It's popular because it's a great movie. Not average. Far beyond that. I'm tired of people calling this movie over rated. It's not. Movies like La La Land are over rated.
I don't get why so many people out there hate on this movie and complain about little flaws, like "oh my gosh, Jenny is so annoying!" Believe it or not, some people actually like Jenny. For me, she didn't annoy me, I didn't really like her or not like her, and I didn't care much about her. But she didn't annoy me. My dad actually wished she had lived!
Also, people saying that this movie delivers an awful message are wrong. They think that it's just about a stupid man who succeeds in life by being dumb and doing whatever he's told. It's more than that. He succeeds in life by doing what he feels is right or best. He sees the world through innocent eyes, different than other people, so what?
For a while I didn't even know about the back lash for this movie until I watched the "top ten movies that received massive back lash" Watchmojo video on YouTube. I was confused and so were other people in the comment section. I looked deeper into the whole back lash thing and realized that many people wanted this movie to end up being, "oh yeah, one of the most over rated movies ever." and in many ways they succeeded. This movie is hated by many for little things. The rotten tomatoes score is 71%, which isn't bad, but you can tell that the back lash is there fighting with the positive reviews. But in many ways they also failed. Forrest Gump has an audience score of 95%, an 8.7 on IMDb, currently number 13 on the IMDb top 250, a metascore of around 82, and is still very iconic and constantly referenced in pop culture. It's quotable, funny, simple yet touching, and dramatic.
The only thing that annoys me about this movie is that it seems no one recognizes Forrest Gump, even tho he's been on TV many times and owns a company
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crc32 (2584)
6 years ago
I always figured it was the memory invoking nostalgia the movie brought on in the mid 90s about americas past. But now that I'm older I start to wonder was forrest gump imagining himself being apart of all those events at least the historical ones?
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6 years ago
Lol I think you're looking too deeply into it.
Good theory but not true or logical if you think deeply about it. All the historical events that happen to him connect too much to his personal life for them to be untrue. If him running across the U.S. For like 3 years didn't really happen and he just imagined it, then why would Jenny have seen it on TV and had all those pictures of him in magazines and stuff? That's kind of the whole reason he's sitting at the park bench telling people about his past. He's gonna see Jenny, who contacted him partly because she had been seeing him through the media a lot.
Now that I think about it, Forrest only talked to like, 4 people at the bench, and all that historic stuff he experienced was many years before that, so perhaps those people forgot what he looked like. Forrest Gump may not be a recognizable person. Those people may have not even been watching TV or paying attention to any media at the times when Forrest Gump was doing all his historic TV events. Lol, all I have said really proves that film is a big part of my life.
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crc32 (2584)
6 years ago
I wonder if the book played out the same way as the movie.I think the events are real because it would piss off the audience if that was the narritive. Plus this came out before the usual suspects invented the the end changes everything trope and the unreliable narrator trope.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheEndingChangesEverything
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator
Later on because forrest is mentally handicape I suspect there may have been some fibbing going on but concluded I would be too pissed off at the film if that were true. :)
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6 years ago
The book is VERY different from the movie. Not only is the book different, but it's awful. Forrest Gump is one those rare cases where the movie is way better than the book. Trust me, don't read it. It's COMPLETLEY different. The movie might as well not be based on the book
Btw, I don't remember Forrest ever being mentally handicapped.
You are perhaps right in the sense that he may have exaggerated some of the events, given his simple mindedness, but I believe everything that happened really happened. But hey, even though it's a great movie with a deep message, it's still just a movie
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TaRaNRoD (1579)
6 years ago
"I was confused and so were other people in the comment section. I looked deeper into the whole back lash thing and realized that many people wanted this movie to end up being, "oh yeah, one of the most over rated movies ever." and in many ways they succeeded."
Okay now please, don't generalize. Not everyone is in the same basket just because they don't care much about the movie. It used to be one of my favorite movies of all times. Just that with time my vision about the world changed and watching it today, does make me feel like it's overrated.
Yes, it is a beautiful feel-good movie. It's highly inspiring. The acting is great. The soundtrack is amazing. The directing with the cinematography are outstanding. This movie has a lot to give. I think thst everyone should see it at least once.
Now, my major problem is exactly like op pointed out, the plot itself. Outside of the pleasant feeling it gives, it doesn't have much to offer than promoting the american dream for over 2 hours. Yes, I get it, Forrest sees the world through "innocent eyes". Cool. Cheezy as hell. He goes through the american history strating for the 50s going up to the 80s or 90s, I'm not sure. It can serve as a history book if you want a fun and dynamic way to say it. Still, I don't feel like the character development is so great and the dialogues are not as deep as they are clichés and somehow empty. I tend to find it annoying when most of the movie is narrated by the main character to explain the story. Some directors like Martin Scorsese can do it properly, but some just don't have that.
So yeah, generally I'm with op on thst one.
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