MYST Post #2

Good Will Hunting:
This is a movie of opportunity and willingness to take a chance when no one else believed in you. Its a movie that shows that it doesn't matter what background someone comes from or "what kind of hand" they were dealt with at the start, but that anyone has true potential in life but sometimes it takes a certain individual to reveal that hidden talent. I felt that after watching this film, I found that the best cinematic aspect was the camera angles. One of the most powerful scenes was when Matt Damon meets Robin Williams for the second time and they sit at a park bench overlooking the pond. Robin can see that it is going to take some work to get through to Damon so he begins to try to relate to him through his hardships as a child. The camera focuses on Robin as he tells his troubled past and we no longer can see Damon as the film really wants us to focus on what Robin has to say. As he is almost done saying what he has to say, the camera slowly drifts back and allows us to see Damon's reaction. He sits there almost puzzled and afraid as this angle helps us go through Damon's realization of his own problems through Robins experience.

One of the most important scenes in this film was the very last one when Ben Affleck, Damon's best friend, slowly walks up to Damon's house, as he always does every morning, and knocks on his door to pick him up. But for the first time, Damon isn't there to answer the door. Affleck confused knocks again and looks through the window to see if his friend is inside but he seems to not be home. Affleck takes a step back and just gives a small smirk as he heads back to his car knowing that his dear friend took his advice to go make something of himself. He told him earlier in the movie that he has an opportunity that everyone around him would kill for. That he shouldn't accept the position he's at in life and take a chance to go do something. Throughout the movie he had people telling him to step up and do what his unique knowledge would allow him to do, but it took his best friend to finally give him that eye opening wake up call and pursue what he wanted in life and not let his past hold him back any longer.

If I had to compare this movie to another, I would choose The Internship. This is a classic Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy but it has a positive message to it, one similar to Good Will Hunting. Its about these two best friends that just lost their jobs and are looking for a new career path to take, so they decide to get an internship with Google. They are both not familiar at all with all the demands that are asked of an employee of Google but work their way up the chain. They have many people who doubt them and try to discourage them throughout the movie, but these two friends push each other to be better and really believe that they can be better. Without the support from each other, they would both fail to achieve the goal they set out for themselves. So with that said, it just takes one person who truly believes in you and supports you for you to reach your goal in life and that anyone can do anything with the right mindset and surroundings.