Good Will Hunting: Evolution of the Market Economy (HD CLIP)

[@gregblake2764]

I'm just impressed that these guys could remember their lines and spit them out so fast it came across as a real conversation.

[@Oryyyt]

it's damn impressive how much commitment was given there

[@StinkySundae]

When millions of dollars are involved, you will be able to do it as well

[@johnsmithee6660]

Matt Damon wrote the script

[@watteau6646]

yeah, because real conversations sound like that. Right.

[@danieldanieldadada]

You should try it. It'll take you 30 minutes to achieve it...

[@anttikettunen8601]

"I swallowed a bug" That's some awesome wingmanning right there.

[@cbus]

That was improvised by Casey Affleck and you can see that Matt Damon almost breaks.

[@nonoyaya3884]

Isn't that what River said in Serenity?

[@hyeboi]

@@cbus you can't say that's him almost breaking

[@cbus]

@@hyeboi I can and I did.

[@ryu7408]

Ahahahahaha

[@DiegOoO235]

Bold of him to assume he'll have a great job with a history degree...

[@reallyhappenings5597]

He'll get into media.

[@TyKOmain]

Yeah but the Harvard name still gets you pretty far regardless of the major.

[@vinlondon8904]

Oh yeah he will. The prime minister of UK has only a degree in fairy tales (Greek mythology) . Lol

[@vinlondon8904]

@@DerAltruist probably.

[@danieljones317]

Agreed. Most of the great men in history didn't get "schooling," but chose to educate themselves.

[@anthonyramsey89]

His smarts are admirable here, but standing by and for your friends when they are being shamed or bullied is the memorable part of this scene.

[@tom_ad9343]

Afflack wasn't being 'bullied' - the Rugby Chad was trying to protect Skylar.

[@taylorc2542]

This is not an accurate representation of smart. Even the smartest people don't have that kind of recall except in narrow areas. This movie makes Will seem like a computer, which is a cartoony sci-fi kind of smart.

[@immortalized_onion]

@@taylorc2542 yeah, it's exaggerated, but that's what makes it entertaining

[@mr.doctorcaptain1124]

@@taylorc2542 he might just be really into that stuff. my memory recall is amazing for physics. But you can tell me your name and date of birth and I can't tell you it back. I can't remember history, English lessons, can't learn foreign languages, no musical talent, but my memory recall is obnoxiously good on a very, very few areas. I took one physics class with a kid who had a photographic memory for science, and only science. I one time watched him look at the board in class for 10 seconds, go back to sleep, and then ace the information that was on that board on the test (he set the curve with a 105 out of a possible 105). I always felt like will hunting was an example of that (everyone has some area where their memory recall is amazing), but for math and science. In this particular instance, it was economics, which is a combination of those two things, so I don't really struggle with it.

[@sherlockholmes8822]

Especially if the one being bullied is Batman himself

[@user-hi3vz3cj8n]

"I have never let schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain

[@lindzeesouperocd7558]

Stop being so mean to people

[@jacobparker1105]

Is this your thing? You come into a KZbin comment section, recite some obscure quote, pass it off as meaningful just to impress some strangers on the internet? See the sad thing about… fuck it I’m bored of this now 😂

[@lindzeesouperocd7558]

@@jacobparker1105 lmaooooo

[@cankitchourasia]

@@jacobparker1105 that was awesome....Hahahaha

[@Xarfax321]

@@jacobparker1105 see? My boy is wicked smaeht!

[@haroldgeorge4412]

Extracts himself from an uncomfortable situation with “I swallowed a bug.” And just walks off. Got to remember that one.

[@edalmeida5989]

That is actually a play on an epic piece of movie history. Brando does this amazing monologue for Apocalypse Now after keeping people waiting on set for a ridiculous amount of time and at the end of the scene he actually “swallowed a bug”

[@therespectedlex9794]

Hardly the main point of this clip.

[@spacewarrior100]

Yeh but the girl was coming up to talk to him and he punked out lol

[@burrob78]

@@spacewarrior100 no. He was being a wing man for his buddy.

[@capnpaco]

@@spacewarrior100 The girl was coming up to talk to Matt Damon's character. He was in the way, so he got himself out of the way.

[@prettyjaysays]

"Maybe, but at least I won't be unoriginal." Love that line.

[@StrangeAttractor]

one of the best lines in one of the best scripts of all time. We'll be watching this movie when we're 90.

[@leethal59]

Being original is overrated. Noone is a snowflake, no more participation awards.

[@rare.phukin.spotted.halibut]

Always thought that was the dumbest come back; seemingly only quotable to people who don't understand it. If you really grew up in a rough environment, you're more stoic, pragmatic, meaning you aren't completely married to any creed, idea, or notion unless it serves your purpose. Reason being, it wastes energy, and nothing's worse than over something as unimportant to your day to day as mercantilism. The come back to that line then is, "Fuck originality." The better line comes out in a movie a few years after, "Fuck Martha Stewart. Martha's polishing brass on the Titanic. It's all going down!" None of it matters.

[@kevinc8955]

@@rare.phukin.spotted.halibut Yeah I liked fight club too but if you actually believe anything they said to be true, you’re basically a child mentally. Things don’t necessarily matter, but nice clothes can make you feel better about yourself. Nice furniture can make your place feel less depressing. Fight club was a doomer’s wet dream, but doomers aren’t exactly people I would aspire to be. Their suicide rates are high for a reason.

[@BygoneGent]

“I swallowed a bug.” That one gets me every time. 😆

[@jgg204]

Legend has it, the dude is still paying off his student loans with that History degree

[@juro6]

Nope, he is busy mobilizing his high school students to get the government to forgive them ...

[@Joseph565112]

And he’s still a virgin talkin that sheet in a bar

[@smacwhinnie]

He ended up in prison and brain damaged

[@localcal82]

Still paying for that loan and working at McDonald’s

[@akamadin]

Are you guys kidding me. He studies hard to out smart Will and embarrass him which he does only to get shotgun down. You guys should really watch Good Will Hunting 2.

[@awesomedavid2012]

The best thing about this scene for me is that it's a mirror of Robin William's monologue to Will. Every criticism he has for this guy applies to himself and its brilliant

[@italishgirl5601]

One of those films I could watch over and over and never get tired of…. RIP Robin Williams🙏

[@benhead77]

Ditto

[@jacknapier5338]

Liked this scene but irl i would hope ben affleck would have said to the pony tail guy "why the fuck you talking to me about marketing economy and southern colonies in a bar bro"

[@Joseph565112]

If he didn’t say it I would’ve. And then I’d yell super loud “eww no I don’t want to see your dic!”

[@coolstuff8763]

Exactly! This wouldn’t have happened in real life but only so Matt could show off his brain power….. in real life, pony tail would never roll up on Ben with his nerd posse outta fear from being hit in the mouth. For the sake of the movie, they had to have an intellectual showdown…. Ooooooww..!

[@therespectedlex9794]

Well, that's because you have limited sense of you own vulnerability, or empathy.

[@jacknapier5338]

@@therespectedlex9794 sorry if pony tail is a friend or relative of yours... Didn't mean any disrespect. You guys will get laid one day !

[@kiritimatiswan1986]

@@therespectedlex9794 P r o j e c t

[@masochistboy653]

Jason Bourne and Batman humiliated a history major

[@fawadqureshi3498]

That's rude 😭😂

[@edyburkay]

That was Ben Affleck Right? "Bourne's friend". I just looked at him carefully after this comment .

[@aamirrazak3467]

well he kinda asked for it the way he was talking

[@MeowMixx411]

Problem is, jason was not Bourne yet.

[@andyholstein237]

Which is unnecessary. Life ultimately humiliates liberal arts majors, no need to rub it in.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

What I love about this scene, and have always loved about it, is Will batters him intellectually, then when the harvard bloke gets personal, he asks him if he wishes to take it outside. He’ll happily kick his ass in a multitude of different ways.

[@limejuice2356]

So now violence is the answer? What if the guy was a 6'6 monster? He got owned, "at least I won't be unoriginal" is the shittiest comeback in the history of comebacks. Hey man, I am homeless, but at least I am original.

[@limejuice2356]

@Michael Mueller At least I am not unoriginal. See? How lame is that?

[@matthewthehawk1066]

@@limejuice2356 I don’t think you get what Will was implying…..

[@limejuice2356]

@@matthewthehawk1066 perhaps

[@thomasjames964]

@@limejuice2356 being unoriginal is a huge insult. You get one life. And he's saying he's living someone elses. Like, what's even the point?

[@Top5AutoRepairs]

$150k for a history degree. I wouldn't be surprised seeing him working at McDonald's.

[@asajayunknown6290]

In a just world, I would totally agree. Unfortunately, the majority of Harvard grads end up as scions of corporate or political America, regardless of their field of study. I've worked with Ivy League grads. With an exception here and there, the only thing "better" about their education is that it imbues them with pomposity, ego, and unsubstantiated feelings of intellectual superiority. Most aren't much more intelligent than your A-student from your local community college. Sad, but in my experience, true. I LOVE this scene!😎

[@VICTORGARIBALDI]

Lol!!

[@datsumcrzysht]

As a history major, he likely went to law school and now being a Dck to someone else.

[@dagbye4541]

you underestimate the significance of history in how current decisions are made. I am sure you apply experience (history) when you repair vehicles...

[@picklerix6162]

You need a history degree to operate the shake machine at Mickey D’s.

[@justinsugay1149]

Outflexing that guy mentally like that beating ultimately a punk at his own game is oh so satisfying to watch. It's like karate kid but with brains instead of kicks! Great film!

[@dazediss6629]

Nah the best part wasn’t the mental flex but when he offered to just take him outside and kick the fuck out of him too.

[@lebecccomputer287]

@@dazediss6629 lol yeah i was gonna comment this as well. He just demonstrated his superiority in absolutely all fronts and it’s hilarious

[@garyboyle695]

@@dazediss6629 Physical wounds heal but being intellectually kicked in the balls in front of your friends, that stays with you.

[@SurferKenTV3]

The takeaway message is: “I swallowed a bug.” Should get you through most of life’s mishaps.

[@therespectedlex9794]

What do you mean?

[@frostedflakes55]

Might be the best line in the whole movie 😂

[@_boils_8492]

Nah it’s “i swallowt a bahg”

[@MrRocksW]

Up there with "I've got to return some videotapes"

[@SurferKenTV3]

@@stylin60es she’s cold man lol

[@michaelkuznar7396]

I would avoid anybody in a bar arguing about those subjects

[@gilian2587]

From this, we understand that you are a wise man.

[@Lord_Cynrik]

To be fair it’s a bar at harvard

[@yeager6882]

I would find a bug and drop it in his drink.

[@eddixon2015]

Genuinely people who engage in hostile arguments with strangers at bars are worth avoiding.

[@happs784]

Same here lets argue abt vaccinations n mask mandates

[@tracephoto1823]

“I swallowed a bug” Best line in the movie

[@internetbodhi1009]

Good wingman, sensing its time to dip out

[@NC7491]

One of the greatest fantasy scenes in the history of cinema.

[@bradmorgan60]

Not really

[@jeraldguevarra112]

This is the same guy who went to Mars and survive by himself? Damn this kid is a real genius... well done!

[@G-Ham]

Grew fucking potatoes 🥔

[@runXner12]

@@G-Ham By growing them in his own shit!

[@anuragkumarrai2541]

Never underestimate Jason Bourne

[@paulp4452]

And he won the rugby World Cup in South Africa. Not bad.

[@Talkinsports91]

After having captain miller & his squad sacrifice themselves to save his ass in WW2.

[@wmst5065]

I don't know for a fact that this actually happens off campus in Cambridge every Friday and Saturday night, I just know it's true.

[@watteau6646]

yeah, college boys always pick intellectual fights with tough Southies in bars. Happens all the time. Right.

[@thatguycarmine1]

@@watteau6646 yeah.. they do

[@ds1868]

Certainly not in Cambridge England. We don't have a campus either so we must be a real university. Since the year 1208.

[@yeager6882]

You have to take in consideration and remember for people with graduate degrees and social sciences and humanities the sun rises and sets with that (phony bolony) degree.

[@watteau6646]

@@yeager6882 I have those degrees, and because I do not work in academia as a parasite, no, the sun does not rise and set with these degrees, because the world doesn't really care about them.

[@Free_Range_Hippo]

If I ever visit Boston and a random genius doesn’t make me feel stupid and offer to fight me to sort it out I’m going to be pissed

[@Free_Range_Hippo]

@@DJKinney Really appreciate it

[@Free_Range_Hippo]

I’ll be one obnoxiously regurgitating theories about the 19th century development of the US economy, mostly to impress some girls and embarrass your friend.

[@RobinPM86]

well, we don't all set out to make other people feel stupid. :)

[@bronnyjames4616]

Honestly one of the best drama movie that has ever been written, and to think it has been written by Damon and Affleck is even crazier

[@gerryrodriguez3924]

No way? Was it really written by them two?

[@SergioGomez-qe3kn]

@@gerryrodriguez3924 They even got an Oscar for it: Best original screenplay 1998 - Good Will Hunting. Regards

[@stephenolan5539]

Robin Williams ad libbed some good parts.

[@f.n.2649]

I hate this movie for it bad screen writing.

[@alexblaze8878]

@@gerryrodriguez3924 yes

[@cosmoevents21st56]

Ben and Matt hit a home run with this just like Stallone with Rocky and it has given them decades long careers.

[@hefeibao]

Best comment so far.

[@spiralphoenix9839]

I love the fact that he shames the dude and then calls him out to a fight outside.

[@joeschmo9953]

And of course he declines because as much as he just got served on the intellectual front he would be absolutely decimated by Will in a street fight.

[@vatomalo6863]

Yeah, he heard what happened to Carmine at the school playground

[@StackerBA]

How do you end this clip before "I got her number. How do you like them apples?"

[@mjboutin7224]

I thought the same thing!

[@michaelmorris2809]

@@mjboutin7224 Me too

[@ScottLeffler]

That's actually the line I came for!

[@playwme3]

That goes on a separate clip for more views…….

[@billnu]

I know. Should be a crime

[@AmanKumar-os8zf]

Affleck should have asked that guy "Do you bleed?". That guy would have dropped dead by the end of the movie then 😂😂😂

[@kaushalissocial]

Awesome line

[@lalamclala5553]

Not really... the time of this film dictates when street fighting ended and lawsuits exploded. Street fights in Boston end with people losing their homes and cars before going to prison. South Boston is not what it was even than. The movie starts with Matt Damon being saved by the professor from going to prison for 10 years on the condition that he tries to get a job with his mathematic skills which dwarf the greatest mathematicians known to the earth. Will hunting talks about Raytheon aeronautics. His character more than likely went to work for Raytheon in california.

[@troillandford7679]

Do you bleed in a Boston accent hahaha

[@shevek2954]

The guy would say 'Martha' and then they would be best friends.

[@taylorprocker]

My boys wicked sma-t

[@arvojustice]

Damn, Matt Damon did a southie accent perfectly.

[@elizabethlinsay9193]

You know Matt is from Boston, so no prob with the accent. Ben and Casey Affleck, too. ( it's a wicked 'hahd' accent to do if you aren't from here!)

[@rsvihla]

smAHT.

[@frankdascoli709]

In Boston we say “smaht “

[@tej357]

@@frankdascoli709 In Amity, you say yaad. Oh, sorry, wrong movie.

[@wingrider1004]

A prof. once told me, "Your college degree is just the beginning of your education." Unfortunately, many people quit learning as soon as they grab their diploma. Or, as Ben Franklin famously said, " Most people die when they're 20, but aren't buried till they're 60."

[@Hirnlego999]

That's right, this is what Hans Rosling points out in his book Factfullness. Lots of educated people guess wrong on many political issues, so much so that monkeys who pick randomly get things more right. The main problem is that nobody is up to date, they rely on what they learned earlier in life and still see it as the truth.

[@DrDisinfect_TheWorld]

You'll do not understand how good a movie this is. This movie hands down is hands down top 10 greatest movies.

[@rorz999]

I'll do understand!

[@zanussidish8144]

How many hands?

[@DrDisinfect_TheWorld]

@@zanussidish8144 how many you got?

[@zanussidish8144]

@@DrDisinfect_TheWorld I've got two. Slightly above the average amount.

[@DrDisinfect_TheWorld]

@@zanussidish8144 er....three or one is slightly above or below average. Two on the other hand is....normal. So you're...normal. Not above or below

[@SilentKnight43]

My second favorite scene behind the speech Robin Williams gives at the swan pond. The movie is chalk full of great dialogue scenes. Brilliantly written by Damon and Affleck.

[@Patrick0900]

I love how he stuck up for his friend. In this scene.

[@michaelmorris2809]

Irish background, having your friends back goes w/o question

[@danieldanieldadada]

@@michaelmorris2809 huh? Dude that applies to almost everywhere. Don't try to feel special.

[@dominickmasonry3878]

Pony tail boy is now a fact checker on Facebook

[@neruba2173]

Nah, he is she now, has blue hair and lurks on the depths of twitter spitting quotes out of context.

[@danielball959]

@@neruba2173 why can't they be both? (Doesn't see a difference between the two fates)

[@michaelschaefer1904]

He got his history degree, but works as a government-funded "scientist."

[@videofandude99]

He works for trump these days lol

[@maximusprimus827]

@@videofandude99 you’re mom works for Trump

[@victorsullivan7238]

The last time that guy's haircut was economically viable was the revolutionary war

[@a97807]

After this humiliation he became a terrorist and tried to rob the Nakatomi building.

[@bicyclist2]

I absolutely love this scene. Thankfully I have this movie on DVD. It's one of my all time favorites and never gets old. Thanks.

[@ALifeOfSonder]

0:34 The look between Ben & Casey..."Our boy's doing that SmahT thing again!!"

[@Campo357]

"you like apples? well I got her number, HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES"

[@dhammer5645]

I was looking for this comment. I was hoping it would be in the clip too, but alas it was not.

[@niceroundbrown]

I’ll never get tired of this scene “ how do you like them apples?”

[@dogguy8603]

Or "applesauce bitch"

[@IAm-NotHear]

I've seen this clip 1000 times and realized Bolton nailed his role

[@notricky1680]

"You're an idiot because you didn't make a move and now I'm tired of waiting" Damn, some people are just so full of themselves

[@moealsharif13]

It's not arrogance when it's confidence. Weren't all of these guys just practically fighting over her?

[@JustRobbb]

frfr, broad thinks just cause he did that he wants her. I swear these chicks head waaaaay to big

[@notricky1680]

@@moealsharif13 at most, 2 of them were, and Will wasn't one of them

[@notricky1680]

@@JustRobbb he only did that to defend his friend, and she ended up making it about her lol

[@moealsharif13]

@@notricky1680 I get you, I am no stranger to people full of themselves, but I dont think it applies to this scenario. Even if Will wasn't interested and we know from the end of the movie that he was. It's still an endearing way to break up the ice given what just happened and let him know that she was interested. You're just taking it way out of context.

[@rajendranadarajan8931]

Bruce Wayne is so rich he paid Jason Bourne to be his bodyguard

[@rammie09]

The timing Matt has is Fantastic..

[@MrTimjm009]

This film was realy good . Mat Damons character was well played . Credit to his acting and considering this was one of his early films

[@richjay1565]

And the fact he wrote it?

[@leticiascott5793]

I swallowed a bug!! This is my best movie with Robin Williams and Matt.. Where's the writer's today? God we need it!! 😊😊👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ericm6623]

Everyone keeps talking about how the guy was lucky because he was dealing with Jason Bourne, but everyone is missing that this is Cyril O’Reily. Will is just lucky his brother Ryan wasn’t there or this movie would have ended a lot earlier

[@stevanpavic]

Don't forget that behind Jason Bourne and The Batman is standing one and only short-fused Rip Wheeler

[@MasterBetty69]

This literally never gets old.

[@johnsmith_1942]

It was cringe then and now it's just a stupid scene. How do you like THEM apples, mr no degree?

[@MasterBetty69]

@@johnsmith_1942 this is the worst troll attempt I've ever seen, congratulations 😂😭

[@chronotrigger705]

These guys were lucky AF Cyril didn't went ballistic on their asses

[@clarencethomas5311]

Thats where i remember him from ! couldnt pinpoint it.

[@RedRaider14]

Was hoping to find an Oz comment lmao!

[@demonica4012]

I was so hoping for it!

[@sirbruce70]

The irony of this scene is that Will is doing the same thing as this guy. Will recognizes what this guy is doing because he's done it himself. Will may be quick-witted and well read, but Sean calls him out on his bullshit. Will, for all his smarts, doesn't know much more than what he's read in a fucking book. He hasn't really lived life or experienced anything that is truly his own. He may not be a douche trying to impress chicks in a bar, but he's still emotionally immature and doesn't want to put himself at risk.

[@josue.saldivar]

Yes, and that is part of how well the character was written. Was pointed out by Dr. Sean (Robin Williams' character) later on at the famous bench park scene stating basically that Will knows all there is to know about everything as raw data, as he is yet to experience and truly live to not be that guy.

[@deckearns]

Your observation is excellent. This is a really great comment.

[@dnangel4277]

Agreed!

[@weirdshibainu]

True. That tends to be the problem with younger people in general.

[@dragonstryk7280]

ACTUALLY... not really. Douchecanoe is literally plagiarizing people smarter than himself in order to be able to appear to be smarter and more witty than he is. For Will, he just loves learning and reading in general, but as well, what you see him do is VASTLY different. He learned how to weaponize his knowledge of psychology, which he proceeds to use against the various pyschiatrists, any of whom would've caught out if he was just blindly reciting lines. Also of note, Will was doing it from a defensive stance, rather than trying to coerce a girl into dating him by shitting on every eligible guy that shows up. When you see him setting up those guys in the bar, he's literally using his knowledge to draw a trap for him, and let him hang himself. The bench scene isn't about Will passing off knowledge as his own, it's about Sean trying to get through to him that he is the only one in this thing FOR Will, and not his beautiful brain, like the Prof and the other shrinks. He knows Will is using a defense mechanism to push everyone off, to keep them from getting to anywhere vulnerable, but he IS using his own thoughts to do it, the stuff he reads is just more bullets in the gun to help him narrow things down.

[@ThroughBirdEye]

Most intellectual conversation i ever seen 🖤🖤

[@voodoo1449]

Called outside by Jason Bourne..."No, man, there's no problem. It's cool". SMARTEST DECISION OF HIS LIFE.

[@jeremywoods770]

Winters is such a great actor. Him and his brother were excellent in 'Oz' as the O'Reilly brothers

[@Dmeesebjj]

I went to high school with them, they're both solid dudes irl too.

[@kirkcorzine3721]

Isn’t this just spot on in today’s world and colleges?

[@VoteForBukele]

Not really.

[@mikehawkthehelldiver1955]

Kinda

[@CamaroAmx]

No. A degree and who you know will get you miles ahead of just being smart. True then, truer even more now. Will being smart will get him far if he uses it just right. But people like ponytail will either be the CEO or the owner of the company will works for.

[@xXWorldgamefunXx]

@@CamaroAmx It's not just about getting a degree, but also a matter of which degree you are getting. If you are studying history then you need to compete with a lot of people to land a good job. They hire you for your soft skills, not because of your knowledge. I'm studying sociology in Germany right now and in the current labor market it could open me a lot of doors. But I could also end up completely stuck in a shitty job regretting my descision to study this in the first place. Getting a degree used to secure you a decent pay. Nowadays, where half of the population is studying, they lost their value. There is just less certainty. Back in the 60s, studying law pretty much teleported you to upper middle class. In 2020 there is no guarantee you will get a god job with a law degree. I'm talking a lot about my impressions of the Germany labor market. Not sure how similar it is to the US? Pretty much everyone can afford to go to university here, which lead to this situation.

[@CamaroAmx]

@@xXWorldgamefunXx in the US higher education is still massively expensive and will put a majority of people in debt for many years after they graduate. We’ve been instilled with you have to have a degree to get a decent job, so the market is saturated with people with all types of degrees. The starting wages are junk no matter what the job is. With everybody having degrees, there are more law graduates making $8 an hour at Starbucks then ones actually practicing law. Every field has more applications then jobs. Now after this pandemic, few people want to go back to work and companies are begging people to work for them, with higher starting wages and sign on bonuses (but completely ignoring their current workers). The Walmart near me is hiring at a higher wage then I currently make fixing cars (no real wage growth or hiring incentives in my field). If your field of work was uninterrupted by the pandemic (like nursing, trade jobs, ect. The essential workers), then you’re getting screwed. So it really depends on your field. Retail and warehousing, you’re going to get paid good (at the start) but will work for every dollar until you’re dead on your feet. But if you have a blue collar job or white collar job, you’re not going to see any raise and be screwed over.

[@billyin4c514]

It's unusual that the writers went with the stereotype of the educated guy believing Will would end up serving this guy's kids fries. How unsophisticated would somebody have to be to believe that a man who can quote statements from economics books he's reading at Harvard, and remember the EXACT PAGE!!, would not be wildly successful?

[@CHRISHARTZE]

I mean, isn’t Will being pushed to achieve bigger and greater things the whole point of the movie? He was pretty content being lowkey smart and chilling with his boys; it wasn’t until other people discovered him and took an interest in his future that he started considering more than just chilling at bars and owning college students. In fact, had he not been discovered as a genius or chosen to pursue his further education, he probably would have lived out an incredibly unremarkable life.

[@bonrick_0494]

thats like.. the movie.........

[@iamjackscompletelackofsurp5858]

That is the part of the point of the movie....This guy isn't one of the smart ones. Half read books read by well read eyes that pretend to have read them all.

[@stargazer7644]

Peoples ideas of success differ, and being smart, while a good indicator, is no guarantee of success.

[@billyin4c514]

@@stargazer7644 Being smart is the number determinant of being successful. So if you're an actual genius it would be impossible to not become successful eventually, UNLESS YOU DIE!!!

[@donaldsalazar6030]

Now that I've finished school this dialogue doesn't impress me anymore, but it still shows a really cool delivery and performance.

[@paulbrewin6453]

In my top 5 films of all time ...

[@nearlnathanearlnearl]

“Hey, you like apples?” “Yeah” “Well I got her number! How you like them apples?”

[@braedenhunter6501]

Could have saved a lot of time, and just been like, “Hey, do you talk about the evolution of the market economy in the southern colonies, in bars, often? Because, you shouldn’t.”

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

You missed the opportunity for a Nazeem joke.

[@braedenhunter6501]

@@BoxStudioExecutive I don’t go up to the Cloud District often.

[@AaAaaa-rw8hz]

Alternate timeline where Cyril isn't executed and manages to get out of Em city.

[@philvess6376]

This is my favorite part of the movie.

[@rogerparker9228]

2 of the best performances ever on screen. Robin williams and matt damon.

[@M.G.R1an]

This is a great movie. One of my all time favorites.

[@Kidgloves1984]

One of the best films ever! Up there with all time favorites in my book.

[@kevina5337]

The Harvard equivalent of a bar fight. Guys quoting random academic papers until one gives up. Really wild ones like this involve vague threats of violence that never actually happen

[@bighands69]

In the real world that does not happen. If they are quoting one other as a competition it would be to see who runs out of quotes.

[@nj-bz8pv]

One of my favorite scenes of all time

[@vernefits1953]

1:37 i don't like it but guy is spot on

[@ihavenoname6724]

I burst out laughing at the "you spent 150k on an education you could've gotten for $1.50 in late charges at the library." 😁😁😁😁

[@steveking1037]

That guy couldn’t be douchier looking.

[@josephcox7181]

My friend is a director and needs a guy with a ponytail who looks like a massive douche for a bar scene. You want one of his cards?

[@PepeDeezNutz]

Which one?

[@steveking1037]

@@PepeDeezNutz ponytail.

[@steveking1037]

@@josephcox7181 lol, I imagine that’s exactly how that casting went.

[@Zer0cul0]

What if he had been eating an apple?

[@rupertpupkin2660]

"Shortly after this event Cyril O'Reilly was brought to the Oz correctional facility."

[@demonica4012]

Yes!! Thats all I could see!

[@swanstation9171]

Thank you! I was scrolling downthe comments to find out where i had seen this actor before

[@muhammadwaqasiqbal8243]

By far the best ever movie. I have watched it like 6 times and cant get enough of it.

[@nickkenney9357]

It was a great one.

[@professionalcommenter5]

Louis CK’s stand up on Good Will Hunting is phenomenal

[@davidorama6690]

I love this movie. Oh, and Minnie Driver. ♥️

[@SwapBlogRU]

I love this scene. The actors just did such a great job.

[@matthewburkhart142]

This is an incredible movie, I own it for that fact that it is. If you've never seen you must see it.

[@rebelwithoutacause5727]

The most quiet crowded bar I ever seen .

[@raymckigney2118]

It’s an F45 now.

[@abrahamgomez653]

I am educated but I am also a working class man. I grew in a farm worker development. I have learn alot through my own epistemological projects. I wanted to create a new reasoning to see if we can find a better understanding of our condition and hopefully a new freedom.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Matt Damon has got a good Boston accent in this scene, because he's a native of Cambridge, MA, a Boston suburb (actual: neighbor) which is home of Harvard University.

[@chosenwon5618]

Youah wicked Smaht too! 🤣

[@kylechapin1057]

Wow what an enlightening statement

[@chetarmlin1196]

I love KZbin comments! No one gets away with anything!

[@bakerownsyou]

Cambridge is not a Boston suburb. It's a city itself and it's literally across the river from Boston. You could throw a rock from Boston and hit Cambridge. Calling Cambridge a Boston suburb is like calling Brooklyn a Manhatten suburb. Suburb means sub urban, and Cambridge is in fact itself urban. The more you know.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

I'll just call Cambridge, MA a neighbor of Boston.

[@ngametuatuaputa1404]

I never seen this film when I was a kid, and I still haven’t to this day. I’m 23 now and what has taken me 23 years of life of life to learn that some people are pretentious and This scene is great. it sums up a lot of individuals personalities nowadays (guy with pony tail). They could read and article off of the internet and act a lot like this dude in a lot of situations. Definitely a film a need to watch and eventually show to my children

[@oliverkalamata2753]

Will has them thinks in his head. He does them books. I only know sportsball.

[@kennethward4985]

I can only even picture him in TEAM AMERICA: World Police. Matt Damonnn!!!!!

[@Happin3ess]

This is how screenplays should be written. A very good and solid film. And Robin Williams was great in it.

[@julieenslow5915]

He wasn't just a genius. He was a high rating (perhaps a super genius) and he had a photographic memory. The History major was outclassed in three dimensions, only because the genius didn't move on in to any other dimensions at that time. Oh and he was good looking and knew how to fight.

[@thehypequeeng7690]

When you put it that way I need a sequel lol

[@aaroncusworth4504]

He doesn’t have a photographic memory, he gets asked that very question in the movie and replies no.

[@julieenslow5915]

@@aaroncusworth4504 Who remembers the text book author and page number and can quote it verbatim? And I would deny it too, it's hard enough to be smart around some people, he is so much more than that!

[@resiliated9326]

its just a movie its not real u nitwit

[@julieenslow5915]

@@Chris_231 Do you mention that on all movies or books you review or comment on? I don't, as it is obvious, but you do you.

[@vandanansanthanan]

This scene never gets old ❤️

[@eddiebear34]

Alot of well read people end up in dead end jobs. That film was amazing. What a talent he is to have written that so young. Very underrated actor and writer

[@chrisbalsamo968]

So many talented young actors in this film. Still one of my all time favorites.

[@mattphillips538]

RIP Bow & Arrow pub.

[@jackiekinner3826]

Mini Driver is simply beautiful.

[@rsvihla]

Minnie.

[@Tommyblueeyes]

Never had a thing for her Or that andie mcdowell...guess its the dark curly hair and I love blondes..beats me

[@davemathew]

This scene makes me laugh to this day as its so unrealistic...batman would've dropped that guy immediately.

[@purehyperbole5727]

This scene leaves reality at the door. Nothing like this has ever happened.

[@PedroMojica100]

If you keep expecting reality in movies then you shud be prepared for a lifetime of disappointment...LOL 😄

[@merrittmussorgsky2937]

Ohhhh man you left out the best part where he says” do you like apples, how about them apples!!!??” And shows him her number love this movie!

[@SuperChuckRaney]

It'd been better if he'd took the time to graph her number as a homomorphically irreducible trees, n=7.

[@ajourneysaved4311]

I'm so glad this came out when it did. I really thought about it when I was in grade school. I could have wasted so much money or make my own path. I'm glad I chose the latter.

[@Stefansrb369]

He didn't finish Harvard. His brother Ryan made him take up a life of crime. He also boxed in prison. True story.

[@Stormtrooper-oc4vn]

Hahahaha we all know how that ended poor Cyrus

[@Stefansrb369]

@@Stormtrooper-oc4vn Cyril

[@Stormtrooper-oc4vn]

@@Stefansrb369 yeah him phone auto corrected

[@jveebklyn1644]

@@Stormtrooper-oc4vn Actually Cyril and Ryan both joined the NYPD after prison. Both made detective. 😁

[@Stormtrooper-oc4vn]

@@jveebklyn1644 ohhhh lol

[@davidmurphy8236]

Anyone else find themselves lookin for Jay n’ Silent Bob? 😄

[@NickyDiamond44]

No but Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.

[@steveconn]

Noam Chomsky: the young bar thug years

[@tomjacobs2032]

Awesome!

[@aquillassongbird3351]

My favorite scene in the whole movie.

[@davymontecinos8516]

Uncanny how the first few things skylar says to will is obvious foreshadowing, yet you never realize until you watch the film for the second or third time, really cool !

[@octaviocgsa]

I always tought funny that's how Ben Affleck and Matt Damon think "geniuses" are: people that can recite entire passages from books, even specifying pages and notes.

[@robertperrotto870]

You didn't get the point. The entire Dialogue was mocking people who believe memorizing, and referencing ideas from other people's works equates genious. The dudes arguments were all plaguerized. Genious is when you take those Ideas, and create something of your own. Hence Damons line "theres not an original thought of your own"

[@CamaroAmx]

@@robertperrotto870 will does the same thing. He just calls the other guy out on it. Will never offers his own opinion on the subject and later gets called out on it by robin Williams on the park bench.

[@-Markus-]

We all know how this ends in Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season

[@scottlee7458]

Applesauce bitch!

[@akabancopop]

Ah, the 90s, when this was considered an actual conflict.

[@angelafabbri5818]

Great film

[@krag9083]

"on our way to a skiing trip" This guy is very confident of his prospects with a history degree

[@blakenard5259]

I have a history degree, and can confirm, went on a (skateboarding) trip last year. Nothing wrong with higher education, people. It makes less republicans