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Title: Good Will Hunting : A Screenplay by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon ISBN: 0-7868-8344-8 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 25 December, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (43 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Damon and Affleck score high with Good Will Hunting
Comment: Having read all the reviews and endless adulation for this film, it's easy to see why the screenplay for Good Will Hunting snatched up an Oscar last year for Best Original Screenplay. Damon and Affleck have crafted an intelligent story that speaks volumes of humanity in the dialogue and character relationships. Characters are three-dimensional, flawed and compelling, forcing the audience to actually CARE what happens to them.
The major strength of the script is the finely-crafted monologues that Damon and Affleck give their characters: i.e. Shawn's speech to Will in Boston park is simply beautifal. Then there's Will's speech to the NSA agents which combines humour and observation in one neat little package.
The actor's performances stem from the sheer amount of subtext handed to them by Damon and Affleck in their script. Primarily, Will's path goes from frightened loud-mouth to assured and confident young man through his counseling sessions with Sean. These scenes are a joy to read as Will and Sean draw closer together by burying to the root of Will's struggle and for Sean to overcome past tragedies. Robin Williams at first seems like an odd choice for the role of Sean, but, for anyone who's seen DEAD POET'S SOCIETY will understand, approaches his role with vigour, inflecting Sean with wisdom, quiet solidarity and subtly conveys Sean's pain and anguish from a life of struggle.
Also, Affleck gets a great speech near the end of the story when Chuckie tells Will to accept his gift and to follow his heart and to stop denying himself in the eyes of others, because he has something that not many people have.
The script is also laced with some wonderful photographs from the film, which chart the progress of the story in pictures, and also includes a superb introduction from the film's director Gus Van Sant. The story is warm, deeply emotional and human, containing brilliant flashes of wit, pathos, observation and self-doubt, and I have no doubt that from this, Damon and Affleck will continue to rise and rise. Good Will Hunting reminds us that movies don't have to be about exploding asteroids, sinking ships or gratuitous car chases, they can be about the explorarion of the human condition, where the guay gets the girl and has all the answers.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Teamwork Between Friends
Comment: When pals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote Good Will Hunting, they had little idea the film would even get made, let alone that they would take home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for their work. Directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Robin Williams, this is a story about meeting one's potential.
Will Hunting is a genius. But he also has to sort a few things out about his life, and how he relates to others, before he can truly challange himself. When he meets therapist Sean MaGuire, Will begins to explore those issues, holding him back from having a good life. Who knew that two "pretty boy" actors from tintsletown could write something so deep? The script took everyone by surprise, with it's look at flawed, human characters in a very realistic way. Most films made today have at least one "perfect" sounding charater. Here, all of the characters have both strengths and weaknesses. These are just working class folks trying to get by. Damon and Affleck's humble Boston beginnings serve the script and the film very well.
Director Van Sant provides an introduction that talks about the history of this well written screenplay and the final film. The story is written in typical script fashion, complete with limited stage direction, and setting descriptions. The book is illustrated with dozens of black and white photos from the film. The 178 page book is recommended and should be on any person's bookshelf
Rating: 1
Summary: Trite, rehashed and recycled mismash
Comment: Having seen the movie and read the screenplay, I can never fail to understand how something like this was ever taken seriously. There is absolutely nothing original here; the writing is shallow and tedious and the movie unbelievably hackneyed. I marvel that such mediocre talent could be so hyped, so gushed over and can only conclude that either Damon and Affleck have some sort of inside Hollywood connection or they miraculously drew one of the luckiest lottery tickets in entertainment history. How else could they not only manage to get their screenplay delivered to the right person, read, made into a movie -- not only that but demand and get for themselves leading roles in that movie and alongside someone like Robin Williams? It baffles me completely. Go figure...
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Title: American Beauty: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts) by Alan Ball, Sam Mendes ISBN: 155704404X Publisher: Newmarket Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino ISBN: 0786881046 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script (A Newmarket Screenplay) by Frank Darabont, Stephen King ISBN: 1557042462 Publisher: Newmarket Press Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: When Harry Met Sally. . . by Nora Ephron ISBN: 0679729038 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 24 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay by Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard ISBN: 0786884851 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 03 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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