Film evaluation from Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump was released in 1994 and it’s directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film is based on a novel written by Winston Groom. It’s an epic drama-comedy with romantic elements in it. The leading actor, Tom Hanks, won an Academy Award from the best performance by an actor in a leading role and that tells something about the quality of a film.

The film deals with how a disabled person can survive in life just as well as ‘normal’ people, or even better. Forrest simply sits on a bench waiting for a bus and tells about his life to everyone who sits next to him also waiting for a bus to take him to Jenny. She is the one who Forrest has always loved. He tells how he made it in and out from the braces he wore around both of his legs, how he met Elvis Presley and taught him to dance and what happened to him in the Vietnam War. There are also several incidents which affect our life nowadays, like investing money in Apple or inspiring Scott Fahlman, the inventor of emoticons. Waiting for the bus Forrest tells that he is going to see Jenny, who has contacted him after a really long time. Later on Forrest finds out that he and Jenny have a child together, who is also named Forrest. They marry each other and later on Jenny dies to an unknown virus which couldn’t be healed. A film ends in a similar situation as it started: Forrest Sr. sitting on a bench on his son’s first day of school like Forrest’s mom sat when he was picked by the school bus. The Film’s from 1950 to 1990 and it’s easy to follow the time, because of all of the incidents which take part in a film, like the Watergate scandal and hurricane Carmen. The main characters are Forrest Gump, Jenny Curran, Dan Taylor and Benjamin “Bubba” Blue. All of the people Forrest meets have an effect on his life.

When I saw Forrest Gump for the first time I was amazed and I knew that it was the best movie I had ever seen and it still is. Forrest Gump is a story about caring each others without labeling them, and everybody should remember that. I cannot identify myself to the characters since I couldn’t ever be as unselfish as all the people in the movie are, especially the main characters. All the characters are plausible and the actors’ performances support the characters. I think that there cannot be a person who wouldn’t be impressed of a film. The atmosphere in the film is really peaceful and it makes you laugh and snivel. Forrest Gump is for all the people irrespective of their skin colour, age, sexual orientation or the political party they belong to. Of course it isn’t a film for the smallest children because of the war themes in it. You can watch it over and over again and never be bored. It brings light to everyone’s life. The film is easy to follow with or without subtitles for the language is quite clear and there aren’t too many difficult phrases you wouldn’t know. There is nothing I would’ve done differently since the film is so marvelous and surprising. You can never know what happens in life and that is what Forrest Gump taught me. Like Forrest’s mom always said “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”