The Great Forrest Gump Debate

[Fourteenth Eye]

Good film but as previously stated Shawshank should have got the oscar

 

[Titanic]

4/10... so it just stays in the 'Pile of shite' category - which seems a bit harsh.

 

[Kukev31]

I really liked it.

 

[bright1064]

I think it's a really good film, not one of my faves but still quality!

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

I loved it at the time, but I don't think it has aged well.

 

[Easy 10]

I must admit, I do like the bit when he's running away from those BULLIES when he's still wearing the leg braces, and they just break off. I liked that.

Didn't deserve a cuffing OSCAR that year though. Jees.

 

[jakarta]

Another Fence sitter so wont vote in the poll. Agree Forrest Gump WAS syrupy and sugary but also in my opinion somewhat subversive...

Do you think many of the Bible Belt target audience got the implication of the films hero being (a) an All-American Success story while (b) being mentally sub-normal?

Also it copied the insertion of Hanks into real life historical footage from Woody Allens Zelig so minus 5 points.

Pulp Fiction, well I still dont know if taking someones head off whilst debating the existence of divine intervention is entertainment (it is funny though)and it is clearly a very inconsistent film (didnt need the Bruce Willis section at all) but whenever Travolta and Jackson are on screen they still light it up...

 

[Jimbo26]

Condense it down a bit and would be viewable.

 

[NMH]

I quite enjoyed it whilst watching, just as I also did with Pulp Fiction.

Afterwards, once I was no longer stoned, I wondered what the hell it was about.

Nowadays, in Hollywood, that gets a film nominations and Oscars.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

Hated it with a passion.

Imbecility portrayed as profound truth. At least 'Being There' with Peter Sellers was ironic.

 

[fatbadger]

Imbecility portrayed as profound truth.

Says it all.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It encapsulates all that is WRONG with the myth of America.

 

[Beach Hut]

Crock of sh1te, one of the most pointless films ever but as USA seemed to love Hanks at the time they fell for it.

 

[Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper]

Every Time its on there's just something bout it that makes me want to sit down & just watch it.

I think its good.

 

[footychick]

Love it.

 

[dougdeep]

I thought it was ok.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

My FAVOURITE film ever

 

[NMH]

I have just watched The City Of The Lost Children, which owns all of those hollywood movies ten times over.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

It appears Forrest Gump has got a resounding thumbs up from the good people of NSC.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Not being one of the good people of NSC I have to say that I have never seen Forrest Gump because I know it will be a pile of fugging shite, and not just because it's got that prick Tom Hanks in it.

'Uncle Spielberg - Championing mainstream Hollywood bullsh*t for the greater good' (What next? Charlie Wilson's War?!!?!?! Puurrrllleeeasse)