billyspencer2000 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 This is it, did you like it? What is it about it that makes it such an attractive movie to watch? I think it's the very best movie Tom Hanks has ever starred in. http://surftofind.com/forrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
precoder Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I haven't seen it since it came out in theaters but I liked it. The way one seemingly slow-learning and insignificant man can so profoundly effect the lives of other people. It seemed almost ridiculous at times how he naively stumbled into otherwise complicated and unsolvable situations, only to demonstrate how easily they can be resolved ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolisforever Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I hated it. That movie was ridiculous and illogical on so many levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelluloidKid Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I must be the only one who HATED this movie. I know that most of you really love it, but I don't. I just don't see the point. It's just some idiot (nothing against mentally disabled people, but he's an idiot) sitting there telling his stupid story. However, NOTHING HAPPENS! He talks about all of these things that happened to him, but it doesn't matter. Would he be any different if these things didn't happen to him? No. Does any of it affect the plot of the movie? No. Does it matter that he happened to be in certain places at certain times? No, not unless you count that they got to show off the technology to splice him in with historical footage. Also, how exactly is it believable? He walked across the entire country. Right... He invented the smiley face. Right... He did a bunch of other stupid stuff that I have forced out of my mind because I HATE THIS MOVIE. Right... I just don't buy it. I can't. I wont. Neither should you. Nothing even happens until the very end of the movie. "But," you say, "the ending wont mean anything if you didn't see the rest of the movie. That's what the movie's about." No. It's not. The movie's about nothing. The end is pointless, as is the rest of the movie. It's not funny. It's not magical. It's not believable. It's not realistic. IT'S NOT GOOD! How "Forrest Gump" won Best Picture over such other nominees that year like "Pulp Fiction" or "Four Weddings and a Funeral" is beyond me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyspencer2000 Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 To be honest, I hated it too, the first time I saw it. And then, I thought about it -being a slow learner and all --this movie is about our history. Read these messages and I think you will understand: http://message.alturl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I liked the movie very much when I first saw it. What made it fun was the "surprise" of so many of the sequences and the clever mix of modern film with old news film. This was the first movie where I had seen this done so well. But I find that when I try to watch the film again, the "surprise" isn't there and it's not quite as much fun to watch. Some films are like that (for me), such as "Vertigo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyspencer2000 Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Good point Fred. Now I have an objection for the person who called Forrest Gump an idiot. I like Forrest Gump. I don't think he was an idiot at all. I think he was betrayed by people like this: http://surftofind.com/fraud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolisforever Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 "Toeing the centreline like a motherf***er while Rome burns. Can I get an "amen"?" - Walter Chaw "Forrest Gump has the elements of an emotionally gripping story. Yet it feels less like a romance than like a coffee-table book celebrating the magic of special effects." - Stephen Holden "It was competently made but overlong and occasionally infuriating." - Mark R. Leeper "It was almost like it was written by a committee and everybody got to write 10 minutes of the story." - Steve Rhodes "Judging by the the movie's enduring popularity, the message that stupidity is redemption is clearly what a lot of Americans want to hear." - Jonathan Rosenbaum "The worst thing is the film goes for brilliance when it really isn't." - Ted Prigge "The press kit says Gump brings a rare clarity to what we went through in the '50s, '60s and '70s. But I only saw a pitiful stooge taking the pie of life in the face, thoughtfully licking his fingers." - Marc Vincenti "As this mawkish conservative movie ultimately goes to prove: ignorance is bliss." - Time Out "Gets my vote for the most offensive, morally repugnant film ever made" - Ken Hanke "A vile, irresponsible film whose massive success says some very frightening things about America." - Jeffrey M. Anderson Message was edited by: Metropolisforever Message was edited by: Metropolisforever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Lol, Oh! Now, thank goodness, I know how I am supposed to think. Gosh, I never would have known if you had not told me. Thanks very much. Please tell me how I?m supposed to think about ?From Here to Eternity? and ?Lassy Come Home.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Kid, I didn't like it much either. I think it might have been the voice Hanks used as much as anything--grated on my nerves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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