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So we filmed this on July 5th and literally right after filming, Simone's friend sent a screenshot from IMDB's Instagram page with a post that says 'on July 5th 1976 Forrest Gump starts running across the country'.
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@@rxlxviii Please don't forget Captain Phillips
The George Wallace shooting footage was the real news footage.
“Run Forrest, run!” That’s the only defence mechanism she knew and that’s what she did all her life, until she became a mom.
Unfortunately she ran from all of her problems and never learned to solve them.
Nonsense. She was an evil user who did nothing but take advantage of Forest, who was much more abused than her for a much much much longer time (his entire life)
@@unclebounce1495 That's such a shallow minded thing to say. You realize a person that has suffered from sexual abuse at a young age, are mentally fucked up for the rest of their lives.
She also kept telling Forrest that he didn't know what love is, while in reality she's the one that doesn't know what love is.
@@Chimponaut Exactly. She was chasing the same abuse her dad passed on to her.
The other powerful scene for me was when Lt Dan got angry and stood up for Gump telling those girls to not call him stupid.
this movie has a strong scene for everyone. its about life. at one point in the movie you see yourself. this makes it a masterpiece. while i see your powerful scene it was another one for myself :)
I loved it when he thanked Forrest for saving his life.
Lt. Dan has a great character arc. Few reactors mention that at the end, his fiance is Asian, most likely Vietnamese.
Even school bus driver goes from smoking to chewing nicotine gums
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Korean. But Asian nonetheless
"Is he smart..." is right up there among the most emotional movie moments ever. Your reaction was so moving. That scene hits me hard every time.
One of the best acted scenes in movie history. IMHO
It gets me too. When he sits to watch TV with him. All around this is my top 3. If it's on I watch it
This and Liam Neeson as Oscar Schindler saying "I could've got more..." is right up there on my list.
I cry every time such a beautiful and caring man.
The man is just too good!
About Jenny... She's a tragic, sympathetic character. Children abused by a parent, particularly sexual abuse of the kind Jenny experienced, often struggle to form permanent bonds and connection with romantic partners because their first love relationships -- the ones with their parents -- left them feeling unsafe and hurt. So, when they start to get too close to someone, they begin to feel trapped and unsafe, and they pull away as a way of self-protecting. This explains Jenny's entire life, moving from man to man, in a process of slow self-annihilation. She got as close to Forrest as she possibly could, considering her core wounds. And it's finally Forrest's unconditional love that allows her to feel safe and to finally connect with him. Jenny always deserves our love and sympathy. She does the best she can.
I always agree with that perspective up until the baby was born. Trauma or not, hiding a kid from their parent is wrong.
@@SyntheticCK however, it didn't help that a good chunk of the time when she found out that she was pregnant and even giving birth to Forrest Jr. and then raising him for a few years... Forrest was on the road running from place to place for (I believe it was) around 3 years. During that time he didn't visit his home in Alabama and didn't have a phone number that she could reach him. It's not like he had a cell phone at this point that she could just give him a call and say, "I'm pregnant," "We had a child together," etc. She may not have even been aware when he finally stopped running. We only know once that she saw him running on TV. For all, we know she may have tried to call Forrest a few times but he was not home.
@@ericfink1331 Then you do what a person would do in that time period and send a letter. That way he would find out asap.
@@SyntheticCK where would she have sent it to as he didn’t have a mailing address to send it to other then his home in greenbo which he wasn’t there for at least three years.
@@ericfink1331 Of course send it to his house. The timing isn't the issue, it's the not doing anything at all part.
How good is Tom Hanks? The scene where he meets his son. Just by the changes in his face and posture, not a work spoken, he related EVERY possible feeling! Now THAT is acting! Just incredible. Hanks is a treasure of the world!
Hey Sane Lucid! Tom Hanks is certainly one of the best actors of all time. Very talented! I think in the Mid-Late 1990s was really Hank's peak, with films like Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away, and The Green Mile. As far as Forrest Gump goes, I Just find this movie to be Very Inspirational! Also, I often Personally connect with this movie because my brother actually has Autism (So Forrest and my brother can relate a bit in that they are both disabled).
I also just wanted to mention that Last Year, I actually posted a video on my UA-cam channel that was almost like a tribute video to Forrest Gump (though I called it a Mashup). You see, there's a band named Family Of The Year, and they used their hit song "Hero" for Richard Linklater's 2014 movie called Boyhood. For my video, I used "Hero" as background music while showing various scenes from Forrest Gump. Aside from matching song lyrics with movie scenes, my intention with the video was to try and create something unique.
If you have a few minutes sometime and are interested, here is a link to that video: ua-cam.com/video/Or-sIiNANYg/v-deo.html
If you don't check it out, then no worries! I would Not be offended at all! But Thank You So Much in advance if you do see it! I hope you Have a great day today, Sane Lucid! Please Stay Safe, Please Stay Awesome! 🙂🙂🙂 Thank You For Your Time!
There is only one actor who can compare with him, the Tom Hanks of my parents' generation...Jimmy Stewart. I wish there were more reactors who would take a deep dive into his filmography...
That and also the scene with the Black Panthers, and Jenny’s boyfriend hits her. It’s just his face but it’s fire
I get choked up when he asks if his son is like me every time. Just that acknowledgment that he knows he’s not like everyone else, and how much harder that would make his son’s life has me in tears. 😭
The scene when Forrest finds out that he has a son, and he asks about little Forrest's intelligence. It breaks me every time. Such an amazing scene.
Appropriately enough, that is one of the specific scenes they used for his audition. Definitely a good one to use, because it is easily one of the most important scenes in the entire movie, performance-wise. It is the one that must be done right, and Tom Hanks absolutely NAILED it
It really highlights Hanks' talent as an actor.
The flock of birds flying off as Forrest leaves her grave...
"Dear God, make me a bird. So I can fly far. Far, far away from here..."
the feather as well can represent her dream of being a bird. With him thru the story and always watching over him.
I didn't think of that.
@@tomyoung9049 I think the feather is reference to destiny or chance and outside forces without intelligence or design. "Are we all floating aimlessly?"
“Free Bird” playing as she was standing on the ledge about to….
@@OriginalPuro She prayed, and the situation changed for her and her sisters quickly into something positive. :) I know what you're thinking "coincidence" yes, that perfect escape word for atheists.
Jenny's life is a juxtaposition to Forrest Gumps life. They both go through troubled childhood experiences. However Forrest had the benefit of an awesome parent to guide them through the difficulties of life. Whereas Jenny never had that and she was left search for that comfort as a broken person. Amazing writing to give the story an anchor as well as a propelling force to drive Forrest Gump forward in life.
And they pass through the 70s with 2 of the most prominent tracks for those of that time.
Forrest was exceptional. Most not-slow people raised by a single mom don’t turn out the way he did
That scene, "Is he smart or...", is one of the finest pieces of acting ever filmed.
Hanks delivers so many simple lines so perfectly in this movie. "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." "She had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday", even the ubiquitous "And that's all I go to about that." He packs simple lines, spoken by a "simple" man, with so much meaning.
The best line in this movie (for me) is "Sometimes I guess there aren't enough rocks." That hits home SO hard some days.
So glad to see someone else appreciate that line. It’s my favorite too. Powerful wisdom from such a simple minded character.
I love that line too, so simple yet so accurate
This movie is so unique because you go through every single emotion watching it.
Also, people hate on Jenny forgetting she suffered sexual abuse as a child. She left Forest because she felt unworthy of his love. She didn’t view him as defective, SHE felt defective.
Yesss! It bothers me so much that ppl expect Jenny to be with Forest regardless of how bad she would've been for him had she given in when the audience wanted her too. She needed growth, she needed to stop running. She got caught in the running instead of facing her past demons which is why she breaks down in front of her childhood home..which ironically enough is torn and tattered like her. Forest demolishes that house after she dies.
@@oliviarogers3559 I would have kept it the same but have Jenny explain that she loves him too but he deserves better than her. It would have hit harder and explain to a lot of people (who somehow tend to not realize) how broken she is because of her childhood.
Also keep in mind that Jenny keeps getting involved with abusive people and putting herself in to escapist, ultimately self-destructive situations. She doesn't KNOW what her issue is. But she is constantly treating herself as unworthy of happiness. It takes her having a child who loves her unconditionally for her to alter her self image. And then come back to the one other person in her life who had always, unconditionally been there for her.
It's likely not just that she felt defective, but it's also a case of who Forrest is. Forrest isn't the smartest guy and while Jenny knows he's smarter than people give him credit for, he's still like an innocent child in a lot of ways. She can't reconcile that child-like innocence of Forrest and her romantic and sexual feelings for him. If she acts on them, then she feels like she's almost taking advantage of him, someone he loves and trusts. Her past makes her see it like her own trauma, someone that is supposed to love and protect taking advantage of an innocent person who may not fully comprehend what's going on. In that situation, Forrest is her and she's her father, but she doesn't want to be like her dad and she doesn't want to do that to someone else.
The tragedy of the relationship between Jenny and Forrest largely stems from Jenny's traumatic childhood and if it hadn't of happened, they would've likely ended up as a couple far, far sooner.
@@oliviarogers3559 No, I don't. But I'm not the character in question, so my outside perspective is irrelevant to her decision making process. I don't think she's a bad person either, just someone who had issues stemming from trauma that influenced her decision making process. As someone who also has issues stemming from trauma, I understand that it can cause you to make choices that others may not understand, but are logical to you, even if they're based on illogical/irrational thoughts. That doesn't mean we're blameless from the effects of our decisions/actions, but nothing Jenny did was malicious, just out of desire to protect herself and/or Forrest. She was a good person, she just unfortunately made some bad decisions before she came to terms with her trauma.
"You're my best good friend Simone" that was cute George. 😁😃
Always fucks me up when he’s at Jenny’s grave. Masterful acting
Jenny was dumb
It was a gut punch. She was finally turning her life around, then she dies.
@@azazello1784 She was victim of abuse all her life, her behaviour is understandable.
@@madizzle90 Jenny was supposed to have died from Hepatis B due to intravenous drug use.
I always cry at that scene. That was his love and his good friend from childhood.
Tom Hanks is such a great actor. Everyone talks about that scene when he asks Jenny if his son is smart or like him... What an incredible performance.
Jenny is a very tragic broken character. She is running as far away from home as possible to find a place in this world. Since her childhood home is a nightmare to her. However in the end home give her the one person that truly loves her. Forrest Gump. She fights it all her life. Till she finally gives in and realizes that she should be with Forrest. Many broken people go through this process of self discovery. Often many don't live long enough to reach of the journey.
The sad moments in this film are heartbreaking, the deaths are awful but asking about his sons mental capacity is, I find, so much more.
It shows that he is acutely aware of what he does not have.
It also shows the fear that his son would live like him. A brutal understanding. That scene in this film.. breaks me everytime.
Castaway is another Tom Hanks masterpiece.
Ehhh...it’s ok
One of my favorites. I really love that one man alone on an island survival
90%, may 85%, of that movie is just Tom Hanks acting by himself.
Amazing actor.
@@leniobarcelos1770 that made me chuckle
@@leniobarcelos1770 Wilson overacted too much.
Jenny had a lot of emotional issues. Her being molested really screwed her head up. That's why she was always running away, that's why she always told him to run because it's all she knew how to do. And Forrest loved her so much he would just listen and do anything for her. The time when she left but said she wasn't running was more or less because she deep down thought that Forest deserve better. She thought that Forest was such a good soul that she was no good for him. That's why she said he didn't know what love is, because in her mind how could someone like him love someone like her when she has so many issues. It was messed up, but stuff like this has happened to people that have a really jacked up childhood and it can leave such a deep emotional scar.
"She thought that Forest was such a good soul that she was no good for him." People are so often mad at Jenny for leaving and not loving Forrest back; however, you nailed it. She knew Forrest as being pure and good; the complete opposite of how she saw herself. I also think that younger people don't realize that Jenny died from AIDS.
Like that you don't completely tear Jenny apart like most reactors, and realize that she has her problems too.
*Sleepless in Seattle* is a must see, and *You've got Mail* is good too.
And after you watch You've Got Mail, you must watch Jimmy Stewart in the original, Shop Around the Corner.
“I’ll always be your girl” gets me every time
@@Shzzaam so you are adding info not shown in the movie at all. In fact, it's not for sure it was HIV. The author of the book indicated it was Hep B, which also became known in the early 80s. (Others say the author was not stating the truth. We'll never know for sure.) Maybe you could create your own movie with your own story line.
I got the thrill of a lifetime when I actually met and shook Tom Hanks' hand in Flagstaff, Az. He was in makeup with his beard while filming the scene where he steps on 'a big pile of shit' while running. I was in the adjacent building to the right, watching them film the scene. I had no clue I was watching the making of an American classic.
This movie has so many tonal shifts! I can't think of any other movies that switch as often as this movie does.
Fun fact for you: Forrest Gump is one of only a small handful of movies in history to Win Best Picture and also be the highest grossing movie of the year.
How is that fun?
@@eatsmylifeYT How was it not fun?
@@jp3813 You tell me.
@@eatsmylifeYT Ditto.
@@jp3813 Saying "ditto" means you're too stupid to explain it.
This is an emotionally devastating movie. I watch it when I need a good cry. According to the novel, the unknown disease that Jenny had was not HIV, it was Hepatitis C. In the larger scheme, it is not important what the disease was. Thank you for letting me cry along with you.
True. They both could work for the story. HepC was still without a ‘cure,’ and both could be contracted from IV drug use. What made me think it was HIV, was because she says they don’t know what the virus is, and I’m pretty sure we were familiar with HepC by the 80s.
@@Ivy94F According to the sequel's script, (and Tom Hanks) it was HIV. Forrest Jr. was found to be HIV positive as well, and it apparently progressed into AIDS. People found out about it, and were concerned with sending their kids to school with him.
@@Ivy94F HIV was first identified in ''83. Hep C was first identified in '89.
This film goes around 3 decades of the USA history with all the tragedies as Vietnam or the Aids. Jenny always runs when a problem appears, and so she teaches Forrest. But Forrest change this when he did not run and came back to rescue Bubba. Then his life change and he became rich while Jenny goes in a darker life. When at last she stop running it is to late for her.
Woah, great underrated comment. Never seen the "running" put in such a way. Brilliant
He did run when she left him after that night together. For three years.
The author said it was hepatitis.
@@skeetercoddiwomple6269 Yeah I was going to ask about that. I heard some people say the book was Hepatitis while the movie was Aids.
This is based on the book, "Forrest Gump" by Winston Groom. The filmmakers actually tried to screw him out of some royalties and he took them to court. They settled out of court and the settlement apparently included a proviso that he write a sequel. "Gump & Company" disclosed that Forrest became an astronaut, was responsible for the crash of the Exxon Valdez, and the fall of the Berlin Wall (among other things). He's also approached by an actor named Tom Hanks who's interested in making a movie of his life. It's worth a read, if you can find it.
8:05 This part was inspired by the kid who played Young Forest. He said his daddy made grease and then listed all the things grease is used for. Turns out there is a *LOT* of thing grease is used for.
When Jenny is throwing the rocks - you could've included "Sometimes i guess there just aren't enough rocks" that Forrest says.
That sentence is so deep and can be used in so many situations.
17:00 -- Simone gives one of the KINDEST readings on Jenny that I've seen from any reactor. THANK YOU! Back when this came out, no one held too much of a grudge against Jenny; she was a troubled girl. But so many reactors think she's just the worst human being. :D
There is a reason this won so many Oscars when it came out. I love this masterpiece of a movie...easily one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time! So iconic, so good, so rewatchable!
The presidents he met: Kennedy (Football), Johnson (Metal of Honor), Nixon (Ping-Pong/China). Governor George Wallace who infamously fought desegregation was the Governor who was shot while running for President.
My favorite thing about this film is that it implies that Forrest is behind some of the most influential and significant events in history despite having a mental handicap and being disabled. A film to inspire those who are disabled and let them know anything is possible.
fun fact: there is a self-fulfilling prophecy! lt. dan said: "the day you become shrimp boat captain, i become an astronaut."
one year later gary sinise plays again along with tom hanks in the film apollo 13 ... as an astronaut 😂
I rarely cry at films, but Forrest talking to Jenny at her graveside gets me every single time, Tom Hanks is just incredible. ET leaving Elliot is the only other scene that has the tears rolling down my face like that!
This movie is based on a book and crazy thing is - when writing the script they actually scratched several more historically relevant/otherwise groundbreaking moments. Unlike other movies based on books where they always add tons of stuff, here they got to select which parts to adopt.
The part that ALWAYS gets me, aside from Forrests Mom, Bubba, and Jenny dying, is when Forrest meets his son for the first time. And he asks Jenny, "Is he sm-smart or is he-..." . That just BREAKS me. He's so self aware and he realizes that if his son is perceived as "stupid" hes gonna have a rough growing up just like Forrest did and he might not have a Jenny to cheer him up. Just the self awareness he shows in that moment is one of cinemas greatest moments in my opinion.
Most people think the worst of Jenny, but I always thought that she did love Forrest but she also thought he was too good and didn't deserve to be with someone like her, especially considering that Forrest is, as he said, not a smart man. I mean, the movie makes it clear that she was abused by her father in every conceivable way as a child and that as a result she has very low self-esteem and lets men abuse her and is very self-destructive, and that her default coping mechanism is to run instead of facing her problems. Hell, that was her usual advice to Forrest as well. Whatever happens, run. It's not until she matures that she can come to terms with her past, and accept herself as deserving Forrest's love. Of course, since she is forced to mature because she be comes a mom and because she's sick and dying, most people think she came back to Forrest out of self-interest just to make sure her kid would be okay after she was gone, and since she's been pretty selfish and awful to Forrest for the whole movie, it's hard to argue otherwise. I don't think she did, or at least not mostly because of that, though.
I echo every word of this!
The Jenny hate infuriates me.
@@summerrose8110 yeah, besides not comprehending the long-lasting impact of that abuse, it shows lack of comprehension of the limitations and expectations of the times.
@@tinatidmore3809 Exactly. I've seen reactors who bash Jenny by thinking,"Oh Jenny sucks" or "What's wrong with Jenny?" And I'm just like,"Did you really think that after suffering sexual abuse by her father at a young age was going to go away?" Jenny's psyche was messed up since the beginning, so when we see her in multiple abusive relationships, and Forrest helps her, but not even he realizes that is all Jenny knows. When she tells Forrest to run or says he doesn't know what love is, she's projecting herself onto him to stay away from her because she doesn't love herself and feels she would ruin Forrest.
@@summerrose8110 and he represents the home and childhood she wants to leave, to find love through fame. He would be bringing her back, so she just ran, ran from him, from her home, and toward a way out, a way to what she believed would make her whole, heal that wound.
What upsets me the most is people having no comprehension of what it would have been like for a sexually abused child IN THAT TIME. Shame, no resources (especially in rural Alabama), no understanding in society of how that abuse changes a person's psyche and leads to drug abuse and other self-destructive behavior.
Stop putting 2021 society's expectations and conditions on a person in her 20s in 1970s.
Did that feather just float around randomly or did it have a destiny? Did Forest wander around randomly or did he make things happen.
some people. like feathers flowing about with the wind, will enter your life at the most unexpected of times and turn your world upside down, before they move with the wind again. forrest is that sort of person
For the longest time, I thought of it as some angel feather. His life was blessed from when he found the feather and as long as he kept it, then much later in life, when his life is stable with his son, the "feather" leaves. only later, did I realize that although he finds it early in the movie, it wasn't early in his life.
The 90’s are full of banger films, including this film Forest Gump.
It always gets me when Forrest asked if his son is smart. Wonderful acting.
This will forever be one of the greatest movies all time. This is a rare case of being wildly popular and actually deserving of its praise
I love the contrast in Forest. Yes, he was a s dumb as a rock but he was also incredibly WIZE and pure at the SAME TIME. He came from nothing and had nothing. He was born with FAR less than most of us were. However, in his journey through life, he EARNED almost every success he had because of his wisdom and morality. Forest Gump shows us that if HE can do it?...then we have NO excuse to hide behind. Yes,...we each can do it also if we tactually try.
This is such a wonderful movie on so many levels. It has action, comedy and sadness. It is positive and hopeful and tragic at the same time. I love the nostalgia moments too. The music? The script and screenplay? The acting? The flow? The psychology? It all just leads your brain and heart along so carefully. Forest Gump is an almost PERFECTLY "balanced" movie that contains every narrative check box that you could ever want....all in in a single move. Stunning! Love your video take on this!!!
Yes, all of that historical footage was real. The inserted Hanks into the shots.
And of course some mouth replacement and dubbing (like with JFK and John Lennon)
Some of the historic moments:
Elvis
School integration
Gov Wallace assassination attempt
Kennedy meet & greet
Viet Nam (although I think that's a stretch - he wasn't integral in changing history)
LBJ mooning
Protest on the Mall
China (maybe - he was part of a team)
John Lennon/Dick Cavett - Imagine
Watergate
Hurricane Carmen
1970's running craze
"Shit happens"
Smiley face
Apple Computer
To me, the feather symbolized Forrest's journey through life - blown on the winds of fate, touching lives but not really being touched. In the background, but always there.
There are a lot of subtle things as well. ‘’Bear” Bryant and college football, AIDS, …
“Is he smart or…” is one of the most heart wrenching reveals in film history. Forrest completely understands how the world sees him.
The time from Forest discovering he's a father to the end, as a Dad myself with a young son with development delays, hits like a ton of bricks. Also, a lot of reviewers say they're wrecked by what Jenny did but they don't fully grasp the fact that Jenny is wrecked. Abuse shaped her life and mental health is a very large part of this film. Anyway, this is one of the best reactions of this movie out there
I remember watching this in the theaters. When Jenny is talknig to forest on her bad, asking if he ever was afraid fighting in the the jungles of Veitnam, and then he started to recap all of those events from this life that we watched during the movie, and Forest tells her how she was always with him... the theater was so incredibly unbelievably silent, you could have heard a pin drop.
Tom Hanks...The Green Mile🙌
This was a wonderful reaction! When you both were so shocked when he asked if Little Forrest was smart, I knew it was coming, but my eyes still filled up with tears. It's really great watching people show the genuine emotions that films bring out in us.
You make such a good pair of reviewers/reactors. Great chemistry! Keep up the good work
Absolutely loved this reaction. I know you struggled to understand her too but sooooo many other reactors absolutely trash Jenny, not understanding what a tragic character she is. Abused from earliest childhood, she never thought herself worthy of love and her deciding to leave Forest was her way of protecting him.
I loved Forest for loving her.
I have seen this movie a lot in my life. It still makes me cry when Hanks is talking to Jenny about if Forest is Smart. That is a masterpiece
You’re the only reactors I’ve watched that didn’t end up hating Jenny; I loved your sincere reactions!
Yes it is disheartening when she is hated upon. I think she resenates with those of us who went through some kind of abuse from parents/siblings /others, whether it was verbal, emotional or sexual.
@@tessesmom I think some of the reactors are just kinda simple...
Mental health and psychological are extremely misunderstood in this country
@@Shzzaam XD true
@@cassu6 Stupid is as stupid does.
15:40 This moment strikes me so hard every time. My mom also had cancer, and also died on a Tuesday.
"He says I can't read it", this gets me every time. Forrest is a great dad....
After Saving Private Ryan and this one, i really hope you two haven't seen these Tom Hanks movies yet?! 🤞🏻
The Green Mile (1999) 😥
Catch Me If You Can (2002) 😎
The Terminal (2004) 🤗
Cast away (2000) 😥
These 6 are my favorites!✌🏼
I’m so in love with your channel, your commentaries, reactions and discussions are so fun to watch. You’re a great reactors duo!
thank you!
Absolutely positively one of the sweetest movies ever made. It will forever be a classic.
I understand why you guys didn't catch this because you didn't grow up in that time period. The music in the sound track not only worked to illustrate what was going on in each scene, but it precisely defined the time in year and month each scene depicted. I was born in '54 and my friends and I seeing the film had tremendously visceral reaction to each of the songs. We KNEW what they were about. We Knew exactly when those songs were in the Top-40. This made for a powerful effect that no other sound track has achieved in my experience. And that's just one aspect of this amazingly constructed film.
You nailed it George; it's what I often comment on this movie, it's unique; there's really nothing to compare it with. For me it is the embodiment of bittersweet or perhaps sweet bitter?
Thanks for choosing this, Simone and George and warm regards from the Netherland!
Forrest lived his life like the feather
That line “is he smart or is he like me?” hit especially hard for someone like me who was in special ed classes literally all my life, and not that I doubt my own intelligence, but they didn’t challenge me enough at an early age and I had some severe setbacks that sabotaged my development as an adult and to hear someone think that about themselves and worry for their children it just breaks my heart and it’s profound and absolutely gut wrenching
Forrest Gump is a perfect representation of the potential of someone who is honest, principled, and industrious. He’s almost a living embodiment of Karma. His story is a hero’s journey founded on the fact that what you do is of far more consequence than who you are.
I deeply loved your reactions. Forrest Gump losing Bubba and Jenny always is heartbreaking. I cry for 1 hour seeing Forrest talking to Jenny’s Grave saying “If you ever need me, I won’t be faraway!” 😢😭
Jenny.left because she couldn’t trust a love that pure because she was abused by her father so she couldn’t trust him.
17:00 She is in Love with Him but she keeps running from him because after what her Father did to her she didn’t think she deserved to be loved the way Forrest Clearly Loved her
Yes it was real footage of the shooting
This is one of the few times that I don’t see Tom Hanks but the character. Except a couple of times when he yells for Bubba and Jenny in the reflecting pool.
This is one of my top five favorite movies. Great reaction.
1. Yes, those were the lyrics to “Imagine”.
2. Yes, that was real footage of George Wallace being shot. He lived. Some might say unfortunately.
3. Yes, Jenny died of HIV/AIDS.
4. Yes, Tom Hanks is a really good actor.
I’m 67 and have seen this marvelous movie several times. It still makes me cry and as a man, I’m not ashamed…
Man, Tom Hanks is a living legend. What an actor....when he asks Jenny if his son is normal is so heartbreaking, is so well acted, god.
No, he asked if his son was smart. Get your shit straight.
Something I just noticed in this movie, was when he checked the mail about "the fruit company".... that only Gump's mailbox has their name painted on the side. The rest have proper name plates shown above the boxes. I feel like this is a metaphor in some way
Never noticed the bloody tissue Gumps mother wiped her nose with when, he came home from the military. Really good film!
Many people mentioning the moment of Forrest asking if his son is smart or not....but I also love, when Forrest is telling her about the beauty of the Dessert, and the Mountains, and the Vietnam sky and she says she wishes she had been there with him, and he simply replies:
“You were”
The Army always delivers the mail, no matter where the troops are, even if it's on a ship at sea, or deployed at war. Things have changed with the internet but the mail was considered one of the most vital morale missions of the military back then.
My favorite scene is when he opens the letter he invested in some fruit company. I agree the comedic parts are used wisely to give relief from the tension.
I have always loved when Lt Dan was ranting about how he should’ve died on the field of battle. That he WAS Lt Dan and Forrest saying you’re STILL Lt Dan.
“Is he smart, or is h- is…” gets me every time.
As a parent, I have always worried that I would pass on the negative aspects of myself to my children. I just wish someone had instilled in me that such fears are wasted… that my progeny may be better, worse, or just like me regardless of intervention or obfuscation.
Best soundtrack in a movie, in my opinion.
This movie, as well as American Graffiti , and Dazed & Confused
Best 3 soundtracks & would be extremely hard to pass copyright on UA-cam , during reaction videos -
Also, those are great movies !
I think the "objective" is to depict a pure heart.
George, Simone...do you guys ever come back and watch your early uploads? Adorable. With all my heart, adorable to the extreme
"If there's anything you need, I won't be far away."
Even though Jenny's gone again, Forrest will always be her rock
Damn ... I just cried watching even the review. This movie is a gem.
7:50 once upon a time the army was a valid career choice where someone could learn life skills and not necessarily combat ones; soldiers managed their own restaurants on the base as well as their own stores, and were taught how to build and maintain a variety of equipment. They even ran army radio stations (the entertainment kind) and printed periodicals. Today, all that stuff is contracted out to some company.
23:50 The creator of Forest Gump has said that it was not HIV/AIDS, Jenny had Hepatitis.
Her leaving was not "running away"... In her mind he is sparing him. It's a state of mind. Does it make since, no... But she had the best intention of that decision.
You should react to The Green mile with, Hanks! The Princess Bride with Jenny! I promise you want be disappointed in either one!
I suggest you another 4 movies starring the incredible Tom Hanks, "The Green Mile", "Philadelphia", "Cast Away" and "News of the World".
As a man who was widowed young, the death of Jenny, and Forest at the grave, hits in a special kind of way. For someone like Forrest, I could see such loss being absolutely and irredeemably devastating! The fact that he had a child to raise (something I did not have) was probably crucial to his being able to continue on, much as he had always been, but with some to love and focus on, and to be loved back! Unconditionally!
The greatest line I've ever heard in a movie comes from this film: "sometimes there just aren't enough rocks."
Anything Tom Hanks is phenomenal. The Terminal is great. Apollo 13 is great.
And the Green Mile.
@@paulcurlin2789 yes, absolutely!
"it's everyone else around him that changes." I've been making that point for years. Forrest does not develop emotionally, but everyone else does, and Jenny in particular lives a crazy life and develops as a human over 30 years.
Same dynamic as the movie Rain Man - Dustin Hoffman's autistic character is incapable of change, but he ends up changing Tom Cruise's character in a very meaningful way.
Cool fact about Elvis is that he’s actually voiced by Kurt Russell in the Hound Dog scene which marks the second time he has played the king of Rock with the first being the movie Elvis (1979) directed by John Carpenter who is best known for Halloween (1978), Escape from New York (1981) also starting Russell and The Thing (1982), Kurt actually had a small role in one of Elvis’ movies back in the mid 60s playing a kid who kicked Presley in the shin so he can get a date with a nurse
In an interesting way, Forrest reminds me of Chance from "Being There" in that simple people can find themselves intertwined in history simply due to their innocence and how others misinterpret them. Meanwhile, the intellectuals screw things up.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time! Love to see your first time reactions to it, cuz I can never experience it for the first time again, but this was close enough :) thank you both for showing your honest emotions! I always cry when I see it 😭😂 and so true what you said George, it's a really unique movie just capturing an 'ordinary life' but we see that everybody has some impact on the world. And I totally agree with you Simone, it's like you watch 6 different films.. But it's like different chapters of ever humans life I guess?
One interesting note that I've seen noted in other rewatches that I'll share here. Forrest got the Congressional Medal of Honor. Generally speaking the commanding officer of the unit has some say in that. Meaning that either Lt. Dan signed off on it, or testified to what happened. He had to known he was nominated even if he didn't have any final say on whether he got it. Lt. Dan always had his back even when he was pissed off with him.
That's not necessarily true. Any soldier can fill out the paperwork and nominate any other soldier for any award. A commander's recommendation is obviously taken into account in most cases, but if the commander is unavailable - say, because his legs had been blown off recently - then a higher ranking commander in the chain can certainly still push it up.
You've Got Mail is great.
Cast Away is underrated.
They literally shut down production for a year while Hanks grew a beard and lost weight, but kept the crew together and made What Lies Beneath.
I heard in the book he went to space. I can only imagine then how much the movie scaled things down.