WHAT is with Tom Hanks and agonizingly sad scenes of unrequited love?? This scene, as well as the 'rain' scene at the end of "Cast Away" *never* fail to choke me right the hell up. _Every_ time.
But Helen Hunt WAS STILL in love with him at the end of Castaway! Just not enough to leave her husband or children or life she made when she believed Hanks wasn't going to come back.
But at the end of Castaway she still loved him, she just couldn't abandon the life she made for herself. That would've hurt her husband and kids massively.
I'll never forget the first girl I had feelings for. She told me, "you don't know what love is." Being an 18 year old simp at the time I didn't know how to respond to that. But looking back I should've thrown it in that girls face that she was talking to me everyday for an hour on the phone and yet she had a boyfriend. She didn't know what love was either.
Pretty much that how it is now and then, like my dad always say. "These young ladies want to go around and mistreat a guy who willing to cook, work, support, be honest with them. Though they will rather marry and stay with the husband who lazy, doesn't wanna work, has no car, beat you, lies, cheat." It just sad in all honesty.
We've all been there, so no shame in that. It still stings a bit because you cringe when looking back on it because that's not the way to do it, but you learn your lesson and get better.
It's a perfect scene because we all know what love is, the sad truth being that wanting someone who doesn't want you back shatters your confidence and self-esteem. Rejection hurts at any age.
I've been laughing over that pose for over a decade. She finally made a simple simp like that fed up with her. I quote this line when a friend annoys me, and turn away with my hands like that, and they burst out laughing. "Gettin' tahred of your shit, JENNAYY."
I've always been able to relate to Jenny. After going through so much, being beaten down by the world for so long, you begin to feel worthless and like the person you love most deserves way more than you.
You're saying this either to receive sympathies from strangers on the internet because of a desperate need for attention, or you truly are battered and broken and just the slightest amount of support would go a long way. Either way, my condolences.
The righteous indignation, stepping into one's self esteem and worth, with the simultaneous heart break and disappointment is just beautiful. He finds a way to be gentle and firm at the same time. Tom Hanks portrayal of this character is excellent. I love this moment of the film.
I'm not "slow" like Forrest.. Quite the opposite, in fact.. But I'm autistic - and this scene is one of those _rare_ times that a movie actually made me cry. ..and it almost always does too. Just typing "why don't you love me jenny" into the search bar automatically puts a lump in my throat. I was just recently explaining to my dad that my "trigger" for crying in movies is when someone who has been ignored/silenced their whole life finally stands up and makes themselves heard. Gets me every time. I just watched this film again for the 837th time over this past weekend and I'm _still_ blown away by how much nuance is in Tom's performance.
I’ve seen this scene so many times. I think about it quite a bit over and over. I’ve been feeling incredibly hopelessly lonely lately and had the urge to want to watch this scene again. And for the first time it got me so close to crying.
I did this by accident before and honestly it a weird type of hurt but relief. You realize you are capable to give someone unrequited love but they don’t want it at least not in the moment. At that point you accept it for what it’s worth but you still feel the same for that person
Its hard when you love somebody and they really do love you, but they feel like they're doing you a favor by rejecting you because they themselves feel so messed up and worthless and want you to have more than they think they could give Yeah man its tough 😢
I'm having a Mandela Effect moment. I could've sworn every time I've watched this that he said "I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is." and now it's "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." Weird. I didn't know I had such a bad memory.
Yeah dude I watched this pretty young with my parents didn’t pay much attention but around middle school i rewatched it by myself and fucking cried my eyes out I’ve watched this movie countless of times and it never fails to atleast make me shed a tear
Jenny was trying to protect forrest by avoiding marriage. She didn't want him to put up with the results of the psychological turmoil she faced due to her child hood abuse. That's why she said he doesn't understand what love is. Love is caring for someone more than yourself, enough to protect them from things that they can't handle. Even when it seems like you're hurting them at face value. Jenny always loved forrest (more than he would know) and wanted him to be content in the simple life, free of the trauma and baggage she carried.
She was beaten and raped by her father as a young child and her whole life was a mess but Gump was so nice he never judged her and he always has her back. He is the definition of a true friend
I could have sworn that Jenny says “Forrest you don’t know what love is” before he tells her he does. Funny how the brain works. Need to watch this again
For all the people who criticize Jenny, I just want you to reflect for a minute. Imagine you've gone through unspeakable trauma at the hands of your father as a child and the one person who loves you is, through no fault of his own, so naive that he thinks that your father was a very loving man (which he says at the bus stop, so towards the end of the story chronologically). That he is incapable of empathizing with your past trauma in the slightest. That you'll never be able to have any kind of deep conversations with him. That he'll never come close to understanding your thoughts, your feelings, your struggles. It really is tragic that the only kind of love Jenny had in her life was shallow and devoid of any of the qualities that constitute a deep, heart-to-heart relationship.
And yet Forrest is able to connect on an even deeper level. He might not have the ability to discuss philosophy but love is often born of the little things instead.
How can you watch this movie and think that the love Jenny and Forrest shared was “shallow and devoid of any qualities that constitute a deep, heart-to-heart relationship”. I mean, did we watch the same movie? They connected on an extremely deep level.
I think she's overall a decent and sympathetic person, but saying "You don't know what love is" is still a horrible thing to say, and I hope that at some point she apologized and told him that she was wrong.
Forrest is disabled from childhood blud what more trauma can occur to a person than that....yet Forrest stood up.... blaming on past trauma for your behaviour is immature and childish. .it's plain victim card playing
HAHAHAHAHAHA! I've heard this excuse so many times. She was just a hoe would wasted her prime to sleep with random dudes and then when she got out of options and the dude got rich, she came back to him. Cut the gaslighting bullshit people!
She didn't really. Truth was that Jenny was a shallow, materialistic and hedonistic woman. She wasn't attracted to him and was looking forward to continue living a life full of drugs and sex. However when she realized that was not going to work out towards the end, she conveniently became the nice, 'sweet' girl who wanted to reciprocate his feelings lol. If it weren't for her illness, I'm 99% sure she would have continued with her lifestyle.
@@Ghostrider-ul7xn Yep! People NEVER change! Unless they truly want to. Sluts never truly want tho. It's that they cannot continue this lifestyle forever so they just accept it and try to get the best they can. But of course, they'll be miserable deep down. It's only up to us to not let others take advantage of us. Never be afraid! Always sick what you dream of! Never settle down for anything and anyone less!
@@Ghostrider-ul7xn uh no, she wasn't on drugs when they were children. She befriended him while all of the other kids casted him out. She was abused 6 ways from Sunday as a child which is why she treated herself the way she did as an adult. Also why she felt unloveable and unworthy. You don't have to be attracted to someone to love them or even visa versa. Generally people don't abuse drugs and alcohol because they want to "party". It's ussually caused by unhealed trauma. Same thing can be applied to sex. Not an excuse just a reason. People should really look at the why and the intention behind someone's actions before judging them. They should also take a good look in the mirror. Hate the sin not the sinner.
@@holistichoneybee87 While her circumstances do matter, lot of people excuse superficial and undesirable behaviors by giving undue significance to circumstances, without holding the person accountable for their poor choices. She didn't reciprocate his feelings throughout most part of the movie, it was only until she realized she barely had time left, she suddenly started having feelings for him out of nowhere. So you're telling me that her realization of her impending death somehow suddenly helped get over her "trauma" and made her fall in love with him? Sounds pretty convenient and opportunistic. I mean, just look at how she behaves around him even after she came back. She doesn't display the emotions and responses of someone in love, more like an act to convince someone they are in love. Even Forrest notes that most of the time she just keeps listening to him talk while he goes on talking while they were walking. Even on her deathbed, when she says "I love you", i don't sense a shred of emotion in her words. What does this all tell you?
Love is a fickle thing. I remember in a J Cole song he said the worst drug of all is love and it's true. It's a drug that could make you happy your entire life or a drug that kills you. Sometimes it's best to avoid it but at other times you take it even without looking to. One thing I enjoy about Forrest is he never let it destroy him. He may have been addicted to his love for Jenny but at the end of the day his life carried on and without regret. Sometimes I truly wish I could think just like he does and just live life without letting things bother me BUT sometimes we all don't have that ability.
Jenny only accepted Forrest on her last moments in life...and it’s still unknown if little Forrest is really his son. In all honesty it wouldn’t surprise me if Jenny didn’t sleep around and just forced him on Forrest because she knows Forrest would take care of him if Jenny said that was his son...
You know what they say about "nice guys". Forest ran feom one end of the country to the other with dozens of people following....but he still finished last. Jenny is the ultimate movie villain.
Its deppresingly tragic, Jenny's upbringing had left lasting affects that caused her to make poor decisions as a person, the result of which makes her afraid of embracing Forrest's love, for fear of hurting him. "You don't wanna marry me forest".... :(
I wish she didn’t tell me before we went to the circus while she put on that makeup that “I want people to know you have a hot friend”… I’m not a smart man..but I know what love is…
"You're done watching it ?"
Funny cause he didn't watch it at all, he watched her all along.
*sips Dr. Pepper*
@@Shane-bt4yd musta drank me 15 Dr Peppers.
He was spanking it
She’s for the streets Forrest.
Should've ran when he had the chance
@@therealjcon he did but he came back 💀
Dont you mean, she belongs to the streets?😂😂
@@roniehunter8410 I said what I said
@@emcee_reggie i was kidding, This is a meme
WHAT is with Tom Hanks and agonizingly sad scenes of unrequited love?? This scene, as well as the 'rain' scene at the end of "Cast Away" *never* fail to choke me right the hell up. _Every_ time.
But Helen Hunt WAS STILL in love with him at the end of Castaway! Just not enough to leave her husband or children or life she made when she believed Hanks wasn't going to come back.
Because Tom Hanks had the gift of a uniquely genuine face. He can act out any scene of unrequited love and it would be believable and relatable.
He's one of the GOATs
But at the end of Castaway she still loved him, she just couldn't abandon the life she made for herself. That would've hurt her husband and kids massively.
I was young, about 8 years old maybe so, 2013, I mentioned to my father that Tom Hanks was the king of sad movies😂
I'll never forget the first girl I had feelings for. She told me, "you don't know what love is." Being an 18 year old simp at the time I didn't know how to respond to that. But looking back I should've thrown it in that girls face that she was talking to me everyday for an hour on the phone and yet she had a boyfriend. She didn't know what love was either.
You and I share the same pain man.
wow. that’s heavy.
Pretty much that how it is now and then, like my dad always say. "These young ladies want to go around and mistreat a guy who willing to cook, work, support, be honest with them. Though they will rather marry and stay with the husband who lazy, doesn't wanna work, has no car, beat you, lies, cheat." It just sad in all honesty.
We've all been there, so no shame in that. It still stings a bit because you cringe when looking back on it because that's not the way to do it, but you learn your lesson and get better.
@@theWendigo1928 you have to get out of that mentality. That's being a doormat and they won't respect you for it.
This is my comeback when someone calls me stupid....
watching any scene from this movie will make me cry
You were crying when he showed LBJ his bullet wound?
Lieutenant daaan, ice creeeeeam
Damn you tom hanks. Damn you for making me cry. I was happy and now I'm crying.
this will forever be my favourite movie. classic
Quick questions : what's ur count of you watching it?!
I'm at more than 10
they changed it....this isnt the original
It's a perfect scene because we all know what love is, the sad truth being that wanting someone who doesn't want you back shatters your confidence and self-esteem. Rejection hurts at any age.
fuck yeah it does!
Unfortunately most people now a days do not know what love is. They confuse lust with love they aren’t blinded
This scene hit me hardest in that movie. I will never forget that one.
This is the best movie that I have ever watched. Even in my most cynical moments. This movie is THE best.
Ironically Jenny was the one the that didn’t know what was.Love this scene
I love that pose! hahahahaha
I've been laughing over that pose for over a decade. She finally made a simple simp like that fed up with her. I quote this line when a friend annoys me, and turn away with my hands like that, and they burst out laughing.
"Gettin' tahred of your shit, JENNAYY."
I've always been able to relate to Jenny. After going through so much, being beaten down by the world for so long, you begin to feel worthless and like the person you love most deserves way more than you.
LazyEyeCrazyI I pray these last two years have been good to you with much healing!
So you’re saying you use people
Jenny is horrible and by exstension so are you
I think Forrest feels that way about himself too but he constantly tells himself things like “I’d make a good husband” to counter the negativity
You're saying this either to receive sympathies from strangers on the internet because of a desperate need for attention, or you truly are battered and broken and just the slightest amount of support would go a long way. Either way, my condolences.
The righteous indignation, stepping into one's self esteem and worth, with the simultaneous heart break and disappointment is just beautiful. He finds a way to be gentle and firm at the same time. Tom Hanks portrayal of this character is excellent. I love this moment of the film.
Well put.. I agree
I'm not "slow" like Forrest.. Quite the opposite, in fact.. But I'm autistic - and this scene is one of those _rare_ times that a movie actually made me cry. ..and it almost always does too. Just typing "why don't you love me jenny" into the search bar automatically puts a lump in my throat.
I was just recently explaining to my dad that my "trigger" for crying in movies is when someone who has been ignored/silenced their whole life finally stands up and makes themselves heard. Gets me every time.
I just watched this film again for the 837th time over this past weekend and I'm _still_ blown away by how much nuance is in Tom's performance.
@@clicheguevara5282 I was born on the spectrum but I am a little slow. What Jenny did to Forrest is what my dad is afraid of happening to me.
No hes not, you aint finding love for a while
@@Ghaztoir That is what you think, buttknocker.
I’ve seen this scene so many times. I think about it quite a bit over and over. I’ve been feeling incredibly hopelessly lonely lately and had the urge to want to watch this scene again. And for the first time it got me so close to crying.
Him standing on the porch with his hands on his hips is the performance of his life
This is what being a nice guy does to you
I did this by accident before and honestly it a weird type of hurt but relief. You realize you are capable to give someone unrequited love but they don’t want it at least not in the moment. At that point you accept it for what it’s worth but you still feel the same for that person
It's all about timing....and timing is a bitch.
@@codystudliness4864 Yeah yeah, "timing" never comes. I'm not waiting for anyone.
Its hard when you love somebody and they really do love you, but they feel like they're doing you a favor by rejecting you because they themselves feel so messed up and worthless and want you to have more than they think they could give
Yeah man its tough 😢
He knew love for sure
That line always hits deep
This was such a heartbreaking moment.
I'm having a Mandela Effect moment. I could've sworn every time I've watched this that he said "I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is." and now it's "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." Weird. I didn't know I had such a bad memory.
Wolfshifter nah it’s been that line lol
Moneybags73 just did a video on it today. Check it out. Your not alone. ua-cam.com/video/HJ6GYOLUgaY/v-deo.html
You and me both. I remember him saying “Luke, I am your father.”
All of us have bad memories that's what the Mandela effect highlights.
I thought so too!
It is so breathtaking..
This scene punches me right in the gut feels every time without fail. 😢
This part tears my heart into pieces, EVERY TIME! And I don’t cry for shit lol
Yeah dude I watched this pretty young with my parents didn’t pay much attention but around middle school i rewatched it by myself and fucking cried my eyes out I’ve watched this movie countless of times and it never fails to atleast make me shed a tear
I swear I remember her saying "you don't know what love is forrest" before he said he knew what love is. Am I the only one?
She said it in a different scene. I think it was the one where he tells her he’s going to Vietnam.
@@subhanamin1558 Yeah you're right.
For me this is the role of his life.
Jenny was trying to protect forrest by avoiding marriage. She didn't want him to put up with the results of the psychological turmoil she faced due to her child hood abuse.
That's why she said he doesn't understand what love is. Love is caring for someone more than yourself, enough to protect them from things that they can't handle. Even when it seems like you're hurting them at face value.
Jenny always loved forrest (more than he would know) and wanted him to be content in the simple life, free of the trauma and baggage she carried.
Jenny tried so hard to get what she wants but in the end she got nothing. Forrest just be himself. Nice and kind to people and he got everything
She was beaten and raped by her father as a young child and her whole life was a mess but Gump was so nice he never judged her and he always has her back. He is the definition of a true friend
Feelin like forest
I could have sworn that Jenny says “Forrest you don’t know what love is” before he tells her he does. Funny how the brain works. Need to watch this again
She said it, but earlier in the movie, when he announced her he is sent to vietnam. He just remembered it during all this time
For all the people who criticize Jenny, I just want you to reflect for a minute.
Imagine you've gone through unspeakable trauma at the hands of your father as a child and the one person who loves you is, through no fault of his own, so naive that he thinks that your father was a very loving man (which he says at the bus stop, so towards the end of the story chronologically). That he is incapable of empathizing with your past trauma in the slightest. That you'll never be able to have any kind of deep conversations with him. That he'll never come close to understanding your thoughts, your feelings, your struggles.
It really is tragic that the only kind of love Jenny had in her life was shallow and devoid of any of the qualities that constitute a deep, heart-to-heart relationship.
And yet Forrest is able to connect on an even deeper level. He might not have the ability to discuss philosophy but love is often born of the little things instead.
How can you watch this movie and think that the love Jenny and Forrest shared was “shallow and devoid of any qualities that constitute a deep, heart-to-heart relationship”. I mean, did we watch the same movie?
They connected on an extremely deep level.
I think she's overall a decent and sympathetic person, but saying "You don't know what love is" is still a horrible thing to say, and I hope that at some point she apologized and told him that she was wrong.
@@DrCasey I like to think they made amends during their time together
Forrest is disabled from childhood blud what more trauma can occur to a person than that....yet Forrest stood up.... blaming on past trauma for your behaviour is immature and childish. .it's plain victim card playing
Forest is a good man and you know it
She loved him, just didn't think she was good enough for him. 💝
HAHAHAHAHAHA! I've heard this excuse so many times.
She was just a hoe would wasted her prime to sleep with random dudes and then when she got out of options and the dude got rich, she came back to him.
Cut the gaslighting bullshit people!
She didn't really. Truth was that Jenny was a shallow, materialistic and hedonistic woman. She wasn't attracted to him and was looking forward to continue living a life full of drugs and sex. However when she realized that was not going to work out towards the end, she conveniently became the nice, 'sweet' girl who wanted to reciprocate his feelings lol. If it weren't for her illness, I'm 99% sure she would have continued with her lifestyle.
@@Ghostrider-ul7xn Yep! People NEVER change! Unless they truly want to. Sluts never truly want tho. It's that they cannot continue this lifestyle forever so they just accept it and try to get the best they can. But of course, they'll be miserable deep down.
It's only up to us to not let others take advantage of us. Never be afraid! Always sick what you dream of! Never settle down for anything and anyone less!
@@Ghostrider-ul7xn uh no, she wasn't on drugs when they were children. She befriended him while all of the other kids casted him out. She was abused 6 ways from Sunday as a child which is why she treated herself the way she did as an adult. Also why she felt unloveable and unworthy. You don't have to be attracted to someone to love them or even visa versa. Generally people don't abuse drugs and alcohol because they want to "party". It's ussually caused by unhealed trauma. Same thing can be applied to sex. Not an excuse just a reason. People should really look at the why and the intention behind someone's actions before judging them. They should also take a good look in the mirror. Hate the sin not the sinner.
@@holistichoneybee87 While her circumstances do matter, lot of people excuse superficial and undesirable behaviors by giving undue significance to circumstances, without holding the person accountable for their poor choices. She didn't reciprocate his feelings throughout most part of the movie, it was only until she realized she barely had time left, she suddenly started having feelings for him out of nowhere. So you're telling me that her realization of her impending death somehow suddenly helped get over her "trauma" and made her fall in love with him? Sounds pretty convenient and opportunistic. I mean, just look at how she behaves around him even after she came back. She doesn't display the emotions and responses of someone in love, more like an act to convince someone they are in love. Even Forrest notes that most of the time she just keeps listening to him talk while he goes on talking while they were walking. Even on her deathbed, when she says "I love you", i don't sense a shred of emotion in her words. What does this all tell you?
Love is a fickle thing. I remember in a J Cole song he said the worst drug of all is love and it's true. It's a drug that could make you happy your entire life or a drug that kills you. Sometimes it's best to avoid it but at other times you take it even without looking to. One thing I enjoy about Forrest is he never let it destroy him. He may have been addicted to his love for Jenny but at the end of the day his life carried on and without regret. Sometimes I truly wish I could think just like he does and just live life without letting things bother me BUT sometimes we all don't have that ability.
The kicker, Forrest knew love better than Jenny.
Why is that the kicker?
@@-DRIP he knew more about love than she does
im gonna cry :(
This my favorite line in the whole movie....I was like you tell her forest you tell her dumb ass.
This is the saddest scene in all the movie.
This scene does something to me.... 😢
I want to say to a girl. I'm not tall but I know what love is!
We don't choose who we fall for.
Jenny only accepted Forrest on her last moments in life...and it’s still unknown if little Forrest is really his son. In all honesty it wouldn’t surprise me if Jenny didn’t sleep around and just forced him on Forrest because she knows Forrest would take care of him if Jenny said that was his son...
I agree everything you said.
Yup.
It isn't even a question. The kid isn't his son.
Except that little Forrest had some of big Forrest's mannerisms. That was definitely meant ti signify that he is little Forrest's true father.
@@hagamapama mannerisms can also be taught…
You know what they say about "nice guys". Forest ran feom one end of the country to the other with dozens of people following....but he still finished last. Jenny is the ultimate movie villain.
Except for the part where he finally got to marry her, has a son he adores, and is worth a fortune. 🙄
Why do most of the true first love stories need to end up like this I have always wondered.
Usually they both still have too much to learn, sad as it is.
@@doomguy4331 Yeah. Forrest needs to learn to not waste his life for hoes!
Thank you Jenny and fourst for your honorable true love
Its deppresingly tragic, Jenny's upbringing had left lasting affects that caused her to make poor decisions as a person, the result of which makes her afraid of embracing Forrest's love, for fear of hurting him. "You don't wanna marry me forest".... :(
I’ve never been loved by a girl
Yup👣🕊☝👑🌏
Colossians 3:12-14 amen🙏
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The irony was it was really Jenny who never knew what love was
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Such a astounding phrase. Very touching.
Morale of the story:- Dodge girls with daddy issues at all costs
The greatest movie…period
This scene is hard to watch but made better by his stance at the end 😂
I died when he put his hands on his hip😂
She knows she is undeserving
she's trying to secure the bag
I think I'm going to use this scene to pick up females
Im tempted to make a pardoy and inset the song i wanna know what love is
You got one?
Big sister clap for forest walking out
Predicks the future
Are you recording off a screen cause it sounds like someone keeps slamming a door.
Minuto y medio que te hace llorar dias
Yea jenny wtf is your problem
SHE DON'T WANNA BE SAVED DON'T SAVE HA
YES HE DOES JENNY
grabs tissue
Ouch. This film destroys me on multiple levels.
Any1 listen to The Forrest Gump Mile High Marathon
WOW!
✝️💅🏻😁👍. 🚌. That’s right.
I wish she didn’t tell me before we went to the circus while she put on that makeup that “I want people to know you have a hot friend”…
I’m not a smart man..but I know what love is…
Real
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i was developing secondary sex characteristics jennay. they said i was gettin something call pro-to breasts
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I always say "I'm not a smart man but I know what love is" to my girlfriend after I've woken up after getting blackout drunk and peed on the floor
Guys always want a girl that he can’t get. Any comments on that?
😭
😢😢😢
Wife divorced me three times last week 😢
Is there a scene when Jenny tells him he doesn't know what love is? Or am I remembering things wrong?
Yeah it's the scene after he rescues Jenny after some men tried to grab her and told her he's going to Vietnam.
I'll marry you forest 😂
Why dont you love may Jennay . I'm not a smart man but i know what love is.❤😢
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That was bullshit for her to tell him that
I lowkey hated jenny she didnt deserve forest
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Tom Hanks characters have the worst love interests
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The older I became the worst I liked Jenny.
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