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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jul 3, 2024 9:10:58 GMT
The touching story of a ping pong champion war hero shrimp tycoon running across America because his Nikes will explode if he goes under 50 MPH. Get ready for Gump Hour!
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Post by Archelaus on Jul 3, 2024 15:35:39 GMT
1994 has such a good year for cinema. Even the summer season had some bangers, including Forrest Gump. It was a sentimental, nostalgic journey that was comfort food for middle-aged Baby Boomers at the time, but it has a timeless message for a millennial as yours truly. One good-hearted man can make a difference. The cast is excellent. The visual compositing of Tom Hanks interacting with historical figures may look dodgy by today's standards (the obvious voice dubbing doesn't help), but it was groundbreaking at the time.
I think Pulp Fiction should have won Best Picture, but I can understand why Forrest Gump won. It's just that good.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 3, 2024 17:38:55 GMT
It was a sentimental, nostalgic journey that was comfort food for middle-aged Baby Boomers at the film, but it has a timeless message for a millenial as yours truly. One good-hearted man can make a difference. My millennial read is a bit more cynical: a simpleton can luck their way through richness, fame, and glory, while someone who actually cares about making a difference will be met with nonstop horror and suffering until they eventually die of AIDs. I think that's actually the point of the book, but Zemeckis and Spielberg obviously softened the edges, and it's unclear how much of the finished movie is supposed to be ironic/satirical vs genuine/earnest. |
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jul 3, 2024 17:54:14 GMT
It was a sentimental, nostalgic journey that was comfort food for middle-aged Baby Boomers at the film, but it has a timeless message for a millenial as yours truly. One good-hearted man can make a difference. My millennial read is a bit more cynical: a simpleton can luck their way through richness, fame, and glory, while someone who actually cares about making a difference will be met with nonstop horror and suffering until they eventually die of AIDs. I think that's actually the point of the book, but Zemeckis and Spielberg obviously softened the edges, and it's unclear how much of the finished movie is supposed to be ironic/satirical vs genuine/earnest. |
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 3, 2024 18:50:46 GMT
Great movie
Seen it about 15 times, but probably close too 10 years since i last watched it.
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Jul 3, 2024 20:31:25 GMT
Jumping the gun a bit, aren’t you?
Good movie, but I’ll never understand how it beat both Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption for best picture.
And Jenny will always be a bitch.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 3, 2024 21:23:01 GMT
My millennial read is a bit more cynical: a simpleton can luck their way through richness, fame, and glory, while someone who actually cares about making a difference will be met with nonstop horror and suffering until they eventually die of AIDs. I think that's actually the point of the book, but Zemeckis and Spielberg obviously softened the edges, and it's unclear how much of the finished movie is supposed to be ironic/satirical vs genuine/earnest. Oops. I would have sworn he was the Executive Producer. |
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Post by claudius on Jul 3, 2024 22:03:28 GMT
Did Jenny genuinely want to make a difference, or was it a front for her self-destructive hedonism?
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jul 4, 2024 4:47:55 GMT
Forrest Gump is a fine film with a fine performance from Tom Hanks, albeit a little too sappy for my tastes.
This won’t be a popular opinion, but I believe The Lion King should have won Best Picture. After all, Beauty and the Beast managed to a few years earlier and The Lion King was an even more impressive achievement.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 4, 2024 8:48:44 GMT
8/10 I always very much liked it and still do. Never was a fan of Jenny though.
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Post by janntosh on Jul 6, 2024 5:31:22 GMT
Opened today 30 years ago.
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Post by ck100 on Jul 6, 2024 16:36:06 GMT
The movie that made Tom Hanks become a full-fledged superstar. A career highlight for both star Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis. A top-notch cast and visual effects, which have held up pretty well, are also highlights for the movie. There was something (or many things) about this movie that seemed to click for the movie world and audiences during 1994. It feels like this movie has become one of the most defining for the 1990's because of its success, career highlights for all involved, visual effects, etc. Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review: Forrest Gump (1994) - 2.5 out of 4 stars"A slow-witted boy grows to adulthood, floating through life--like a feather--with only a vague understanding of the tumultuous times he's living through. (He manages to be on hand for virtually every socio-pop-political phenomenon of the formative Baby Boomer decades, from the rise of Elvis to the fall of Nixon.) Either you accept Hanks in this part and go with the movie's seriocomic sense of whimsy, or you don't--but either way it's a long journey, filled with digitized imagery that puts Forrest Gump into a wide variety of backdrops and real-life events. Based on the (more satiric) novel by Winston Groom. Oscar winner for Best Film, Best Actor (Hanks), Director, Film Editing, Visual Effects, and Adapted Screenplay. Panavision."   |
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