What do geniuses say?

Review of Good Will Hunting (1997) movie, by Stefan Stenudd

Good story, excellent acting — especially by Matt Damon, really outdistancing all the others — and an awakener of many thoughts. Just one thing: what do geniuses say, really?

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       A script writer might need to be one, too, to get it right. This film leans heavily on learning, instead of wisdom, on wits instead of brilliance, on truisms instead of innovative perspectives. The actors do a great job in hiding this flaw, but there it is.

       The nature of the genius has been explored since the romanticism of the early 19th century — I'm not sure the idea of such blessed humans was even around, before that. Maybe such people exist, and maybe not. In most cases, they have very specialized talents. Some have perfect memory, others excel at math. That does in no way make them better equipped for rhetoric or social skills. Thus, a genius can be a real idiot, outside that special field of competence.

       Let's say that two brilliant persons sit down and have a very enlightened conversation with each other. What do they say? How much do they have to say? And will we, the audience, at all understand? Afore such uncertainties, succumbing to a love story finale seems to be the safe way out. But that's no stroke of genius.

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