Frank Orama ENC 1102 Prof. Goodwin 7/8/2011 Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting is a story of a young man’s journey to find his place in the world by finding out who he really is. Matt Damon plays a troubled genius with a great awareness to other peoples feelings and thoughts. The movie is an adventure through the mind of Will Hunting‚ as he has to go through therapy instead of ending up in jail. Robin Williams. Who plays Will Hunting’s psychologist‚ helps Will discover himself and realize
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The movie Good Will Hunting exploits many points of psychology in the character Will Hunting‚ a janitor at MIT who has a knack for math. Some of the points of psychology include how a character develops after a lot of child abuse during his childhood. It exploits the idea that a child who becomes secluded may never allow an attachment‚ or when an attachment finally starts to occur‚ pushes them away. It also exploits the idea that Will Hunting has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Because of
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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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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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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 great motivational connection with one another. Both films give a great
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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 different in many ways‚ that
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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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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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RUNNING HEAD: Good Will Hunting GOOD WILL HUNTING Myriam Smith St. Thomas University May 3‚ 2012 Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting is a poetic story of a young man who works as a janitor at MIT while living in one of the rough neighborhood in South Boston. Despite his gift in Mathematics‚ he is still having a hard time finding his place in the world. Matt Damon plays a young genius with a troubled childhood and a troubled mind that was severely abused
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Review Film Good Will Hunting Menguak Sisi Gelap Si Jenius Yang Kesepian *Intan Fitranisa* Nobody’s perfect. Ungkapan itu kiranya sesuai menggambarkan sosok Will Hunting (Matt Damon)‚ laki-laki jenius dengan masa lalu yang kelam. Hampir 20 tahun hidupnya dihabiskan dalam kesendirian dan kesepian. Meski‚ Ben (Ben Affleck) dan dua orang sahabatnya senantiasa menemani‚ Will yang yatim piatu masih menyimpan ketakutan masa lalu. Hari-hari Will yang berprofesi sebagai cleaning service di MIT berubah
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