Interrupting Ponytail's "contention that, prior to the Revolutionary War, the economic modalities, especially in the southern colonies, could most aptly be characterized as agrarian pre-capitalist." Will starts in on Ponytail by taking him seriously. Outmatched by Ponytail, Affleck has a brilliant moment where he actually scratches his head like a troglodyte. It has been dubbed "The Ponytail Murder" (by me) and you know the scene I'm talking about. However, there's one scene that stands above them all. Good Will contains sequence after sequence of magic.
Pick a moment: Will (played by Damon) defending himself in open court, Chuckie (Affleck) posing as Will at a job interview and demanding a retainer, Sean (Robin Williams) recalling the night he skipped Game 6 (yes, it deserves to be capitalized) to stay with his future wife. The dialogue is authentic and, at its best, wickedly funny. Good Will Hunting contains a rare mix of characters from different social classes, ages, opinions, and even countries. While the Oscars are prone to handing out mistakes, they got this one right. Damon and Affleck would go on to win Oscars for their original script - the story of a working-class genius who gets himself discovered and falls in love. Critics embraced them, and the Academy Awards would follow. The two young actors had starred in and written one of the best screenplays of 1998.
Twenty years ago today, Good Will Hunting opened in movie theaters and the careers of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (not to mention his little brother, Casey) skyrocketed. And two, you dropped 150 grand on a fuckin' education you could've got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library." "See the sad thing about a guy like you is in 50 years you're gonna start doing some thinking of your own and you're gonna come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: One, don't do that.