Forrest Gump

girish

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I think it's the best movie I've ever watched. Tom hanks is so cool in that movie.
 
Hanks' best performance imo, the story is great through as it is written through a time of great change in American life. I love how Forrest always seemed to make the right moral decision and it also came out good for him.

When Lt. Dan(Gary Sinise was also excellent) gets his artificial legs and has a fiance towards the end, at Forrest's wedding, talk about a heart in mouth moment. Even more when you realize that he'd be dead if not for Forrest(several times over that is)
 
On a side note, anyone seen the Bubagump shrimp restutrant/shop in NYC? I went into the shop part but didnt go to the resturant bit...far too expensive for shrimp.

It had the suit Hanks wore in there too
 
On a side note, anyone seen the Bubagump shrimp restutrant/shop in NYC? I went into the shop part but didnt go to the resturant bit...far too expensive for shrimp.

It had the suit Hanks wore in there too

There are several in the US, their cocunut shrimp is money as is most of their food
 
"Life is like a box of chocolate"

Some good lines. An epic story.


An excellent film.
 
It was full of surprises as well. I was like 'WTF???' with that Elvis Presley part....

awesome movie.
 
I really enjoyed it for what it was. Entertainingly sentimental bollocks.

Look for anything deeper and you are stretching.
 
Am I right in saying Jenny died from AIDS?
I first saw the film in 1994/95 in a hotel room in Hawaii on my way home from Sydney to Manchester at the age of fourteen and told my dad as the story was around 1982 and she had a 'mystery illness', it was AIDS and he was gobsmacked I made that assumption at my age but that's all I can think the suggestion was.
 
The soundtrack was quality, the film was not.
 
Am I right in saying Jenny died from AIDS?
I first saw the film in 1994/95 in a hotel room in Hawaii on my way home from Sydney to Manchester at the age of fourteen and told my dad as the story was around 1982 and she had a 'mystery illness', it was AIDS and he was gobsmacked I made that assumption at my age but that's all I can think the suggestion was.

AIDS wasn't stated as the illness but it is a safe assumption.

Jenny dies in March 82
 
1994 was a great year for film. Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, & Forrest Gump.
 
Just watching it now. Very refreshing compared to the rubbish coming out these days.
 
Great movie. Tom Hanks is superb in it, just a fantastic and refreshing film to watch. I also think that Gary Sinse is great as Lt. Dan :D

Gary Sinise was very good. Hid entering at the end, at the time of gum's wedding was a great scene. Also the scene with hookers..
 
hanks was brilliant and makes the film. Given some of the story lines it could've been a disaster imo but he got the character spot on

sometimes there just aren't enough rocks
 
It was okay.

I liked the fact that it was made, more than I liked the actual movie (if you catch my drift)