I wasn’t sure what to write for this strip’s blog, so I just asked my wife and she suggested writing about how much I dislike this movie.
Which I do. Good Will Hunting sucks. Balls.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a horribly made movie. It did win several Oscars. But when I think of the protagonist’s primary struggle in the story, I just can’t sympathize. When I watch it I just want to say: ”Get the hell over it, Will. You had a rough childhood. Lots of people have rough childhoods. Quit being a dick and use that genius IQ to invent some jetpacks or something.” I mean, the WHOLE movie was about his emotional disorders that he should have just acknowledged and moved past if he was really that smart.
Anyway, the reason I parodied it is because there are a lot of people who do like the movie, my wife included. AND I needed a filler joke to bridge the gap between my Mission: Impossible joke and my upcoming Fifth Element joke, which I thought were too tonally similar to do back to back. So look forward to that next week.
I leave you with a youtube clip of Family Guy’s riff on the movie, which was a big influence on this strip.
Until next week, Keep it Reel!
