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this delightfully entertaining slice of americanathat grossed almost seven-hundred million dollars in 1994 would be the first of threecollaborations between director robert zemeckis and tom hanks. an adaptation of the 1986 winstongroom novel, "gump" would win six oscars at the 67th academy awards: including best picture,director, editing, effects, and actor -- hanks's second in a row following "philadelphia" theyear prior. presented entirely in flashback from the film's title character, this romanticdrama comedy film is the story of a unremarkable man leading an unbelievably remarkable life:personally witnessing and/or influencing many of the defining moments of the latter halfof the 20th century. showing off his best southern accent, hanks portrays a dimwittedeveryman from the fictional town of greenbow,
alabama with an incredible amount of talent,emotion, and care: truly morphing into the character by the end of the 141-minute picture.despite being just 10 years hanks' senior, veteran actress sally field plays gump's mom;who does her best to encourage her son, and raise him right, even if she does remark onhis below-average intelligence, "stupid is as stupid does". switching between the pastand present, the narrative is composed of various vignettes: gump as a child, his timeserving in vietnam alongside his army pal mykelti williamson as bubba, the accidentalsuccess of his shrimping boat business with a legless gary sinise, to his involvementin the anti-war counterculture movement of the 1960's. all the while though, gump longsfor his childhood sweetheart, played admirably
with conflict and purpose by robin wright.although it's easy to recognize hanks' groundbreaking performance in the lead role, for their contribution,the support cast is not to be understated: sinise is especially is astonishing as anangry war vet - delivering lines with such intense frustration the movie almost becomesuncomfortable to watch. expertly utilizing cgi, rotoscoping and chroma-keying, the magiciansat industrial light and magic adeptly incorporate the bumbling protagonist into several keymoments of american history. it's the subtle effectiveness of these visuals that reallysell the believability of the story. although the ever-changing plot makes it easy to losesight of the larger picture, the pace is never slow, and constantly entertains: even on multipleviewings. fantastically setting the mood of
the period, the amazing soundtrack featuressome of the most iconic and memorable rock songs from the 60's and 70's - include thedoors, lynyrd skynrd, jackson browne, creedence, bob seger, jimi hendrix and more -- all supportedby the wonderfully poignant and playful score by alan silvestri. i'd argue "shawshank redemption"was more deserving of the little gold statue that year, but there's rarely a moment ofthis film that isn't flawless; even if the individual sequences are greater than thesum of their parts. sharing messages of hope, love, and determination, one important lessonrang true: "life is like a book of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get". luckilyfor us though, we got an endlessly quotable adventure that taught audiences everywhere,you're never too disadvantaged to change the
world. "forrest gump", "absolutely magical.heartwarmingly fantastic characters." those are my thoughts on this iconic movie, so nowlets take a look at your reviews from the youtube comments. for the first time in season 4, here's therate-o-matic to rank "forrest gump" -- a double ten. incredible acting, touching story, andwonderful direction and visuals: we both agreed that this film was amazing.
