Who Cried During Forest Gump?
 

alright. I totally did.

Every single time.

This is my very favorite movie. Especially the time settings, and how everything he does like changes the world.

Read the book sometime. It's *totally* different from the movie (glad they changed it, really) but its quite the read nonetheless.

And I did not cry during Forrest Gump. Not to say that there aren't movies that make me cry.

To be totally honest, I've never seen the whole thing from beginning to end. *gasp!* But I have caught bits and pieces of it, and there was once when I caught the last 30 minutes or so. I was on the verge of breaking down in a heap on the floor. WHEN I do see the whole thing from start to finish, and get more emotionally involved, I'm sure I will, no doubt.

It’s a film which induces some pretty strong reactions in me, but lachrymation isn’t one of them (though I do cry in Jacob’s Ladder. And the Fox and the Hound, but then again I'm a sucker for that sort of thing). I used to like Forrest Gump a lot when I was younger, and I do still have some appreciation for the clever editting techniques which enable Forrest to mingle with all those historical figures, as well as some of the quieter, more atmospheric shots, but I found that as I got older I started to have questions about the story. Seriously now, am I the only person who feels really bad about how Jenny was treated in this film? I don't mean bad in a "isn't it tragic what happened to her" kind of way (though that too), but rather the way in which the film-makers insisted on dumping misery and misfortune upon her at every single turning, as if they had this sadistic little obsession with making her existence as excrutiating as possible. It may just be my immense fondness for hippies and 1960s counter-culture talking, but it all seemed a bit unfair to me, particularly given that Jenny had always striven to follow her own dreams and ambitions, whereas Forrest, for much of the time, only ever did what other people had told him to (I'm aware that this wasn't his fault, nor inherently a bad thing, but still...). Was it like that in the book at all?

But heck, don't mind me and my ever-nitpicking grey matter. If this film touched you enough to make you want to express your emotions out loud, then good for you. :)

Really? I love the book so much more than the movie. It was just hilarious, and it actually made you question just how clever Forrest was. He was thought to be a simpleton but he would find solutions to things even the best minds couldn't figure out. The stories place him at many of the most monumental moments of the latter half of the 20th Century and one wonders if he's just telling an elaborate tall tale or if he somehow actually did all of these things. They seem incredulous but the earnest way he tells it coupled with his supposed uncomplicated simple mind made me think, "Just maybe."

The sequel Gump & Co. is just as funny. From inventing New Coke, only to botch the formula the second go-round, to capturing Saddam Hussein and being told to put him back for political and PR reasons, the tales are just as tall. This time they include his son. He even takes a run at Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks and crew for their biopic based on his life.

And jj, Jenny led a more placid life in the book. Forrest is more cynical than innocent and he doesn't understand why people complicate the easiest of matters. So he really isn't the gung-ho do what he's told guy from the film.

For me this isn't one of those "book is better" moments simply to sound smart. I've loved the movie for years, but when I read the books I just loved them so much more than the movies. If you're interested just go to your local library and pick up Forrest Gump and Gump and Co. by Winston Groom.

I could not get enough sympathy for Forest to cry.

However, Born on the Fourth of July I would say is more of a tear jerker.

Monty :-/

"Sorry i ruined y'alls black panther party."