Are you stuck in movie logic?

> Good Will Hunting. The entire movie feels like it could’ve been skipped if literally any emotionally intelligent person said to Matt Damon’s character: “I feel like you have a tremendous amount of intellectual potential that you’re wasting here — why are you getting in fights rather than trying to do something interesting?”

Maybe I'm missing something but that's literally what everyone in the movie is telling Will. HIs best friend, his mentor, his girlfriend, his therapist. They all literally say this in some form during the movie. His character growth is believing it himself.

they probably missed that little bit of the movie with the psychologist giving Will treatment to try to keep him from wasting his potential. Easy mistake to make.

You know, I've been wondering why the Rebels in Star Wars don't just shoot down that Death Star, if that thing is such a problem.

if only the Eagles hadn't carried Sam and Frodo to Mt. Doom to throw away the ring that short story would have been a really epic series of books.