Today's love or hate poll - Forrest Gump

[Uncle Spielberg]

Is this a masterpiece of American society and History by Zemekis or a pill of poo ?. No film in film history has such fierce debate in my opinion and devides people so much.

It won 6 Oscars and acheived $ 329 000 000 at the USA box office.

Was Hanks performance astonishing or shite ?.

So it is great or shit ?.

No middle ground.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Simplistic patronising shit

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

 

[Man of Harveys]

Simplistic patronising shit

Er, that was meant at the film Forest DUMP, not at you GARTH, of course.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I like it

Stop the Press " US and MOH disagree on a film "

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Good film. Not a great fan of Tom Hanks, but a well thought out film with a great soundtrack.

7.5/10

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

thought it was amazing 8.5/10

 

[aftershavedave]

i enjoyed it for what it was, a throwaway piece of lightweight entertainment. a bit like watching the jonathan ross show.

now, a cinematic masterpiece? you're having a laugh!

 

[rool]

I loved it but I seem to like most Tom Hanks films

 

[Trufflehound]

Over-hyped, over-sentimental, drivel.

 

[Redhead]

Belting!

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Forrest Gump (1994)
Directed by
Robert Zemeckis

Writing credits (WGA)
Winston Groom (novel)
Eric Roth (screenplay)

Genre: Comedy / Drama (more)

Tagline: The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump. (more)

Plot Outline: Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him. (more) (view trailer)

User Comments: why such a low rating (more)

User Rating: 8.2/10 (107,494 votes)

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

I've not seen it, but the effect it's had on joggers (I don't go jogging much, but when I have been, EVERYTIME I got some clown shouting "Run, Forrest, Run!") makes me hate it.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

User Comments:

65 out of 75 people found the following comment useful:-
why such a low rating, 14 February 2005

Author: adinutzza2001 from Romania


What I find completely ridiculous is why this movie, in my opinion one of the best ever, has such a low rating, so I've tried to figure out what some found against it.I noticed that the haters of this movie who make it have a lower rating than it actually deserves mainly argue that it promotes the government's politics of submission: the idea that "if you're an idiot but you do what you're told then you will be rewarded, but, if you experience life then you're going to die a miserable death." I'm not an American myself so i don't have any intention to defend the government or anyone else, but I think that the political events witnessed by the character in the movie make many miss the whole substance of the film. I think these bits of history only add to the magic of the film, making Forrest part of a fantastic world that seems so incredibly real though.

How can somebody say that Forrest is just an idiot, an ordinary person who does everything that he is told to do? It appears to me that in fact,in his innocence, Forrest does what he feels he has to do,no matter the situations and the people around him, lead only by an inner sense of right. So what actually seems to be special about Forrest is that, regardless of his intelligence, he has the capacity to discover simple truth and life values that all the others around him miss: he tries to save Bubba endangering his own life, he gives Bubba's family money and mainly displays simple goodness in everything he does.

So if you haven't yet seen the movie or you were disappointed by it, try watching it without analyzing things that much and just open your heart towards that world. The brilliant humour, the hilarious yet touching acting, the special effects and the uplifting message are totally rewarding.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Courtesy of Nicolae Ceausescu, the only films that poor Romanian woman had ever seen before Forrest Dump were scratchy black and white cartoons about men being chased down the road by tower blocks. Of course she liked it.

 

[Easy 10]

I find it utterly offensive that Forest Gump won the oscar for Best Picture in 1995 over Pulp Fiction.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

50/50

Fiercely for and against

Point proved

 

[Trufflehound]

Courtesy of Nicolae Ceausescu, the only films that poor Romanian woman had ever seen before Forrest Dump were scratchy black and white cartoons about men being chased down the road by tower blocks. Of course she liked it.

Film Snob Factoid of the Day: When communism was at its height in the 70s, the only Hollywood movie legally shown all over the Soviet Union was "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" - the bleak depression-era dance marathon thingy with Jane Fonda. This was the only film judged to paint a sufficiently bleak picture of American society to be accepatable for good Soviet audiences.

 

[DJ Leon]

User Comments:

65 out of 75 people found the following comment useful:-
why such a low rating, 14 February 2005

Author: adinutzza2001 from Romania


What I find completely ridiculous is why this movie, in my opinion one of the best ever, has such a low rating, so I've tried to figure out what some found against it.I noticed that the haters of this movie who make it have a lower rating than it actually deserves mainly argue that it promotes the government's politics of submission: the idea that "if you're an idiot but you do what you're told then you will be rewarded, but, if you experience life then you're going to die a miserable death." I'm not an American myself so i don't have any intention to defend the government or anyone else, but I think that the political events witnessed by the character in the movie make many miss the whole substance of the film. I think these bits of history only add to the magic of the film, making Forrest part of a fantastic world that seems so incredibly real though.

How can somebody say that Forrest is just an idiot, an ordinary person who does everything that he is told to do? It appears to me that in fact,in his innocence, Forrest does what he feels he has to do,no matter the situations and the people around him, lead only by an inner sense of right. So what actually seems to be special about Forrest is that, regardless of his intelligence, he has the capacity to discover simple truth and life values that all the others around him miss: he tries to save Bubba endangering his own life, he gives Bubba's family money and mainly displays simple goodness in everything he does.

So if you haven't yet seen the movie or you were disappointed by it, try watching it without analyzing things that much and just open your heart towards that world. The brilliant humour, the hilarious yet touching acting, the special effects and the uplifting message are totally rewarding.

What about his girlfriend? She lives an alternative life, opposes Vietnam, takes drugs, practices free love and generally rejects the American Dream. She dies of AIDS. Nice.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate.