Analysis of the Movie Forrest Gump

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I have never really met another character quite like Forrest Gump in a movie. And for that matter, I have never quite seen a movie like “Forrest Gump,” either. In order to describe Forrest Gump, it will take quite an amount of work to make the movie seem more conventional, or normal. The movie is a coined a comedy, I guess. It could be a drama film though, or even a dream. This movie is very magical and creates quite the picture of emotions for anyone who views it.
The film by Eric Roth, has the view of a modern fiction story, which is very uncommon for the modern movies now a days. Tom Hanks plays the hero in this film. His character is a man with an IQ of 75, who during his life, between the years of 1950 and 1980, comes in contact with every major event in American history. And somehow he survives all of these events with only honesty and niceness.
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” In this film however, when you see Tom Hanks as Forrest and Robin Wright as Jenny, you know you are going to get more than a few laughs and more than a few tears out of this film. In fact, Tom Hanks is probably the only actor who could have played this role as Forrest. Hanks makes Forrest to be a dignified person and so straight-forward. The way he plays Forrest Gump is so breathtaking. This film is not about a mentally retarded man. This movie is a movie of meditation on our times. The movie is seen through the eyes of a man, Forrest, who has no common sense and takes things exactly as they are. After watching the film, the viewer can now understand why some people get criticized or made fun of for being “too clever by half.” Forrest, in this movie, has just the right amount of cleverness to make things ...

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...tness someone with true values of honesty, friendship and family. Forrest is a man with a huge heart and a low IQ, however, he never lets that get in his way. He lets his heart out power his brain and becomes a very successful man. Forrest is a very positive and optimistic person. He always sees the best in people and never stops trying in any situation he is given. At the beginning of the movie, a feather floats down and lands near his feet while waiting on a bench, at the end of the movie, the feather reappears and lands beside him. Forrest then looks up, speaking to the lady beside him on the park bench and asks, “ Do we each have a destiny- or do we just float around accidental, like on a breeze?” While the viewers are deciphering the answer to this particular question, the feather reappears and floats right up through he country side and to the ending credits.

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