Good Will Hunting | 'NSA' (HD) - Matt Damon | MIRAMAX

Will (Matt Damon) breaks down exactly why he shouldn't work for the NSA.

In this scene: Will (Matt Damon), NSA Agent #1 (Bruce Hunter), NSA Agent #2 (Robert Talvano)

About Good Will Hunting:
The most brilliant mind at America’s top university isn’t a student, he’s the kid who cleans the floors. Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will’s last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him. Finally forced to deal with his past, Will discovers that the only one holding him back is himself.

Starring, in alphabetical order: Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Cole Hauser, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård

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Good Will Hunting | 'NSA' (HD) - Matt Damon | MIRAMAX

[roninr]

He just described why Veterans laugh at “Thanks for your service.”

[Linda-mfvm]

To think Matt and Ben wrote this while in their early 20's astounds me. This movie is so spot on and they spoke about issues that were not even popular back in the 90's! Matt was brilliant in this role. Ben was the perfect best friend. Great film!!!

[hiawathaclemons]

As a Marine who went to Iraq. I can honestly say this was a brilliant theory. More accurate than people think. Those waiting to disagree, at least be respectful. Being an arrogant disrespectful troll from behind a screen is nowhere near impressive to anyone except the person who types and others who co-sign it.

[drumempire]

"My boy's wicked smaat."

[penmuni]

I am an Afghan veteran. Served two tours. Saw how the army contractors had insanely more money and better life than us. While those of us who joined the Army for 'higher cause' and followed directives of the NSA, are now left ashamed, useless, and wish we had listened to Matt Damon.

[tsonny]

'Not your fault' was probably the most brilliant scene, and 'Say you dont love me' was probably the most impressive acting performance, but this is my favorite part of the movie. It really hammers home that Will is actually a good person and just puts on a tough guy brovado. He deeply cares for other people and is so ridiculously intelligent he can deduce all of the 1% bullshit and call it for what it is. Plus, this message is extremely important for every American to hear.

[Shipwrecksos]

To think that this was written nearly 15 years before the Edward Snowden leak, this was remarkably insightful, accurate, and borderline prophetic.

[GitSumGaming]

Damn 20 years later and what he said is still so damn accurate.

[chrissnyder]

This is my favorite clip; Will has a great grasp of the unintended consequences of working for an intelligence agency/ military industrial complex not knowing what they plan to do with the info you are giving them.

[SntJulio]

Why shouldn't I work for the NSA? That's a tough one, but I'll take a shot. 

Say I'm working at NSA and somebody puts a code on my desk, something no one else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it, maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels are hiding. Fifteen hundred people that I never met, never had no problem with, get killed. 

Now the politicians are sayin', "Oh, send in the Marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number got called, 'cause they were all pullin' a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some kid from Southie over there takin' shrapnel in the ass. He comes back to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cause he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks. Meanwhile, he realizes the only reason he was over there in the first place was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And, of course, the oil companies used the skirmish over there to scare up domestic oil prices. A cute little ancillary benefit for them, but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. 

And they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, of course, and maybe they even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and fuckin' play slalom with the icebergs. It ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic. So now my buddy's out of work, he can't afford to drive, so he's walking to the fuckin' job interviews, which sucks 'cause the shrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorrhoids. 

And meanwhile he's starvin', 'cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat, the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State. So what did I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. I figure fuck it, while I'm at it why not just shoot my buddy, take his job, give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard. I could be elected president

[adamgordon]

I love how the scene changes mid monologue from the interview at the NSA to the chair in Robin Williams' office, where Will is telling him about the interview. Visually interesting detail that catches your attention and draws you in.

[ianhenefield]

This scene is great because it reiterates that he isn't just innately intelligent with math. Throughout the film you see him read, crushing books, just to learn about something, like the military industrial complex, or psychology, organic chemistry etc... and then of course Robin's character shows him that fictional literary characters, while enjoyable, can't replace real life connections with people.

[hamishreid]

This is so prescient, but such a painful mindset to live in. "You don't want to take the first step because all you see is every negative thing 10 miles down the road." This film is an astonishingly accurate portrait of someone who's been traumatized.

[vinnyhaddad]

Ah yes, the days when $2.50 a gallon sounded insanely high.

[yellibelly]

this might be the greatest most underrated line in the history of cinema

[이형재-jx]

And this is why Will volunteered Project Treadstone, became Jason Bourne

[astralplainer]

As an Army vet I concur: The truth really is greater than fiction.

[x--destroyer--x]

You ask my why this won an Oscar for best original screen play, I show you this.

[mikaelaweston]

There should be more comments on this. Its too brilliant not to be talked about and discussed with the general public.

[richardmbowman]

Matt Damon was a savage....a beast!  There're few actors this good.