Ben Affleck has two Oscars...

[the next guy]

Actually, the Hollywood rumor and legend is that NEITHER of them wrote Good Will Hunting.

Which is a rumor I believed before I saw Gone Baby Gone and The Town.

In reality though, Good Will Hunting was initially a thriller. Based on script notes they came up with the end result.

Good story. I always love these things.

 

[THE 101]

Actually, the Hollywood rumor and legend is that NEITHER of them wrote Good Will Hunting.

Which is a rumor I believed before I saw Gone Baby Gone and The Town.

In reality though, Good Will Hunting was initially a thriller. Based on script notes they came up with the end result.

The rumor is William Goldman wrote it.

 

[Ziggiy]

Yes Ben has two Oscars and he could of very well had 3 had he not gotten the Best Director sub. But the fact is this is just his 3rd Movie. So many great Directors waited years even decades to win an Oscar. Some never won it. This idea that Ben was intitled to a Best Director didn't fly with me. Again it was his 3rd movie. If you don't get nominated you come back stronger.

I'm happy for Ben and he is shaping up to be a pretty good Director. I've liked all 3 of his films. His actor career went way down but he came back strong with his directing career. Matt Damon had the better overall career and we all know Matt most likely wrote the bulk of "Good Will Hunting" and brought his boy Ben along for the ride. But again I can't hate, "Argo" was a good movie even though it made it seem like The Americans did most of the plan when it was the Canadians.

Where has this ever truly been theorized or proven? It doesn't make any sense that Matt Damon would "allow" anyone, friend or not, to take credit for something as highly esteemed as the Good Will Hunting screenplay, that just sounds like some bullshyt rumor concocted after Affleck was having a down turn in his career....

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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