Watched this because kevin smith has a producer credit.
Im just slightly kidding, i've heard a lot of great things about it and it always catched my eye sometimes while searching through letterboxd on what i wanted to watch that day. I think matt damon is great but the one issue i have is that while i think matt damon's character somewhat well rounded....everyone around him simply is not. I would argue a performance can elevate or make a character work even when the script doesn't give them much but i just am incredible detached from most of these people. I struggle to understand why will hunting is chosen to be smart in the script because its not really an end goal rather a transitional one and while its not as close in relationship with the mythical "american dream" like this years french film "the american dream".....it still in relation with that which isn't inherently a problem, i like a lot of films that are a template for such a film but the film doesn't know if it wants to reject or accept it so its stuck in the middle. In the end its love that wins, maybe that is the rejection but that love isn't interesting either, i don't feel much chemistry between those two so rejection within the story isn't satisfying at all.
I also would say i find it very boring to look at on multiple occasions. I really like when it goes for an extreme close up to make us feel like we can't escape the feelings of will but when its not doing that its visually dull.
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