Matt Damon

¬¬¬ Matt Damon – A True Artist ‘The Bourne Series,’ ‘The Departed,’ ‘Oceans 11,’ ‘The Martian’ and several other groundbreaking pictures are part of Matt Damon’s filmography.1 Matthew Paige Damon, who was born on October 8, 1970, is an American actor who has won one Academy Award and 2 Golden Globes.2 The name Matthew means ‘Gift of the Lord,’ and he has gifted the world with several incredible films and inspired hundreds of millions of people. Famous for his friendship with long time friend Ben Affleck, he and Damon co-wrote the script for ‘Good Will Hunting,’ when they were in their early 20’s. This landed them an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and several other awards for the same category.3 Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he is…

The project I did was a Stroll Down Hollywood Boulevard. I watched the movie Good Will Hunting. The movie was directed by Gus Van Sant, and had roles played by Robin Williams, Matt Damon, and Ben Afflack. The plot is about Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT who solved a very high level math problem posted for the students to solve. Whoever solved the problem would receive great recognition by the math professor. The next day the math professor, Gerald Lambeau, comes in to see the problem solved but…

nickname, “sissy”. In spite of this, he leaves the other end endearingly shy, as well as worrisome about his impression on others. He is always evaluating himself, always trying his best to adjust and improve. At the beginning of the book, we see him considering his conversation with the rich and urbane Herbert Greenleaf, calculating in his options, he never loses that charming love of good fortune and high-class culture. Patricia Highsmith’s tale of impersonation, identity theft and murder has…

applied for a writing position on a television network that would help her further her career. Her odds of being hired were slim, but she was hopeful more than ever. Kaling explains, “I'm the kind of person who would rather get my hopes up really high and watch them get dashed to pieces than wisely keep my expectations at bay and hope they are exceeded” (Kaling 70). Throughout my life, I have also used this mechanism when it comes to either trying out for sports or applying for job. It helps me…

This is proven throughout the movie of invictus directed by Clint Eastwood in 2009, starring Matt Damon, and Morgan Freeman(Invictus). This film starts out as Mandela becoming president, people not believing in him, and even himself doubting his abilities as president. But right from the start of the film he wants people to work together and be united. Though this may not come yet he still makes an effort that proves useful. Mandela sees the Springboks, the South African rugby team, as a…

In the world of hollywood film, as well as society as a whole, there are often racial biases that benefit some, and inhibit others. Time and time again, theses racial stereotypes are portrayed throughout Hollywood cinema. As shown in the Good Will Hunting, Will Hunting, played by Matt Damon, shows time and time again that superior Knowledge, and white skin color is the the key to success. Whether it was him winning over Skylar in the Harvard Bar, or talking his way out of legal consequences in…

The movie Good Will Hunting is about Will Hunting (Matt Damon), a high school dropout working as a janitor in a prestigious university, who is the ultimate math genius. If not for the bouts of laughter and tears from the audience, the script itself will make any viewer fall in love with this story. The tale of a young boy being pressured to pursue his talents with numbers would not be as immersive if not for the acting as well. At the beginning of their bright career, Matt Damon and co-star Ben…

protagonist to grow as a person. Will begins the film by being distant from others, which is a common defense mechanism for people who have been emotionally and physically hurt. As the story progresses, Dr. Maguire is the only person who understands how to fully help Will transition from being unhappy to happy. He becomes a mentor to Will by teaching him the importance of becoming vulnerable when connecting with others. Although Dr. Maguire helps Will, Will also aids Dr. Maguire in realizing…

What started as a short story written for a Harvard writing class, life mirrored art ever so slightly for Matt Damon when he wrote Good Will Hunting—earning an A for his work on the assignment and an Oscar for his work on the screenplay for the film. The two childhood friends from the south side of Boston, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, wrote a script together that some might say is the greatest piece of writing ever done for a film. The two of them sold the script and turned it into a movie that…

example of the commonly used idiom “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. In order to impress onlookers and make a fool out of a local “townie” character of clearly inferior intelligence, a man that has been costumed to fit the character of “Ivy League graduate student” to a tee is begins to reference obscure academic literature in the local Harvard bar that both characters are patrons of. When the graduate student picks an intellectual argument with the uneducated townie, the writers bring in the…