Forrest Gump (DVD)

One of films you never get tired of watching. This is an excellent film, everything about it is excellent. Tom Hanks, his acting, accent the story everything. He sits on a bench and tells his story to everyone, most people can’t believe it’s him and listen with enthusiasm, other just ignore him as he carries on talking. The movie covers so many areas, the Vietnam Wars, the assassination of JFK, the era of the Beatles, and lots more. Tom ...
...says ‘Life is like a box of chocolates’ it had many people puzzled by it. He’s such a kind person, with so much wealth he doesn’t care. It’s guaranteed to get the tissues out, the movie is just excellent. One of the scenes that I like is when he gets a letter from Apple McinTosh saying he owns the company, and he says ‘I got a letter from a apple company, they say I own half of it’. ...

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Who will forget the quote ‘Life is like a box of chocolates, because you don’t know what you get next’. The story is based on the character Forest played by Tom Hanks who has a disability with his legs but that does not hinder him in life as we see in the film, though he does suffer at school, another memorable quote being ‘stupid is, stupid does’. One scene shows him with Jenny, and some boys run after him and he runs ...
...making of Forest Gump. Forest grows up and the story looks at his achievements in life, they range from him being a football player, a war hero, meeting the president of the United States of America, being a champion Table tennis player, owning a successful business. All this leads him to wealth, but does not change him. Jenny his child hood friend comes in and out of his life, and as her life deteriorates his goes the other way. Jenny being the ...

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Forest Gump, when I think of this film I remember the famous sayings ‘Life is like a box of chocolates because you don’t know what you are going to get next’ and ‘Stupid is stupid does’. This film stars Tom Hanks who tells his life story to any stranger that will listen, what a guy, what a life, he may be naive, but he has achieved goals ordinary folk dream off. He had done nearly everything been involved in wars, been ...
...America, met the president of the United States of America, but still he comes home to his sick mum. His success has not changed him, neither has his feelings for his child hood friend Jenny. Jenny and Forest were best friends and when they grow up, their lives took different turns, she went down the wrong path using drugs etc. Whilst Forest achieved all this. Forest helps people like Lt Dan who he had to nurse and show their was life even without ...

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It could be said that Forrest Gump is the definitive American movie. After all, it's historical, patriotic and it's got a dunce as the hero. A loving and friendly dunce, of course, played by Tom Hanks. Nominated for 13 Oscars and winning six, including Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Zemeckis and Best Actor, "Gump" captured the imagination with its mix of comedy, drama, issues like AIDS and war, while managing to maintain a love story at ...
...why audiences took to it. Forrest does everything for his one true love, the experimental, sad, and ultimately broken Jenny (Wright-Penn). Whether you like it or not really comes down to one thing: how much sentimentality can you take? Because despite the excellent performances and extravagant scale, Zemeckis has his finger well and truly on the nostalgia button. And then there's the affirmation of the American Dream: isn't it great that even a ...

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...in every one of us. Forrest is appointed the archetype, the symbol, of them all. The film presents the fascinating journey of a low-minded individual through the American history from the early 50's (Elvis and rock'n'roll, baby!) to the late 80's (with epic references to events dating back to the Civil War). Indeed, one of the greatest merits of this film is the masterful reproduction of this history as seen through the eyes of Forrest Gump. A range ...
...Dream. History simply speaks through Forrest Gump (and his superb Alabama accent) and takes the alluring shape of "a box of chocolates". Indeed, almost every scene is constructed along the artistic skeleton of intelligent symbolism delivered masterfully by dialogue and décor. Human relationships are a focal point of the story. Forrest has only a friend, Jenny (played by Robin Wright), is bullied for his low IQ, but he sure can run fast. It is running ...

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I watched Forrest Gump perhaps two weeks or three weeks ago, really a little bit behind than everyone else, maybe. I don't really want to watch old-movie because I love great effects and masterly shot movie, but i am happy i took the chance to watch it. So worth it. I can feel my tears running down my cheek every single time I re-watch it. Forrest Gump is about this guy who is a little bit retarded, but as I see it, he is actually very clever. He ...
...anyone who talk him down. Forrest has no father. He has this one best friend and crush, Jenny. They met when they were little kids and they keep being friends until college. When he was little, some bullies chased him and he had to keep running although he used these electric feet. But, however, when the bullies are close enough to get him, the electric feet fell off and Forrest can run by his own feet and he ran very fast. And since that day Forrest ...

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...The film consists of Forrest Gump sat on a bench, telling random people about his life. He starts his story from when he was very young, he had to have braces to help him walk, something that many people have to deal with. As soon as the story begins it shows how he is considered a 'miss fit'. Getting on the school bus Forrest Gump seems not to be nervous about his first day at school, like most children are. He takes it in his stride that noone ...
...amount of love and respect Forrest has for his Mother. He clings to every word that she says, and preaches to others about her advise. The film shows Forrest going through School life and how his Mother had to have a sexual encounter with his head teacher to keep him in the School, as they believed he needed to go to a 'special school'. The feeling I get from Forrest throughout the film, is that he cannot understand why people do certain things. ...

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Ah Forest Gump Film. Everyone must have seen this film it is a classic and the way it was produced and directed is absolutely brilliant. Where Forest sits on the park bench waiting for a bus I have been their and it was filmed in Savannah in the USA. Really beautiful in that part of the USA. The film is brilliantly created and produced and shows how certain major events in Forests life, how they are linked together and in a funny way show how he ...
...circle of life which if you have seen you would know what I mean at the end of the film. The way this movie has reached out and linked Forest with historical events and how he made a difference and did the right thing in life and put others before himself. Forest Gump is played by Tom Hanks and as the story progress Forest gets older and the film shows what he does to achieve respect and love from people who are in his life. It shows where Forest ...

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Forest Gump is a truly great film starring the one and only Tom Hanks. This is a definate all time classic. The story is about a man who is quite surprisingly called Forest Gump and his life. I must say he achieves rather a lot for one man's lifetime! This film will definately make you both laugh and well not exactly cry, but become slightly teary-eyed! It also has some classic lines such as: "Life is like a box of chocolates", "Good ol' fat rain". ...

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...story says a person named Forrest Gump who is unfortunately to be born with a lower IQ,but as he always honest,kind, conscientious and keeping one's word,he is a very pure person in the film,at last this unlucky man has achieved lots of incredible success, he is a football star, a war hero, and later a millionaire.I think all of people want to see that he is very success like that,because he is a lower IQ,but he is honest like a good friend or ourselves,he ...

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forrest Gump is by far Tom Hanks greatest acting achievement. He plays the role of Forrest in such an in-depth way, you can't help but feel moved by the actions of this mentally challenged superstar. Throughout the majority of the film, Forrest is sitting on a bench (shown on the DVD cover) reminiscing his brilliant past to random people who so happen to be sitting there. Though Forrest is sitting, the film obviously conducts its self as one big ...
...Tom Hanks ... Forrest Gump Robin Wright Penn ... Jenny Curran (as Robin Wright) Gary Sinise ... Lt. Dan Taylor Mykelti Williamson ... Pvt. Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue Sally Field ... Mrs. Gump Rebecca Williams ... Nurse at Park Bench Michael Conner Humphreys ... Young Forrest Gump A fantastic, emotional account of one mans incredible life as he struggles to make sense of the world. The best acting performance of anyone since the films release in ...

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Forrest Gump is one of those films that only comes around very rarely. A true all time classic in every respect. This is possibly the best film ever and I am not exaggerating. It is about a boy with learning difficulties who goes through life including the Vietnam War and has amazing adventures. He encounters many problems, famous people and adventures in his life, all of which he takes in his stride. It is an inspiring story and keeps you gripped ...

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...favorite films of all time!! Forrest has a disability which means he has to wear braces on his legs,when his mum rents out a room in her house to Elvis Presley,Forrest is over the moon,he dances to Elvis playing his guitar which is really funny but realises when Elivis is on tv that hes copied Forrests moves! Poor Forrest gets bullied big time because of his legs and nobody wants him to sit with them on the school bus apart from the angel voiced ...
...does as hes told and runs,all of a sudden,as hes running,his braces snap off.At high school Jenny kinda leads him on,she disapears.He joins the army & writes to her,she appears,then shes gone again,after making out ome day she falls pregnant. Forrest junior is born.WARNING-a very sad ending to this film!!! ...

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...it through the eyes of Forrest Gump." This self-important claim means more than you might think. On the surface, it suggests that Forrest, whose low-IQ and emotional vitality grants him an unusual generosity, will move "you": he's just so dear. At another level, "you" can watch the unfolding of recent U.S. history; born in Alabama in the mid-forties, the wondrously innocent Forrest leads "you'' through a shorthand version of the next three ...
...funny (a young and awkward Forrest inspires Elvis to thrust his pelvis), by the end it's gotten rather tedious. State-of-the-art technique meets revisionary nostalgia. Again. The film opens with a computer-generated feather wafting through blue sky and leafy trees to land at Forrest's feet. He's sitting at a bus stop and proceeds to tell anyone who happens by about his remarkable life, translated by this flashback structure into a string of ...

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...as the well-meaning yet low-IQ'd Forrest Gump, and truly brings the character of Forrest to life. His contant look of innocence and wonder in the face of all the evils in the world is mesmerising, and his ability to find ridiculous success in a world that gave him no favours is inspirational. Forrest Gump is the story of Forrest Gump, oddly enough, from when he is young boy to a man in his early 30s (i'm guessing). From a 5 year old starting school ...
...rest of the film. Where Forrest lives a happy life, immune in his innocence to the bad things in the world around him, Jenny is brought down by the trauma in her life. She tells Forrest that 'You and I have very different lives', when really they both have bad things that happen to them, yet they react in different ways. As well as being a very moving film, Forrest Gump is also funny and artistic. The fact that a man who would be regarded as 'retarded' ...

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