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Friday, July 28, 2006

Why I love Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump is one of the movies you can watch again and again without getting bored. I love the opening and ending scenes where the feather floats in the air and the background music.



I have seen it like 15 times now.Everytime, I watch it I notice something new. The best part about the movie is the way how Forrest Gump is a part of some hitorical event and how he does not know about it or its seriousness. Heres a list of things which are subtle and kind of makes the movie funny.

1) The Accent...The way he says "Life is like a box of chocolates"
2) Forrest was a descendant of Ku Klux Klan founder
3) That Elvis learnt his famous hip shaking move from Forrest Gump
4) Forrest Gump got college admission because he was abe to run in a football match
5) Meet President Kennedy and he says he got to pee. Hilarious
6) The character Bubba who knew everything about Shrimping business
7) Lieutenant Dan - His ancestors died in some american war or the other
8) Forrest shows his buttocks to President when he receives the medal of honor.
9) Its funny the way the mike becomes silent when he is called to speak about the war in Vietnam.What did he say about the war in Vietnam?
10) Being in the same Interview program with John Lennon
11) President Nixon and how he might be responsible for finding the watergate scandal
12) Lt. Dan taking care of Forrest's money by investing in a "fruit" company - Apple
13) Running across the country for no apparent reason
14) T-Shirt business from his face -Jesus style
15) Jenny his girlfriend gets a mysterious virus - AIDS??

The best emotion in the whole movie is the undying love that Forrest has for Jenny.

The way that feather floats at the start and how it flies off in the end...
Great Movie!!

7 Comments:

At 7/29/2006 11:26 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

love the feather .. love the tshirt ... love the fact that he can take off to run just like that .. love the ping pong scenes .. it is in the top of the list among my favs too !!!

after reading ur post .. wanna get hold of the DVD and see the movie again !!

 
At 7/30/2006 4:11 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Must see the movie after reading the post.

 
At 7/30/2006 11:13 AM, Blogger Subbu said...

It is indeed one of the classics of a all time ...

 
At 7/31/2006 10:54 PM, Blogger Sandesh said...

Yes Bijesh. You introduced me to Movies and Formula 1. It was mainly due to your hogging of that remote that I got to watch these great movies :)

 
At 8/01/2006 7:55 PM, Blogger Aravind said...

Great movie that. Also, I scream out 'Run Forrest, Run.' whenever someone is making a dash for it..

 
At 8/12/2006 7:44 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

'Shit Happens' - a statement that lingers around a lifetime.

 
At 2/27/2010 10:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Forrest Gump to me is simple but complex, he had so many things to overcome in life, life being dumber than a bag of rocks, wearing a brace as a kid, having no dad, going to Vietnam among many others. But he is kind, and brave, and hardworking and loyal, and loves, especially Jenny, no matter what. And he is so blessed, everything he does is great. Even though he is slow he has the wisdom of his moms sayings to guide him. The meaning of the story to me is, God can bless anyone he wants, and a person like Forrest deserves to be as much as just about anyone. If your life is hard, hard work and a good heart can overcome it, and God may bless you too. If you are half what Forrest is I hope he does, there aren't many people in life like him, I wish there was.

 

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