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***FULL REACTION*** FORREST GUMP (Patreon)

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2023-08-26 17:00:04
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2023-09-26 19:53:47
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There needs to be more people like Forrest in the world 🥰

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Bartleby

So a big revolutionary thing about this movie when it came out was the visual effects. Which you may not take particular notice of watching it now decades later. But a lot of the historical footage you see in the movie is real. And they seamlessly integrated Tom Hanks into historical scenes with historical figures so it looked completely natural. This was radical and unprecedented technology in visual effects at the time.

Alan Jones

FIrst, the hotel is the WATERGATE Hotel. The implication is that Forrest reported a break-in at the Watergte office complex, at the Democratic Party's National Headquarters. Eventually, the (Republican) White House would be implicated in planning the break-in, intended to spy on the Democrats so they could sabotage their strategies for the upcoming Presidential Election in 1972. When the scandal reached close enough to President Nixon, the early stage of an impeachent proceeding was put underway by the (Democratic) Congress, at which point Nixon decided to resign rather than undergo the embarrassment of such a trial. In short, in the fictional setting, Forrest started the ball rolling on a chain of events that led to Nixon's resignation. Now, about Jenny: In my opinion, Jenny is neither hero nor a villain. She is siimply a damaged individual doing as well as she knows how to do, to overcome a debilitating shattering of her self-worth during childhood. She does loves Forrest, first as a friend, then as a love interest, but she keeps pulling away from him because she feels unworthy, and that her involvement in his life would be hurtful to him. But much of what she does ends up being hurtful anyway. Then she goes back to him when she has nowhere else to go. She just doesn't see any options. I don't think she cares about his money. She just needs a safe haven, especially when she first comes back, and sleeps and sleeps. I can't believe there is anything malicious or overtly selfish about it. She just does what she has to do. Her story begins turning around when her foot slips on the balcony rail, and she realizes she doesn't want to die. That means facing up to the long road back from the very deep, dark hole she's dug for herself. First she needs to clean out, so she goes back to Forrest to sleep her way through it. Then she begins taking care of herself, staying clean from drugs (I want to believe; others may disagree), and working as a waitress to support herself and Little Forrest. Would she have come back to Forrest if she weren't dying? I want to believe she would, when she finally summoned up the self-esteem to feel worthy of him. But her illness may have accelerated the timing. In the end, it doesn't matter what we think of Jenny, Forrest loves her, and Forrest is delighted to have as much of her in his life as she is willing to give. And that's the only opinion that counts. Their marriage was brief, but he wouldn't have missed it for the world.

MertzRocks

Captain Kangaroo was an American children's TV program that ran from 1955 into 1984, 29 years. It starred Bob Keeshan as Capt. Kangaroo and he had a number of sidekicks, notably Mr. Green Jeans (Hugh Brannum) and a couple of puppets - Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose. I watched it as a kid myself but don't remember much and never realized it went on that long! The Watergate Hotel scandal had to do with the Democratic Party Headquarters in that hotel, and a 1972 break-in and wiretapping by people in President Nixon's re-election campaign to spy on said headquarters. There was a cover-up (the scandal) but people found out, and Nixon ended up resigning office in 1974 before he could be impeached. The whole thing had many more Americans questioning distrusting the government. There may be more to it but that's a good nutshell. And that's all I have to say about that.

Alan Jones

Davy Crockett (who preferred the full name David) was a frontiersman and folk hero who lived in the early 1800's. Born in Tennessee, and active in Tennessee politics, he served in Congress during the Jackson presidency, but grew disdainful of Jacksonian politics. Eventually, he withdrew from US politics and moved to Texas in 1836, which was part of Mexico at the time, to take part in the revolution for Texas independence. He famously died during (or soon after) the Battle of the Alamo. His story was made famous in the 1950's via a series of TV films produced by Walt Disney, which popularized and mythologized the man. Though Forrest says they had more money than Davy Crockett, I can't find any reference to Crockett's wealth, though he appears to have been a successful and self-sufficient businessman, at least during part of his life. Others may have more to say about that.

Jeff Barnes

The Watergate Hotel scene referred to the Democratic Nat'l Hqtrs break-in which was where the downfall of Pres Nixon began. A really good movie to to get educated about this is All the President's Men.

Jon Freezin-Rain

Maybe not everyone loved the movie. I didn't when it was in theater and time hasn't effected that. I'm here for the reaction(er) 👍👍

ButtercupsTrueLove

Thank you for a wonderful reaction to a film that has only grown on me through the years. Tom Hanks has had good fortune in his collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis.

Ian Forbes

Great reaction, Dawn. This has been one of my favorite films since it was released and I even created one of the first fan sites for it back in college in the 90s. Jenny’s actions are often the hardest to reconcile. I have always seen it as a person who has suffered so much abuse that her self-hatred has shut off her ability to accept happiness and generosity from others. I believe she succumbed to a moment of wanting that happiness when she sleeps with Forrest but then runs away worried she has taken advantage of her best friend. And her illness may have been how she was able to finally bring Forrest back into her life, but she did love him, and getting clean and embracing her motherhood went a long way to allowing that reunion. Just my opinion of course. To answer some of your questions: Forrest met with Pres. Kennedy because he was selected as one of the best collegiate football players, it wasn’t his actual team. The internet says, that Tom Hanks says, (so grain of salt), that Forrest’s speech to the crowd was “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.” Forrest punched out Jenny’s abusive boyfriend for slapping her at a Black Panther event. You may already know but just in case and in an oversimplified explanation: The Black Panthers was an organization formed to oppose the racism and police brutality being perpetrated against African Americans. The “Johnson” that Jenny’s boyfriend referenced at the bus was Pres. Lyndon Johnson. And the ping pong scenes were done using digital balls so Forrest never missed and always hit his target. The movie won 6 of the 13 Oscar nominations it received: Best Actor (Hanks won the prior year too for Philadelphia), Picture, Director, Editing, Adapted Screenplay, and Visual Effects. The VFX not only included the ping pong balls, but the removal of Lt. Dan’s legs, making South Carolina look like Vietnam, splicing Forrest into so much archival footage and manipulating the footage to fit any dubbed dialogue for those real people, among so much more any big film requires.

Dexter Lake

Great reaction dawn. I wondered how long it would take you to break. You made it to the end lol. Robert Kennedy, was a real person, who was killed, likely for speaking up for the civil rights movement. I feel Jenny made her peace, and got control of her life and realised the grass wasnt greener, plus she proberly knew she was dying, and knew Forrest would be a great day for little Forrest