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Life Is Like A Box of Chocolates....
When my stepfather first urged me to watch Forrest Gump, I was critical. Over three hours of a stupid guy's ramblings on the world? Please.

But then I actually did watch it, and I couldn't have been more wrong. Forrest Gump tells the story of an Alabama man born with a low IQ. The story begins with him sitting on a bench, trying to strike up a conversation with the woman next to him. At first she isn't interested, but as Forrest's story goes on, you can't help but be drawn in and before long there are more people on the bench, missing their buses so that they can keep listening.

Forrest has been everywhere, from war to to Ping Pong tournaments, and met a cast of people along the way, the most important being his long-time love, Jenny. Forrest is dense and clumsy, with braces on his legs and a mother that would do anything to him and won't hear a word against him. Jenny is beautiful and smart, with a father that abuses her. They're best friends.

When they grow up they go seperate ways, but Forrest never forgets her, and they run into each other at differnet points of their lives. Forrest's story is told in a great way- Forrest himself is dull, but you have to be sharp to catch all the references in it, from Nike campaigns to the impeachment of Nixxon.

When the flashbacks end and Forrest is back on the bench, he finishes the rest of his story from there. It's sweet and sad and truly moving. Even though Forrest is not especially bright, there is plenty of wisdom in all that he does. As he says, he's not a smart man, but he knows what love is.

AWESOME MOVIE
I REALLY LOVED THIS MOVIE SO I DESIDED TO BUY IT. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE SEEN IT TOO. IM GLAD IT WAS SO EASY TO FIND ONLINE THREW AMAZON.COM.

Retarded? Not that much ...
I rate this movie 5 stars, or 9,5/10. This is one of the 100 Best America movies of All Times (#71 to be more exact) and it is included in the 1000 Best Movies in DVD by Peter Travers. The movie won 6 Oscars, including Best Director for Robert Zemeckis ("Back to the Future"), Picture, and Actor (Tom Hanks speech went like this: "If Forrest Gump was here tonight he'd say: "I went to the Academy Awards AGAIN, and they gave me the Oscar AGAIN!" making reference at his Oscar for Philadelphia the previous year), and Best Effects (there is a great documentary on that in the second DVD on this edition), Best Film Editing, and Best Writing based on Material from Another Medium. Special mention deserves the music on the film, going over most of the hits of the late 50's and the 60's. So if you like R'n'R, go and buy the Soundtrack as well!
The movie depicts the story of Forrest Gump, a mentally retarded kid who makes it to the top. That can be understood in, at least, two different ways: 1. Any mentally retarded can do good in America. 2. America is the land of opportunity where anybody who tries hard can make it. But this is a movie, a very good movie. So it's a piece of entertainment, and I just watched the movie today (I just watched a couple of times when I came out 12 years ago), and I had a lot of fun. As an example, when Gump goes to the Army, he is very good just following orders, not even thinking about it, so his Sargent tells him "You must have an IQ of 160!". That, in my opinion, is really funny, and a very witty critic to the Army, where all they need is "robots" who can just obey without even thinking. There is also something remarkable. When Forrest Gump comes back from Vietnam, he happens to be at Washington D.C., where there is a huge demonstration against the War. The city is taken by hippies and pacifists. Jenny, the woman of his dreams, is there. They meet. And her boyfriend smashes her in fornt of him. Forrest Gump, the "baby-killer" from Vietnam, as he is called, defends her violently. But it's obvious that the guy who is a "pacifist" was using violence with her, using bad language and in acts. That is nothing put there by chance. It has a meaning. There was violence in Vietnam, in the war, at home, by the police, but also by the protesters. And that is something that has rarely been told. They were using drugs to "liberate" themselves, but that was -in my opinion- another violent way to express themselves. There are a lot of details like that in the movie, that no one could miss. For instance, when the mother of Forrest Gump tries to enroll him at a Regular Elementary school, the Principal is trying to explain her that Forrest's IQ is below normal, and that he should be going to a special school (there was no inclusion at that time). The mother thinks Forrest should have the same opportunities as anybody else, so she offers herself to do "anything" possible to allow Forrest to go to a regular school. And the Principal takes advantage of her. That is another very intelligent critic to things that, unfortunately, are still happening today. Another thing is when Forrest goes to college. Once he graduates, he tells us in plain English "After 5 years playing football, they gave me a degree". So, after 5 years doing nothing, I graduated anyway. Does it sound famiiar? Read between the lines!
To end with this review, I will just say that this is a GREAT movie, very entertaining, well done (the sound in the war scenes is just superb!), a pleasure to watch, with a lot of fun moments, some tender ones, and it tells us a little bit about the history of the US from the 50's to the 80's. It's not that "retarded". It is a very witti one, and it deserves the place it made in the History of Cinema. This is a special edition with 2 DVD's, very CHEAP and highly recommended. If you don't have it in your collection, your collection is "crippled".

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