Movie Analysis : ' Good Will Hunting '

The movie Forrest Gump played by Tom Hank is a story about Forest Gump a simple man and his journey through life. Gump was simple minded and lived his life by a set of values taught to him by his mother (Sally Field). While Forest sat down waiting for a bus, he tells his story. Forest takes part in several defining historical moments such as the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal and also had painful experiences. Despite his setbacks and naive nature, he struggles and triumphs in everything he did. Forrest developed a good self-esteem and self-concept with the help of his mother’s observation, love, and sincerity. With his mother and Jenny’s encouragements, he was able to overcome his physical handicap and become an outstanding runner among other things. This movie is an example of the how a child’s mind developed through series of stages. This paper shows the following key points; intellectual disability, Erickson’s intimacy vs isolation, low self-esteem, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

His presenting self was the safeguard to his private self. Will was very much aware of his gift and his enormous potential but shunned it like some burden, or at least that's what he wanted others to believe. He often told Sean Maguire, his shrink with whom he had developed a bond, that his gift was something he didn't ask for, and he'd be perfectly fine working an honorable blue-collar job with his buddies. Despite his assertion regarding his gift as an aggravation Will's actions contradict, for he is asked why he just so happened to get a custodial job in the world's foremost institute for technology, M.I.T if he wanted nothing to do with his genius. Maguire sees behind Will's visage, he realizes Will is a wounded soul who really knows nothing about life for he hasn't experienced it, it is so much more that what he read in a book. It is hard to say what Will should have done for he had a difficult past one that most cannot relate too, or have any idea what it may be like to live it. However, If Will had been a little more open to the people who wanted to love him he would have been much happier. In his quest to never be hurt he was headed for a life where he would never be loved. His thoughts were becoming a self-fulfilling prophesy; where one's expectations of an event make that event more likely to occur (Adler, 65). Had Will been honest with himself and more willing

That brings us to Sean, is the other main central character in Good Will Hunting. Sean, played by Robin Williams, is Will’s psychiatrist. He is a widower that secludes himself from happiness. Being the only psychiatrist that did not turn Will away, Sean had many obstacles to overcome, trying to figure out Will’s troubled life. One of the most memorable scenes in

Food and Drug Association agents on one side, desperately sick people on the other. Anyone would normally think these two groups would be on the same page but this was the scene for many buyers’ clubs around the nation in the late 80’s and early 90’s as the HIV/AIDS crisis took ahold of America and what inspired the movie Dallas Buyers Club. The movie is based on the story of AIDS patient Ron Woodroof, who was described as “handsome, in a Texas dumb hick white trash kinda way” by his transgender sidekick, Rayon, and his pursuit to live despite the fact that the only drug approved by the FDA to fight AIDS is actually killing patients. The growth of buyers’ clubs proves that in a time where AIDS victims

The movie Good Will Hunting shows a dramatic relationship between a teacher and student and also relationship's between fellow teachers. The film helps you grow with the characters in order to anticipate and acknowledge the ways in which they interact with one another. It also incorporated the way that egos develop and arise due to relationships and how they can interact with the daily lives of people.

The differences which indicate a film 's story and a film 's plot are the “what and the how”.

Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese in 1990. This film is an account told by a young man named Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), who is an Irish-Italian teen who aspires to become part of the Mafia at a young age. He later marries a Jewish girl named Karen (Lorraine Bracco) who soon found her life to become absorbed with the Mafia, almost more so than Henry. This movie shadows Henry’s life in the Mafia for about 30 years. It tells of his ideas and infatuations with life consisting of unlimited power and extreme “highs” down to the lows, disloyalty, and deterioration that comes with life in the Mafia. Three other main characters of this film are the “wiseguys”. Paul “Paulie” Cicero (Paul Sovino), who is known as the boss of the neighborhood and becomes a “father” to Henry. Even though his ranking in the Mafia lands him the title of a “bad Guy” he does have a compassionate side. Jimmy “the Gent” Conway (Robert De Niro) is more of your lower level mobster, who just does what Paulie tells him to do. Since he is Irish he can’t be a big wig in the mafia. Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) is another one of Paulie’s trusted mobsters and actual member of the family. He is a loose cannon ready to explode at any time, who has grown up in the mob family.

An underdog is someone “. . . who, by all expectations, should not have won” (Gladwell 8). In the movie Happy Gilmore, Gilmore a former hockey star was trying to save his grandmother’s house by signing up for the Pro Golf Tour. It occurred to Gilmore that if he could use a slap shot swing to hit golf balls he could make the money he needed. Gilmore’s aggressive playing and wild run-up swing never should have been successful in the game of golf, but it was. Gilmore’s crazy style and skill won over the hearts of the viewers and allowed him to defeat his opponent, Shooter McGavin. Shooter McGavin also tried to sabotage Gilmore’s games but was unsuccessful. In Happy Gilmore, I think that the viewers and his opponents saw his style as goofy and

In the film, Good Will Hunting, the main character, Will Hunting, is a gifted mathematician who struggles to find a productive and fruitful life. Throughout the film, Will displays outstanding and one-of-a-kind abilities in the field of mathematics. However, his emotional and social intelligence falls far behind his intellectual intelligence. With a rap sheet stocked full with assault and aggression, Will must navigate himself through life by learning to trust, love, and learn.

Differing opinions exist regarding the purpose and usefulness of a college education. While attending college appears to be a legitimate course of action to advance one’s educational and professional aspirations for some, it may seem senseless when considering the rise of college tuitions coupled with the fact that a college degree does not necessarily guarantee a job. Either way, defining the value and worth of a college education remains subjective. However, in the film, Good Will Hunting, the importance or perceived importance of a college education seems to be rejected at large, namely by the main character, Will Hunting, and his psychologist. Specifically, two main perspectives are shown regarding the frame of mind one should possess regarding education, one that values academic achievement and jobs, and the other that rejects those ideals and focuses primarily on self-discovery to figure out what is wanted in life. Consequently, both perspectives result in different behaviors among the characters in the film. Although Good Wil Hunting accurately highlights some of the major downfalls of a college education, it unfairly criticizes the emphasis college cultures places on achievement and future success. Because of this, the film takes devalues a college education and subtly frames it as a waste of resources through overtly ridiculing it.

For me, the movie "The Graduate" is a film where a lot of people can relate to. Whether they've seen themselves in such situation like Benjamin does or they're actually experiencing it right at the moment. A fresh graduate who wants time to think of what he wants to do next but being pressured with the expectations of his family and friends. I can say that it is a good movie with a lot of strong points but personally i did not like it. I find it hard to applaud a film where i can't sympathize with the main character. And in my opinion, Benjamin is weak.Rather than using the pressure given to him as a fuel to better himself, he let it weigh him down, which leads to making bad decisions that has unbearable consequences at the end.

Good Will Hunting is a story about a young man who struggles to find his true identity. Mr. Hunting is a 21 year old Caucasian young man and who grew up in South Boston, Massachusetts and works as a janitor at MIT and as a construction worker. He lives in the slums and always spends his nights at bars with his best friends. He is afraid to step out into the world and never had a chance to explore life or to use his gift due to being abused as a child. The experiences from his birth to childhood negatively affect emotionally and socially that he becomes very defensive and afraid to be rejected from others.

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

Good Will Hunting, a world famous film by Matt Damon, is one of the most well-crafted and profound films the world has ever seen. Released in 1998, the movie depicts a young South Boston screwup as he journeys from convict to mathematician thanks to his brilliant mind and the guidance of two clever but contentious men at each shoulder. Will is a young man looking to get through life with easy drinking and careless behavior, but after a run-in with a group of policemen and a challenging chalkboard, he is forced into therapy with a recovering widower and begins completing complex math problems with an unstable professor who is past his prime. He also takes up with a pre-med student at Harvard from England who shows him new ways to think about the world, even when he thought he had seen them all. The brilliance of Good Will Hunting comes in the shape of the witty dialogue, symbolic motifs, and a retinue of dynamic characters around the changing Will, and these all come together to create not just a film, but a work of art.

Several years ago, “Inglourious Basterds” marked my first Quentin Tarantino movie. I knew little about Tarantino, other than that he was beloved by cinephiles and had a penchant for dialogue and violence. So it seemed like a WWII movie from such a director would be spectacular. I was disappointed, as I also was with the other Tarantino film I’ve seen, “Pulp Fiction.” I simply wasn’t expecting the conversation heavy, relatively action-free idiosyncratic movie that is “Inglourious Basterds” But as my film knowledge has increased, I’ve found myself wanting to rewatch this movie and give Tarantino some more chances. I’m glad I did because I was certainly wrong about this movie after I first saw it.