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Tom Hanks Is God
Thisis my favourite film, and its very easy to say that! very touching and cleverly made. the basic story: a retarded man that pushes his way through life with tragedies blocking his path, but only to pull through them all, the truth is this man has a bigger heart than god. The great thing about this film is the realisation that he is not a very clever guy, and at the start of the film he would seem strange and pathetic, but at the end of the film you will realise that he is an incredible kind, tough and deep man. This is amazing the acting is spot on with a great albanian accent from Hanks no other actor could suit the role better than him. The great thing about this film is that parts of it are action, parts of it are romance and other scenes copntain different things.This film is the best ever you really do need this.

Creative movie, overrated
Forrest Gump was a creative movie, and was well directed. It was held together by Tom hanks. It is the story of an autistic person who goes through life and sees it from a different perspective. A lot of the movie is very imaginative and thoughtful. However, having said that I must say that it is an overrated movie. I could not believe that it won the best picture. For an intelligent person this movie was a travesty with the way they connect all the events together. They connected the storyline with patriotism to win over the minds of the people. Oh, what a tangled web we weave. The movie has all the great American values, patriotism, romance etc. But when it comes down to the bottomline, there was no great screenplay, or character roleplay except for one person. The storyline was a fantasy, which is OK in a movie, but I rate the quality of a movie by how many times I can watch it over. I cannot see this movie multiple times, it is not that interesting.

Granted Tom Hanks is an outstanding actor, probably one of the best, but given that "Shawshank Redemption" came that year and won nothing, I cannot understand the minds of the academy. As intelligent acting and storyline goes that movie outshines this one anyday, though it is unrealistic. I felt that Morgan Freeman deserved the Oscar that year. My prediction is that this movie will gradually disappear from people's minds except for the diehards. It does not have the class of a movie that stands the test of time. To people who have not seen the movie, I suggest renting it before buying it.

"Perhaps the greatest drama ever made!"
Forrest Gump, starring Academy Award Winner Tom Hanks (Cast Away), Academy Award Nominee Gary Sinise (Mission to Mars), Golden Globe Nominee Robin Wright (at this time Robin Wright Penn, Unbreakable), and Acadmey Award Winner Sally Field and directed by Academy Award Winner Robert Zemeckis, is and will probably be the greatest drama that ever existed. It is a magnificent movie with an all-star cast and a wonderful sceenplay based on the novel by Winston Groom. Winston Groom truly created a phenomenon when he created the character Forrest Gump, a mentally retarded man, who tries to live a normal life. As Forrest tells his life story to several people at his bus stop, he shows us that he's not at all different than any other person and that he has accomplished more than others despite his problem. Thrown in his story is his childhood friend Jenny(Robin Wright Penn) who becomes a drug-addicted prostitute , Lt. Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise) a lieutenant in the Vietnam War in which Gump served in, and his caring mother (Sally Field). Forrest Gump is truly a classic and will always be remembered. Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks won Oscars for this while Sinise was nominated for one and Robin Wright Penn was nominated for a Golden Globe. Forrest Gump is a must have for everyone.

Extra: Haley Joel Osment makes a couple small cameos as Forrest's son.

Time: 141 minutes
Rated PG-13 for mild language and some scenes of nudity

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