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"I named him after his daddy." "He got a daddy named Forrest too?"

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best thing about the movie was the sound track!

hmm didnt know there was a book or sequal. have to read them
 
Originally posted by: darkxshade
Fun fact: there's a restaurant at Times Square in New York called Bubba Gumps Shrimp Co.
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Holy Shiet, I did see that in Times Square. I thought my eyes were tricking me.:Q
 
Originally posted by: insanity2
Gee whiz...there's on in San Fran too...and probably other cities round the US....you don't travel much do you.
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Golly gee willikers mister! You sure are worldly!
 
Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
I cannot watch that movie without crying, so I just don't watch it anymore 😱
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Shawshank does it for me. 🙁

"Get busy living, or get busy dieing"
 
Originally posted by: DAM
The ultimate love story, no matter what, Forrest was always waiting and willing to love her no matter what.


dam(l)
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Originally posted by: DAM
Also, Forrest was supposed to symbolize purity and the american ideals.



dam(l2)
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Yep, and Jenny's life was just the opposite. Forrest grew up in a comfortable home with a loving mother and Jenny grew up dirt poor with no mother and a father who molested her. Both were confronted with the changing times of the sixties, Forrest stayed himself and never wavered; Jenny got caught up in them and lost her way.

Jenny loved Forrest, she always loved him, but because of the sexual abuse by her father she didn't feel like she was good enough for him. He was pure and idealistic. She saw herself as dirty and was cynical about life.

They were symbols of the times.

 
You can't run away from AIDS, Forest... You and the little bastard.

I actually didn't like the movie. The message of the movie is that if you blindly accept orders like an idiot you'll go far - if you allow yourself to get stepped on, abused, and remain loyal after you're treaded like sh*t then you'll get rewarded and meet great people, ending up being a great hero.

If you're like Jenny and joined a counter culture -if you protested for civil rights and fought for what you believed in then, well, you're a dirty hippy and die of AIDS.
 
What I never understood was that if he's capable of running across America 3-4 times around why was he waiting for a bus?

I mean he did say his running days were over but when he learned that Jenny's place was close he did run anyway. In the two hours he took to tell that story he easily would've been able to run to wherever Jenny's place was.
 
Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
You can't run away from AIDS, Forest... You and the little bastard.

I actually didn't like the movie. The message of the movie is that if you blindly accept orders like an idiot you'll go far - if you allow yourself to get stepped on, abused, and remain loyal after you're treaded like sh*t then you'll get rewarded and meet great people, ending up being a great hero.

If you're like Jenny and joined a counter culture -if you protested for civil rights and fought for what you believed in then, well, you're a dirty hippy and die of AIDS.
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That's an interesting way to look at it. I personally saw it as if you're determinated and have an optimistic view on everything, you'll get far in life, even without brains.
Forrest Gump was an idiot, but whenever he persued something, he would put all his effort into it, and just give it all he has. That's why he succeeded.
It kinda goes with what Thomas Edison says, "Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."

Jenny on the other hand, was cynical and pessimistic about life.
 
Originally posted by: dethman
great movie. jenny was ugly and annoying though. 🙁
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NEVER SAY ANOTHER BAD WORD ABOUT BUTTERCUP!!!

Er, I mean, yeah, she sucked.

I agree with a couple of the above posters.

The movie seemed to say that ignorance and simplicity were ethically superior to intelligence. They may be right, but a lot of people here would then be damned.
 
Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
You can't run away from AIDS, Forest... You and the little bastard.

I actually didn't like the movie. The message of the movie is that if you blindly accept orders like an idiot you'll go far - if you allow yourself to get stepped on, abused, and remain loyal after you're treaded like sh*t then you'll get rewarded and meet great people, ending up being a great hero.

If you're like Jenny and joined a counter culture -if you protested for civil rights and fought for what you believed in then, well, you're a dirty hippy and die of AIDS.
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But he didn't know he was being stepped on, he was just being who he was. That is the whole point. Read Flowers for Algernon for anothe perfect example of what Forrest was going through.

dam(d)
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Now I know that Forrest wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but why the hell did he keep pursuing Jenny and lettin' her creep back into his life.

The only time she wanted to be with him is when she found out that she was gonna croak.
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Did you miss the part where he's a retard?
(Granted, I'd do the same for a piece of ass, but at least I have motivation.)

anti-smartass answer:
Love. Unconditional Love, actually.
It's why everyone loved him. He embodied and displayed the Four Absolutes.
It was a brilliant underplot that worked wonders for the story.
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Eli is right. She needed stability and constancy in her last days.

Poor Forrest. 🙁 :brokenheart:
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Poor Forrest? It wasn't like he was like getting all the babes. That was about the best he was going to get.
 
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