Good will hunting rules. Nite all.

Written by Alex on July 12th, 2010

Another in our occasional series: What We Tweet About When We Tweet About Good Will Hunting.

Ben Affleck not getting a best supporting actor nod for Good Will Hunting is a total travesty. Same w/Ted Knight in Caddyshack. On 3:25 AM Jul 11th 2010 from txt

I watched the Glee finale earlier and I was entertained. Now I'm watching Good Will Hunting and it makes me want to be a better me. On 10:19 PM Jul 10th 2010 from txt

i never saw good will hunting, its on netflix 'watch it now' so i can watch it for free but is it worth my time? i hate yuppie films. On 9:51 PM Jul 10th 2010 from web

The fact that Damon's character in Good Will Hunting is named Will Hunting bothers me. Don't ask me why. On 6:19 PM Jul 10th 2010 from web

@megansarahj Cambridge! Good Will Hunting! On 5:00 PM Jul 10th 2010 from web in reply to Megan Johnson

Sleep is insane. Good will hunting rules. Nite all On 6:15 AM Jul 10th 2010 from Twitterrific

NoteToSelf. U want to walk the neighborhood? Fine, but dont do it in a 3/4 length shirt and Ben Affleck's track pants from Good Will Hunting On 1:54 AM Jul 10th 2010 from web

@DeathByWaffle Good Will Hunting has a "fight scene"? That's like Casablanca having a slow-mo bullet-time scene. Just doesn't fit, On 4:54 AM Jul 9th 2010 from web in reply to Harry Kucharik

watching good will hunting craving an egg roll On 12:28 AM Jul 9th 2010 from twidroid

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    Sounds a lot like the plot of Good Will Hunting

    Written by Alex on June 30th, 2010

    The therapy scene from the Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly comedy Step Brothers; it sounds a lot like Good Will Hunting.

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      Hunting for a Half Way House

      Written by Alex on June 29th, 2010

      Affleck and Damon in Dogma

      Slate recently had an article on”10 wildly ambitious—or just wildly misguided—movie projects that were doomed by financial difficulties, casting issues, their very premise, or, commonly enough, all three,” including a version of The Lord of the Rings starring the Beatles.

      Nestled in at number eight is the following, a film project I had not heard of until now. Hey, at least it wasn’t a musical.

      Half Way House
      After the triumph of Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck found plenty of further success in acting, producing, and, in Affleck’s case, directing, but they have yet to film another Damon-Affleck script. Just months after GWH‘s release, they already had a project set up with Castle Rock. Affleck described Half Way House as an ensemble piece set in a home for the mentally impaired. The pair was going to play workers in the facility, at least initially. “Damon now tells Affleck he wants to play one of the retarded residents,” Variety‘s Army Archerd wrote in March 1998. “We’ve got 150 pages,” Damon told Entertainment Weekly that year, “and about five are good.” Whether he was being falsely modest or not, the film has been quietly dropped from both men’s list of future projects.

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        A couple of drunks with a good idea?

        Written by Alex on June 28th, 2010

        Another in our occasional series, What We Tweet About When We Tweet About Good Will Hunting….

        Thanks, Good Will Hunting, for being awesome (for the millionth time). On 5:16 AM Jun 27th 2010 from Twitter for iPhone
        I wonder if when Good Will Hunting came out, Casey Affleck thought, "awesome! 10 years from now, I'll be a star!" #myfuture? On 7:20 AM Jun 24th 2010 from Twitter for iPhone
        Trying to think up my own "Good Will Hunting"...so far? Nothing. On 6:53 AM Jun 23rd 2010 from TweetDeck
        Hot custodial workers make me feel like I'm living in Good Will Hunting On 4:17 PM Jun 16th 2010 from UberTwitter
        ...................didn't go well. It felt a bit like The Apprentice(Everyone wore suits) and Good Will Hunting(I didn't) On 1:38 PM Jun 16th 2010 from web
        Dear Skylar from "Good Will Hunting," holy shit, I'm in love with you. On 12:38 AM Jun 15th 2010 from web
        About to watch Good Will Hunting. Where do I find my own handsome, sensitive, brooding genius of a janitor? On 5:28 AM Jun 14th 2010 from web
        Scoped (snooped?) out the hood, and daughter's new apt. is a block from Good Will Hunting tavern. #fieldtrip On 12:08 AM Jun 14th 2010 from Seesmic Web
        Robin Williams looks fantastic in Good Will Hunting. Nice beard. On 9:01 PM Jun 13th 2010 from web
        Good Will Hunting, best movie ever or just a couple drunks with a good idea? On 4:35 PM Jun 13th 2010 from web
        About to do what I always do while recovering from an existential crisis: Watch Good Will Hunting. On 3:43 AM Jun 13th 2010 from web

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          The Cinematic Canon of Overly Detailed Chalkboards

          Written by Alex on June 24th, 2010

          A still from Christopher Nolan's Inception

          Everyone’s giddy for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film Inception, including New York Magazine‘s culture blog “Vulture,” which has been looking over a bunch of newly released stills from the film.  This one (above) in particular had them considering the canon of great chalkboards of film and television, which inevitably lead them to one Good Will Hunting (as well as I Heart Huckabees, School of Rock, and The Simpsons.)

          Check out their analysis, in terms of awesome/confusing/obsessive, here.

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            Beat L.A.

            Written by Alex on June 20th, 2010

            The Dodgers are in town, and the Celtics are done for the season….

            Casey Affleck in Good Will Hunting

            Casey Affleck in Good Will Hunting

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              Med school. Medical school in California.

              Written by Alex on June 18th, 2010

              Minnie Driver in Good Will Hunting

              This evening I was walking into the Harvard Square T station, on my way to a Red Sox game, and a group of college kids were walking ahead of me.  They came to a stop — a couple of them were looking around — and as I walked by the group I heard one guy say to the others, “Hey, where’s Skylar?”

              It was a valid question.

              Wait, no it wasn’t.  She’s in med school in California.  Duh.

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                Blog Will Hunting celebrates one year on the web, with cake wrecks

                Written by Alex on June 13th, 2010

                Ah yes, it was just a year ago when we first began blogging about Good Will Hunting here on Blog Will Hunting.

                And as a part of our ongoing series THEY GOT A BOOK DEAL; WHY NOT ME, please enjoy a piece of birthday cake with us.

                If a blog about ill-constructed cakes can get a book deal, why not a blog with brilliantly-constructed Good Will Hunting-themed cakes?

                "How Do You Like Them Apples?" apple cake with brown sugar frosting and mini-cupcakes with red frosting

                Many thanks to cake auteur Molly, who writes:

                Well, it was supposed to be a “How Do You Like Them Apples?” Apple Cake, with Brown Sugar Frosting, with mini-cupcakes made to look like apples.  The cake recipe is from King Arthur Flour.  On the cake was a hand, holding a piece of paper with Skylar’s phone number. The background was decorated with cinnamon, and the paper made white with confectioner’s sugar, and the hand’s sleeve was green and black plaid. It was lovely.

                But by the time it got to your house, it was a “Do you like apples? Well, I destroyed your cake on the 72 bus on the way over. How do you like THEM apples?” Apple Cake, with frosting mash. It was a literal cake wreck. I cried a little, just like I did the first time I saw Good Will Hunting.  Still tasted good, though.

                Happy Birthday, Blog Will Hunting!

                "Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brian" Chocolate Cake

                "Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brian" yellow birthday cake with chocolate frosting and cupcakes

                Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brian Cake

                Thanks to cake creator Katherine, who ran into some cake-making issues, primarily fitting all Will’s fictional brothers onto one cake, explaining “I had to resort to cupcakes. Also, there was a giant sinkhole in ‘Danny’ that I could not, for the life of me, fix… no matter how much frosting i filled it with, it kept sinking in.”

                And finally, to all you cake-makers and blog-readers…

                It's not your fault!

                It's not your fault (the cake)

                "It's Not Your Fault" yellow cake with vanilla frosting and red roses icing

                Happy Birthday, Blog Will Hunting!

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