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Forrest Gump
This has been one of my fav. movies since it came out. The wonderful story would make anyone seem good, but Tom Hanks kicks it right threw the uprights with his wonderful, talented turn as the title character.

lacked direction
The problem I had with this movie is during the entire 2.5 hours, the film really has no direction, it simply feels like you're watching the biography of a person from some historical text played out on the big screen. It's just one episode after the next depicting the heroic acts of Forrest and showing the relationships between him and the people he meets, but all these events don't build into any coherent storyline you can care about. Each individual episode presents its own challenges to Forrest, but these feel isolated and doesn't help build the story.

This movie lacks a clear purpose to get behind the main character. In the movie I am Sam, it's interesting to watch Sam fight desperately to get his daughter back, in Sling Blade, you really feel for Karl and care about his relationship with the boy Frank and wonder how that story will play out. In Forrest Gump, I didn't feel invested in anything. I didn't feel like there was any central plot that was developed from scene to scene. Again, I felt like I'm just watching the story of a man that did different things in history, no conflict to overcome or anything like that. Jenny was never developed enough as part of the main storyline enough for me to consider that as anything more than a subplot.

If you like stories like this, go watch Sling Blade or I am Sam, they're much better movies that don't put on a facade of being some grand spectacle of our times.

Wonderful.
'Forrest Gump' is undeniably a groundbreaking movie, well deserving of its Oscar wins. This is quite possibly one of my favorite movies of all time. And don't even say this film didn't affect you in some way, either, because I KNOW you'd be lying! ha

Forrest, played BRILLIANTLY might I add by one of the most influential actors of our time (HANKS), can be described as gentle, warm and sincere. He, despite his mental incapabilities, is what all of us truly desire to one day become.

In the film, Forrest innocently goes through the majority of the second half of the 20th century and somehow becomes a part of America's most noted events. He goes to war in Vietnam, witnesses the Watergate Scandal, meets several presidents and cultural icons (i.e. Elvis Presley, John Lennon), becomes a shrimp boat captain and pro ping-pong player, and runs across the country for 'no particular reason'. Aside from all of this, there is one thing in his life that he has longed for since childhood. That is Jenny (WRIGHT), who takes a more self-destructive path through life, such as becoming involved with the disco/Studio 54 drug scene of the 70's... which affects her in a tragic way later.

Notable actors in the movie include Sally Field (love her!), who portrayed Forrest's mother brilliantly; Mykelti Williamson aka 'Bubba', Forrest's best friend who planned to be a pioneer in the shrimping business but died in Vietnam; Gary Sinise, or Lt. Dan, who loses his legs in war and eventually becomes Forrest's first mate in the shrimping industry; and, of course, Robin Wright, who captured Jenny beautifully.

Also... the soundtrack and score to this film is amaaaazing. Definitely check that ish out if you're into classic rock or music general.

Ok, I'm definitely rambling now, but if you ever find yourself down... pop this movie in. SERIOUSLY. Although it sounds cheesy and completely pathetic, it truly will lift one's spirits in terms of realizing the simplicity of life and all it has to offer.

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