Like its to the point where i'm glad the slut dies. Poor Forrest. Indeed only an idiot could love someone like that. I C
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boatlandmore — 9 years ago(July 24, 2016 09:57 AM)
I didn't like her choices in the film either but I understand it. My wife was abused as a child & was effected by it. No where near the extent that Jenny is in the movie, but still, that pain lingers 40 years later. Besides, Jenny is a classic tragic character, not unlike Elvis - as far as the context of the film, she HAS to die. Thats' just the way of it for someone that burns up their life so fast.
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TheFatDruidofNacyl — 9 years ago(October 27, 2016 02:34 PM)
I felt bad for her to a certain point because of the abuse she went through, but there is a point in your life that you need to set the baggage down and get on with your life. The fact that she had forest from day one to be fully supportive of her emotionally and loved her unconditionally, she should have stayed with him sooner.
I love the movie but do have a hard time watching it again because of her character.
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lumosnight — 9 years ago(October 31, 2016 01:08 AM)
For me it's the opposite. The more times I watch this movie, the more I feel sorry for her.
I used to think that Jenny was a manipulative user, but then I realized that she was the typical immature girl who was dealing with her problems in a very wrong way.
She was abused by her father, didn't have many friends growing up (because why would she hang out with someone unpopular like Forrest, even her roommate in college didn't like Jenny). Jenny was a very lonely person who tried to fill up this hole by dating guys who were bad boys. She had no mother figure to teach her how to respect herself.
Jenny was obviously attracted to Forrest, but she thought that he would "hold her back" from fitting in and that pretty girls like her should not waste their time with handicapped people like him. While that is a shallow way of thinking, pretty much everyone thinks that way. Would you rather been seen dating a dunce or a normal partner?
However, she was truly curious to see if Forrest was attracted to her, so she encouraged him touch her breast in the dorm. She wasn't disgusted, she was happy and flattered.
If Jenny was a truly bad person, she would demand child support once she gave birth to Forrest's baby. After all, he was a millionaire. But she didn't. She let him live his life and only contacted him when she was about to die and wanted her child to be cared for by his father. -
Damien Thorn 666 — 2 years ago(March 05, 2024 02:31 AM)
Jenny enduring a childhood of sexual abuse was part of what lead her on the debauched path she ended up taking. The trauma from these events alone complicates how Jenny perceives love, while Forrest’s definition of it remains pure and boundless. Quite simply, Jenny does not feel she deserves to be loved — at least, not in the way that Forrest is ready to love her.
With her total lack of self esteem, she runs away to abandon Forrest as a way to protect him. Jenny was damaged, but she’s not the villain people make her out to be.
“There are no atheists in foxholes, eh?”-Keith Jennings from the Omen.