Good Will Hunting - Word Of Advice

[@valdie91285]

The professor tried, the therapist tried, and even his true love tried. But at the end of the day it took the honest words of his best friend to shake him awake.

[@aakksshhaayy]

as it should be

[@11moleman]

ironic how i'ts dudes like this with skills in the trades and construction who in the real world make more money and have a happier life than most college kids who do their masters in history and end up as a waiter

[@aakksshhaayy]

Joel Rowe that's cause they are idiots and probably deserve it... what kind of a job is one expecting to get by majoring in shit like gender studies...

[@stevemyopinion423]

agree but in this movie will is one of the smartest people in the world a math phd teacher at the best college in the world said he smarter then me. will could be working at the NSA for a 200,000 a year or be the next bill gates, but he want to say fuck it and hang with his bodys and he want him to go after the girl he loves.

[@whatever-wn1nk]

that's really fucked up actually. That guy is a the top of his game. His kind of genius could make millions a year. Yet he chooses to be a construction worker - that's really dumb.

[@ghost.patrols]

"'Cause tomorrow, I'm gonna wake up and I'm gonna be 50..." That one line still hits me so hard, even after all these years.

[@Norcal1990]

Time is moving real fast

[@AJ_Evo]

When I first saw this movie in 1998 this scene made me think to myself, "I wonder where I'll be in 20 years? Screw it, that's ages away. I don't need to worry about that." Well now it's twenty years later. And all I can think of now is, "fuck."

[@OSVorkinn]

Best comment on KZbin. After passing 30 years I understand why grandparents always said time moves fast.

[@emilyho9371]

For me it's the what do you want to do scene and the job interview scene

[@rysmith9433]

Fuck you

[@beestonpalani07]

"i don't much, but i know that". sign of a old wise man.

[@belial_day]

Ben Affleck my guy

[@rotyler2177]

I don't know much*

[@auntiesemite9295]

Ben Affleck is the kind of friend everyone should have and should be. He's a great human being off the screen too.

[@ryebread7224]

Some of the greatest movies out there have maybe 3-4 great scenes; but Good Will Hunting, has a great scene almost every 5-6 minutes... This is one of the greatest screenplays of all-time!

[@dsaun777]

Harvard is a good school

[@rachitpulhani3478]

good scene every 5-6 minutes and they last 5-6 minutes :))

[@MarkArandjus]

Came here to say just that! Most films are lucky to have 2-3 memorable scenes, GWH has at least six.

[@jonathanbarrera9110]

Good, not great movies like so are SO HARD TO FIND. Anyone else knows of any pls let me know Thank in advance

[@namafarm]

ben and matt were realy smart fellows as kids ans they grew up in the old mixed-class Cambridge Ma, between MIT and Harvard and the working class poor folk just like these guys they are portraying. they knew all of this stuff from living around it.

[@badman477]

It takes a true friend to look you in the eyes and tell you the truth, no matter how hard it is

[@Paolo_Scippa]

We are all bad in someone else story.. So we will get other people to jugde. People that do not know me and the others. We will see who is right, who is the bad one. The final showdown.

[@odawg114]

Will is smart, but Chucky is wise. You can tell by that curious look on Will's face at 2:37. He is just yearning for Chucky to tell him something he doesn't know. Ironic. A genius who can solve a calculus problem in two minutes, doesn't know what his knucklehead friend thinks about, even though he sees him everyday. Finally, something Will learned that wasn't in a book.

[@tommyt1971]

Odawg Kizzack Unique scene in the sense that it's Chuck who finally gets thru to him -- Lambeau sure as shit couldn't, Sean had a challenge doing it despite the fact that they're both from the same neighborhood but he still helped Will. But not even Sean could talk to Will like Chuck could.

[@odawg114]

tommyt1971 I completely agree. That is very insightful. Most people don't compare the relationships across the board like that, but it proves to be effective for a film like this. Good analysis.

[@tommyt1971]

Odawg Kizzack Thanks! Yours wasn't so bad either! :^D

[@SamaritanPrime]

...and that was the whole point that Sean was making in the park.

[@-Vitalis-]

... and that's why Will took nearly 1 hour of movie to finally realize he really wanted that girl's pussy. Everybody lived happily ever after

[@heathermetz3974]

2:07 “no, you don’t owe it to yourself, you owe it to me!” Ben’s best scene!

[@MrShelby2494]

That is a true friend till the very end.

[@ashleystewart499]

The sad reality is that most friends have the "misery loves company" approach. The fact of the matter is that most of us actually need to kick our own asses to improve our lives. It's easy to choose the familiar. It takes courage to push yourself into something new, even if that new thing is a better, more prosperous life. It's incredible how many people I've seen opt for mediocrity when they were an arm's reach from a meaningful upward move in their life.

[@brianconner3222]

That's because we know, have learned, or will learn...that just because the grass is greener, on the other side, doesn't mean it has it's other negatives. For instance, the Colorado movie theater shooter...was how close to being a brain surgeon?

[@halleck3]

You speak the truth. Problem is that familiarity, no matter how much your situation might suck, bogs a lot of people down. It's our nature, to some degree, to choose the comfortable over the uncertain.

[@Infamous363]

Yep, and those sre the only friends you should ever keep be they attourneys, engineers, bartenders or carpenters. The people that hold you accountable are the only ones who really care. Thats the only quality to ever seek out in a friend.

[@jonathanturkmusic]

Someone on another thread mentioned that the framing here seems to be intentional by Van Sant. Will’s background is the sky, some kind of work happening, the sun is shining on his face. Chuck’s framing is walled off, with a fixed background behind him, and he’s in the shade. Also, it’s amazing that Will’s greatest fear and trauma, someone leaving/abandoning him, is Chuck’s greatest wish that would make him happier than anything. This film was perfect.

[@DibbzTV]

In my opinion, the best scene in a movie filled with great scenes. Really shows the value of a friend.

[@SavageFreddy33]

A truly good friend will kick your ass when you need it the most.

[@nightrider3067]

Very few are that good of a friend.And very few would appreciate them if they had one

[@jazzyjeff1282]

Night Rider wow, this is a really profound statement!

[@guiandre9347]

Then why did you push them away, night rider?

[@backandforthupanddow]

I just woke up and I was 50, doing the same shit. That hit hard. First watched this when I was 23. Damn time goes quick.

[@Rob-Benny-Hill]

You and me bro, you and me.

[@ghost9-9ghost]

Yeah...same here....although I'm in.my 40s now and back to being unemployed....all the ambitions I had in my 20s have been crushed into dust, it feels.....and now I don't even know how to get back in....social media and tech have destroyed everything.....there's 20 year old imbeciles making "tik Tok compilation" videos raking in 20,000 a month.....zero talent influencers...... I'm not sure there's even room in the ecosystem for substance and meaning.

[@jonathanemontgomery]

@@ghost9-9ghost that’s tough. Doing something that means something still counts. I’ll say a prayer for you to find a job, bro.

[@ghost9-9ghost]

@jonathanemontgomery hey man...I appreciate your supportive comment...a lot..... it's becoming virtually impossible to maintain any optimism....

[@TalesFromTheSlumsOfMumbai]

that's fucking brutal, im 19 and know this is my fate for life

[@volumeturneddown9600]

"Tomorrow I'm going to wake up and I'll be fifty." That might be the most wisdom of any line in any movie. Don't squander your time, kids.

[@Leadership_matters]

Shitake! I woke up and I was 50. Just like he said.

[@sherpajones]

Next month I'm 45. It creeps up on you fast. I watched recently a video of an ex convict. He said when in prison, serve your time, don't let your time serve you. Well, that goes for us out here too. My life is full of all the regrets Sean warned Will about. Someone else said you regret only the choices you don't make. Waiting for another day is the biggest fucking trap you can ever fall into. Always live right now at this very moment.

[@Leadership_matters]

@sherpajones damn! You just got me out of bed and back to work.

[@brmillgr]

This is why having real friends who give a shit about you can be brutal and incredible at the same time. Real friends will always tell you the truth regardless of how hard it might to say or how uncomfortable it may be for you to hear. Real friends care enough to tell you the truth.

[@01342663563]

I know Will is a fictional character but people like him are incredibly lucky. All of us have very few friends on earth, if any, who literally wants the very best for you in life and will tell you things as there are and call you on your bullshit. Will was bullshitting, and most friends wouldn't bother as it isn't them or their life. So count your blessings if you have a friend like this, that's basically your extended family member or guardian angel.

[@damianblue2648]

Will is based on a real person named William Siddis. He had an IQ over 225 and wasted his potential. He passed an anatomy exam at 6, passed the MIT entrance exam at 8, graduated harvard at 16. And only worked in a lab because it was part of his parole. Otherwise he just wanted a normal life.

[@davecrupel2817]

We truely want what we dont or cant have. Low iq people want a bigger life. Big iq people want a smaller life. I can't say i blame Will....

[@chinemeremohaeri9100]

Daniel Cannata Lol. I'm an idiot and I want the simplest life possible. If I was just being paid enough to be sustained and asked to work for the rest of my life. My whole life being a simple routine with a work that I enjoy, I wouldn't complain at all. Electronics research sounds interesting, only because I have an idea that I want to work on.

[@quentinrussell7881]

​@@damianblue2648did not know that.thanks

[@quentinrussell7881]

Mediocre people hate high achievers,and high achievers hate mediocre people..but to have a true friend Like will has, that wants the best for him even if it means never seeing him again is so so rare.

[@MrVietkong8529]

Selfless best friend. Hard to find.

[@Brainflayer]

Now that is a true friend, no bullshit just simple, brutal honesty.

[@anonymous-fg3mm]

Its very sobering when you realize that genuine friends, genuine people like that are beyond a rarity in the real world. In my personal experience virtually nonexistent. Top-class acting; a very powerful scene from a very powerful movie.

[@stonecrazyjohn]

Glad "Will "had a true friend...told him what he needed to hear....

[@Marguerite21]

In other words, Chuck is really telling Will that he should try to overcome his fears.

[@scrainbow1234]

The conversation up until "i would give anything to have what you got" is good, but the dialogue after 2:35 until the end elevates it to the Great level

[@superjackster0165]

Fun Fact: Director Gus Van Sant, at one point, asked Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to re-write the script so that Chuckie is killed in a construction accident. Damon and Affleck protested, but reluctantly wrote the scene in. After Van Sant read it, he agreed that it was a terrible idea. So the idea was scrapped

[@Rob-Benny-Hill]

Thank god.

[@TylerD288]

It was unnecessary.

[@davecrupel2817]

This is the cold hard kick in the ass Will needed. Chucky declared that a day will come when he no longer is loyal to Will. Not in the way Will wants him to be. A day will come where Will will pay dearly for giving into his fears and wasting himself by staying where he is. Even if Chucky himself has to make him pay. He's doing what only a champion-level, true to name _best friend_ will do to someone. *Force* his friend to do better, and be better.

[@rafterman5072]

Dude was a true friend. No jealousy, just wanted the best for him.

[@justchris232]

Can't believe we can just watch this scene KZbin is life

[@particlewaveduality1]

only a real best friend would be this honest

[@butcheractual]

Favorite scene in the movie.

[@Astro_oh]

I always loved how he said "Way outta this shit, better than here." cuz Will be needed to see his friend ain't romanticize the struggle. The answer was literally that simple and he couldn't figure that out.

[@maxpower2542]

Great scene from a truly great movie.

[@yevgeniyzharinov7473]

I agree with half of the statement.

[@corbett1970]

Love this scene. Talk about being a good friend. He put someone else's needs over his own. That's called true love.

[@scholesiefirsttime]

That’s a true friend. Not just telling the truth, but telling the truth when that person (Affleck) has something to lose - his friend.

[@BryanGuerratv]

One of the best scenes in history.

[@blacjackdaniels200]

Both of their acting careers would all be downhill from here, and I don’t mean that as an insult to them but rather as a compliment to this masterpiece.

[@deeagnol]

I wish i had a friend like that

[@johngreystoke1135]

There is nothing wrong with wanting a simple normal life. The issue that I see is more often when people feel so entitled or special that they think they can just sit on their asses and patiently wait for the universe to come do them a favor. I think people who don't have to work that hard for their gifts in life, seldom appreciate the gift enough.

[@romero_mellow9573]

Honestly the best friend you could ever ask for .. someone who wants more for you no matter what!!

[@eddiemarquez1911]

Ben motherfucking Affleck is a fucking genius! Good Will Hunting, Gone Baby Gone, The Town and I'm waiting for Live by the night!

[@jdur7987]

Gone baby gone was his brother.

[@bellabana]

Ben was terrific in the movie ‘The Accountant’ one of his best roles.

[@kizzo22]

This is still one of my favourite films of all time. Thanks for reminding me why.

[@oldschool1928]

Good friends are hard to find. Especially when they know what's good for you.

[@Adamdow95]

3:10 his beer switches from right hand to left hand.

[@robertmorris8997]

slight of hand

[@ChrisOliver4307]

Thanks, continuity police

[@miamitten1123]

_”Tomorrow I’ll wake up and I’ll be 50”_ Ouch!

[@Lolshi11]

Can't watch this scene without crying

[@JeffChurch_Daddy]

Brutal Honesty slaps down any level of genius any day of the week. Just A great great scene ! “True Friends stab you in the front” - Oscar Wilde

[@Jaachi_Aaron-CJ041]

Like I said before, “Both Matt Damon And Ben Affleck will never be the same again” and I still hope I get to them in person. 🙂

[@w.s.2102]

That's a true buddy...... I'm 47, and I've never had one person in my life like that

[@Anthony-jd8pg]

"When you run out of shyt to buy and places that you've never been, then what you'll value most is an honest friend." - Nipsey Hussle

[@andysammy6129]

What a friend!

[@rysmith9433]

He knows it. Best friend in the world.

[@GaryM67-71]

Well, no, you've just been duped by the Hollywood money-is-god mantra. You are foolish. In fact, staying close to your best friends, to your home, taking your kids to sports with your pal's kids THAT'S THE WINNING LOTTERY TICKET. Not chasing big bucks in a mindless dull job in a new city, in an apartment block where you know no one. How stupid are people t believe this Hollywood money-loving-above-all-else BS? Love of money IS the root of all evil, Hollywood sells you that crap and you fell for it, hook line and sinker.

[@dac889]

one of the truest friends i’ve seen in any story

[@conditionone2320]

2:36 the way that Chuckie echoes Will with the "oh, I don't know that?" sounds sort of like when Will is about to checkmate the ponytail plagiarist guy in the bar. That's kind of cool: Will and Chuckie are BFFs and grew up together so they have some of the same speech patterns.

[@samhansen6320]

A line i would've added... For us, this is a way to make a living... For you... this is away to hide from living. It's an insult to us if you're still here in 20 years

[@dbstewart86]

That would be blatantly stating the obvious, carrying the audience by the hand; leaving it unsaid but heavily implied is a better, more natural route because 2 guys that have been friends their whole lives wouldn't have to spell out everything.

[@AlwaysCewing]

I watched this video 12 years ago, I was in college, today I woke up and I was 40

[@cannywf1]

He said ‘50’ 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@AlwaysCewing]

@@cannywf1 I'll come back in 10 years

[@TC8787-yq7og]

My favourite film ever, I managed to crawl out of the absolute dive I was in and make something of myself and travel the world. I ain’t no maths genius like Will but I had enough drive not to drink myself to death in my hometown like everyone else I knew.

[@Maririo93]

Proud of you!

[@BabyPiggg]

great friendship.That is how real friend should be.

[@reystar]

this is a true friend. very rare nowdays

[@EddieG-x2g]

Will hunting is brilliant. Solving all those problems and never saying who he is about solving them just being anonymous about it. He works hard he acts like he likes doing the job but deep down what is buddies told him got him to move to California for that woman. I would actually I wanted him to stay in Boston. They went to look for him in his house or whatever and he wasn't there and they knew he left.

[@je8z6x]

J is a genius, he relates to this movie a lot. A math genius

[@standz1-rr3ce]

I love how Chucky see's through all Will's bullshit throughout this scene, I think he knew Will really liked his girlfriend and when he told her she was 'gone', he knew exactly what he meant but asked "GONE.. GONE WHERE?" even though he knew already that Will had given up on a really good thing for him. He then started to ask about being hooked up with a job after the meetings because he knew Will would play it down and used it as a gateway to give him some hard truths.

[@Aakino]

Alternate ending: Will stayed for 20 years. Chucky: Tell me, do you bleed? ...You will!

[@GeniusSextillionaire888]

Tough love that’s what friends are for.

[@marshalmagooo3899]

Beautiful Ford truck

[@Agent.Wadsworth]

When your best mate tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.

[@belial_day]

Ben Affleck's line when he said the Best Part of his day was a lifesaver for Will

[@francescoc.6591]

I know Will’s the focal point of attention on this film, but Chucky is my favorite character. Without Chucky, Will would have probably ended up dead in a ditch somewhere. Chucky exemplifies what a best friend should be and Will reciprocates by allowing Chucky to be the only guy he really listens to until he meets Sean. It would be nice to think that in this fictitious universe Will does something to help all his friends out.

[@christofferjenzen78]

This really sums up what Louis CK was getting at with Damon himself having written the script. Some moments just go way over the top to establish how awesome he is. "If you don´t get out of here and become a successful mathematician or basically anything you wanna do since you´re a genius,I will murder you. I will literally take your life cause you´re such a good friend and watching you waste all that talent that could change the world would be more than I could bear. This is what I want for you,I don´t know what you want but that´s not important now. Viewers have to know how good a friend I am and how valuable you are so Im saying these words." It´s a very emotional movie and Williams´s role is a great piece of writing but I´ll never be completely sold on Will himself.

[@johnconti1329]

That is truly his best friend in the whole fucking world.

[@balajay8921]

What a friend.

[@codg3484]

Did excellent in high school, I flunked out during the pandemic. Been working retail for some years now. Not sure what I'm going to do with my life.

[@dkinguhhh]

I went through the same exact thing. I work In construction rn and I know this isn't what I want out of life.

[@codg3484]

@@dkinguhhh Hang in there. Not sure when or how but one day, it’ll all be worth it.

[@2NDFLB-CLERK]

▪️ You spelled "Pretendemic" wrong... 🟥

[@Brandon-ch2ot]

Had a similar conversation with my best friend. Kid is a genius. Not like this but if he can't do it he stays up all day and all night to learn how to do it with everything. Kids got drive.

[@MKULTRAMADEMEDOIT]

Same as I, almost. I'm an artist by trade and I've had and a very similar conversation with my own bestfriend. For the last few years I've been stuck in a rutt and given up completely on my art. Been forcing myself to relive trauma from the past and using it as an excuse to continue my alcoholic abuse as a front and throwing a pity party for myself. The conversation came up naturally between us while we we're having a drink and partying and it made me hate myself. I write this message to you not out of pity for myself or for clout, but just as someone on the other side of the conversation, please take it easy on us. We know you mean it in love but sometimes it takes us time to get in the groove and finally find our way in this wild world we find ourselves in. God bless you and friend, I hope you both find your place in this wicked life. #GOODVIBESFOREVER!

[@josephpena6181]

Sounds like me my adopted brother Paul but he didn't know I'm facing a devil so i ended telling it to my friend

[@finbart1]

3:11 picks up the can with his right hand, next shot it's in his left hand. I don't normally notice such things.

[@MrWhite-pn7ui]

+Fin Stevens Dan Turner over here.

[@ianottaway]

+Fin Stevens that’s cos youre a potato

[@Simon0]

he switched hands. .. either that or it was a wizard. im thinking it might have been a wizard.

[@thebigcheese5114]

A true friend. Has zero skin in the game, just knows what’s best for his friend.

[@paramaniacwolverine843]

1998 I would have been 26. Fifty was 'an age' away, yet here I am at 52 in 2024 looking at these young faces and wondering where the hell time went. Yep. I'm the blue collar worker, still hoping to win the lottery.

[@Olzme]

Ben Afflick's character here is a true real one. I'll probably never find a friend like that.

[@AsadYusuf-s1h]

This is my most favorite movies of all time

[@stevechance150]

This, this is why we make movies. This is as good as it gets.

[@pspicer777]

I woke up, it's tomorrow and I'm 70 ... it all goes so damn quickly.

[@alilweeb7684]

I still think about this scene, dunno why but it pops into my head from time to time

[@mr.anderson6729]

Thats not a friend. Thats a brother.

[@arco2008baleno]

you owe it to me

[@rysmith9433]

Thank you.

[@George-jj2tp]

Stop being racist

[@TheHIDDENPLAYBOOK444]

Because of this scene this is my favorite Ben Affleck movie... Will's character really needed that he really needed to know that his best friend could really see who he truly was and that he was not meant for that life.. he could have been like a crab in a bucket but instead he decided to say the truth

[@johncox2284]

I had a cousin who had what Will had. I hope he had a best friend to tell him.

[@theone9224]

How to identify your truly best friend 101.

[@CarlosRomanZ]

this dialog is excellent. Excellent.

[@r0z3d]

"it would be an insult to us if you're still here in 20 years"

[@mnchopndscrew]

as a musician who dosent see the point in putting music out to the world this scene really hits

[@yep-sb4uf]

I tell my best friends how i hope i never seen them again all the time. It never works like in the movies.

[@codyralston2576]

the only one who could get to him at the end was his best friend this is my favorite scene by far

[@takeuchi5760]

That's a true friend

[@karenmonson9893]

Seeing this movie gave me a new appreciation for Ben Affleck's acting ability. I actually liked him better in this then Matt Damon.

[@xoppa09]

best scene in the movie

[@dozzszz]

This scene is iconic

[@liamtuohy7355]

Anyone who still doubts Ben Affleck as an actor needs to watch this immediately

[@zack6736]

"foley field" named after my great grandfather..movie has been my familys claim to fame

[@joeyjoejoe314]

why aren't movies this good anymore?

[@humantacos9800]

My buddy was like Will but never pushed forward. Just ended up a drunk depressed parts manager. He’s like 50 now. Can’t even look at him.

[@aaronmather4490]

I had to do a monologue for drama and this was the perfect scene to do

[@Zumcho]

My whole life, I've never had a friend like this.

[@redriver6541]

This is top 10 movies of my life....in my opinion.

[@vinman9786]

Things I wish my friends said to me instead of 'here try this....'