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Somehow, I feel, this makes it more official. And less of a "joke." It is now titled WILL HUNTING. Nice and simple. I mean, we know he's good. And what could he possibly be looking for anymore? I will(!) admit; at first I thought the idea of this was absolutely PREPOSTEROUS. Why, though? Perhaps becasues the original was so original and so good (is it now, darewesay, a MODERN CLASSIC?). Why would it need a sequel? Well, it doesn't. What does really? I think the point of a sequel, usually, is to make $$$. That's why so many sequels are hot garbage. But I think the other reason for sequels is that people simply want to see more of characters they've come to love at least one more time. It's also why I think nobody wants to see them more than twice; and why #3 in a series is usually, well, hot garbage. That's why I think the story and the script need to be as good as they possibly can be. And of course, having the original actors play the parts again. That is crucial. If they dont', you get more...hot garbage.
Now the rest of this...the rest of Will Hunting. It seems clear he needs to find his mother. Find out why she abandoned him. And he needs to help a kid who is in trouble; like he was. Pay it forward. And of course, find out what happened to Skylar and how he and Tom ended up together. Pretty simple really. Because this is really just about spending more time with these people. I think that's what any good story is always about.
Somehow, I feel, this makes it more official. And less of a "joke." It is now titled WILL HUNTING. Nice and simple. I mean, we know he's good. And what could he possibly be looking for anymore? I will(!) admit; at first I thought the idea of this was absolutely PREPOSTEROUS. Why, though? Perhaps becasues the original was so original and so good (is it now, darewesay, a MODERN CLASSIC?). Why would it need a sequel? Well, it doesn't. What does really? I think the point of a sequel, usually, is to make $$$. That's why so many sequels are hot garbage. But I think the other reason for sequels is that people simply want to see more of characters they've come to love at least one more time. It's also why I think nobody wants to see them more than twice; and why #3 in a series is usually, well, hot garbage. That's why I think the story and the script need to be as good as they possibly can be. And of course, having the original actors play the parts again. That is crucial. If they dont', you get more...hot garbage.
Now the rest of this...the rest of Will Hunting. It seems clear he needs to find his mother. Find out why she abandoned him. And he needs to help a kid who is in trouble; like he was. Pay it forward. And of course, find out what happened to Skylar and how he and Tom ended up together. Pretty simple really. Because this is really just about spending more time with these people. I think that's what any good story is always about.
Perhaps there's more...
CFR 5/26/24
CFR 5/26/24
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