Forrest Gump

[WWII History Geeks]

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get..."

Very famous movie, widely regarded as fairly good. So what do y'all think? I'm watching it right now. Personally, I think it's excellent. Strange maybe, but I love it. Your opinions?

[Manahakatouki]

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get..."

Very famous movie, widely regarded as fairly good. So what do y'all think? I'm watching it right now. Personally, I think it's excellent. Strange maybe, but I love it. Your opinions?

It's my second/third favourite movie of all time (next to Mad Max 2) I love almost everything about it...

[Wilgrove]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

[Gallade]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

I hated Jenny, loved the movie. I tear up every time I watch Forrest's moms death scene.

[MisanthropicPopulism]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

Jenny was probably the most realistic character in the movie - a girl with a fucked up childhood that went on to do a fuckton of drugs and whore herself out during the 70s.
The rest was just ridiculous.
Forrest Gump - a mentally challenged kid from the South named after a KKK founder who managed to be at the forefront of pretty much EVERY historical occurrence over three decades
Some random guy - the WHITE head of the Black Panther Party of DC
Lt Dan - I don't even know. He was fairly realistic but just being attached to Gump for so much of the movie blows it.

[Hassett]

"Have you find Jesus yet, Gump?"
"I didn't know I was suppose to be looking for him, sir."

Haha, great movie

[WWII History Geeks]

"Have you find Jesus yet, Gump?"
"I didn't know I was suppose to be looking for him, sir."

Haha, great movie

I love how Luitenant Dan wants to hate him, but can't.

[Rolamec]

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get..."

Very famous movie, widely regarded as fairly good. So what do y'all think? I'm watching it right now. Personally, I think it's excellent. Strange maybe, but I love it. Your opinions?

I thought the Cigarette Smoking Mans' 'box of chocolate' quote was better But I enjoyed the movie, it was very nice

Ah here it is:

"Like is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while there's a . . . a peanut butter cup or a . . . English toffee. But they're gone too fast and taste . . . fleeting. So you end up with nothing but... broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth- shattering nuts. If you're desperate enough to eat those then . . . all you got left is a . . . is an empty box, filled with useless brown paper wrappers."

[WWII History Geeks]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

That she does, but I identified with her. XP

[Imperial Domtopia]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

Jenny was probably the most realistic character in the movie - a girl with a fucked up childhood that went on to do a fuckton of drugs and whore herself out during the 70s.
The rest was just ridiculous.
Forrest Gump - a mentally challenged kid from the South named after a KKK founder who managed to be at the forefront of pretty much EVERY historical occurrence over three decades
Some random guy - the WHITE head of the Black Panther Party of DC
Lt Dan - I don't even know. He was fairly realistic but just being attached to Gump for so much of the movie blows it.

Did you complain that Star Wars is unrealistic too?

[WWII History Geeks]

Ah here it is:

"Like is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while there's a . . . a peanut butter cup or a . . . English toffee. But they're gone too fast and taste . . . fleeting. So you end up with nothing but... broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth- shattering nuts. If you're desperate enough to eat those then . . . all you got left is a . . . is an empty box, filled with useless brown paper wrappers."

You need a hug.

[Rolamec]

I don't think Jenny was bad, I mean she did bad things and screwed Forrest over a ton (but hey what woman doesn't screw over a man), but that was the point of the movie. A girl making her mistakes and returning to a friend she really loved all along. She was essential to the movie and how it was suppose to flow.

[WWII History Geeks]

I don't think Jenny was bad, I mean she did bad things and screwed Forrest over a ton (but hey what woman doesn't screw over a man), but that was the point of the movie. A girl making her mistakes and returning to a friend she really loved all along. She was essential to the movie and how it was suppose to flow.

Yeah, I agree.

[Greater Wuzzlefump]

Enjoyable, but overated.

[Edwardsreal]

There's a LOT of good quotes though:

Sgt: GUMP! What is your sole purpose in this army?

FG: To whatever to tell me to do drill sergeant?

Sgt: Correct! You must have a damn IQ of 180 Pvt. Gump!

I remember saying something like that to my teacher once

[The North Hordes]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

Jenny was probably the most realistic character in the movie - a girl with a fucked up childhood that went on to do a fuckton of drugs and whore herself out during the 70s.
The rest was just ridiculous.
Forrest Gump - a mentally challenged kid from the South named after a KKK founder who managed to be at the forefront of pretty much EVERY historical occurrence over three decades
Some random guy - the WHITE head of the Black Panther Party of DC
Lt Dan - I don't even know. He was fairly realistic but just being attached to Gump for so much of the movie blows it.

Did you complain that Star Wars is unrealistic too?

Sigged
The movie was good, probably fourth or fifth on my list.

[MisanthropicPopulism]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

Jenny was probably the most realistic character in the movie - a girl with a fucked up childhood that went on to do a fuckton of drugs and whore herself out during the 70s.
The rest was just ridiculous.
Forrest Gump - a mentally challenged kid from the South named after a KKK founder who managed to be at the forefront of pretty much EVERY historical occurrence over three decades
Some random guy - the WHITE head of the Black Panther Party of DC
Lt Dan - I don't even know. He was fairly realistic but just being attached to Gump for so much of the movie blows it.

Did you complain that Star Wars is unrealistic too?

"Did you complain a [sci-fi film] is unrealistic too compared to an [American, coming-of-age folk movie presented as non-fiction]?"

That was a fucking stupid retort.

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

Jenny was probably the most realistic character in the movie - a girl with a fucked up childhood that went on to do a fuckton of drugs and whore herself out during the 70s.
The rest was just ridiculous.
Forrest Gump - a mentally challenged kid from the South named after a KKK founder who managed to be at the forefront of pretty much EVERY historical occurrence over three decades
Some random guy - the WHITE head of the Black Panther Party of DC
Lt Dan - I don't even know. He was fairly realistic but just being attached to Gump for so much of the movie blows it.

Did you complain that Star Wars is unrealistic too?

Sigged
The movie was good, probably fourth or fifth on my list.

That's even stupider than his retort.

[MoonLightBeam]

Great movie, Love the sound track, loved the history...
yes Jenny was a bitch, but he adored her and loved her no matter what. He did everything for her, and in the end she dies and he is stuck with a kid that she was too ashamed to tell him until on her death bed.

Funny thing is..I get teased all the time because when i was younger there was a kid in braces just like gump..only thing was he was bullying me..So what did i do, Pushed him flat on his back with his legs stuck up in the air waving like a turtle that cant flip back over on his shell. Down side was i ended up getting beat up by a bunch of kids with lunch boxes after that I will forever be teased as to Run Forrest Run!!! lol....

[Lame Geese]

Its a good movie. I love the part where he moons the president.

[Imperial Domtopia]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

Jenny was probably the most realistic character in the movie - a girl with a fucked up childhood that went on to do a fuckton of drugs and whore herself out during the 70s.
The rest was just ridiculous.
Forrest Gump - a mentally challenged kid from the South named after a KKK founder who managed to be at the forefront of pretty much EVERY historical occurrence over three decades
Some random guy - the WHITE head of the Black Panther Party of DC
Lt Dan - I don't even know. He was fairly realistic but just being attached to Gump for so much of the movie blows it.

Did you complain that Star Wars is unrealistic too?

"Did you complain a [sci-fi film] is unrealistic too compared to an [American, coming-of-age folk movie presented as non-fiction]?"

That was a fucking stupid retort.

In what way was Forrest Gump marketed as non-fiction? What are you, 5? It's a surreal bittersweet comedy film. There was nothing realistic about it and there wasn't supposed to be anything realistic about it. Anybody with a bit of sense can see that.

[MisanthropicPopulism]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

Jenny was probably the most realistic character in the movie - a girl with a fucked up childhood that went on to do a fuckton of drugs and whore herself out during the 70s.
The rest was just ridiculous.
Forrest Gump - a mentally challenged kid from the South named after a KKK founder who managed to be at the forefront of pretty much EVERY historical occurrence over three decades
Some random guy - the WHITE head of the Black Panther Party of DC
Lt Dan - I don't even know. He was fairly realistic but just being attached to Gump for so much of the movie blows it.

Did you complain that Star Wars is unrealistic too?

"Did you complain a [sci-fi film] is unrealistic too compared to an [American, coming-of-age folk movie presented as non-fiction]?"

That was a fucking stupid retort.

In what way was Forrest Gump marketed as non-fiction? What are you, 5? It's a surreal bittersweet comedy film. There was nothing realistic about it and there wasn't supposed to be anything realistic about it. Anybody with a bit of sense can see that.

Yes, a movie that was set in American history exactly was totally obviously fiction and not meant to look like non-fiction at all.

[Imperial Domtopia]

Honestly, I hate it. Mainly because Jenny is a bitch for taking advantage of Forrest over and over and over and over.

Jenny was probably the most realistic character in the movie - a girl with a fucked up childhood that went on to do a fuckton of drugs and whore herself out during the 70s.
The rest was just ridiculous.
Forrest Gump - a mentally challenged kid from the South named after a KKK founder who managed to be at the forefront of pretty much EVERY historical occurrence over three decades
Some random guy - the WHITE head of the Black Panther Party of DC
Lt Dan - I don't even know. He was fairly realistic but just being attached to Gump for so much of the movie blows it.

Did you complain that Star Wars is unrealistic too?

"Did you complain a [sci-fi film] is unrealistic too compared to an [American, coming-of-age folk movie presented as non-fiction]?"

That was a fucking stupid retort.

In what way was Forrest Gump marketed as non-fiction? What are you, 5? It's a surreal bittersweet comedy film. There was nothing realistic about it and there wasn't supposed to be anything realistic about it. Anybody with a bit of sense can see that.

Yes, a movie that was set in American history exactly was totally obviously fiction and not meant to look like non-fiction at all.

Nope. It really wasn't. Not sure how you could think it was.

[Numerika]

I thought it was overrated. OK, but still had the cheesy hollywood fumes surrounding it. I'm also not a big fan of Tom Hanks, but it's nothing personal, same goes for any hollywood star that sticks around forever. At least Keanu Reeves has finally disappeared, for now.

[Conoga]

Never seen it.

[Espanio]

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get..."

Very famous movie, widely regarded as fairly good. So what do y'all think? I'm watching it right now. Personally, I think it's excellent. Strange maybe, but I love it. Your opinions?

That movie is in my top 3, * * * * * stars! enjoy the film