Introduction to Evie's Good Will Hunting

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Hello !   

As you may have guessed by the title my favourite film is the 1997 classic 'Good Will Hunting' written by and starring the very charming 90s Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, directed by Gus Van Sant. 

I won't lie this is the only Van Sant film I have seen, yep still not seen 'Psycho'. I first saw 'Good Will Hunting' around 14/15 when my Dad showed it to me, initially I expected a boring 'old' film as my Dad does not have good record within my family for recommending good or even average films.

This clearly wasn't the case for his film suggestion this time.

'Good Will Hunting' will likely as ways be my favourite film not only because I think has real and raw writing, an amazing cast (I mean Robin Williams for fucks sake) and autumnal Boston as a back drop, but this was the first film I ever saw which I remember watching it and knowing it was important to me.


This blog isn't going to find a new 'Good Will Hunting' for me however it will be where I attempt to track new films I have watched, reviewed and likely just dump film related thoughts onto this page. 

Previously I had tracked films in an excel file, but that was mid-pandemic, no chance I'm going to stare at excel workbooks outside of my work/studies. Then I was introduced to LetterBox which I now use religiously to log films and make lists, now encouraging me to take it to the next level. Well, at least try to. 

You and I will see if this actually progresses into something I do consistently, which I'd like to this I will, and if anyone actually wants to see my silly little thoughts on the films I have recently watched.

Evie 26 August 2022


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