not that great

Rating: Null/10 (24 April 2004)

I enjoyed this movie because I lived my whole life in Boston, not Southie but a different neighborhood. I enjoyed seeing the scenery that I am familiar with. Look, there is no way anyone who is a genius will work as a janitor. There are people who are smart or have potential who are also very lazy. But even the most brilliant people can't read books that fast or memorize everything. Remember the bar scene where he embarrasses that Harvard kid? The guy didn't look or act like a Harvard kid. He looked more like an MIT student, a science geek. Many Ivy Leaguers are liberal and would be friendly to a poor bum. In real life, Harvard students protested so the low-wage workers at their school can get better pay. Then Matt Damon's character knows every quote from a book in a battle of intelligence with the guy. Give me a break! It's possible that he would be smarter in many ways, but not with deep subjects. It's only a movie though.