Why Shouldn't I work for the NSA - Good Will Hunting Scene

[edgitarra]

I found this scene while watching the movie Good Will Hunting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrOZllbNarw

Enjoy!

 

[Mr. Premise]

I forgot about that scene! Awesome, very timely.

 

[Palinurus]

Yeah man edgitarra, thanks for digging that up again.

How appropriate it still is and originally from 1997 (!) mind you.

Some things never change, do they... ;)

 

[H-KQGE]

Yeah, thanks for that edgitarra. I think we're all "holding out for something better."

 

[sacriface]

I forgot about that scene! Awesome, very timely.

The timeliness is only increasing!

Still holding out...

 

[trendsetter37]

Wow great find. I've never seen that before. Is the rest of the movie worth a watch?

 

[edgitarra]

Wow great find. I've never seen that before. Is the rest of the movie worth a watch?

I personally enjoyed it. It is a story about a genius(Matt Damon) who has past "scars" that makes his life dangerous and useless. His genius is discovered by a mathematician, while he catches him solving(he was working a janitor in the famous MIT) a math problem written on table in one of the MIT corridors.
Robin Williams plays a therapist who will help Damon to recover from his past, and use his abilities to a greater extent.

 

[trendsetter37]

Hmm definitely sounds interesting. I may look into that, thanks for the synopsis.

 

[aaronfransen]

I completely forgot about that scene. It's powerful and poignant. And accurate.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, basically Will is being interviewed by the NSA because he's such a genius, and the interviewer (presumably some high level NSA administrator) says "So, the question isn't why would you work for the NSA, the question is why WOULDN'T you work for the NSA?"

Will's response is priceless. "That is a good question, but let me take a crack at it."

He goes on what might be considered a reasoned diatribe outlining a situation in a way that you could believe a socially maladjusted genius would do. It's painfully accurate, and that one scene says more about the state of US policy in two minutes than you'll ever see on CNN (not that I watch US news...).

When you consider that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote that scene (and won the oscar for the screenplay), it gives me newfound respect for the both of them.

 

[seek10]

I found this scene while watching the movie Good Will Hunting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrOZllbNarw

Enjoy!

Nice one. Thanks for sharing.