Ranking the MDGHCU (Matt Damon Getting Home Cinematic Universe)

[payn]

Where is Stillwater? Where Matt Damon goes to France unexpectedly, lives there awhile before eventually getting home to Texas.

 

[Epic Meepo]

In Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon is metaphorically and psychologically lost and must find his way home. Avoiding any serious spoilers, at one point, there's an actual physical journey involved. Does that count?

 

[Deset Gled]

In Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon is metaphorically and psychologically lost and must find his way home. Avoiding any serious spoilers, at one point, there's an actual physical journey involved. Does that count?

No.

Where is Stillwater? Where Matt Damon goes to France unexpectedly, lives there awhile before eventually getting home to Texas.

I had never heard of this movie before today. Like so many things, I blame COVID19. Going by the Wikipedia ploy synopsis, this would be Matt Damon Getting His Daughter Home, not the MDGHCU.

 

[Mercurius]

I think you could argue that Good Will Hunting belongs here, because Will is essentially try to feel at home in the world, and of course at the end he goes in search of his lady, who is home to him.

Jason Bourne, too, because he's Jason Bourne, and what is Matt Damon without Jason Bourne? Oh, he's also trying to figure who he is, what his origins are...home.

 

[cbwjm]

Kinda want to see a movie where Matt Damon is about to leave his home but each time something crazy happens that makes him stay home. At least one of these events is just Morgan Freeman saying "No... no..."

 

[Aeson]

If home is where your heart is, then I move that Titan A.E. be allowed and I rank it R for rad! Underrated movie with some memorable scenes and characters. (I’ve used the mute space bats in my D&D game and one player still talks about them.)

Gune FTW! I really enjoyed the movie also. I think folks judged it to harshly. The mixed animation was a real weakness but I don't think it was enough to pan it.

 

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[cbwjm]

Do you think he took on the role of Odysseus to keep the meme going?

 

[Gradine]

Mostly I'm enjoying the newly expanded "Rachel McAdams on a plane violently brutalizing awful men" explained universe

 

[Deset Gled]

Do you think he took on the role of Odysseus to keep the meme going?

I think it's a combination of a lot of things. It's a little cyclical, of course. Matt Damon was good in that kind of role, so he gets hired for that kind of role, so he gets known for that kind of role, so he gets hired for that kind of role, etc, etc. Type casting is a thing, but it's also a thing where people get hired for roles they're known to be good at.

Also, Matt Damon has a pretty extensive IMDB page at this point. As much as this is a good joke, it accounts for a relatively small percentage of his credits.

Mostly I'm enjoying the newly expanded "Rachel McAdams on a plane violently brutalizing awful men" explained universe

I enjoyed Send Help. Sam Raimi is still one of my favorites. But...

Spoiler: Ending spoilers without major events

...it was definitely a rough and major downer ending. Certainly not the "girl power" exit I was expecting. Although I guess I shouldn't have expected that from Raimi.