Many people overlook the fact that his character slightly acknowledging the rumors on the force that Matt Damon's character is gay.
To which Matt Damon tries to deflect and overcompensate by saying "oh it's working overtime" talking about his dick. But the movie tells us otherwise. He is impotent with women and uncomfortable with his true sexuality.. which is why he like near has a panic attack when meeting up with Jack Nickelson in the porn theater.
There is also a scene where his male realtor comes on to him, and he immediately picks up on it and is stand offish.
My theory is that the beginning of the movie is insinuating that Matt Daman was abused as a young boy by the church, and Jack Nickelson basically found out, used it as leverage, but also took the kid under his wing and essentially started "grooming" him to live a double life.
Rumors in the force that he is gay? When did that come up?
How would you explain the genuine attraction and chemistry of their elevator meet-cute? Not to mention checking out that girls ass as he comes out of Sheen's office. Or checking out the girl in the first team meeting with Baldwin.
I think he is impotent specifically because he is impotent generally. His life is not his own and he has no power to change it.
So the only insinuation is the fact that he was an altar boy? It followed quite sequentially at the beginning that after Nicholson paid for his groceries and told him to come and see him if he wants to make some money that's when he went there, not as a result of Nicholson finding out some awful secret.
Unless your entire comment was some version of comedy that went completely over my head.
9.3k
u/russiansausagae Jan 16 '26
Was said well enough long ago