Agreed.
"You're a disease, and I'm the cure!" - Marion "Cobra" Cobretti

Oh I was replying to Ginnysababe's quote.

I think you replied to the wrong guy. Not my quote.

I'm right there with you. Have you seen Slumdog Millionare? The films seem similar, but I thought Slumdog had everything Forrest didn't.
I think both are good, but I agree that Slumdog Millionaire is better.

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.

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.

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.

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.
JMHO.

This movie wasn't made for kids.

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
How is it overrated just because it didn't resonate with you?

I agree with you, I think it's a good movie and was fun to watch it in the theater but 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. I feel the same way about E.T., while that is a good movie and I do like it I just don't love it. If I do watch E.T. it's for nostalgia purposes, maybe one day Gump will get to the point of me watching it for nostalgia once it ages more. Lol

I'll agree. His IQ was only just below the acceptable level for him to go to a "normal school".

What do you mean by imbecile? Forrest understands morality , love , family , play , business, dedication , empathy , loss.

"Forrest Gump" is popular I think because it portrays an imbecile as successful in everything he does: college football star, war hero, shrimp boat captain, long distance runner, etc. Viewers feel "If an imbecile like Forrest Gump can be successful then so can I!".

I watched that movie for the first time today.
Budget and actor(s) don't impress me from nowadays point of view.
Cinematography however is still top notch. Effects as well considering how old it is. But if budget and effects would make a good film then all Marvel movies would be 10s ^^
I simply got to love that movie for telling me that being dumb is all fine if other qualities make up for a little lack of intelligence.
However I think in that point the movie is fantasy. Still wonderful.
Lincoln Lee: I lost a partner.
Peter Bishop: I lost a universe!

I don't understand why it's considered one of the best movies
I do. It's because:

1. It starred Tom Hanks, who became Hollywood's biggest Golden Boy after starring in Philadelphia, and whose movie everyone thinks is pure gold just because he's in it
2. It crapped all over the Baby Boomers and their legacy during an era when Conservatism was making a huge comeback
3. It sent the simple-minded message that if you don't rock the boat and question the status quo, you'll live a charmed life, so it gave a lot of hope to underachieving losers.
4. Hanks went retard, and you can't go wrong if you play someone with a handicap. It's an instant win.
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I'm a hardcore bleeding-heart liberal from Minnesota, and I love this movie.

Forrest Gump is one of the best movies exactly because it is an endorsement of conservative values and upsets no good yankees like Stygian

It's overrated as hell.

Didn't the person who played Jenny also play Clare Underwood on House of Cards?

10/10
I just watched it and noticed how Forrest & Forrest Jr mirror each other's movements when they first meet in Jenny's apt. Cool scene. The movie is still captivating close to 120 minutes in!
That "He got a daddy named Forrest, too?" has to be the best paternity denial line ever!
And then Hank's award-winning responsejaw-dropping.

For those who haven't watched it multiple times, try it and see if that doesn't change your mind. Shouldn't be hard to do, because it is very watchable (I think most agree).
While watching it again, you might see how everything fits together so well, and how there's always a little detail you didn't notice before. And everything's consistent in the Forrest Gump universe; that's hard to find in any movie. Watch it again and report back.

You either like it or you don't. You don't have to feel like you
should
like it just because it's so popular though. I never understood why so many people have such an issue with this movie. Who cares if you didn't like it? Why is it so important to let everyone know that you're the odd one out and don't like it? Does it really mean that much to you?

neither do i.

he left u NAKED in a DITCH!