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simply beautiful
It is the story of our daily life and how we face other human beings with all the challenges is in this cruel world.
This movie will touch every person differently; My son, 11 years old, my wife and myself enjoyed this movie each his own way. Forrest Gump will surely touch your heart, soul and mind.
A must see to all

The underlying sinister theme is disturbing
Should you be like Forrest Gump and do everything the authorities tell you to do?

Forrest Gump is destined to become an American movie classic and the one which Tom Hanks will be remembered for. Forrest Gump is dumb, yet he is extraordinarily persistent and virtuous. His character strengths allows him to achieve extraordinary deeds, such as becoming a world class ping pong player, a famous marathon runner, and a war hero.

The antithesis of Forrest is an intelligent Berkley anti-War student. He is against the Vietname War because it violates his conscience. He also beats his girlfriend and is the antagonist of the movie.

Why protest a war which the historians will conclude as the most indefensible in American History? Be like Forrest, don't think, and just do as authorities tell you, even if it means killing others. The fact this movie came out in mid-90s when the Vietnam War had all but been condemned as an unneccessary mistake makes this point even more disturbing.

To be sure, Gary Sinese played a pivotal role of glorifying those who heroically sacrificed in Vietnam. But I felt the anti-war protesters should have been given their credit for the sacrifices they made in the name of justice and humanity.

Americans should never strive to be like Forrest. Being dumb and ignorant is not a virtue. Blind submission to authorities will often lead to demise of the freedom and democracy in the society. Just read what the Founding Fathers of this great country had to say about the subject. In this sense, this was ironically a very Un-American movie with a sinister theme.


Slowly starting to see...
When I first saw this movie I was appauled at what all the hype was about. Fact is, I just saw this movie about a month or two ago when my wife said "OH MY GOD, you've never seen Forrest Gump" and next thing you know I'm watching it with this expression of "OH MY GOD, I can't believe you like this." I have to say that while Tom Hanks did extraudinary the film still left me somewhat cold and just never really seemed to keep my interest. After heavy debate I decided to watch the movie again and after my second go through I am slowly starting to see what all the hype was about. It truly is a beautiful story mostly because you really start to care about this man named Forrest. The film itself, a plot very poposterous, is moved through by performances by Hanks and Robyn Wright-Penn as well as Gary Senise (hysi)...I think that most people are touched by this film and I was after concidering it deeply. I guess I just was prepared for somthing different and looking for something different that I couldn't see the greatness that was in front of me. Thats the problem with hype...you walk into a film expecting so much that you fail to see what everyone saw because your looking in all the wrong places. I hope this makes sense and I hope this helps anyone whose never seen this film (I highly doubt theres anyone else who hasn't...I think I was the only one)...

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