn't yelling and cussing, he can be pretty good.
03-07-08 | 11:13 PM
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You could look at it as Good Will Hunting, trying to be good. Or maybe it's Good Will Hunting, where he's hunting to find himself. Or maybe it's Goodwill Hunting, where he's trying to find stuff at the Goodwill. I doubt it's that last one.
03-08-08 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Giggles
In Russian the title usually is translated literally as "Brainiac Will Hunting"...
03-08-08 | 08:29 AM
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In German, it means "whale's vagina"
03-08-08 | 01:30 PM
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wow. and here i thought i would get some legitimate, educated answers.
03-08-08 | 01:41 PM
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It make me think of Fucking Matt Damon.
03-08-08 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
wow. and here i thought i would get some legitimate, educated answers.
and by that, I mean watch the movie again.
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03-08-08 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
wow. and here i thought i would get some legitimate, educated answers.
it's a good title...
a clever play on words...
there is some depth to it if you like the film...
03-08-08 | 02:50 PM
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03-08-08 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
wow. and here i thought i would get some legitimate, educated answers.
03-08-08 | 05:24 PM
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I started watching it and when I saw that Minnie Driver was the love interest in the film I had to gag then turn it off. I've tried to watch it many times but there's just too much pretentiousness in the dialogue (ie. Owning the douche at the cafe, all of Driver's lines, the long monologue Damon give at the end) At least Matt Damon turned out to be a pretty cool actor.
03-08-08 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by NiCK Crush
yea what the hell is with the negativity towards Good Will Hunting?
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I loved it, made me cry.
03-08-08 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by NiCK Crush
yea what the hell is with the negativity towards Good Will Hunting?
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Originally Posted by Brack
have you forgotten that almost no movie is universally liked?
I loved it, made me cry.
I loved it, made me cry.
No question that no film is loved by all but it's not like Good Will Hunting was as bad as lets say... Home Alone 3.
I'm with Nick on this, I just don't get the extreme negativity.
I personally thought it was one of the best films that year.
