It’s the first time I watch “Good Will Hunting”. This film is 2 hours and 6 minutes long. I took around 3 hours and half to watch it, and it’s definitely a movie I plan on watching again (more than once). It had been a long time since I watched a movie that actually made me think, reflect, learn, and even travel. I had to hit the pause button multiple times during the movie to think, and even replay some parts.
After watching this movie, I feel like I know the characters and I can relate to them, especially to Will and Sean. This movie brought to me infinite lessons and things to think about and reflect on, and I’m sure that if I watched it 20 more times, I would learn something new and find a new thing to think about each time I'd watch it. Probably because of the point of my life I am at right now, what most stood out for me in this film was the strong message that was conveyed about taking risks, challenging one’s self, and taking on new experiences. I refer to the point of my life I am at right now as the senior student I am who is about to graduate and start university. I’m at a point in my life in which I’m about to go through many changes, change my routine, say goodbye to my old friends and hello to new ones, take on new experiences and challenges, and start my new life.
It was especially during Will’s and Sean’s conversations in which I had to pause the film as it really made me reflect and realize some things. I may not be an orphan genius-level intellect that is abused by it’s foster parents, is arrested, and works as a janitor and as a construction worker, or a psychology teacher who is unable to move on from his wife’s death, but I was able to relate so much to this characters and apply what they discussed in their conversations to my actual life.
In one of Will’s and Sean’s sessions, Sean defined a soulmate to be someone who challenges you and opens up things for you, someone who touches your soul. He also added that a soulmate is someone you can give back to. Although this may not be the obvious answer or interpretation, for me, according to Sean’s definition, Will and Sean were soulmates. The relationship between these two starts with the sole purpose of Sean serving as a psychologist for Will. This connection develops into much more than that. Both of them challenge each other and open things up from each other that no one else had been able to. After many unproductive sessions and failed attempts, Sean is able to touch Will’s soul, and this also happens vise versa. Sean challenges Will in many aspects and helps him realize his potential and push him to accomplish great things. He is able to open up parts of Will no one could ever open, not even himself, and he actually challenges Will’s weak defense mechanism. Sean is also able to learn from Will much more than what it was expected or imaginable. Will constantly challenges Sean and he pushes him to take an objective look at his own life, since the psychologist had been stuck in the death of his wife and wasn’t able to move on.
This is why I consider Will and Sean soulmates. Their mutual challenge and push on each other was even hard and challenging to watch, but it resulted into amazing outcomes. Without this challenge, opening up, push, and connecting with the soul, there is no way of achieving great things and route oneself towards a great life. This applies to Will and Sean, to me, and to everyone. There is no sense in conforming with what we know and what’s safe, getting stuck in routine, having a monotonous life, and not seeking for new experiences. A soulmate is the perfect companion and push we need to avoid this.
"You’ll have bad times, but that’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” -Sean Maguire
Taking risks, challenging oneself and others, touching our souls and others, and taking on every experience we can, seems like something unsafe and uncomfortable, but it is the safest step we can take towards a great life.
Leaving Boston was Will’s and Sean’s way of challenging themselves, getting out of their comfort zone, and seeking new experiences and great things. How would they have taken this step if it wasn’t for their soulmate? For the challenge, opening up, and touching of the soul from part of their soulmate?
Graduating from school and starting classes at La Catolica is the first step I’m taking to challenge myself, get our of my comfort zone, and seek new experiences and great things. And there are much more steps I want to find and execute.
After watching this movie, I feel like I know the characters and I can relate to them, especially to Will and Sean. This movie brought to me infinite lessons and things to think about and reflect on, and I’m sure that if I watched it 20 more times, I would learn something new and find a new thing to think about each time I'd watch it. Probably because of the point of my life I am at right now, what most stood out for me in this film was the strong message that was conveyed about taking risks, challenging one’s self, and taking on new experiences. I refer to the point of my life I am at right now as the senior student I am who is about to graduate and start university. I’m at a point in my life in which I’m about to go through many changes, change my routine, say goodbye to my old friends and hello to new ones, take on new experiences and challenges, and start my new life.
It was especially during Will’s and Sean’s conversations in which I had to pause the film as it really made me reflect and realize some things. I may not be an orphan genius-level intellect that is abused by it’s foster parents, is arrested, and works as a janitor and as a construction worker, or a psychology teacher who is unable to move on from his wife’s death, but I was able to relate so much to this characters and apply what they discussed in their conversations to my actual life.
In one of Will’s and Sean’s sessions, Sean defined a soulmate to be someone who challenges you and opens up things for you, someone who touches your soul. He also added that a soulmate is someone you can give back to. Although this may not be the obvious answer or interpretation, for me, according to Sean’s definition, Will and Sean were soulmates. The relationship between these two starts with the sole purpose of Sean serving as a psychologist for Will. This connection develops into much more than that. Both of them challenge each other and open things up from each other that no one else had been able to. After many unproductive sessions and failed attempts, Sean is able to touch Will’s soul, and this also happens vise versa. Sean challenges Will in many aspects and helps him realize his potential and push him to accomplish great things. He is able to open up parts of Will no one could ever open, not even himself, and he actually challenges Will’s weak defense mechanism. Sean is also able to learn from Will much more than what it was expected or imaginable. Will constantly challenges Sean and he pushes him to take an objective look at his own life, since the psychologist had been stuck in the death of his wife and wasn’t able to move on.
This is why I consider Will and Sean soulmates. Their mutual challenge and push on each other was even hard and challenging to watch, but it resulted into amazing outcomes. Without this challenge, opening up, push, and connecting with the soul, there is no way of achieving great things and route oneself towards a great life. This applies to Will and Sean, to me, and to everyone. There is no sense in conforming with what we know and what’s safe, getting stuck in routine, having a monotonous life, and not seeking for new experiences. A soulmate is the perfect companion and push we need to avoid this.
"You’ll have bad times, but that’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” -Sean Maguire
Taking risks, challenging oneself and others, touching our souls and others, and taking on every experience we can, seems like something unsafe and uncomfortable, but it is the safest step we can take towards a great life.
Leaving Boston was Will’s and Sean’s way of challenging themselves, getting out of their comfort zone, and seeking new experiences and great things. How would they have taken this step if it wasn’t for their soulmate? For the challenge, opening up, and touching of the soul from part of their soulmate?
Graduating from school and starting classes at La Catolica is the first step I’m taking to challenge myself, get our of my comfort zone, and seek new experiences and great things. And there are much more steps I want to find and execute.