>drop out of high paying job for a 3/10 bong girldid he make the right decision
dropping the job offer wasn't that big of a deal. he's obviously smart enough to find another lucrative offer. he doesn't even have to though if his relationship works out, she had rich parents. The point was to get out of Boston that's a win for him no matter what's on the other side
what was this guy's deal?
>>218182467Didn't he have another offer from where Minnie Driver was moving to and she suggested they should move there together to which he freaked out?
>>218182467You mean following her to Stanford which is in the middle of Silicon Valley? He will be offered huge pay packages
>>218182702actual nerd who actually studied hard, but for the movie he's supposed to be there to prove to the audience Will's calculations are correct. He's a plot device.
>>218182702He was a TA who was probably an exceptional student but ultimately unremarkable and despite working for his entire life towards recognition in the field is he is immediately eclipsed and outshined by Will, which he takes in his stride but deep down it's probably crippling to him that a guy so blasé towards his genius is capable of doing things he'll never comprehend, let alone accomplish. The only thing I really remember him doing is suggesting to Will that he should be appreciative of Lambeau, as well as highlighting how much Lambeau enjoys working with him, something for which he seems to wistfully long.
>>218182731I thought he was meant to be gay for Prof. Lambeau, like a Smithers characterhis scenes are all so strange
>>218182783are you a woman or a retarded man?
>>218182788the latter
>>218182467retarded self insert movie
do people from Harvard actually flirt at bars by quoting history books?
>>218182878Look up performative males
>>218182542>The point was to get out of Boston that's a win for him no matter what's on the other sideWhy? What's so bad about Boston? That's where all his friends and family are? Yes the ultimate win is getting a high paying job and living in some generic suburb somewhere
>>218182467This is considered 10/10 in Boston
>>218183015>Why? What's so bad about Boston?it's his home town, and living in your home town for your entire life is sad
>>218182542>The point was to get out of Boston that's a win for him no matter what's on the other sideI understood what they were going for in the movie, but IRL you can't run from your problems like this. Boston is a huge city with a ton of opportunities for a guy like Will with all the universities and research going on. He had already started to tap into that by working with the professor. He didn't need to leave his hometown to stop running around with his crumb-bum friends, drinking all the time, getting into legal troubles, and getting into fights. He just needed to mature a little bit and maybe move neighborhoods. He was well on his way to doing that with the therapy work he did with Robin Williams' character. The answer to his continued issues wasn't getting in the car and moving 3,000 miles away. People do this all the time IRL and it seldom works out. You take your problems with you wherever you go.
>>218183182It's also just a movie trope, the whole child/teen prodigy that is good at something for no good reason.People don't "just know" how do complicated math problems.
>>218183131That's right, move away from your community, home and the place you have a connection to.You should move to the hustle and bustle of the big city!
>>218182702>How do we make our character look smart and educated>Put bookshelves on every wall and fill them with booksI hate this trope so much. Even one of my dumbass friends did this in his place and I know he hasn't read a single book on his shelves
>>218183638that's what the founders of the country did, retard. Moving out of your parent's home is fundamental American culture.
>>218183756(((american culture)))that's right goy
>>218183777you're brown
>>218182467he denied israel weapons they would later use to genocide children. he did nothing wrong.
>>218182467I dropped from a 10/10 school to go to 1/10 school with my 7/10 gf.She cheated on me. I for sure made the wrong decision.
>>218183782You have half a penis, you're basically a tranny
>>218182783afaik he's a literal mathematician that also worked as a consultant for the movie
>>218182702He seemed like an underwritten "square" character that was suppose to be used by Will (at some point) to make a point about why he was choosing to forego making lasting contributions to humanity and chasing his bonnie bong lady instead.
>>218183552Didn't the film establish that Will was self-taught? Like he basically hung around the library reading books teaching himself all this knowledge? Because yeah, obviously you're right. No one innately knows advanced calculus or trigonometry without learning basic mathematics.
This movie really made me feel, I can connect to Will's character about being mega smart but having the misfortune of bad luck and bad surroundings.
>>218182467>3/10 bong girlThat's a lady you're talking about, creep.
>>218182947the 'history' of performative males dates back 3 weeks and will be another meme lost in time but you apparently hold so dear
>>218183131>>218183756kek you got caught!
>>218183756>that's what the founders of the country did, retard>George Washington was born on February 22, 1732,[a] at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
>MIT students went out of their way to search for their professor at a party on a Saturday to let him know someone had solved the problem on the chalkboard5th grade writing
>>218183058they’re insecure so they worship bri’ish shit
>>218183015His family was abusive and his friends were not conducive to his intellectual potential. Even if he wasnt a genius, they were sabotuers who.were holding each other back.
>>218183182He wasnt.moving for a job opportunity, he was risking it on faling in love and being vulnerable. He could try and fail plenty of times. That is the point you are supposed to gather from.this.
>>218184246They were math enthusiast and it was an on campus event. Lambaue is also cool with the undergrads.
>>218184519fucking nerds
>>218184112You're not a genius. You're just a slacker shithead who has never applied yourself and thereby never earned anything. The world doesn't owe you a living, anon. If you want a good life, work for it. I was born into shitty circumstances too, but through hard work and dedication I made it out.
>>218183671I wish I had the /lit/ greentext of Anon having his books tossed as Chad forces the former to admit not having read anything filling his bookcase
>>218183015You can always establish yourself, grind some shekels for some years and move back and live far more comfortably than if you hadn't left.
>>218183552HE COULD ALWAYS JUST PLAY, DUMMY
>>218184622take it easy
I knew a guy like this in high schoolIncredibly gifted but just slacked offHe died of a overdose when he was 25
>>218185814basedhoped he enjoyed every moment of it
>>218185814basedimagine using your god given talents into putting another dollar in The Man's pocket
>>218183131why is that sad?
>>218182467>fails and goes back to violence in the sequelBostonians really are just niggers at the end of the day
>Wood drastically Wood drastically underestimates..
>>218186297there's a whole giant cool world out there, and you only get one life to experience it. you should try and see as much as you can, and that means living multiple different lifestyles, dating different people, having different jobs, etc etc. people who never explore or try different things usually end up handicapped by their lack of wisdom by the time they reach middle age. There are negative stereotypes about townies for a reason.
>>218186587Idea that travelling = wisdom is just a cope by libtards trying to justify the fact that they have 6 holidays a years instead of saving up to buy a house
>>218186587t. Anthony Bourdain
>>218186664I lived in a rural home, a tiny dorm, a shitty city apartment, a nice city apartment, a secluded corporate apartment complex, a rented house in the burbs, and now I own a rural home of my own. all of those phases of my life had tremendous value on my development as a person
>>218182702>is supportive to everyone around him including Will being a dickheadSeems like a decent guy
>>218182467Minnie Driver was cute in the 90s
>Will's wake-up call that he needed to leave Boston was Ben Affleck dying in a workplace accident at the construction site, but the producers thought that was too depressing, so they just had Affleck's character encourage Will to leaveWas it the right choice?
>>218186587>there's a whole giant cool world out thereso why can't i live where i grew up and just travel to different places. you can do both, you know.what's so bad about that?
>>218186316I thought the final scene of the rat running across Lambeau’s desk with the Harvard skyline as backdrop was a trifle on the nose
>>218187006That character dying the moment Will needed a revelation would have felt really contrived. Fits better that he just gets fed up watching Will suck and dumps on him
>>218187006"Rudy" had done the exact same story beat 4 years earlier
>>218186959always found her hot AFwish she'd stomp on my face with those massive soles of hers
>>218187006YesHaving a loved one’s dramatic death be the only catalyst for your growth is retarded telenovela logicWill is a brainy person, the decision had to come from his own internal dialogue with help from others, not forced on him by death/pregnancy/some other physical call to adventure>>218186664Real libtards like me have both
>>218186587>that means living multiple different lifestyles, dating different people, having different jobs, etc etc. In my experience 90% of people who travel a lot live the exact same lifestyle, end up dating people just like them, and have similar career paths
>>218183638That's what Jews do and they rule America now
>>218187006I get why Will would be bored by snobbish intellectuals, but what was the point of him stucking himself in blue-collar jobs?it's not like his childhood trauma had anything to do with his geniuswhy would he be afraid to afford a better life for himself?it's not like he was having a great time being a janitor at MIT either
>>218183182Boston is a shithole filled with racist white “bros” who cheat on every girl they trick into dating them.
>>218187135>I get why Will would be bored by snobbish intellectuals, but what was the point of him stucking himself in blue-collar jobs?because he was critically insecure, and smart people threaten his sense of superiority. That's why Robin William's character was so frightening to him.
>>218187244>because he was critically insecureSurprised how many people miss this, Will immediately deflects when he says he benches 285.
>>218182467the best part of the film was when he humiliated George Plimpton, who is an enormous faggot irl.
Do you like apples?"Why yes, yes I do!"uhh ... umm ...
>>218187311the line works the same way
>>218183015white working class Bostonites are lugheaded dumbasses who have crab in a bucket mentalities
>>218187335>"Well I got her number! How do you like them apples!">"I don't know buddy, that seems more bananas to me.">smug rich laughter
>>218182467>advanced fourier system(?)>actually first semester graph theory problemWhy don't writers do their research?
>>218187156Shane Gillis type.
>>218183552the movie can’t decide if he’s an autistic math whiz or extremely literate and well read. almost nobody is both to genius level.
>>218187244>>218187273still, you'd think any menial office job for which he'd get paid a little over minimum wage would still be a million times better than being a janitor or working constructioneven working at a library would mean he'd have all day long to read and do whatever the fuck he pleased
>>218187450Pretty fucking good! ;)
>>218187473Physical labor helps mute your brain, Will was smart enough that without a goal or something to keep it quiet his brain would go off the rails and doom spiral; hence that schizo rant about the national guard after the NSA meeting.
>>218187473He is partially larping so that he doesnt overshadow his friends and alienate them. In school you worked slower if the teacher pointed out how quickly you finished the assignment.
If he was so smart why didn’t he fix his own brain? I never got this movie. He acts like a total retard for most of the movie.
>>218187552Humans aren't robots, even the most brilliant people have emotions and hindrances tracing back to when their brain was still developing. It's insidious because since your brain wasn't fully functional, that information is very foggy and difficult to self-analyze. Also, the more powerful your brain, the better it is at tricking you or defending you from painful subjects.
>>218187552why wouldn't he enjoy being a strong, handsome, funny genius with photographic memory, and a talent for mathematics while also being street smart, with a tight group of friends, and who has a complex personality, and who has Ivy League girls hitting on him at bars, despite his lifelong trauma and abandonment issues that only made him even more of a mysterious and charismatic person??
>>218184183He means Nativx Americans lil bro
>>218183015Did you even watch the movie?
>>218187463It's a film written by Matt Damon you nerd
>>218182702
>>218187740And that somehow absolves him?
>>218183671I don't see the problem. My first apartment was like that and I in fact read all of the books I had. Some of them multiple times. Some of us also keep a lot of reference books around, which are the sort of books you don't read cover to cover.
>>218187757Want to see my Fields Medal? I use it as a coaster
>>218184152You're telling me those guitar kids in high school 20 years back weren't performative males too?
>>218187823>20 years agoDo zoomers not have guitar guys anymore? Those were a staple of high school/college
>>218182467> middle class bookworm from the shit side of boston should be chasing 10s>>218183058>posts pic of her from 30 years later>>218182702>pretends to not know what a TA isThis is a bot thread or what? Just seems like y'all are farming engagement
>>218182467Yes, why aspire to be more when you could just live a life of wasted potential?
>>218186664>written by chatgpt
why didn't he invest in the stock market and became filthy rich like Christian Bale in The Big Short?he was a genius, he could easily see patterns clearer than any investor
>>218187117Maybe you see that because you hang around certain kinds of people.
>>218187845I don't think so. Nowadays they are book guys
why wasn't he in the mafia if he was such a wise guy?
https://www.imperiodefamosas.com/Fotos/Minnie_Driver/Minnie_Driver_149.jpg
>>218188454I kind of feel sorry for hershe and Matt Damon were in a relationship during the recording for the movie, then he dumped her and became a major filmstar, and she was just a local tv star in the UK
>>218188087>middle class bookworm from the shit side of boston should be chasing 10she's pretty good looking and gets into trouble. A guy like that would easily bag 9's.
>>218188881there are no 9s in Boston
>>218183638that literally how this country was founded you stupid loser
>>218188828Keeley Hawes is the best local uk tv star that Americans dont know
>>218183058do you hop into your time machine and check what your gf will look like in the future everytime you start dating someone?
>>218183058Her performance was amazing. It legit felt like she was hopelessly in love with Will.
>>218183797are you me? I dropped out of a 10/10 scholarship to be with my way-too-hot-for-me gf at her retard vocational school and she cheated on me almost immediately.
>>218189315aye
>>218182783these are two passionate men of their fieldsman realizes he'll never or have to work twice as hard to get any comparable results to some upstart Lambeau is a compassionate man and gets what he's going throughcamaraderie
>>218183797>>218189361your respective ex gfs were probably testing you to see if you would have made the respectable choiceyou have not
>>218182467>Janitor >high paying job
>>218189344she was
>>218186959Yes she was. Bong women are 10/10 in their youth. They just get ugly in their 30s and 40s way faster than other women.
>>218189475lol nah, in my case we both had no family and abandonment issues only I thought her intense attachment was a sign of love when in reality she was that way with everyone she hooked up with. Letting go of a all inclusive scholarship made me look like a retard to everyone who knew me though. She dropped out of school a month later and I never saw her again.
>>218183058Still would, every one of those sunspots would get a peck
>>218183058I don't get it, she looks great
>>218187006honestly all the things ive read about GWH's script has convinced me that Damon and Affleck were just responsible for the a few basic plot elements like the character of Will being a genius and everything good and memorable about it was contributed by older and more mature industry vets
>>218188340Its a facetious superlative, wise guy. See?
>>218190511A lot of screenplays get drastically changed after getting sold, the important thing is that their voice is still in it (Damon's mom is a therapist and Affleck had a drunkard dad), it's still really impressive that 20-somethings were smart enough to leverage their personal lives to make a classic movie
>>218187006Yes, making the world revolve around the MC so hard that someone has to die just so the MC decides to do something is cheap and dumb.
>>218193601is it dumb? or is he supersmart?
>>218183058With that complexion are we sure she isn't penny diver?
>>218194213hey, take it easy
>>218192167>classic"Working class total genius wins every argument ever" isn't that great a story. You need to see a wider range of cinema if you think that narcissistic victory fantasy had any merit.
is real life Matt Damon more unrealistic than the character he plays in this movie?Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Were Extras On Field Of Dreams (1989).matt damon was born in 1970. so he must been aged 18-19. Matt damon said in several interviews that he auditioned for Dead Poets Society (1989) and didn't get the part and went back to sweeping the floor of theaters he was working at.and he still got into Harvard and wrote the script, became instantly huge, got to screen it to the freakng President.he married a latina single mother waitress and is still with her to this day.
>>218183756>that's what the founders of the country did, retardIf you are going to pioneer a nation and change the course of history forever, then yes, you can move away from home.If you are going to crunch numbers at a desk for a megacorporation and live in a small single flat by yourself for years, and isolate yourself from everyone else, don't bother.
>>218194584he was born a winner
>>218194584why is preppy required to wear a sweater?? surely there are other sifistcated long sleaths tops
>>218189027And now it's founded so why do I still need to move?
>>218186664>instead of saving up to buy a houseHousing costs have outpaced wages versus cost of living years ago so why bother? I'd rather spend my money on something fun than do nothing but wageslave chasing a mirage.
