I don't understand why it's considered one of the best movies
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CptHowdy87 — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 01:55 AM)
I think it's way over rated. I don't get the love it receives either. I've only watched it one other time since seeing it when it was released, it doesn't speak to me telling me to come back to watch it over and over like other movies do
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homergreg — 9 years ago(August 11, 2016 08:22 PM)
Here's why I consider this is one of the greatest movies:
"I don't know if Mama's right or if its Lieutenant Dan, I don't know if we each have a destiny or if we're all floating around accidental, like on a breeze. But I think maybe its both, maybe both is happening at the same time."
I don't see a political message. I don't see a message of nostalgia, although I appreciate the trip through the humorous look at the history that happened during those years.
I see this movie and ponder if we each have a destiny or if we're all floating around like that feather. I see Forrest floating around like that feather touching so many destinies as he goes through life, and I understand that is about pondering our purpose in life, or if we really have one.
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puschit-1 — 9 years ago(September 04, 2016 03:34 PM)
I am with you, it's a 7 in my book, not bad but also nothing special. BUT I have a few guesses why it is so popular:
- The effects where top notch for the time this was made
- The soundtrack has many famous songs of the era the movie plays in
- It contsantly includes (for the US) important events
- It showcases many all-american virtues including christianity, GIs, football, self-made millionaires and so on
- Lots of emotional scenes
So I guess it's irresistible for a slightly older american audience because of the involved nostalgia. But for me this doesn't add up that well, maybe because I am not from the US, I don't know. The story was kindof boring during the first half, seond was better but then the coincidences accumulated into a story that got more and more implausable. By the end I was waiting for a twist, something that explains he made everything up. But the movie just keeps his straight face. Forrest Gump, a guy that meets so many famous people by accident and does so many outrageous things like running for 3+ years and yet nobody recognizes him when waiting for a bus. The entire movie plays out like a fantasy which is why I expected a twist that never came.
So, while I achknowledge the cinematography, I just don't get whatever the movie tried to archieve. Still a 7 in my book, maybe 8 compared to the crap movie that we get these days, but 1995 alone had many movies that surpass Forrest Gump imho (Heat, 12 Monkeys, Se7en, Casino, The Usual Suspects, Toy Story all of which are lower ranked than Gump). But that's IMDb rating for you and Forrest Gump as the advantage that it's a movie "for the entire family" - no defined genre, a bit of everything, PG-13.
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bonsai-superstar — 9 years ago(November 20, 2016 07:15 PM)
The masses relate to it because it offers hope. Who needs hope? - the hopeless.
This movie, like all movies, is a fantasy: in this case, a fantasy for lazy, simple (minded) people who fantasize about fame & celebrity (Forrest is on TV and in the newspapers multiple times, meets presidents and inspires celebrities, etc.) and money ("fate" sees to it that his shrimp business makes him a millionaire and emphasis is put on how even his most mundane musings end up making people millionaires) without actually doing any work or coming up with any ideas to deserve either.
Life happens
to
Forrest, and these luckless layabouts relate to Forrest. Unfortunately for them, life is not like a box of chocolates where you don't know what you're gonna get, rather, it's based on natural selection where doers
earn
the good chocolates and people like their hero Forrest usually end up with nothing at all. Forrest Gump is a poor role model and this is an average movie. -
Chronic_Johnson — 6 years ago(February 06, 2020 02:03 PM)
It's a 6/10 for me. Things work out way too well for Gump in way too many ludicrous situations only to have a sappy ending. There's some good elements though. I like that many of the characters in the film, especially Lieutenant Dan, have their lives effected significantly by their various encounters with Gump. They end up having equal amounts of depth as the titular character. My favourite parts were all the Vietnam-related scenes and the shrimping boat stuff.
Lieutenant Dan was easily the best character in the film, imo. -