I've watched a stunning new movie recently. Let me tell you all about it!

Hello, all and welcome back. Now I have been on a mission lately to watch critically acclaimed movies that I haven't seen yet. This week I picked Good Will Hunting the Matt Damon and Robin Williams movie that won Best Screenplay in 1998. Now this film is stunning from the compelling storyline to the beautiful shots I can see why this movie is so highly recommended. Now I will tell you a little bit more about why this film deserves every award it earned and more. But asI do with every movie review this will contain SPOILERS so be warned if you haven't seen this masterpiece yet I will be discussing parts of the story that may spoil it for you.

Let's start off with the story. The screenplay was written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and they perfectly create a story that the audience can get behind. They write a compelling story line about a genius living in Boston who is put on the straight and narrow path after he picks a fight. The man is brilliant at everything, yet he is inexperienced in what life really has to offer. All that he knows he has learned from books and little has come from actual experience. Part of the agreement of this man to get out of jail and work at MIT is that he must see a phycologist. After the man, Will Hunting runs off multiple therapists the professor that recruited Will calls an old friend, Sean Maguire who is a phycologist. Sean and Will have a rough time in the beginning, but as the story progresses the two bond and Will becomes more open about his feelings with Sean. Will then meets Skylar a girl he falls head over heels for, however, he is forced to deal with emotions he is used to burying and he ends up losing Skylar because he

refuses to accept change in his life. He then falls into a downward spiral because of how worried he is that things will. It takes his best friend, played by Ben Affleck, telling him how lucky he is and Sean telling him that all of the hardships from his past are not his fault for Will to finally pull himself out of the slump and get his life together. He takes one of the jobs that he is offered and, at the last minute once his therapy sessions are up with Sean, leaves for California to chase down Skylar and try to win her back.

Overall the script is an exceptional one that tells the heartbreaking story of a genius that refuses to do better for himself. Damon and Affleck created compelling relatable characters and threw in comic relief when the movie needed it most, also more curse words than I can be bothered to count (Although I did read somewhere that the total number of choice words used in the film reached around 141). By creating character traits the audience can relate to and a story that makes the viewers question themselves, Good Will Hunting rightfully earned all of the awards they won and proved to me that the legendary status it has achieved is one that it justly deserves.

Of course, how could I talk about the excellent screenplay and not talk about my favorite scene in the entire movie, the scene where Will shows up the college student to defend his friend. Will's friend is being shown as an idiot so Will steps in and instantly begin to insult the others kids intelligence, or lack therefore of. He tells him he is wasting his money on an education that he could've gotten at any library. He then proceeds to make the student look stupid by disproving all of his theories about what happened and discuss the actual history around the Market Economy of the south prior to the
Revolutionary War (yes I memorized the fight topic I am a history buff, memorizing historical information is my forte). See image on the right if you don't remember what scene it was. Another reason it is one of my favorites is this is the first time we really see just how smart Will is and it gives us a hint as to what is in store for him.

Another aspect of the film that really stood out to me was the use, and absence in some cases, of music. In the beginning, we hear beautiful music almost the entire film. It fills the space that has yet to be filled with dialogue. It also uses music during the big fight scene to replace the sounds of the fight going on and make the emotion that much stronger. It also is apparent at the very end when Sean tells him "It's not your fault" until finally, Will gets the message. During this scene there is no background noise, no music as would appear in almost any other film with an emotional scene like that. That is what makes the scene as powerful as it is. The reason audiences shed a tear is they don't feel any separation that the music would give, instead they fell as though they are right in the middle of the therapy session along with Will and Sean.

Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed this adventure on one of the most famous movies with me. See you guys later.

Let me catch you up on what I've been up to since school started!

Hello all, I am back with another blog post here to tell you all about the big project I've been working on recently! I know I've been really busy and this should give you a slight glimpse at what all I've been working on since my Senior year started.

So when the year started I knew I wanted to do something related to history and international policy this year, and it took me a while but I have decided that I will be writing, filming, and producing a mini-series on YouTube that will be called: 'Cold War Cold Hard Facts'. Now as you can probably guess the premise of this show is to take the complicated events of the Cold War and break them down into less complicated, easy to remember bites. I will also be talking about popular films that cover those time frames and other ways to learn more. Now each episode will have its own ideas and will cover a different time and different situations that happened during the Cold War. I am currently working on finishing the scripts, which has taken me some time to do because of all the research I am doing and the sheer number of episodes I am writing. In total, there should be about 11 but that number may get larger as I write and see how long each episode is.

This project has been teaching me a lot about time management and how hard it is to write an entire miniseries by myself. It has also taught me a lot about the kind of preparation that goes into making any film production, especially what it is like to be the only one doing something. I have begun to plan how I will film the segment, don't worry that much is going to stay a secret I can't tell you all my tricks. I also have begun to work out editing schedules and when I want this project done by. I know it sounds really mundane,  but it is an important part of creating a video and especially this miniseries.

Now there is a big influence in why I decided to create this as my miniseries, my love for history and foreign policy. I am planning to go to college to major in International Studies and History and I've been wanting to create a project that gives me a chance to explore those fields through film and I think this project combines just that. I hope you all get a chance to see it once I have finished producing it, and I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I am enjoying writing it. See you all later!