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...were writing a screenplay, would you write yourself as the lead? Even more, would you write yourself as a God--dreamy, confident, charming and brilliant? Matt Damon certainly has written himself the part of a lifetime in Good Will Hunting. And boy, does he jump on the opportunity--his stellar performance is nothing short of a giant leap into stardom...
...wonder here--he clearly has invested immense passion in his role as Sean McGuire. His interactions with Will are wonderfully entertaining--each of them is lightning quick, perceiving what the other is about to say before it comes flying out of his mouth. Ben Affleck, who cowrote the screenplay, has a small but important part here as Will's main buddy (He swears that in the next movie they write he'll get to play the Romeo). Affleck has the funniest lines in the movie and one particular scene in which he impersonates Will in a job interview is classically...
...screenplay itself is wonderfully idiosyncratic. Despite the heavy-handed title (you can hear the studio execs screaming "Do you get it?") and the ridiculous ending, the dialogue is smart, often hysterical and loaded with spectacular monologues. But this is a Matt Damon movie from first to last, and it is his performance that makes the film a success...
Crimson: How do you and Ben Affleck go about writing a screenplay together...
Coppola's screenplay changes little of the book's simplistic plot. Matt Damon, following in the footsteps of Matthew McConaughey, is Rudy Baylor, a recent law-school grad with a soft spot for people in need. With the help of his diminutive mentor (Danny DeVito), Rudy evolves into an ethics-driven Superman--a lawyer with a heart, out to save the world from evil. First, there is his bold attack on a gargantuan insurance company that has a method of denying claims until policyholders give up. Rudy is astounded by the corruption of such a company that refuses...