Or at least that’s what I thought.
All these Twitter posts about Boys Poker Night were actually about Damon and Affleck playing poker. Like, with Brad Garrett. 140 characters, your tendency to lack clarity strikes again!
Boys Playing Poker is a stupid name for a movie anyway. It’s no “Rounders”.
The “It’s not your fault!” sequence of Good Will Hunting puts forth what is probably the quote (repeated over and over again) that has most permeated pop culture. “It’s not your fault!” Robin Williams insists. Though my peers and I incorporate many a GWH reference into our conversations, “It’s not your fault” seems to be a genuine cultural reference among non-devotees.
Last spring Apple ran an ad with some genuine GWH subtext, as noted by blogger Gabe Jacobs. Have Matt and Ben made their mark upon the very language of psychotherapy? Move over, “how does that make you feel?”!
Does this make Minnie Driver a Mac? Because Skylar totally would be.
IMDb is predicting a 2011 release date for an Untitled Ben Affleck/Matt Damon Project. Good Will Hunting Devotees have been wondering — why so long, Matt and Ben, to follow up your roles as Oscar-winning screenwriters? Sophomore slump? According to People Magazine (you heard me):
In terms of professional projects, though they’ve costarred and shared cameos in various films and collaborated as producers on different projects, Affleck and Damon haven’t been paired together on screen for five years. Affleck says the timing now feels right to re-team once again. “Supposedly we’re doing this thing next year” once their busy schedules dovetail, Affleck said. For his part, Damon has to complete three films – including a fourth turn as Jason Bourne – while Affleck, who received warm reviews for his 2007 directorial effort Gone Baby Gone, will be directing and starring in The Town, which Variety reports is an adaptation of the Chuck Hogan novel The Prince of Thieves. “Matt is always pretty busy but claiming that he’s going to try and slow it down a little bit,” says his buddy. “He doesn’t mind taking a year to wait. I would love to, it’s great, and we’re both busy. Matt lives in Miami, so it’s hard to get a chance to see him. If we work together it’s an excuse to hang out.”
So they’ve been busy. Too busy to make a movie together, apparently. This begs the question, though… not too busy for best friend surfing safari?
I always forget that Matt & Ben really got their break from Kevin Smith (Good Will Hunting co-executive producer, creator/writer/director of Chasing Amy and, as seen above, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back) . I haven’t seen Jay & Silent Bob, but have to admit, this scene is masterful.
Were Ben-Affleck-self-mocking a film genre onto its own, he’d be buried in Oscars.
Playing some pool then back to my room to watch Good Will Hunting (gotta practice my Boston accent)
