Jenny used to pray for God to make her into a bird so she could fly far, far away from her abusive childhood. The last thing you see as he leaves her grave is a flock of birds flying far, far away.
The saddest most ironic thing about this scene is Jenny told Forrest he didn't know what love is, and in the end he showed that he knew what love was more than she ever did.
Thats right, love is not a complicated concept, WE MAKE IT complicated. Jenny never truly knew what she wanted until it was too late. While Forrest always knew. He wanted her.
I know a lot of people don’t like Jenny, but I feel like there were two stories here. Jenny kept pushing Forest away because she hated herself and kept running away from her problems. And the way Forest kept accepting her showed how compassionate and kind he is. This is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.
Some people look down on Jenny for the way she treated Forrest, probably because they've had difficult relationships themselves. But when you look at what happens with an objective mind you can see she goes out of her way to not harm him. She stays as far away from him as possible whilst she suffers the effects of having been raped as a child. Indeed the worst thing she does is leave him without saying goodbye and deprive him of fatherthood for some time in a later scene. It is quite commendable to limit your pain to yourself rather than becoming corrupted by it to the point of harming your loved ones. It is also quite commendable that Forrest looks past the destructive behaviour she has limited to herself and still sees only the good in her. Whatever limited pain he does experience as an unintentional consequence of her actions he depletes within himself in a productive way through the force of his spirituality czcams.com/video/tWzbCk18wTw/video.html. This is what Eternal Dharma/Soulmateship is all about, indeed this is what Love is all about. Doing the utmost to not harm the harmless, and depleting the pain you do receive within yourself. But all of that requires great spiritual fortitude that has built up over countless lifetimes. Those who are not so spiritually developed risk intentionally hurting others. For them all you can do is set a good example by living according to Principle, and making yourself available to give therm guidance. But you need to be very careful when you do encounter corrupted persons. On the one extreme you should not judge and condemn them as being worthless. On the other extreme you should not destroy yourself to try and save them, which is a risk that exists if you're spiritually driven because you will find something good in them. Instead you should approach everything in life in an intelligent, balanced way. That means just teach thern Principle if they are interested. Without making the mistake of "falling in love" that is actually lust. Such corrupted persons often suffer from being unloved by those they have loved from a young age, such as their parents. So they have a twisted idea of what love actually is and that can lead to bad outcomes when combined with the greed, hatred, ignorance that arises from their pain. If their love remains unrequited they will destroy themselves trying to replace it with sensual pleasures. Their only hope is to find spirituality and serve the Principle of Love itself rather seeking love from others. And your duty is limited to showing them the way if you have the Wisdom to do so. All of this means you should never help anyone in a way that indulges their greed, hatred, ignorance, out of your misguided love for them, because that will actually harm them tbh with you.
@@HienPham-ow5ky That's a really fascinating and interesting view on the characters. I've learned that a lot of drug abuse and addiction is a symptom of some kind of underlying trauma. We never really learn much about Jenny's grandma, but it's entirely possible that she was her paternal grandmother who also may have abused her in some way, taking her anger out on her son (Jenny's father) being imprisoned for the abuse he did to her. It could also be that she genuinely did the best she could for Jenny, but didn't know how to help her. I think there's something to be said about Forrest's character in this movie as well. Most movies like this would have the protagonist go on a mirror of his journey, where they seek out fortune while taking their loved ones for granted, up until the final act where they begin to reconcile and rebuild those relationships. For Forrest, all he ever wanted was to maintain those relationships he had with friends and family, but tragedy happens frequently. His wealth isn't even something he really cares about, as long as he can make his loved ones happy, and the way that he initially makes money is keeping a promise to his dead best friend. At the end of it, all Forrest has left is his son and Lt. Dan.
@@Alan_One1 Think it was that he followed Philadelphia with Forrest Gump that made Hollywood stand up and notice him. I always liked him. Remember watching him in Buxom Buddies, Joe Vs the Volcano and Splash. Glad he became A-List.
I always thought this movie showed no matter what Forrest went through, he was lovely to people. He never judged based on looks. He has the biggest heart in all of cinema
I will say that if jenny did not have her own life the way it was, she would have never been content with Forrest. If Jenny was with Forrest since the beginning, she would probably keep on thinking of what if and both of them would be miserable. This is the beauty or perhaps the curse of life, sometimes we need to make those "wrong" choices in order to know what is right for us, or may there weren't any wrong choices to begin with. In life, it will happen to all of us when we are so upset of our loses, let it be a break up, or a divorce, or losing a job, but without those events, we will never become who we are now. Its just like what Forrest said in the scene, perhaps life is a combination of randomness but at the same time full of destiny.
I just lost my 22 year old son to a brain aneurysm and this scene has played in my head over and over. He died on a Tuesday. I miss you so much Christopher, just like Forrest i won't be far away.
I have some sense of how you feel. my brother died from a cerebral hemorrhage when he was 15 years old. I was a year older than him. it was sort of strange because that was the first time I lost a family member. and also being so young. I didn't know how to mourn for him. I was sort of in shock but eventually I was able to. I have often wonder what it would be like if he were still around. I think he would have possibly done something great. but best I can do is guess there's no way of knowing for sure. that was a long time ago I'm in my sixties now. time heals all wounds but I still think about him and miss him. I would like to offer my condolences to you. it's especially hard when a parent loses a their child.
@@typicalskateboarder3295 lol, I have watched it over 30 times, just finished watching it again. I was only trying to make a joke out of it asking who is charlie
“I wish I could have been there.” ‘You were.’ Has to be the most beautifully poetic line in the movie. It showed how much Jenny meant to him that he kept her in his thoughts the entire time.
@steez TM What pg bullshit are you talking about, I swear you people sound like a bunch of boomers. If you can't find movies as good as this or even better that's your fault, same with books and music. You people are so fucking lazy.
@@MelficeN7 It's just an opinion, this generation will do the same thing, and the next, then after that. Kinda inevitable when you turn into a old fart
@DarthVader She always loved him. She just felt that he was too good and innocent for her. She didn't know what love really was because of her abusive childhood. Her father sexually abused her and she spent the rest of her life trying to escape intimacy. When she did have intimacy with him she left because she couldn't handle it. She finally straightened out her life when she realized she was pregnant with his child. She got a job and was doing well, but then she found out she was sick. She got in contact with him so that he would know that he had a child and he offered to take care of her in her death as the only family she had left. She asked him to marry because she genuinely loved him and she wanted to give him that as proof that she really loved him. Nowhere was it ever implied that little Forrest wasn't his.
I like the way Forrest honored his promise to his son not to read the letter. A small moment in the film that shows the respect he has for other people's feelings.
As he should have. That is a powerful thing for a child to be able to do. And it should be respect always. Never violated. Forrest is a good man and who I aspire to be like when I find myself becoming bitter
This scene and watching the scene with his mom as she is laying in bed with cancer and telling him she loves him and says I will miss you Forrest makes me tear up.
Elizabeth Schiada: No, I've never met him but I know someone who has. She said that he and his wife Rita Wilson were very nice. It would be awesome to meet him, though I'd probably be starstruck.
If you look at Forrest's character arc, in his entire life he has been an stoic: not a single tear of sadness or anger came down his face, nor a single feeling of hesitance came across his mind, not even the sense of giving up grappled him in difficult times. He was always belittled by everyone else, but never shaken. Pure resilience that was mistaken for the lack of understanding or intelligence by those who never bothered with him. Only up to this point we see him breaking up, and it's completely understandable. A strong, wholesome and kind man despite his limitations. He's only a fictional character, but an admirable one nonetheless...
It’s called autism, bud. Lol us autistic folks absolutely feel emotions just like neurotypical people, we just express it in our own way sometimes. But I promise you, we’re not stoic robots. In fact I recall a study/paper about how autistic folks are capable of feeling certain emotions on a much deeper and more intense level than non-autistic folks can. I’ve definitely experienced that, especially when it comes to my special interests.
@@erisunflowerJenny's death hit Forrest the most. Jenny was the third person he cared about that he lost along with his Mom and Bubba. It's even more sad when he has to raise his son as a widow. It's not easy when you lose someone you love and have to raise your kids as a widow.
Forrest is one of the most strongest characters I've seen in any movie. He lost his best friend, Bubba. His mother right after. Now, Jenny, the love of his life, recently married, and has a child that they thought they would raise together and this time stay together till the day they die. He may slow, but he has a strength and will that a lot of people just do not have during his time.
Doing one's best to carry on without someone you love is one of the hardest things to do, but you're right about Forrest. He was brave enough to deal with that it's tough to deal with reality and how hard it was to say goodbye to Jenny just like it was tough for me to say goodbye to my grandmother after she died of breast cancer despite early treatment and I cried when Mom told me that she died. But, other than that she is whole again and in a place where she will be loved for ages!
It's true, most people would commit suicide or freak out, maybe even become murderers if they would have had to go through the same things as he had to. His character represents the idea that inner strength does not depend on your intelligence but on how much you appreciate your own life and living in general.
That moment at 01:32 where Jenny tells Forrest: "I love you." That is a HUGE step for her. Jenny learned as a child not to trust. That is the lesson that her father taught her through his abuse of her. She learned that she was not worthy of respect and love. To close herself off. Not to let anyone in. To run away when people came too close.. But now she has healed enough that she can trust. Healed enough to feel worthy to love and to be loved. Enough to say "I love you" and really mean it, without fear.
I genuinely hope you find that my friend. I hope that for all of us. The only people that don't deserve it are the monsters of the world but they don't love anyone so love won't find them.
Life was so cruel to Forrest. Everyone he loved, his Mom, Bubba, and Jenny were all taken from him. But he had his son, it’s like hope coming from Pandora’s box.
You just can`t tell how people will react to something like this myself cried like a baby but others foe reasons only known to them have a hard skin difficult to penetrate and maybe some feel its wrong or have been taught you don`t cry it`s just not done please don`t scorn them i`m sure they mourn in a different way
At the time of this writing, and 73 years of life behind me, I've learned that standing at the foot of a grave of a, wife or child is one of the hardest and loneliest things you'll ever have to do. Of which I've had to do both. John in Kentucky
Forrest's intelligence was never a curse but a blessing. A window which allowed him to ignore the harshest of environments and focus on the things that made life worth living. To love the people who he wanted to love. And ultimately, cherish them while they were still there.
Ive seen this many times with my wife. We loved the movie. She has seen it more than even me. It never made me cry before. But I lost her this Jan and this is the first time Ive seen this scene since her passing and it made me cry. I lost it more when he said "I miss you Jenny" that way he says it. I say it to my wife how I miss you as I am tore up pacing the home sometimes and every time I say it I think of this scene and Gump saying it to Jenny. Damn.
Im very sorry for your loss. I really am. I know for a fact that she can see you and is with you. I dont want to write how I know but please trust me I know. Shes there with you.
His life was as cruel as it was amazing. Forest had all the money in the word and didn't really care, all he wanted was Jenny to make him happy. When he finally got his happiness it was cruelly taken away. But that is life.
My heart melted when he answered her question. "You were". Just amazing that with all of the beautiful experiences he had he just thought back to one person he cared about so much!
People always hate on Jenny for leaving him, but you need to realise she was sexually abuse as a child by her father, so she feel guilty for having sex with him, because she think she is taking advantage of him like her father to her, and believe herself is unworthy of love because she have no self-love, that is why she leave.
A wise man once said, "When you're on the road or when you're a body in motion, a different set of rules applies. That's a basic law of physics. Of course there's another law of physics called gravity and eventually it pulls you right back home."
My wife and I saw this movie when it came out back in 1994. She also recently succumbed to cancer. I never thought I was going to watch the movie ending play out in real life.
I like how forrest broke in tears when he's saying his son is smart. He always knew, That is what matters the most to him and never wanted his son to go through what he's gone through. With what forrest has achieved nothing is more important to him than his son not inherited his disability.
We aren't totally sure that is his son, it is entirely possible that she just used him because he would take of him, because the bastard that she actually got impregnated by isn't around.
Throughout the whole film Forrest is always talking about what other people think and what other people have told him, so at 4:12 there’s something quite poignant about him finally saying “but I think…”
“You know what I think? You should return to Greenbow Alabama!” “He never said it, but I think he made his peace with God.” “I think that’s what my running was all about”
You have no clue how many times it took me to watch this movie to truly realize what Jenny was doing and why. Forrest never gave up on Jenny, and he simply did what his momma told him. What’s amazing is that this scene truly shows the amount of feelings he had for Jenny. He lost Bubba, he lost his mother, but the amount of emotion he shows after losing Jenny is on a whole different world of love and compassion and I, as a grown man, will always tear up every time I watch this. Especially after he says “he’s so smart” and being a father of two, that hits really deep. I want my kids to be better than me.
I don't know exactly what Forrest Gump Junior wrote in that letter but this is the best I can come up with. Dear Mom I love you so much you have filled my heart with joy you have brought my dad closer to God that he ever thought or even dreamed of. I will pray for you every night okay that God has healed you I hope that you are doing well I pray for a peaceful life for you in the kingdom of heaven and I pray that you watch over us until we're all together once more I miss you Mom I love you. Sincerely Forrest Gump jr.
"I miss you Jenny... If there's anything you need. I wont be far away" I remember breaking down and crying my damn eyeballs out when I first heard those lines.
Same here! No matter what, I'll always feel the feels when that comes up. I don't cry every time, but it does hit right on the inside regardless even if you don't want to cry at this scene.
When he says "We read a book every night and he's so smart Jenny" and he breaks. Its the first time you see him fully break in the whole movie and its expertly done. He has the strongest character in any movie Ive ever seen and in that moment, it cracks and its heartbreaking and brilliant at the same time.
When Forrest meets his son the first time and he asks Jenny "Is he like me?" I lose it. Every time. The face he makes when he connects "his son" with himself, the realization that he may have passed on some genetic anomaly, Tom Hanks nailed that. This is a tough film to watch. I have known people like Forrest Gump - and they were the nicest people you could ever want to meet, so this film is a way to connect with those friends from years past. But you are correct, his soliloquy is poignant and touching.
Jenny: "I wish I could have been there with you." Forrest: "You were." Oof, the two words that kill me in this movie... The final moment as he walks away, the birds pass over..."Dear God, make me a bird, so that I can fly far far far away from here." Jenny's prayer.
Just rewatched Forest Gump for like the 5th time: I laughed, I cried, I shrimped, etc. It's one of my favorites. But when reading the discourse of the movie most of the critisism is always with Jenny. Like everyone seems to genuinely think that 30 second Family Guy joke actually is what happens in the movie. I think it just shows how a lot of people don't have experience or knowledge with sexual abuse victims. Jenny is portrayed fairly tragically and realistically. There's a reason this part of her life is clearly pointed out as it's integral to her actions. There are so many movies that have Jenny like characters without that background and the depth, but here when it's being done so accurately, is the time people get the most upset about it (probably bc Forest is so lovable everyone wants to protect him). Yes she isn't the best person (I wouldn't judge Forest if he didn't want anything to do with her) but even watching now I see the internal struggle she always has regarding Forest. But his unconditional and relentless love is something hard to let go of for someone who's been through what she has, growing up in a time where she was unable to get the help from mental health experts she would need. So she tries filling her life with sex, drugs, adventure, etc to keep her mind occupied. And being with all those abusive boyfriends is a very common action for someone who's suffered from abuse. And critics ignore that Jenny seems aware of all this and does try to get away to let Forest live his life without her, that's part of why she keeps leaving. But codependent relationships are much more common and harder to leave without unbiased intervention than people think. And every time she sees Forest or gets too deep in her choices she runs back. I think the perspective it just helps play into this subconscious heteronormative idea that women can be a succubus who will use men who love them and drain them of their love and money but not really care about them. Instead of seeing women as actual people with depth and complexity and especially ones who have been through what she has. And they also ignore how the movie portrays her, breaking it down to small bits that obfuscate the complexities. If a woman isn't a completely altruistic character in a story then she is generally considered a bad person (look at how complicated bad men are treated by audiences in media vs women) and then going further with Jenny being more damaged than that makes her hated. I don't personally think a character has to always be the best person morally to be a great character. And furthermore she indirectly helps Forest succeed. His love for her is what often kept him passionate and moving to be successful. And her leaving all those times gave him space to pursue those activities. I'm not saying she's responsible for his success but she definitely didn't undermine it. Though I can't help but feel my heart break every time I see the scene when she leaves one of the times and Forest is with his mom by the lake and rests his head on her shoulders. Pretty relatable to me especially in my younger dating life. It's just a sad reality of life that the people you love may not be able to love you the same way. But it's all part of the depth of the story, Jenny torn between giving forest his space (she tells him numerous times she thinks she's bad for him) but unable to ever completely relinquish that love he has for her. Neither Forest nor Jenny have been given their fair share of direction in life to love in a healthier way (Jenny being broken by her history and Forest not having been taught to move on from unrequited love). But I also think people undermine Forest's intelligence more than he deserves and put all the onis on Jenny. Kind of like many people in the movie undermine his intelligence (fancy that...). Forest isn't stupid, he just treats and perceives situations in more simplistic and naive ways. A big factor of why he thinks he's stupid is that people keep telling him he is rather than his actions being stupid. He's a product of a time before we understood nuero divergent intelligence, yet still succeeds in spite of all that. The man is a captivating storyteller, was an ideal soldier when things were explained in clear unambiguous ways, yet still knew to break rank to save his platoon in Vietnam, he understood everything that was happening in Vietnam and it's dangers, starting a shrimping business (how many of you could get a boat and start shrimping without CZcams tutorials), didn't let the prostitute sleep with him bc he didn't like her or her breath, understood he was lying in an ad for money, also understands and sympathizes with Jenny's trauma (the not enough rocks line is very underrated imo), etc. He also knows Jenny doesn't love him the way he loves her. He literally calls her out for it and says he understands what love is regardless of what she thinks. He also seems to get that Jenny is dying of Aids (EDIT: It's never explicit what she has) and wants to marry him for the safety and care at the end. Forest chooses this life with her because it makes him happy. I don't really see it as taking advantage of someone cognitively divergent, but two people choosing a situation that works for them. I see it as two wayward souls in a world that doesn't understand how to see anyone not completely binary in their mind and abilities finding each other and living their best life at the end. It's not all perfect, Jenny is not a great person, but Forest is happy and successful. I think that matters. Out of all the critiques on the movie (Jenny, Forest being too pure, coincidences, etc) the only ones that make sense to me now are how weirdly the movie is anti counter culture and pro traditional culture. That anyone can be successful if you pull yourself up by your bootstaps and all the liberals are angry abusive drains in society. And the total belief in a Christian God. I mean damn, the movie implies God caused a storm to ruin the shrimping boats of a bunch of poor black shrimpers just so 2 white guys can become rich. Can't believe I didn't catch that until this viewing. Gump being so effortlessly successful gives unintended creedance to conservative values. As much as I absolutely love this movie and it's one of the few 9 out of 10s in my head cannon, I still can't help but laugh to myself when I think a good tag line would be "Even the dumbest white guy has it easier than minorities and women in this country". But I just blame that on the source material. I mean they fixed up so much from the book (don't read it, I promise you it's not worth it, there's a reason the film rights were sold before the book was published bc the central premise is literally the only good thing about it) it's not surprising some very unuanced anti left aspects stayed involved tbh
too bad Jenny is a two timer who only realizes what she had once she has no more options to go to...I always hated Jenny for coming back to Forest because she knew he would take her back
@@thelam1129 it means that they will be together forever no matter what. Peas and carrots are like an analogy which means that they go together and best togther. There referring forest and jenny as one like peas and carrots.
Forrest may not be the most… I guess traditionally intelligent person but I feel like he is extremely emotionally intelligent. And he’s just so unique because he clearly is capable of so much. And he never let his IQ get in his way. He never was ashamed of himself. He knew his life was a bit harder because of his low IQ but he wasn’t necessarily held back by that. He went to freaking Vietnam for goodness sake. He could disassemble and reassemble his gun in record time. He was incredibly brave, he started a shrimping business on Bubba’s behalf and was very generous with his earnings. He became a complete self made millionaire and celebrity. And still remained humble. What an amazingly written character.
He was also a god damn ping pong champion! and he taught Elvis how to dance....Ive always adored this movie since I was a kid. They dont make them like this anymore
There's one thing that always brings me to tears with the sheer beauty of it. Not the speech Forrest gives, not his emotions, and not the letter we never get to see. It's the flock of birds flying away at the end. Jenny always said she wanted to become a bird and fly far, far away. And now she has. That is the true beauty of this film.
I’m sat here watching this clip whilst a loved one is away for three weeks, that’s nothing compared to a death but it still made me tear up because I know how hard these three weeks have been...
"I dont know if we have destiny or we are floating around or may be its happening at the same time". its one of the best line in movie all time. great movie, great acting and great characters
The great thing is that the line refers to the entire film. He was never far away, both emotionally and physically. He always thought of her. She was always by his side. The entire movie's premise, Forrest summarizing his life, happens because he did not know where Jenny was, but was close to her nonetheless.
I love this movie because I can really relate to Forrest. My IQ is only 77, I've been made fun of but I don't let it get me down. This movie makes me cry each time I see it.
It matters when it comes to professions. But even "smart" people can make terrible doctors, engineers, scientists, etc if they are emotionally unstable. Gump's ability to remain calm and to get things done in the face of adversity sets him apart from others
You know, idk my iq precisely but I guess it's around a 105 or something, I've been made fun off too even tho im... Actually smart I think. Everyone and everything makes me feel stupid and dumb I felt it was relatable too. Even tho I have a pretty average iq. Point is iq doesn't mean shit
Forrest’s “superpower” is he never covered up his shame; rather, he wears it on the outside for all the world to see. As such, no denial and nothing to numb. He’s capable of feeling ALL of his feelings. He can hold grief in one hand, gratitude in the other. He knows life is not an “either or” proposition; instead, life is ‘this AND that’. This makes him whole and complete; a fully integrated man. What a worthy goal to which anyone might aspire. So much love...
And through that at the end Forrest who everyone passed off as dumb, figured out the answer to the biggest question of all "what's the meaning of life/why are we here" Free will and determinism both working together. "Both are happening at the same time"
re: "So much love..." close, but even deeper. the symbolism represented by Forrest Gump's character is the theoretical ABSENCE OF EGO (and it's need to defend the Self Image) from the human personality. this is a standard precept found in Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Science.
The man lost his mother, his best buddy, and his wife. He could have easily just packed it in and shot the bird to the world but he keeps pushing to be the best dad he can be. A wonderful film about the human spirit ❤
Reminds me of this....One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, One belonging to me and one to my Lord.After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times along the path of my life, especially at the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints.This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it. "Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, You'd walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of footprints. I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you Never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."
"I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around, accidental, like on a breeze...but I-I think...maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time." -Forrest Gump For those trying to find out the meaning of life, Forrest Gump has spoketh it
5:09 he looks back at the birds when the birds fly through....he gets the flashback of their childhood when Jenny prays to God " make me a bird so I can fly far far away from here" oh God the details in this movies is just amazing.... a symbolic impression...it's a masterpiece
He had been mocked for his intelligence all his life, and seeing his son succeeding in something he was told he could never do filled his heart with so much pride and joy. Forrest was so pure hearted!
The most painful scene in the movie is when Forest says,"Why don't you love me, Jenny?" So here, when she says she loves him, and you know she means it, it's a great moment.
Clearly Jenny was a very troubled girl, young woman, and woman. From a very young, vulnerable age, she was sexually abused by her father, which ultimately led to her moving in with her grandmother, but didn't find the love that a child requires there, but rather with her good friend Forrest. They grew up together like peas and carrots, and from the short glimpse we see of them in high school, they are each other's only friends. Consider high school from a social perspective, and you can see that even with the best intentions, pretty girls are not best and only friends with the mentally disabled, but Jenny was never ever to branch off and have other friends. She stayed by Forrest, and Forrest stayed by her. When she got to college, she sought out someone to fill the emotional hole that she had inside of her, and we see this when she's in the car with the guy that Forrest beat the snot out of. It's at this point that I think Jenny begins going down the wrong track. Since Forrest ruined her chances of getting lucky that night, she chose to take advantage of him. It didn't matter to her that this was her best friend of 10+ years! she needed physical confirmation that she worth a damn, because her entire life she had felt worthless. This was the beginning of a seemingly endless wild goose chase for confirmation of self worth. As children, her answer to life was simple: run. This personality trait stuck with her throughout her life. Run away from dad. Run away from bullies. Run away from danger in Vietnam. Running was Jenny's best defense mechanism to pain or challenges. When she was faced with the shame of having her best friend see her naked and abused in a nightclub, instead of facing it, she told Forrest to leave her alone and never talk to her again. At this point Forrest tells Jenny that he's going to Vietnam, and she tells him that no matter what, don't be a hero, just run, and then gets into a cab and runs away from yet another disaster in her tragic life. The next time we as an audience see Jenny she seems happy for the first time in her life. She's a hippie, playing guitar, but the subtext is so in your face that it's almost too easy to gloss over. A stranger approaches her and invites her to San Francisco, and she goes with him. What I mean is that Jenny could never stay anywhere too long. This theme is reinforced throughout the rest of the film, at first through Forrest's letters to her being returned to sender. When Forrest returns home from Vietnam his is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, and while in DC he is giving a speech on the Mall when, as can only happen in movies, he reconnects with Jenny as thousands of people cheer them on. And they're happy together. But then the spark goes out when we see why Jenny is there. In her search for purpose and confirmation of worth, she's hooked up with a complete disaster, a man with anger issues who's abusive. Sound familiar? Jenny is trying to recreate her father and get it right this time. In her mind, what happened to her as a child was her fault, and if she can find a person who embodies who her father was, and come up with different results, she can fix her past. Forrest then does what Forrest does best and beats the snot out of another bad influence on his best friend. Unfortunately, Jenny chooses to go with the abusive boyfriend instead of Forrest, and they wave goodbye to each other as her bus pulls away from DC. At this point, what happens next with Jenny becomes unclear, but it eventually leads to nightclubs, drugs, other men, and contemplating suicide. When she's used up all of those people and devices, she turns to the one constant in her life: Forrest. She returns home to Greenbow, Alabama and stays with Forrest, and they "was like peas and carrots again." On a walk, they come across her childhood home, and Jenny breaks down with the memories of her broken childhood, and her decisions that she's made in her life ever since. She finds comfort in the life that Forrest can give her, but that terrifies her more than anything. When Forrest offers her an opportunity to leave it all behind and become his wife, she rejects him, and tells him that she wouldn't make a good wife. What happens next is where my cynicism comes into play. Clearly the two have sex that night, and those who I discussed this with last night say it was consensual. I think it was rape. At this point in his life Forrest is an adult and certainly knows about the birds and the bees, but I think he was still a virgin. Jenny comes into his room in the middle of the night and takes that from him. Even though this was probably enjoyable for Forrest, he didn't have much of a say in the matter. Either way, this becomes too much for Jenny and she leaves the very next day. Distraught with losing Jenny yet again, Forrest begins running. He equates running to Jenny, because that's what Jenny has always told him to do. If he can't have Jenny, he might as well run. During his run, years pass, and we see Jenny working in a diner. She's dressed professionally for the environment, she cut her hair, she looks like she finally got it together. And that is the very last time we, as an audience, see Jenny during Forrest's story on the bench. The next time she's seen is in the movie's present. Before I get to that, I just want to dissect Forrest's story about Jenny before getting into his future with her. She was abused as a child. She was always searching for self confirmation of worth. She made poor decision after poor decision. She chased after the wrong kind of men. She constantly took advantage of her dearest friend for personal selfish gain, even it was subconsciously. She played with his emotions in order to feed her own. It's clear that what happened to her as a child made her into who she became as a woman, but never once throughout the story does Jenny take personal responsibility for any of her poor decisions. But she doesn't blame them on her father, either. There is simply a complete and total lack of accountability. She went through life searching for confirmation, purpose, and answers. She truly loved Forrest, but wouldn't do anything and everything she could for him, like he would for her. The reason Forrest was at the bus stop was so he could visit Jenny. When he arrives at her apartment, it appears as if she finally got it right. She looks clean, she's got a job, and the reason behind all of this is because she has a son, Forrest Jr. Going back to my first point of this, it seems like a given that Forrest Jr. is Forrest Gump's son, but the whole reason I wrote all of this is to ask the question: REALLY? We find out that Jenny is sick. It is my assumption, and everyone I've spoken to about the matter, that it's AIDS. With no cure and a ticking time bomb on her life, Jenny had to put someone else first for the first time in her life. She had to think of the well being of her son. Faced with a very short timeline and a huge disaster, I believe that Jenny turned to the one constant in her life, who just so happened to be a wealthy, somewhat balanced landowner. She knew that Forrest would do anything for her, but she was afraid of him rejecting her and her child, because she had rejected him time and time again. So she lied. Jenny's entire goal in life had been self confirmation, worth, and purpose. She found all three of those with the birth of her baby boy. At this point her purpose was to protect him, and nothing else. When she found out she was terminal, her purpose didn't change, and neither did her character. Jenny would do whatever it took to protect the most important person in her life, so she turned to the only constant in her life to protect him. By telling Forrest that the boy was his, she knew that his ceaseless sense of responsibility and accountability would force him to take care of Forrest Jr., long after she died. She once again took advantage of the simple man, because of his greatness. Did she love Forrest? Absolutely. Did she ever mean any harm or malice towards him? Absolutely not. But with her back against the wall and a clock telling her that she needs to act now, she lied to Forrest about fatherhood in order to protect and ensure that her son has a good future.
@@baonguyenxuanthai711 Interesting theory. Sorta sounds like something MatPat would come up with on Film Theory haha. Excellent film analysis, too; it was an enjoyable read. I haven't seen the entire movie in a while and I don't remember all the tiny details, so I can't say whether I fully agree with you or not. But great work!
@@baonguyenxuanthai711 This theory leaves a question - why did she name her son "Forest" ? This happened way before, at this point she was (supposedly) healthy. Btw thanks for your comment, nice read it was.
Forrest Gump maybe wasn't very intelligent the way modern society sees it, but he's gotta be one of or the most emotionally intelligent character I've ever seen.
I don't really understand why people disliked Jenny. It's not like they could actually survive through a traumatic childhood unscathed and be capable of taking the right path along life.
She has faults, her faults arose from a tormented childhood. She made choices that hurt one of the only people who ever truly loved her. Poor Forrest just wasn’t capable of seeing how toxic her life was. I think the dislike stems from people not understanding that anyone can be redeemed. Even if her change of heart came in the last few years of her life. She finally was able to realize that the happiness she had been searching for her entire life was from one of her first friends. Someone who never stopped loving her despite her self destructive habits. It’s a tragedy but I think that’s an important parts of the story. I think the entire movie when viewed from Forrest’s perspective is the idea that you should always try to see the best in people, see the beauty in life no matter how bad things seem, and to take things slow. Jenny’s life is used to show that sometimes the thing you so desperately search for could be something that’s was right next to you the whole time. Jenny never found true happiness until she was back in the arms of one of her first friends.
It’s just that no matter what you go through, you should strive to treat people the best you can. She was in a tough spot. Forrest was obsessed, and that can be tough for anyone to deal with. Her role was a very important one, even if it makes the viewer have slightly negative feelings towards her.
@IM GRAY she wasn’t extreme or a murderer like that . She still gave Forrest unconditional love and friendship when no one else would growing up . She was messed up but she’s not nearly as “evil “ as people claim she was
He was always labelled as stupid, but in the end he showed us what it really means to love someone. The very essence of loving someone, is that it is a selfless act.
I mean he's a millionaire, ping-pong and football athlete, war hero, runner and entrepreneur... not to mention he married the girl of his dreams, he's honestly a genius
I got another perspectiv on it he really is stupid! but that doesn t stop someone from all the things he did. There are geniuses dying alone in there little flat because they don t understand the world and there are some people like him. I mean he a bit over the top but still
What's so emotional about this moment is that, even though Jenny was dying, Forrest did save her. Just as his best friend Bubba was dying from a war wound, Forrest did save him. Lt. Dan went through a lot of hell as a cripple, but in the end, Forrest saved him. Some of the dearest people in his life died, but he still saved them.
People always hate on Jenny for leaving him, but you need to realise she was sexually abuse as a child by her father, so she feel guilty for having sex with him, because she think she is taking advantage of him like her father to her, and believe herself is unworthy of love because she have no self-love, that is why she leave.
@@baonguyenxuanthai711 And even though she died, Forrest still saved her in the end. Her life started in the worst kind of misery, but it ended in the purest of happiness, because Forrest loved her with all his heart and soul.
@@KeiFox Some people look down on Jenny for the way she treated Forrest, probably because they've had difficult relationships themselves. But when you look at what happens with an objective mind you can see she goes out of her way to not harm him. She stays as far away from him as possible whilst she suffers the effects of having been raped as a child. Indeed the worst thing she does is leave him without saying goodbye and deprive him of fatherthood for some time in a later scene. It is quite commendable to limit your pain to yourself rather than becoming corrupted by it to the point of harming your loved ones. It is also quite commendable that Forrest looks past the destructive behaviour she has limited to herself and still sees only the good in her. Whatever limited pain he does experience as an unintentional consequence of her actions he depletes within himself in a productive way through the force of his spirituality czcams.com/video/tWzbCk18wTw/video.html. This is what Eternal Dharma/Soulmateship is all about, indeed this is what Love is all about. Doing the utmost to not harm the harmless, and depleting the pain you do receive within yourself. But all of that requires great spiritual fortitude that has built up over countless lifetimes. Those who are not so spiritually developed risk intentionally hurting others. For them all you can do is set a good example by living according to Principle, and making yourself available to give therm guidance. But you need to be very careful when you do encounter corrupted persons. On the one extreme you should not judge and condemn them as being worthless. On the other extreme you should not destroy yourself to try and save them, which is a risk that exists if you're spiritually driven because you will find something good in them. Instead you should approach everything in life in an intelligent, balanced way. That means just teach thern Principle if they are interested. Without making the mistake of "falling in love" that is actually lust. Such corrupted persons often suffer from being unloved by those they have loved from a young age, such as their parents. So they have a twisted idea of what love actually is and that can lead to bad outcomes when combined with the greed, hatred, ignorance that arises from their pain. If their love remains unrequited they will destroy themselves trying to replace it with sensual pleasures. Their only hope is to find spirituality and serve the Principle of Love itself rather seeking love from others. And your duty is limited to showing them the way if you have the Wisdom to do so. All of this means you should never help anyone in a way that indulges their greed, hatred, ignorance, out of your misguided love for them, because that will actually harm them tbh with you.
@@KeiFox Jenny's behavior is being miscast and oversimplified. She's not simply a gold digger and using Forrest. It's clear she has loved Forrest ever since childhood. Trauma wrecks havoc on a person's belief systems and self-worth. Jenny grew up in an abusive environment. She did not grow up with the security and love of a Mother and Father. She learned from a young age to run anytime she was confronted with something that was difficult for her. She even told Forrest, “If you ever run into trouble, don’t try to be brave - just run. Just run away.” I am not saying this was a good or healthy way of living; but nonetheless she learned this unhealthy belief and it stuck with her. It’s also clear Jenny is chronically depressed. She contemplated suicide by the bridge right before Forrest told her he was going to Vietnam. Later, she nearly committed suicide by jumping off the building. She slept a lot and didn’t talk much when she came to visit Forrest at his home. She had a traumatic, PTSD -like breakdown when she saw her childhood home. Most people castigating her as a gold-digger, POS, etc in the comments have never experienced one-tenth of what she went through, and it shows. This callous and harsh attitude often makes it even more difficult for people suffering with mental health issues to overcome because so many people instantly demonize them without taking the time to understand their perspective. And it's probably a contributing factor towards why mental illness cases continue to rise in the world - lack of support. To be clear - I am not defending Jenny's actions. Having sex with Forrest then leaving the next morning was wrong. Not even telling Forrest that he had a son was egregiously wrong. She made a lot of bad decisions in her life, and she suffered the consequences from them, including losing her own life. What I AM saying is - one can say that a person's words and/or actions are wrong and ALSO be compassionate and sympathetic towards them at the same time. It doesn't have to be one or the other - you can be both.
@@KeiFox Just rewatched Forest Gump for like the 5th time: I laughed, I cried, I shrimped, etc. It's one of my favorites. But when reading the discourse of the movie most of the critisism is always with Jenny. Like everyone seems to genuinely think that 30 second Family Guy joke actually is what happens in the movie. I think it just shows how a lot of people don't have experience or knowledge with sexual abuse victims. Jenny is portrayed fairly tragically and realistically. There's a reason this part of her life is clearly pointed out as it's integral to her actions. There are so many movies that have Jenny like characters without that background and the depth, but here when it's being done so accurately, is the time people get the most upset about it (probably bc Forest is so lovable everyone wants to protect him). Yes she isn't the best person (I wouldn't judge Forest if he didn't want anything to do with her) but even watching now I see the internal struggle she always has regarding Forest. But his unconditional and relentless love is something hard to let go of for someone who's been through what she has, growing up in a time where she was unable to get the help from mental health experts she would need. So she tries filling her life with sex, drugs, adventure, etc to keep her mind occupied. And being with all those abusive boyfriends is a very common action for someone who's suffered from abuse. And critics ignore that Jenny seems aware of all this and does try to get away to let Forest live his life without her, that's part of why she keeps leaving. But codependent relationships are much more common and harder to leave without unbiased intervention than people think. And every time she sees Forest or gets too deep in her choices she runs back. I think the perspective it just helps play into this subconscious heteronormative idea that women can be a succubus who will use men who love them and drain them of their love and money but not really care about them. Instead of seeing women as actual people with depth and complexity and especially ones who have been through what she has. And they also ignore how the movie portrays her, breaking it down to small bits that obfuscate the complexities. If a woman isn't a completely altruistic character in a story then she is generally considered a bad person (look at how complicated bad men are treated by audiences in media vs women) and then going further with Jenny being more damaged than that makes her hated. I don't personally think a character has to always be the best person morally to be a great character. And furthermore she indirectly helps Forest succeed. His love for her is what often kept him passionate and moving to be successful. And her leaving all those times gave him space to pursue those activities. I'm not saying she's responsible for his success but she definitely didn't undermine it. Though I can't help but feel my heart break every time I see the scene when she leaves one of the times and Forest is with his mom by the lake and rests his head on her shoulders. Pretty relatable to me especially in my younger dating life. It's just a sad reality of life that the people you love may not be able to love you the same way. But it's all part of the depth of the story, Jenny torn between giving forest his space (she tells him numerous times she thinks she's bad for him) but unable to ever completely relinquish that love he has for her. Neither Forest nor Jenny have been given their fair share of direction in life to love in a healthier way (Jenny being broken by her history and Forest not having been taught to move on from unrequited love). But I also think people undermine Forest's intelligence more than he deserves and put all the onis on Jenny. Kind of like many people in the movie undermine his intelligence (fancy that...). Forest isn't stupid, he just treats and perceives situations in more simplistic and naive ways. A big factor of why he thinks he's stupid is that people keep telling him he is rather than his actions being stupid. He's a product of a time before we understood nuero divergent intelligence, yet still succeeds in spite of all that. The man is a captivating storyteller, was an ideal soldier when things were explained in clear unambiguous ways, yet still knew to break rank to save his platoon in Vietnam, he understood everything that was happening in Vietnam and it's dangers, starting a shrimping business (how many of you could get a boat and start shrimping without CZcams tutorials), didn't let the prostitute sleep with him bc he didn't like her or her breath, understood he was lying in an ad for money, also understands and sympathizes with Jenny's trauma (the not enough rocks line is very underrated imo), etc. He also knows Jenny doesn't love him the way he loves her. He literally calls her out for it and says he understands what love is regardless of what she thinks. He also seems to get that Jenny is dying of Aids (EDIT: It's never explicit what she has) and wants to marry him for the safety and care at the end. Forest chooses this life with her because it makes him happy. I don't really see it as taking advantage of someone cognitively divergent, but two people choosing a situation that works for them. I see it as two wayward souls in a world that doesn't understand how to see anyone not completely binary in their mind and abilities finding each other and living their best life at the end. It's not all perfect, Jenny is not a great person, but Forest is happy and successful. I think that matters. Out of all the critiques on the movie (Jenny, Forest being too pure, coincidences, etc) the only ones that make sense to me now are how weirdly the movie is anti counter culture and pro traditional culture. That anyone can be successful if you pull yourself up by your bootstaps and all the liberals are angry abusive drains in society. And the total belief in a Christian God. I mean damn, the movie implies God caused a storm to ruin the shrimping boats of a bunch of poor black shrimpers just so 2 white guys can become rich. Can't believe I didn't catch that until this viewing. Gump being so effortlessly successful gives unintended creedance to conservative values. As much as I absolutely love this movie and it's one of the few 9 out of 10s in my head cannon, I still can't help but laugh to myself when I think a good tag line would be "Even the dumbest white guy has it easier than minorities and women in this country". But I just blame that on the source material. I mean they fixed up so much from the book (don't read it, I promise you it's not worth it, there's a reason the film rights were sold before the book was published bc the central premise is literally the only good thing about it) it's not surprising some very unuanced anti left aspects stayed involved.
The most heartbreaking thing about this ending is everyone he’d known or loved had died, or was no longer with him, he only had his son. Edit: (1) I didn’t realise how popular this would get - 2k likes wtf 😆. (2) I didn’t mean to stir anyone’s pot when I said “only”, what I meant at the time was his son was pretty much his last love in his life. (3) sorry I forgot to mention L.t Dan
Yes, that was line in this scene that broke me to tears every time! Forrest knew he was delayed in a lot of ways, but little Forrest turned out just right, and he knew it. He could tell that his son wasn't going to have the same problems he did growing up. This scene is epic and has so many layers to it! Tom Hanks was a true work of art in this film.
This scene is really depressing. Forrest goes through many deaths with her mom and Bubba, but this one is the saddest. Forrest accepts life because it's a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. But in this scene, he gets really upset. With the exception of her mom, Jenny is the one person he thinks of the most. I mean, think about, Jenny was his only friend (besides Bubba) that he really cared for. Just, one of the best scenes in film history that makes me cry every time.
"I mean, think about, Jenny was his only friend (besides Bubba) that he really cared for." Hold on, now, let's not forget about Lt. Dan. Their friendly love was one of the strongest in the movie.
+Deborah Ekechukwu He went down in this movie. I see similarities in Tom Hanks' performance in Forrest Gump to Val Kilmer's performance in Tombstone as Doc Holliday. Maybe because they talked similar?
I'm grateful that so many people are moved by this story. It's so easy to start to see people as loveless, merciless thugs these days. I'm glad we have poignant works of art that we can all resonate with to remind us of each other's humanity.
Just rewatched Forest Gump for like the 5th time: I laughed, I cried, I shrimped, etc. It's one of my favorites. But when reading the discourse of the movie most of the critisism is always with Jenny. Like everyone seems to genuinely think that 30 second Family Guy joke actually is what happens in the movie. I think it just shows how a lot of people don't have experience or knowledge with sexual abuse victims. Jenny is portrayed fairly tragically and realistically. There's a reason this part of her life is clearly pointed out as it's integral to her actions. There are so many movies that have Jenny like characters without that background and the depth, but here when it's being done so accurately, is the time people get the most upset about it (probably bc Forest is so lovable everyone wants to protect him). Yes she isn't the best person (I wouldn't judge Forest if he didn't want anything to do with her) but even watching now I see the internal struggle she always has regarding Forest. But his unconditional and relentless love is something hard to let go of for someone who's been through what she has, growing up in a time where she was unable to get the help from mental health experts she would need. So she tries filling her life with sex, drugs, adventure, etc to keep her mind occupied. And being with all those abusive boyfriends is a very common action for someone who's suffered from abuse. And critics ignore that Jenny seems aware of all this and does try to get away to let Forest live his life without her, that's part of why she keeps leaving. But codependent relationships are much more common and harder to leave without unbiased intervention than people think. And every time she sees Forest or gets too deep in her choices she runs back. I think the perspective it just helps play into this subconscious heteronormative idea that women can be a succubus who will use men who love them and drain them of their love and money but not really care about them. Instead of seeing women as actual people with depth and complexity and especially ones who have been through what she has. And they also ignore how the movie portrays her, breaking it down to small bits that obfuscate the complexities. If a woman isn't a completely altruistic character in a story then she is generally considered a bad person (look at how complicated bad men are treated by audiences in media vs women) and then going further with Jenny being more damaged than that makes her hated. I don't personally think a character has to always be the best person morally to be a great character. And furthermore she indirectly helps Forest succeed. His love for her is what often kept him passionate and moving to be successful. And her leaving all those times gave him space to pursue those activities. I'm not saying she's responsible for his success but she definitely didn't undermine it. Though I can't help but feel my heart break every time I see the scene when she leaves one of the times and Forest is with his mom by the lake and rests his head on her shoulders. Pretty relatable to me especially in my younger dating life. It's just a sad reality of life that the people you love may not be able to love you the same way. But it's all part of the depth of the story, Jenny torn between giving forest his space (she tells him numerous times she thinks she's bad for him) but unable to ever completely relinquish that love he has for her. Neither Forest nor Jenny have been given their fair share of direction in life to love in a healthier way (Jenny being broken by her history and Forest not having been taught to move on from unrequited love). But I also think people undermine Forest's intelligence more than he deserves and put all the onis on Jenny. Kind of like many people in the movie undermine his intelligence (fancy that...). Forest isn't stupid, he just treats and perceives situations in more simplistic and naive ways. A big factor of why he thinks he's stupid is that people keep telling him he is rather than his actions being stupid. He's a product of a time before we understood nuero divergent intelligence, yet still succeeds in spite of all that. The man is a captivating storyteller, was an ideal soldier when things were explained in clear unambiguous ways, yet still knew to break rank to save his platoon in Vietnam, he understood everything that was happening in Vietnam and it's dangers, starting a shrimping business (how many of you could get a boat and start shrimping without CZcams tutorials), didn't let the prostitute sleep with him bc he didn't like her or her breath, understood he was lying in an ad for money, also understands and sympathizes with Jenny's trauma (the not enough rocks line is very underrated imo), etc. He also knows Jenny doesn't love him the way he loves her. He literally calls her out for it and says he understands what love is regardless of what she thinks. He also seems to get that Jenny is dying of Aids (EDIT: It's never explicit what she has) and wants to marry him for the safety and care at the end. Forest chooses this life with her because it makes him happy. I don't really see it as taking advantage of someone cognitively divergent, but two people choosing a situation that works for them. I see it as two wayward souls in a world that doesn't understand how to see anyone not completely binary in their mind and abilities finding each other and living their best life at the end. It's not all perfect, Jenny is not a great person, but Forest is happy and successful. I think that matters. Out of all the critiques on the movie (Jenny, Forest being too pure, coincidences, etc) the only ones that make sense to me now are how weirdly the movie is anti counter culture and pro traditional culture. That anyone can be successful if you pull yourself up by your bootstaps and all the liberals are angry abusive drains in society. And the total belief in a Christian God. I mean damn, the movie implies God caused a storm to ruin the shrimping boats of a bunch of poor black shrimpers just so 2 white guys can become rich. Can't believe I didn't catch that until this viewing. Gump being so effortlessly successful gives unintended creedance to conservative values. As much as I absolutely love this movie and it's one of the few 9 out of 10s in my head cannon, I still can't help but laugh to myself when I think a good tag line would be "Even the dumbest white guy has it easier than minorities and women in this country". But I just blame that on the source material. I mean they fixed up so much from the book (don't read it, I promise you it's not worth it, there's a reason the film rights were sold before the book was published bc the central premise is literally the only good thing about it) it's not surprising some very unuanced anti left aspects stayed involved tbh
i first saw this movie in 1994 when i was 9. it took me 20 years to understand what Forrest said at the end about the accidental destiny theory and connect it to the flying feather at the beggining and end. goddam, this is a deep movie. they don't make them like this anymore.
Same here. As I've grown older I notice things more and more about this movie and my views on things having changed throughout my life cause me to see things differently, sort of like that painting of a door in Season 2 of Breaking Bad.
The only emotional scenes in this movie are when he talks about his son. He seems to be floating aimlessly throughout the movie wherever life takes him, until he finally gets a goal, something to worry over. That was very realistic of his character yet unseen for the entirety of the movie. Really good stuff.
Tom/Forrest probably doesn't read his son's letter to his mom because it's too profound. If you cry watching this scene..if he read the letter to her, it would be too much for the audience to take. Reading his son't letter to her mom's grave would probably be too traumatizing.
After my mom passed away of cancer my dad was watching this movie, at this particular scene he brust into tears, I've never seen him brust into tears, 25 years of relationship just ended yesterday he couldn't control it. This scene was most powerful one, the dialogue, acting, music everything was so powerful that it reaches you so deep. What a movie!
Vijay Murugan Sivakumar Sorry to hear about your mother, stay strong, try to remember the good memories you had of her. You’ll see her again someday buddy. ❤️
I love how he says “if there’s anything you need, I won’t be far away” compared to other farewell scenes that says “It’s time to go”. It shows how Forest wants to keep Jenny’s spirit alive. This film is a masterpiece
I wept a little the first couple times I saw this movie, but now only for Forrest. As I got older, I realized that Jenny used the crap out of him for whatever she needed. Had she not had Forrest's son, she would never have contacted him again. All the way back to their young days, she used him, taking advantage of him being slow. She wasn't much better than her abusive father.
I saw this a million times through the years......as time goes by and I got a little older I felt the more I understand and feel this movie... God I cried this scene......we all have a forest Gump in us..
Hey Charlie Brown/Tuna! Forrest Gump is 1 of those movies that never gets old for me! Whenever I watch it, I just find that it is SO engaging and well-acted that it feels like it is a quick watch even though the movie is almost 2 1/2 hours long. I also love that it has moments that most people can relate to on an emotional level. For me Personally, I often connect with this movie because my brother actually has Autism (So Forrest and my brother can relate a bit since they are both disabled). I also just wanted to mention that I actually posted a video on my CZcams channel that is 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 happen to be Interested, here is a link to the video: czcams.com/video/Or-sIiNANYg/video.html If you don't check it out, then no worries at all! I certainly will Not be offended! But Thank You So Much in advance if you do see it! I hope you Have A Great Day Today, Charlie Brown/Tuna! Please Stay Safe and Stay Awesome! 🙂
You guys who wrote the script for this movie Forrest Gump, I just have so much admiration for you. You are all, just so talented !! Well done guys, well done !!
Umm. Script? No, you don’t know what you’re talking about. lol. Careful you don’t extinguish the fire Forrest has lit for anyone. Some of our here are vulnerable.
The novel was adapted for the film by Eric Roth. The novel was by Winston Groom. Groom died in 2020, but it's good to know that his literary legacy will live on.
@@TheDramaDorks true but writing a screenplay of a book is also challenging..there have been crappy movies made on really good books/true events in the past.
So I’ve had a very rough few months. I’ve felt as though I’ve been slowly sinking into a dark void with no sense of direction. I wish I could say that it was sadness but it wasn’t even that. I could no longer experience what being happy was like, and when I tried to look back at the times when I used to be happy, they felt so far away. There was a civil war in my own head that I could not escape. I sank so deep into this void that began to harm myself and wish that I would no longer be alive. I had gone five months without crying, not because I didn’t want to, but because I physically couldn’t. I felt empty. Forrest Gump has always been one of my favorite movies and I love anything Tom Hanks. I’m not sure how it really happened but I just searched up Forrest Gump best scenes and found this one. I finally was able to let out tears and release the emotions that were long inaccessible. Forrest talks about the simple beauty of the world and how even in Vietnam the rain could stop and reveal the heavens. Often in life we take those around us for granted and lose sense of why we are here. Forrest is a masterpiece of a character because he teaches how we stray from recognizing the gift of life that was given to us and how we are blind to the true beauty of the world and everyone in it. He never takes his son for granted and he never loses remembrance of those he has lost. My relationship with my dad hasn’t always been the best, but I think we can all learn from Forrest. He shows us the love we can give eachother when others chose to spread hate. He stands by Jenny’s grave speaking of destiny and if it is a given or if we live our lives carried by the wind. I think that we should take a step back from the chaos of life and learn from Forrest. We can learn to love instead of hate, we can learn to appreciate the beauty of life, and we can learn to never take those around us for granted and show them that we love them. I have felt myself slowly beginning to pull myself out of the senseless void that has haunted me for too long. I have realized how wonderful life really can be if we know how to treat it. We could all use a Forrest in our lives.
Jenny used to pray for God to make her into a bird so she could fly far, far away from her abusive childhood. The last thing you see as he leaves her grave is a flock of birds flying far, far away.
J T Torgerson I know it’s so sad
FUCK
Huh? They just flew onto the tree. 😂
fuck you, you made me cry
Damn son i never noticed that
The saddest most ironic thing about this scene is Jenny told Forrest he didn't know what love is, and in the end he showed that he knew what love was more than she ever did.
Correct observation
I can show you what love is
Facts!
Thats right, love is not a complicated concept, WE MAKE IT complicated. Jenny never truly knew what she wanted until it was too late. While Forrest always knew. He wanted her.
@@danextrinsic0174 And then when he finally gets her she is dying as she says she loves him.. another gigantic kick in the nuts.
This movie make you realize how life is so short. Forest shows how to live your life to fullest.
Ignorance is a blessing.
Worry free, not taking so harshly to the facts at what happens
So Americans should attack Viets again
@@ofsevim :)
Yes brother
I know a lot of people don’t like Jenny, but I feel like there were two stories here. Jenny kept pushing Forest away because she hated herself and kept running away from her problems. And the way Forest kept accepting her showed how compassionate and kind he is. This is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.
Some people look down on Jenny for the way she treated Forrest, probably because they've had difficult relationships themselves. But when you look at what happens with an objective mind you can see she goes out of her way to not harm him. She stays as far away from him as possible whilst she suffers the effects of having been raped as a child. Indeed the worst thing she does is leave him without saying goodbye and deprive him of fatherthood for some time in a later scene. It is quite commendable to limit your pain to yourself rather than becoming corrupted by it to the point of harming your loved ones. It is also quite commendable that Forrest looks past the destructive behaviour she has limited to herself and still sees only the good in her. Whatever limited pain he does experience as an unintentional consequence of her actions he depletes within himself in a productive way through the force of his spirituality czcams.com/video/tWzbCk18wTw/video.html. This is what Eternal Dharma/Soulmateship is all about, indeed this is what Love is all about. Doing the utmost to not harm the harmless, and depleting the pain you do receive within yourself. But all of that requires great spiritual fortitude that has built up over countless lifetimes. Those who are not so spiritually developed risk intentionally hurting others. For them all you can do is set a good example by living according to Principle, and making yourself available to give therm guidance. But you need to be very careful when you do encounter corrupted persons. On the one extreme you should not judge and condemn them as being worthless. On the other extreme you should not destroy yourself to try and save them, which is a risk that exists if you're spiritually driven because you will find something good in them. Instead you should approach everything in life in an intelligent, balanced way. That means just teach thern Principle if they are interested. Without making the mistake of "falling in love" that is actually lust. Such corrupted persons often suffer from being unloved by those they have loved from a young age, such as their parents. So they have a twisted idea of what love actually is and that can lead to bad outcomes when combined with the greed, hatred, ignorance that arises from their pain. If their love remains unrequited they will destroy themselves trying to replace it with sensual pleasures. Their only hope is to find spirituality and serve the Principle of Love itself rather seeking love from others. And your duty is limited to showing them the way if you have the Wisdom to do so. All of this means you should never help anyone in a way that indulges their greed, hatred, ignorance, out of your misguided love for them, because that will actually harm them tbh with you.
@@HienPham-ow5ky That's a really fascinating and interesting view on the characters. I've learned that a lot of drug abuse and addiction is a symptom of some kind of underlying trauma. We never really learn much about Jenny's grandma, but it's entirely possible that she was her paternal grandmother who also may have abused her in some way, taking her anger out on her son (Jenny's father) being imprisoned for the abuse he did to her. It could also be that she genuinely did the best she could for Jenny, but didn't know how to help her.
I think there's something to be said about Forrest's character in this movie as well. Most movies like this would have the protagonist go on a mirror of his journey, where they seek out fortune while taking their loved ones for granted, up until the final act where they begin to reconcile and rebuild those relationships. For Forrest, all he ever wanted was to maintain those relationships he had with friends and family, but tragedy happens frequently. His wealth isn't even something he really cares about, as long as he can make his loved ones happy, and the way that he initially makes money is keeping a promise to his dead best friend. At the end of it, all Forrest has left is his son and Lt. Dan.
The way Jenny loved Forrest I think shows how wonderful she truly was, despite her not loving herself.
@@bpric13 they have always loved each other.
She didnt feel worthy for him and pushed him away. Not realizing or maybe she did, he was the only one that didn't let her down.
Tom Hanks acting is a work of art
T o y S t o r y
Hollywood didn't take him seriously until this movie.
@@Alan_One1 Think it was that he followed Philadelphia with Forrest Gump that made Hollywood stand up and notice him. I always liked him. Remember watching him in Buxom Buddies, Joe Vs the Volcano and Splash. Glad he became A-List.
Nope
Now he’s just another Hollywood liberal garbage
I always thought this movie showed no matter what Forrest went through, he was lovely to people. He never judged based on looks. He has the biggest heart in all of cinema
So true 👍
Perfectly said. ❤
Key to life so many of us become a product of life that's our downfall
Jay Reno no u
Agreed. Good karma brings back good karma back to you a thousand times over.
Cruelty of life. He wanted Jenny his whole life and only got her at the end of hers.
why did she treat him so unfairly?
It was not cruelty of life, it was stupidity of Jenny.
I will say that if jenny did not have her own life the way it was, she would have never been content with Forrest. If Jenny was with Forrest since the beginning, she would probably keep on thinking of what if and both of them would be miserable. This is the beauty or perhaps the curse of life, sometimes we need to make those "wrong" choices in order to know what is right for us, or may there weren't any wrong choices to begin with. In life, it will happen to all of us when we are so upset of our loses, let it be a break up, or a divorce, or losing a job, but without those events, we will never become who we are now. Its just like what Forrest said in the scene, perhaps life is a combination of randomness but at the same time full of destiny.
That called life man
And jenny used him like women do😊
I just lost my 22 year old son to a brain aneurysm and this scene has played in my head over and over. He died on a Tuesday. I miss you so much Christopher, just like Forrest i won't be far away.
I am so sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you. 🙏
I'm so sorry, my heart goes out to you
I have some sense of how you feel. my brother died from a cerebral hemorrhage when he was 15 years old. I was a year older than him. it was sort of strange because that was the first time I lost a family member. and also being so young. I didn't know how to mourn for him. I was sort of in shock but eventually I was able to. I have often wonder what it would be like if he were still around. I think he would have possibly done something great. but best I can do is guess there's no way of knowing for sure. that was a long time ago I'm in my sixties now. time heals all wounds but I still think about him and miss him.
I would like to offer my condolences to you. it's especially hard when a parent loses a their child.
This scene made me sad, but reading your little story made me cry. I’m so sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss ❤
Jenny-"I wish I could have been there with you."
Forrest-"you were!"
So powerful!
The Stelly He wasn't lying! When we carry people's love in our hearts we carry them with us everywhere we go. Until we die. Life is a powerful thing.
I was just thinking that, it's so sad that we hold those dear to us in our hearts where ever we go even tho they might never know.
Mr TomAW Amen! He described it so purely.
She told his ass to run and he did. He got a Medal of Honor for it.
Love that I couldn't help but cry
One movie that everyone should see at least once.
+stockjonebills definetely agree...
Once?!
Callum Callum Heh definitely more than once.
stockjonebills Such a beautiful film
I watched this movie yesterday for the first time, and god, it's the best movie i have ever seen...
"Bubba was my best good friend, and I know that ain't something you can find right around the corner".
🦐🦐🦐
"We were always looking for A guy named Charlie."
@@typicalskateboarder3295 who is charlie
@@dicksonaganmwonyi6746 go watch the movie
@@typicalskateboarder3295 lol, I have watched it over 30 times, just finished watching it again. I was only trying to make a joke out of it asking who is charlie
“I wish I could have been there.”
‘You were.’
Has to be the most beautifully poetic line in the movie. It showed how much Jenny meant to him that he kept her in his thoughts the entire time.
Except for the part where she didn’t keep him in her thoughts the entire time. This is chick crack.
600th like
I'm sure she was thinking about him in-between Chad and Tyrone's turn
I swear they don’t make movies like this anymore. 😢
Nope it's all explosions now
They still do
The Green Book is a great movie from last year. It gave me similar feelings
@steez TM
What pg bullshit are you talking about, I swear you people sound like a bunch of boomers. If you can't find movies as good as this or even better that's your fault, same with books and music. You people are so fucking lazy.
@@MelficeN7 It's just an opinion, this generation will do the same thing, and the next, then after that. Kinda inevitable when you turn into a old fart
"Momma always said dying was a part of life.
I sure wish it wasn't" this quote perfectly sums up his character
I wish it wasn’t either 😞
@@sonic18shadow me too 😞
@@sonic18shadow Me too 😢
Somethings you just can't change
It sums up a pretty big part of the human condition.
"I wish I was with you"
"You were"
Unrequited love hurts the worst😭
But it wasn't unrequited love. Jenny did love him. It just took her a lot longer than it took him to realize it.
@DarthVader assuming little Forrest was their child, it was the logical and right thing to do.
@DarthVader Cool projection there.
“You were”....Jenny is always in Forest’s heart where ever he goes.
@DarthVader She always loved him. She just felt that he was too good and innocent for her. She didn't know what love really was because of her abusive childhood. Her father sexually abused her and she spent the rest of her life trying to escape intimacy. When she did have intimacy with him she left because she couldn't handle it. She finally straightened out her life when she realized she was pregnant with his child. She got a job and was doing well, but then she found out she was sick. She got in contact with him so that he would know that he had a child and he offered to take care of her in her death as the only family she had left. She asked him to marry because she genuinely loved him and she wanted to give him that as proof that she really loved him. Nowhere was it ever implied that little Forrest wasn't his.
I like the way Forrest honored his promise to his son not to read the letter. A small moment in the film that shows the respect he has for other people's feelings.
Me too. Trustworthy he is
Same. My own mother isn’t worthy of that kind of trust,
As he should have. That is a powerful thing for a child to be able to do. And it should be respect always. Never violated. Forrest is a good man and who I aspire to be like when I find myself becoming bitter
i thought he wasn't able to read in general and that's why he left it there
@@yt25693 I believe he was able to read a bit and he probably could have read his son's letter.
This scene always makes me tear up. Forrest speaking to Jenny’s grave and that one line, “he’s so smart, Jenny” just gets me
This scene and watching the scene with his mom as she is laying in bed with cancer and telling him she loves him and says I will miss you Forrest makes me tear up.
Yes, You´re Fucking RIGHT!!!
That's where it gets me, too. It's really hard not to empathize with Gump right there. Tom Hanks is a master.
Fucking same
The one when his mom passes. That always makes me tear up.
I love how the birds returned to the tree, representing Jenny’s wish to become a bird.
Me too
I never noticed that before. For someone with a keen eye for detail, symbolism, etc, I totally missed it. Thank you.
Nope, there just happened to be birds there. No symbolic meaning, sorry.
@@berrylewislitseyakalewston3168 no there was a symbolic meaning. When the birds flew Forrest looked back which means it's symbolic.
@@princessprsh7761 no.
Tom Hanks is such an amazing actor.
He definitely is! Apparently he's very down to earth. His wife as well.
He's the best ever!
+KlassyKat45 aww you met him?!
Elizabeth Schiada: No, I've never met him but I know someone who has. She said that he and his wife Rita Wilson were very nice.
It would be awesome to meet him, though I'd probably be starstruck.
MR. HANKS IS ONE THE ALL TIME GREATS
If you look at Forrest's character arc, in his entire life he has been an stoic: not a single tear of sadness or anger came down his face, nor a single feeling of hesitance came across his mind, not even the sense of giving up grappled him in difficult times. He was always belittled by everyone else, but never shaken. Pure resilience that was mistaken for the lack of understanding or intelligence by those who never bothered with him. Only up to this point we see him breaking up, and it's completely understandable. A strong, wholesome and kind man despite his limitations. He's only a fictional character, but an admirable one nonetheless...
hey, i couldn't have said it better myself ! :'D
@@erisunflower ;’D
It’s called autism, bud. Lol
us autistic folks absolutely feel emotions just like neurotypical people, we just express it in our own way sometimes. But I promise you, we’re not stoic robots. In fact I recall a study/paper about how autistic folks are capable of feeling certain emotions on a much deeper and more intense level than non-autistic folks can. I’ve definitely experienced that, especially when it comes to my special interests.
@@clairegrim4369He's not autistic. He had Downs Syndrome.
@@erisunflowerJenny's death hit Forrest the most. Jenny was the third person he cared about that he lost along with his Mom and Bubba. It's even more sad when he has to raise his son as a widow. It's not easy when you lose someone you love and have to raise your kids as a widow.
I love how he broke her childhood house. Best thing to do...
It matters!
Yup, mi amigo! It's like destroying our bad memories, forever and ever!
🏚️🚜
Gump was mad
@@PetteriWar no
I always lose it when he says, "He's so smart, Jenny...."
+AimlessMoto or 'I wish I could been there with you - 'You were'
+BaywolfX But see, you are much,...much dumber, fuck'n-trash.
lol
+AimlessMoto No I cry when all the sadness builds up inside from this scene, and I cry as Forrest Gump Jr. Gets on the bus like his Dad did..
Yeah it's so sad when he says that
Forrest is one of the most strongest characters I've seen in any movie.
He lost his best friend, Bubba.
His mother right after.
Now, Jenny, the love of his life, recently married, and has a child that they thought they would raise together and this time stay together till the day they die.
He may slow, but he has a strength and will that a lot of people just do not have during his time.
Doing one's best to carry on without someone you love is one of the hardest things to do, but you're right about Forrest. He was brave enough to deal with that it's tough to deal with reality and how hard it was to say goodbye to Jenny just like it was tough for me to say goodbye to my grandmother after she died of breast cancer despite early treatment and I cried when Mom told me that she died. But, other than that she is whole again and in a place where she will be loved for ages!
It's true, most people would commit suicide or freak out, maybe even become murderers if they would have had to go through the same things as he had to. His character represents the idea that inner strength does not depend on your intelligence but on how much you appreciate your own life and living in general.
Rafe Archer, Good point. :)
Shit happens
kungfumaster51 I
That moment at 01:32 where Jenny tells Forrest: "I love you."
That is a HUGE step for her.
Jenny learned as a child not to trust. That is the lesson that her father taught her through his abuse of her. She learned that she was not worthy of respect and love. To close herself off. Not to let anyone in. To run away when people came too close..
But now she has healed enough that she can trust. Healed enough to feel worthy to love and to be loved. Enough to say "I love you" and really mean it, without fear.
Womp womp typical whore behavior
She's still horrible
Yep
I must say this man was my favorite actor of all time i hope the rumors aren't true it broke my ❤ to hear of it also i had a huge 80s crush on him
"You were"
Imagine being loved that much by someone.
You will be too at some point in life. You just won't find that around every corner as Forrest says :)
Well instead of finding a Forrest gump to love us well...let's be Forrest and love people like he did
@oi nah Don't let a bad relationship ruin you.
@@rinyas for me as well ?
I genuinely hope you find that my friend. I hope that for all of us. The only people that don't deserve it are the monsters of the world but they don't love anyone so love won't find them.
“I miss you Jenny. If there’s anything you need I won’t be far away.” Gets me every time 😢😭😢
i got caught xD
was looking for this comment 🥺💔
Always makes me tear up
"He's so smart. You'd be so proud of him." That also gets me every time.
Yes it does!
"Mama always said 'dying was a part of life.' I sure wish it wasn't." Me too, Forrest. Me too. 😢
I lose it just there......
Mario Guerra same here every time 😢😞
That line always gets me
im glad it is
😪😪😪😪
“ I couldn’t tell where heaven stopped and the earth began, it was so beautiful “
what a line
they way he describes his experience with the war, bayou, mountain, and dessert sends a chill down my spine
Yup. And the cinematography is beautiful. This film is a masterpiece at every level.
OMG YEEESSSS
They call Forrest Gump "American Mythology" and I totally agree.
Mmm, dessert.
One of my favorite 🎥
Life was so cruel to Forrest. Everyone he loved, his Mom, Bubba, and Jenny were all taken from him. But he had his son, it’s like hope coming from Pandora’s box.
Life tried to be cruel, and Forrest never broke. Think of all the love that Forrest has known that he can now pass on to l'il Forrest.
He has Lt Dan too
@@AWESOMENISH yeah I was also about to comment that he has Lt. Dan
@@AWESOMENISH didn’t Dan swim away?
@@bobbynelson5849 No...
I may not be a smart man, but those 620 dislikes are of soulless, heartless people, as my momma would say.
Well, stupid is as stupid does.
You just can`t tell how people will react to something like this myself cried like a baby but others foe reasons only known to them have a hard skin difficult to penetrate and maybe some feel its wrong or have been taught you don`t cry it`s just not done please don`t scorn them i`m sure they mourn in a different way
Probably communists
@@RalphReagan we Vietnameses are commies but we forgive the past and really love this movie so dont bring the political shit here .
Andreas Belivanakis
I totally agree with you
At the time of this writing, and 73 years of life behind me, I've learned that standing at the foot of a grave of a, wife or child is one of the hardest and loneliest things you'll ever have to do. Of which I've had to do both.
John in Kentucky
Wow. Respect to you, sir
Love,Pain,Emptyness......
Mourning is difficult and you never heal.
Very sorry for your losses
Life can be hard and lonely
I’m really sorry
i am sorry john
Forrest's intelligence was never a curse but a blessing. A window which allowed him to ignore the harshest of environments and focus on the things that made life worth living. To love the people who he wanted to love. And ultimately, cherish them while they were still there.
Well said!!
Couldn't have said it any better 😭
Indeed, well said. And quite profound, really.
It’s fiction. The worst kind of propaganda because it gives you false hope.
@@elftax good point, very very good point
Ive seen this many times with my wife. We loved the movie. She has seen it more than even me. It never made me cry before. But I lost her this Jan and this is the first time Ive seen this scene since her passing and it made me cry. I lost it more when he said "I miss you Jenny" that way he says it. I say it to my wife how I miss you as I am tore up pacing the home sometimes and every time I say it I think of this scene and Gump saying it to Jenny. Damn.
Chet savage!
Im very sorry for your loss. I really am. I know for a fact that she can see you and is with you. I dont want to write how I know but please trust me I know. Shes there with you.
I’m sorry for your loss 😢
@Chet I'm really sorry u have no empathy why so nasty always a reason
❤❤❤
His life was as cruel as it was amazing. Forest had all the money in the word and didn't really care, all he wanted was Jenny to make him happy. When he finally got his happiness it was cruelly taken away. But that is life.
Its way more then a lot of people get in life. Be happy for the experience, no matter how long or short
Every person he was close with died except for Lieutenant Dan.
She was a horrible selfish woman and both Forrests are better off without her.
@@BleakVision She had issues.
@@BleakVision she had things to learn but the she was never awful woman.
My heart melted when he answered her question. "You were". Just amazing that with all of the beautiful experiences he had he just thought back to one person he cared about so much!
People always hate on Jenny for leaving him, but you need to realise she was sexually abuse as a child by her father, so she feel guilty for having sex with him, because she think she is taking advantage of him like her father to her, and believe herself is unworthy of love because she have no self-love, that is why she leave.
A wise man once said, "When you're on the road or when you're a body in motion, a different set of rules applies. That's a basic law of physics. Of course there's another law of physics called gravity and eventually it pulls you right back home."
Dont we all have someone like that?
My wife and I saw this movie when it came out back in 1994. She also recently succumbed to cancer. I never thought I was going to watch the movie ending play out in real life.
Same with my mom 😪
God bless you and your wife.
Really sorry to hear that.
I’m so sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss. ♥️
I like how forrest broke in tears when he's saying his son is smart. He always knew, That is what matters the most to him and never wanted his son to go through what he's gone through. With what forrest has achieved nothing is more important to him than his son not inherited his disability.
Who’s to say it was his kid though she could have used him to take care of her kid because she knew he would
We aren't totally sure that is his son, it is entirely possible that she just used him because he would take of him, because the bastard that she actually got impregnated by isn't around.
@@bryanmejia4826 that’s pretty much what I just said lol
Yep! You guys are right. We don’t know if it was Forest’s child or not. But we do know that Forest loves Jenny
Yes, great scene...and so well acted by Hanks.
I love the fact he lets his son win against him
his sons serve which he missed might have been genuine...
He never let him win I dont believe
Nah he couldn't have hit that ball
Nah his son is just that good
.
"I wish I could have been there with you."
"You were."
Gets me every time.
“...and I had that house of your father’s bulldozed to the ground.”
Good man Forrest, good man.
Forrest probably had it sold to a land developer.
@@scotthayes4135 He didn't need to, he had all that apple stock money.
Too bad he couldn't bulldoze her dad....SICKO!!
@@5p00ks you mean fruit company
@@bradgd8033 Yes. Apple. Fruit.
Easily one of the best movies of all time
You know they're trying to scam you when they put a bunch of excess letters that make them sound like a drunk parrot.
iTacticalRaccoon lol
Forrest Gump is suchhh a great movie but I don't think it's one of the best all of time, in my opinion
penny no, godzilla is way better
alexandre jose da costa neto yes
Man I wish Forrest Gump was real I would be his friend till I die
There are Forrest Gumps out there.
fictional character. But we have many Lt. Dan and Jenny
They're out there
I am your friend bro
Find someone like Lt. Dan or Jenny, and be their Forrest.
Throughout the whole film Forrest is always talking about what other people think and what other people have told him, so at 4:12 there’s something quite poignant about him finally saying “but I think…”
“You know what I think? You should return to Greenbow Alabama!”
“He never said it, but I think he made his peace with God.”
“I think that’s what my running was all about”
That’s a good point
"I miss you Jenny" Makes me cry every single damm time
Fucking heartbreaking
+Ryan Williams ikr
"he is so smart ..."
same
Bane al Ghul saw this when I was 15 and this scene made me weep like a baby. 22 years it still has the same affect on me. His best work by far.
That last line kills me every time...
"If there's anything you need.... I won't be far away."
sonicawesomeness holy fuck me too, i can't take it
sonicawesomeness And then the birds fly past. That's when I really lose it.
Beautiful.
I've never seen the movie it still chokes me up ;(
+John S "Dear god, make me a bird. So I can fly, far, far away."
+sonicawesomeness Just the "I miss you jenny" and he starts to tear bit D':
I don't think anyone but Tom Hanks could've played this role.
I Don't Think So Either
+ChalupaBatmanMacArthur lmao
UBUNTU UBUNTU Unless your forrest Gump of course 😭
nomibe2911 Probably Jim Carrey.
God Christ no.
You have no clue how many times it took me to watch this movie to truly realize what Jenny was doing and why. Forrest never gave up on Jenny, and he simply did what his momma told him. What’s amazing is that this scene truly shows the amount of feelings he had for Jenny. He lost Bubba, he lost his mother, but the amount of emotion he shows after losing Jenny is on a whole different world of love and compassion and I, as a grown man, will always tear up every time I watch this. Especially after he says “he’s so smart” and being a father of two, that hits really deep. I want my kids to be better than me.
The little envelope with just “mom” written on it, faithfully unopened and delivered, is just so moving
Looks like a child wrote the word "Mom" on the outside of the envelope. Perfect for the scene
I felt that way when princess di had a note w mummy on it on her coffin
I don't know exactly what Forrest Gump Junior wrote in that letter but this is the best I can come up with. Dear Mom I love you so much you have filled my heart with joy you have brought my dad closer to God that he ever thought or even dreamed of. I will pray for you every night okay that God has healed you I hope that you are doing well I pray for a peaceful life for you in the kingdom of heaven and I pray that you watch over us until we're all together once more I miss you Mom I love you. Sincerely Forrest Gump jr.
Unopened 😭😄
Yes, it was😭😭😭
"I miss you Jenny... If there's anything you need. I wont be far away"
I remember breaking down and crying my damn eyeballs out when I first heard those lines.
Harrison Hart I do everytime I watch this scen
@@JagHeterAlexandra i was crying from the start i dont know why tho is just makes me happy sad
Me too I do the same thing
Brings tears to my eyes every time I see it. You can truly feel his hurt and sadness.
Same here! No matter what, I'll always feel the feels when that comes up. I don't cry every time, but it does hit right on the inside regardless even if you don't want to cry at this scene.
When he says "We read a book every night and he's so smart Jenny" and he breaks. Its the first time you see him fully break in the whole movie and its expertly done. He has the strongest character in any movie Ive ever seen and in that moment, it cracks and its heartbreaking and brilliant at the same time.
This scene really cuts into you
When Forrest meets his son the first time and he asks Jenny "Is he like me?" I lose it. Every time. The face he makes when he connects "his son" with himself, the realization that he may have passed on some genetic anomaly, Tom Hanks nailed that. This is a tough film to watch. I have known people like Forrest Gump - and they were the nicest people you could ever want to meet, so this film is a way to connect with those friends from years past. But you are correct, his soliloquy is poignant and touching.
Had Jenny NOT let Forrest sit down next to her in that school bus, none of this would have ever taken place. God showed up.
As I have gotten older I cannot help but cry everytime I see this part
@@daveluttinen2547 gets me every time also. “Is he smart or is he…?”
Jenny: "I wish I could have been there with you."
Forrest: "You were."
Oof, the two words that kill me in this movie...
The final moment as he walks away, the birds pass over..."Dear God, make me a bird, so that I can fly far far far away from here."
Jenny's prayer.
Just rewatched Forest Gump for like the 5th time: I laughed, I cried, I shrimped, etc. It's one of my favorites. But when reading the discourse of the movie most of the critisism is always with Jenny. Like everyone seems to genuinely think that 30 second Family Guy joke actually is what happens in the movie.
I think it just shows how a lot of people don't have experience or knowledge with sexual abuse victims. Jenny is portrayed fairly tragically and realistically.
There's a reason this part of her life is clearly pointed out as it's integral to her actions. There are so many movies that have Jenny like characters without that background and the depth, but here when it's being done so accurately, is the time people get the most upset about it (probably bc Forest is so lovable everyone wants to protect him).
Yes she isn't the best person (I wouldn't judge Forest if he didn't want anything to do with her) but even watching now I see the internal struggle she always has regarding Forest. But his unconditional and relentless love is something hard to let go of for someone who's been through what she has, growing up in a time where she was unable to get the help from mental health experts she would need.
So she tries filling her life with sex, drugs, adventure, etc to keep her mind occupied. And being with all those abusive boyfriends is a very common action for someone who's suffered from abuse.
And critics ignore that Jenny seems aware of all this and does try to get away to let Forest live his life without her, that's part of why she keeps leaving. But codependent relationships are much more common and harder to leave without unbiased intervention than people think. And every time she sees Forest or gets too deep in her choices she runs back.
I think the perspective it just helps play into this subconscious heteronormative idea that women can be a succubus who will use men who love them and drain them of their love and money but not really care about them. Instead of seeing women as actual people with depth and complexity and especially ones who have been through what she has.
And they also ignore how the movie portrays her, breaking it down to small bits that obfuscate the complexities. If a woman isn't a completely altruistic character in a story then she is generally considered a bad person (look at how complicated bad men are treated by audiences in media vs women) and then going further with Jenny being more damaged than that makes her hated. I don't personally think a character has to always be the best person morally to be a great character.
And furthermore she indirectly helps Forest succeed. His love for her is what often kept him passionate and moving to be successful. And her leaving all those times gave him space to pursue those activities. I'm not saying she's responsible for his success but she definitely didn't undermine it.
Though I can't help but feel my heart break every time I see the scene when she leaves one of the times and Forest is with his mom by the lake and rests his head on her shoulders. Pretty relatable to me especially in my younger dating life. It's just a sad reality of life that the people you love may not be able to love you the same way.
But it's all part of the depth of the story, Jenny torn between giving forest his space (she tells him numerous times she thinks she's bad for him) but unable to ever completely relinquish that love he has for her. Neither Forest nor Jenny have been given their fair share of direction in life to love in a healthier way (Jenny being broken by her history and Forest not having been taught to move on from unrequited love).
But I also think people undermine Forest's intelligence more than he deserves and put all the onis on Jenny. Kind of like many people in the movie undermine his intelligence (fancy that...). Forest isn't stupid, he just treats and perceives situations in more simplistic and naive ways. A big factor of why he thinks he's stupid is that people keep telling him he is rather than his actions being stupid. He's a product of a time before we understood nuero divergent intelligence, yet still succeeds in spite of all that.
The man is a captivating storyteller, was an ideal soldier when things were explained in clear unambiguous ways, yet still knew to break rank to save his platoon in Vietnam, he understood everything that was happening in Vietnam and it's dangers, starting a shrimping business (how many of you could get a boat and start shrimping without CZcams tutorials), didn't let the prostitute sleep with him bc he didn't like her or her breath, understood he was lying in an ad for money, also understands and sympathizes with Jenny's trauma (the not enough rocks line is very underrated imo), etc.
He also knows Jenny doesn't love him the way he loves her. He literally calls her out for it and says he understands what love is regardless of what she thinks. He also seems to get that Jenny is dying of Aids (EDIT: It's never explicit what she has) and wants to marry him for the safety and care at the end. Forest chooses this life with her because it makes him happy. I don't really see it as taking advantage of someone cognitively divergent, but two people choosing a situation that works for them.
I see it as two wayward souls in a world that doesn't understand how to see anyone not completely binary in their mind and abilities finding each other and living their best life at the end. It's not all perfect, Jenny is not a great person, but Forest is happy and successful. I think that matters.
Out of all the critiques on the movie (Jenny, Forest being too pure, coincidences, etc) the only ones that make sense to me now are how weirdly the movie is anti counter culture and pro traditional culture. That anyone can be successful if you pull yourself up by your bootstaps and all the liberals are angry abusive drains in society.
And the total belief in a Christian God. I mean damn, the movie implies God caused a storm to ruin the shrimping boats of a bunch of poor black shrimpers just so 2 white guys can become rich. Can't believe I didn't catch that until this viewing. Gump being so effortlessly successful gives unintended creedance to conservative values.
As much as I absolutely love this movie and it's one of the few 9 out of 10s in my head cannon, I still can't help but laugh to myself when I think a good tag line would be "Even the dumbest white guy has it easier than minorities and women in this country".
But I just blame that on the source material. I mean they fixed up so much from the book (don't read it, I promise you it's not worth it, there's a reason the film rights were sold before the book was published bc the central premise is literally the only good thing about it) it's not surprising some very unuanced anti left aspects stayed involved tbh
Omgggg I didn’t even realize thattttt CRYINGGGGG💔💔
too bad Jenny is a two timer who only realizes what she had once she has no more options to go to...I always hated Jenny for coming back to Forest because she knew he would take her back
“We was like peas and carrots again”
FUCK, this is a great movie.
YES 👍
Omg YES. The ending got me tho..🥺
what do that mean? please tell me
A masterpiece
@@thelam1129 it means that they will be together forever no matter what. Peas and carrots are like an analogy which means that they go together and best togther. There referring forest and jenny as one like peas and carrots.
"You died on a saturday morning..."
Always hits me like the first time
Ladies, find yourself a husband like Forrest.
.... wish but not alot of guys like tall 6'3 girls
Bruh Jenny wasn’t a lady she was a manipulative beeatch
You mean a special guy xD. Jk
I have.
lot of people with autism
Forrest may not be the most… I guess traditionally intelligent person but I feel like he is extremely emotionally intelligent. And he’s just so unique because he clearly is capable of so much. And he never let his IQ get in his way. He never was ashamed of himself. He knew his life was a bit harder because of his low IQ but he wasn’t necessarily held back by that. He went to freaking Vietnam for goodness sake. He could disassemble and reassemble his gun in record time. He was incredibly brave, he started a shrimping business on Bubba’s behalf and was very generous with his earnings. He became a complete self made millionaire and celebrity. And still remained humble. What an amazingly written character.
He was also a god damn ping pong champion! and he taught Elvis how to dance....Ive always adored this movie since I was a kid. They dont make them like this anymore
He was not self made.... lt dan helped him
Forrest is such an amazing person. Can you imagine what this world would be like if we all treated each other the way he treats everyone?
i think that's what this movie want to tell us
Mella Bella
people would be so confused the world would come to an end
Mella Bella Whats stopping us...become the change that you wish to see in society and then and then only will society change.
Despite All My Rage no it wouldn't the world would beautiful
chaotic
There's one thing that always brings me to tears with the sheer beauty of it.
Not the speech Forrest gives, not his emotions, and not the letter we never get to see.
It's the flock of birds flying away at the end.
Jenny always said she wanted to become a bird and fly far, far away. And now she has.
That is the true beauty of this film.
lame xP
Dexter Moser Stop being disrespectful.
+Peter Lang I agree wholeheartedly!
i lose it when he says I MISS YOU JENNY.
So true !
This is what it is like when you lose
the person you love.
I lose it as soon as Forrest started crying 💔
😩
I’m sat here watching this clip whilst a loved one is away for three weeks, that’s nothing compared to a death but it still made me tear up because I know how hard these three weeks have been...
"I dont know if we have destiny or we are floating around or may be its happening at the same time". its one of the best line in movie all time. great movie, great acting and great characters
This dovetails into the end scene with the feather floating on the breeze
"If there's anything you need..I won't be far away"
One of the most profound and special moments in cinema history.
Neemesh Narandas I agree!
No he got *castawayed*
Neemesh Narandas I read this comment ring as he said it
The great thing is that the line refers to the entire film. He was never far away, both emotionally and physically. He always thought of her. She was always by his side. The entire movie's premise, Forrest summarizing his life, happens because he did not know where Jenny was, but was close to her nonetheless.
I love this movie because I can really relate to Forrest. My IQ is only 77, I've been made fun of but I don't let it get me down. This movie makes me cry each time I see it.
I too feel I relate to Forrest. We are not dumb. We are uncomplicated.
And that's why IQ don't matter, it's how rational and wise you are, and Forrest was both. I have an IQ of 130, that scale means shit
@@thanoscube8573 by a book I’m smart I guess. Thing is that doesn’t mean shit in the real world.
It matters when it comes to professions. But even "smart" people can make terrible doctors, engineers, scientists, etc if they are emotionally unstable.
Gump's ability to remain calm and to get things done in the face of adversity sets him apart from others
You know, idk my iq precisely but I guess it's around a 105 or something, I've been made fun off too even tho im... Actually smart I think. Everyone and everything makes me feel stupid and dumb I felt it was relatable too. Even tho I have a pretty average iq. Point is iq doesn't mean shit
Forrest’s “superpower” is he never covered up his shame; rather, he wears it on the outside for all the world to see. As such, no denial and nothing to numb. He’s capable of feeling ALL of his feelings. He can hold grief in one hand, gratitude in the other. He knows life is not an “either or” proposition; instead, life is ‘this AND that’. This makes him whole and complete; a fully integrated man. What a worthy goal to which anyone might aspire.
So much love...
Right? His emotional intelligence is off the charts!
wow
That's because Forrest is autistic. It happened 3 years past long time ago in 1997. I was diagnosed with High-Functioning Autism.
And through that at the end Forrest who everyone passed off as dumb, figured out the answer to the biggest question of all "what's the meaning of life/why are we here"
Free will and determinism both working together. "Both are happening at the same time"
re: "So much love..." close, but even deeper. the symbolism represented by Forrest Gump's character is the theoretical ABSENCE OF EGO (and it's need to defend the Self Image) from the human personality. this is a standard precept found in Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Science.
The man lost his mother, his best buddy, and his wife. He could have easily just packed it in and shot the bird to the world but he keeps pushing to be the best dad he can be. A wonderful film about the human spirit ❤
"I wish I could've been there with you"
"You were"
Yes, the best scene from a wonderful film. Congrats if you ever got to spend time with someone you love more than anything.
Reminds me of this....One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."
"You were"--GREAT response by Forrest!
If by chance you had looked down and only seen one set, was because he was carrying you, love... Old Soldier Salute!
I'm wondering why Forrest doesn't acknowledge Jenny after she says she loves him.
"I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around, accidental, like on a breeze...but I-I think...maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time."
-Forrest Gump
For those trying to find out the meaning of life, Forrest Gump has spoketh it
U were seeking therefore u understood.
Only a very very very few r seeking. I guess u r fit to become a Buddhist
I think that was the best thing he ever said
5:09 he looks back at the birds when the birds fly through....he gets the flashback of their childhood when Jenny prays to God " make me a bird so I can fly far far away from here" oh God the details in this movies is just amazing.... a symbolic impression...it's a masterpiece
@@vinayakambekar6863 Thank you for the insight....
Lord Jesus Christ is the Meaning of Life. God is real! Repent and Believe in Lord Jesus Christ. God loves you all so much! :)
The way he tears up every time he says "he's so smart" just hits me in the heart. :")
He had been mocked for his intelligence all his life, and seeing his son succeeding in something he was told he could never do filled his heart with so much pride and joy. Forrest was so pure hearted!
well credit the scriptwriters too who create the plots and wonderful characters 😊
One of Hank’s best performances.
I know the feeling. I was kinda dumb in school. Not retarded but definetely not smart. My son is best in his class. I can not describe the feeling....
I don't think I cried so much in my life seeing this for the first time. Still hits hard now.
This movie is something special.
My "wife to be" was with me in Vietnam too. I just hadn't met her yet. We just celebrated our fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Congratulations sir thank you for your service ♥️
Respect and honor you for your service from Armenia 🇦🇲
Congrats, and thanks for your service
Congrats, thanks for your service.
Thank you for your service and congratulations on such a long lovely marriage 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Excuse me, I need to go wrestle 2 grizzly bears to regain my manliness.
Thomas Weeden 😂😂😂😂😂
Thomas Weeden The greatest sign of manliness is when a man isn't afraid to show his emotions / feelings
OysterHunter Yeah! That's the kind of man I like.
OysterHunter that's true
Deniz Bade Akkoyun well I'm crying right now. I hope you're happy
The most painful scene in the movie is when Forest says,"Why don't you love me, Jenny?" So here, when she says she loves him, and you know she means it, it's a great moment.
Clearly Jenny was a very troubled girl, young woman, and woman. From a very young, vulnerable age, she was sexually abused by her father, which ultimately led to her moving in with her grandmother, but didn't find the love that a child requires there, but rather with her good friend Forrest. They grew up together like peas and carrots, and from the short glimpse we see of them in high school, they are each other's only friends. Consider high school from a social perspective, and you can see that even with the best intentions, pretty girls are not best and only friends with the mentally disabled, but Jenny was never ever to branch off and have other friends. She stayed by Forrest, and Forrest stayed by her.
When she got to college, she sought out someone to fill the emotional hole that she had inside of her, and we see this when she's in the car with the guy that Forrest beat the snot out of. It's at this point that I think Jenny begins going down the wrong track. Since Forrest ruined her chances of getting lucky that night, she chose to take advantage of him. It didn't matter to her that this was her best friend of 10+ years! she needed physical confirmation that she worth a damn, because her entire life she had felt worthless. This was the beginning of a seemingly endless wild goose chase for confirmation of self worth.
As children, her answer to life was simple: run. This personality trait stuck with her throughout her life. Run away from dad. Run away from bullies. Run away from danger in Vietnam. Running was Jenny's best defense mechanism to pain or challenges. When she was faced with the shame of having her best friend see her naked and abused in a nightclub, instead of facing it, she told Forrest to leave her alone and never talk to her again. At this point Forrest tells Jenny that he's going to Vietnam, and she tells him that no matter what, don't be a hero, just run, and then gets into a cab and runs away from yet another disaster in her tragic life.
The next time we as an audience see Jenny she seems happy for the first time in her life. She's a hippie, playing guitar, but the subtext is so in your face that it's almost too easy to gloss over. A stranger approaches her and invites her to San Francisco, and she goes with him. What I mean is that Jenny could never stay anywhere too long. This theme is reinforced throughout the rest of the film, at first through Forrest's letters to her being returned to sender.
When Forrest returns home from Vietnam his is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, and while in DC he is giving a speech on the Mall when, as can only happen in movies, he reconnects with Jenny as thousands of people cheer them on. And they're happy together.
But then the spark goes out when we see why Jenny is there. In her search for purpose and confirmation of worth, she's hooked up with a complete disaster, a man with anger issues who's abusive. Sound familiar? Jenny is trying to recreate her father and get it right this time. In her mind, what happened to her as a child was her fault, and if she can find a person who embodies who her father was, and come up with different results, she can fix her past. Forrest then does what Forrest does best and beats the snot out of another bad influence on his best friend. Unfortunately, Jenny chooses to go with the abusive boyfriend instead of Forrest, and they wave goodbye to each other as her bus pulls away from DC.
At this point, what happens next with Jenny becomes unclear, but it eventually leads to nightclubs, drugs, other men, and contemplating suicide. When she's used up all of those people and devices, she turns to the one constant in her life: Forrest.
She returns home to Greenbow, Alabama and stays with Forrest, and they "was like peas and carrots again." On a walk, they come across her childhood home, and Jenny breaks down with the memories of her broken childhood, and her decisions that she's made in her life ever since. She finds comfort in the life that Forrest can give her, but that terrifies her more than anything. When Forrest offers her an opportunity to leave it all behind and become his wife, she rejects him, and tells him that she wouldn't make a good wife.
What happens next is where my cynicism comes into play. Clearly the two have sex that night, and those who I discussed this with last night say it was consensual. I think it was rape. At this point in his life Forrest is an adult and certainly knows about the birds and the bees, but I think he was still a virgin. Jenny comes into his room in the middle of the night and takes that from him. Even though this was probably enjoyable for Forrest, he didn't have much of a say in the matter. Either way, this becomes too much for Jenny and she leaves the very next day.
Distraught with losing Jenny yet again, Forrest begins running. He equates running to Jenny, because that's what Jenny has always told him to do. If he can't have Jenny, he might as well run. During his run, years pass, and we see Jenny working in a diner. She's dressed professionally for the environment, she cut her hair, she looks like she finally got it together. And that is the very last time we, as an audience, see Jenny during Forrest's story on the bench. The next time she's seen is in the movie's present.
Before I get to that, I just want to dissect Forrest's story about Jenny before getting into his future with her. She was abused as a child. She was always searching for self confirmation of worth. She made poor decision after poor decision. She chased after the wrong kind of men. She constantly took advantage of her dearest friend for personal selfish gain, even it was subconsciously. She played with his emotions in order to feed her own. It's clear that what happened to her as a child made her into who she became as a woman, but never once throughout the story does Jenny take personal responsibility for any of her poor decisions. But she doesn't blame them on her father, either. There is simply a complete and total lack of accountability. She went through life searching for confirmation, purpose, and answers. She truly loved Forrest, but wouldn't do anything and everything she could for him, like he would for her.
The reason Forrest was at the bus stop was so he could visit Jenny. When he arrives at her apartment, it appears as if she finally got it right. She looks clean, she's got a job, and the reason behind all of this is because she has a son, Forrest Jr. Going back to my first point of this, it seems like a given that Forrest Jr. is Forrest Gump's son, but the whole reason I wrote all of this is to ask the question: REALLY?
We find out that Jenny is sick. It is my assumption, and everyone I've spoken to about the matter, that it's AIDS. With no cure and a ticking time bomb on her life, Jenny had to put someone else first for the first time in her life. She had to think of the well being of her son. Faced with a very short timeline and a huge disaster, I believe that Jenny turned to the one constant in her life, who just so happened to be a wealthy, somewhat balanced landowner. She knew that Forrest would do anything for her, but she was afraid of him rejecting her and her child, because she had rejected him time and time again. So she lied.
Jenny's entire goal in life had been self confirmation, worth, and purpose. She found all three of those with the birth of her baby boy. At this point her purpose was to protect him, and nothing else. When she found out she was terminal, her purpose didn't change, and neither did her character. Jenny would do whatever it took to protect the most important person in her life, so she turned to the only constant in her life to protect him. By telling Forrest that the boy was his, she knew that his ceaseless sense of responsibility and accountability would force him to take care of Forrest Jr., long after she died. She once again took advantage of the simple man, because of his greatness.
Did she love Forrest? Absolutely. Did she ever mean any harm or malice towards him? Absolutely not. But with her back against the wall and a clock telling her that she needs to act now, she lied to Forrest about fatherhood in order to protect and ensure that her son has a good future.
@@baonguyenxuanthai711 Interesting theory. Sorta sounds like something MatPat would come up with on Film Theory haha. Excellent film analysis, too; it was an enjoyable read. I haven't seen the entire movie in a while and I don't remember all the tiny details, so I can't say whether I fully agree with you or not. But great work!
@@baonguyenxuanthai711 This theory leaves a question - why did she name her son "Forest" ? This happened way before, at this point she was (supposedly) healthy.
Btw thanks for your comment, nice read it was.
Forrest Gump maybe wasn't very intelligent the way modern society sees it, but he's gotta be one of or the most emotionally intelligent character I've ever seen.
No matter how often I watch this film, when I watch this scene I just lose it. It breaks my heart.
hell, the beginning with the music and feather flying through the air is enough to make you break down!
+Claudia Cutino
I cried my eyes out when I first saw the film.
Claudia Cutino they need more movies like this !
Claudia Cutino yes, me too.
I'm in tears! Just showing a humble and forgiving heart! And this happens in real life! The love of some people could bring you to your knees!
I just realised the tree she's buried under is the one they played on as kids
There's symbolism behind that
I didn't need to know that ;_;
I realised it straight away.
they were like pees and carrots
well he does say i had you placed under ''our tree"
Of all the movie characters, forrest has the biggest heart in movie history.
Along with Gatsby
@@juliussenyo2332 along with John Coffey
@@voodoochild5677 so glad someone remembered John coffy the green mile is such a great movie that is so often over looked
Along with Captain Jack Sparrow
"I miss you Jenny, if there's anything you need" that gets me crying all the time.. 😞
When he said "I miss you Jenny, If there's anything you need, I won't be far away" The tears were a flowin..
I don't really understand why people disliked Jenny. It's not like they could actually survive through a traumatic childhood unscathed and be capable of taking the right path along life.
She has faults, her faults arose from a tormented childhood. She made choices that hurt one of the only people who ever truly loved her. Poor Forrest just wasn’t capable of seeing how toxic her life was. I think the dislike stems from people not understanding that anyone can be redeemed. Even if her change of heart came in the last few years of her life. She finally was able to realize that the happiness she had been searching for her entire life was from one of her first friends. Someone who never stopped loving her despite her self destructive habits. It’s a tragedy but I think that’s an important parts of the story. I think the entire movie when viewed from Forrest’s perspective is the idea that you should always try to see the best in people, see the beauty in life no matter how bad things seem, and to take things slow. Jenny’s life is used to show that sometimes the thing you so desperately search for could be something that’s was right next to you the whole time. Jenny never found true happiness until she was back in the arms of one of her first friends.
It’s just that no matter what you go through, you should strive to treat people the best you can. She was in a tough spot. Forrest was obsessed, and that can be tough for anyone to deal with. Her role was a very important one, even if it makes the viewer have slightly negative feelings towards her.
@IM GRAY she wasn’t extreme or a murderer like that . She still gave Forrest unconditional love and friendship when no one else would growing up . She was messed up but she’s not nearly as “evil “ as people claim she was
Hate her because she strung Forrest along
All the people who hate her are incels lmao
He was always labelled as stupid, but in the end he showed us what it really means to love someone. The very essence of loving someone, is that it is a selfless act.
I mean he's a millionaire, ping-pong and football athlete, war hero, runner and entrepreneur... not to mention he married the girl of his dreams, he's honestly a genius
One of the greatest movies I ever saw
I got another perspectiv on it he really is stupid! but that doesn t stop someone from all the things he did. There are geniuses dying alone in there little flat because they don t understand the world and there are some people like him. I mean he a bit over the top but still
What's so emotional about this moment is that, even though Jenny was dying, Forrest did save her. Just as his best friend Bubba was dying from a war wound, Forrest did save him. Lt. Dan went through a lot of hell as a cripple, but in the end, Forrest saved him. Some of the dearest people in his life died, but he still saved them.
People always hate on Jenny for leaving him, but you need to realise she was sexually abuse as a child by her father, so she feel guilty for having sex with him, because she think she is taking advantage of him like her father to her, and believe herself is unworthy of love because she have no self-love, that is why she leave.
@@baonguyenxuanthai711 And even though she died, Forrest still saved her in the end. Her life started in the worst kind of misery, but it ended in the purest of happiness, because Forrest loved her with all his heart and soul.
@@KeiFox Some people look down on Jenny for the way she treated Forrest, probably because they've had difficult relationships themselves. But when you look at what happens with an objective mind you can see she goes out of her way to not harm him. She stays as far away from him as possible whilst she suffers the effects of having been raped as a child. Indeed the worst thing she does is leave him without saying goodbye and deprive him of fatherthood for some time in a later scene. It is quite commendable to limit your pain to yourself rather than becoming corrupted by it to the point of harming your loved ones. It is also quite commendable that Forrest looks past the destructive behaviour she has limited to herself and still sees only the good in her. Whatever limited pain he does experience as an unintentional consequence of her actions he depletes within himself in a productive way through the force of his spirituality czcams.com/video/tWzbCk18wTw/video.html. This is what Eternal Dharma/Soulmateship is all about, indeed this is what Love is all about. Doing the utmost to not harm the harmless, and depleting the pain you do receive within yourself. But all of that requires great spiritual fortitude that has built up over countless lifetimes. Those who are not so spiritually developed risk intentionally hurting others. For them all you can do is set a good example by living according to Principle, and making yourself available to give therm guidance. But you need to be very careful when you do encounter corrupted persons. On the one extreme you should not judge and condemn them as being worthless. On the other extreme you should not destroy yourself to try and save them, which is a risk that exists if you're spiritually driven because you will find something good in them. Instead you should approach everything in life in an intelligent, balanced way. That means just teach thern Principle if they are interested. Without making the mistake of "falling in love" that is actually lust. Such corrupted persons often suffer from being unloved by those they have loved from a young age, such as their parents. So they have a twisted idea of what love actually is and that can lead to bad outcomes when combined with the greed, hatred, ignorance that arises from their pain. If their love remains unrequited they will destroy themselves trying to replace it with sensual pleasures. Their only hope is to find spirituality and serve the Principle of Love itself rather seeking love from others. And your duty is limited to showing them the way if you have the Wisdom to do so. All of this means you should never help anyone in a way that indulges their greed, hatred, ignorance, out of your misguided love for them, because that will actually harm them tbh with you.
@@KeiFox Jenny's behavior is being miscast and oversimplified. She's not simply a gold digger and using Forrest. It's clear she has loved Forrest ever since childhood.
Trauma wrecks havoc on a person's belief systems and self-worth.
Jenny grew up in an abusive environment. She did not grow up with the security and love of a Mother and Father. She learned from a young age to run anytime she was confronted with something that was difficult for her. She even told Forrest, “If you ever run into trouble, don’t try to be brave - just run. Just run away.”
I am not saying this was a good or healthy way of living; but nonetheless she learned this unhealthy belief and it stuck with her.
It’s also clear Jenny is chronically depressed. She contemplated suicide by the bridge right before Forrest told her he was going to Vietnam. Later, she nearly committed suicide by jumping off the building. She slept a lot and didn’t talk much when she came to visit Forrest at his home. She had a traumatic, PTSD -like breakdown when she saw her childhood home.
Most people castigating her as a gold-digger, POS, etc in the comments have never experienced one-tenth of what she went through, and it shows. This callous and harsh attitude often makes it even more difficult for people suffering with mental health issues to overcome because so many people instantly demonize them without taking the time to understand their perspective. And it's probably a contributing factor towards why mental illness cases continue to rise in the world - lack of support.
To be clear - I am not defending Jenny's actions. Having sex with Forrest then leaving the next morning was wrong. Not even telling Forrest that he had a son was egregiously wrong. She made a lot of bad decisions in her life, and she suffered the consequences from them, including losing her own life.
What I AM saying is - one can say that a person's words and/or actions are wrong and ALSO be compassionate and sympathetic towards them at the same time. It doesn't have to be one or the other - you can be both.
@@KeiFox Just rewatched Forest Gump for like the 5th time: I laughed, I cried, I shrimped, etc. It's one of my favorites. But when reading the discourse of the movie most of the critisism is always with Jenny. Like everyone seems to genuinely think that 30 second Family Guy joke actually is what happens in the movie.
I think it just shows how a lot of people don't have experience or knowledge with sexual abuse victims. Jenny is portrayed fairly tragically and realistically.
There's a reason this part of her life is clearly pointed out as it's integral to her actions. There are so many movies that have Jenny like characters without that background and the depth, but here when it's being done so accurately, is the time people get the most upset about it (probably bc Forest is so lovable everyone wants to protect him).
Yes she isn't the best person (I wouldn't judge Forest if he didn't want anything to do with her) but even watching now I see the internal struggle she always has regarding Forest. But his unconditional and relentless love is something hard to let go of for someone who's been through what she has, growing up in a time where she was unable to get the help from mental health experts she would need.
So she tries filling her life with sex, drugs, adventure, etc to keep her mind occupied. And being with all those abusive boyfriends is a very common action for someone who's suffered from abuse.
And critics ignore that Jenny seems aware of all this and does try to get away to let Forest live his life without her, that's part of why she keeps leaving. But codependent relationships are much more common and harder to leave without unbiased intervention than people think. And every time she sees Forest or gets too deep in her choices she runs back.
I think the perspective it just helps play into this subconscious heteronormative idea that women can be a succubus who will use men who love them and drain them of their love and money but not really care about them. Instead of seeing women as actual people with depth and complexity and especially ones who have been through what she has.
And they also ignore how the movie portrays her, breaking it down to small bits that obfuscate the complexities. If a woman isn't a completely altruistic character in a story then she is generally considered a bad person (look at how complicated bad men are treated by audiences in media vs women) and then going further with Jenny being more damaged than that makes her hated. I don't personally think a character has to always be the best person morally to be a great character.
And furthermore she indirectly helps Forest succeed. His love for her is what often kept him passionate and moving to be successful. And her leaving all those times gave him space to pursue those activities. I'm not saying she's responsible for his success but she definitely didn't undermine it.
Though I can't help but feel my heart break every time I see the scene when she leaves one of the times and Forest is with his mom by the lake and rests his head on her shoulders. Pretty relatable to me especially in my younger dating life. It's just a sad reality of life that the people you love may not be able to love you the same way.
But it's all part of the depth of the story, Jenny torn between giving forest his space (she tells him numerous times she thinks she's bad for him) but unable to ever completely relinquish that love he has for her. Neither Forest nor Jenny have been given their fair share of direction in life to love in a healthier way (Jenny being broken by her history and Forest not having been taught to move on from unrequited love).
But I also think people undermine Forest's intelligence more than he deserves and put all the onis on Jenny. Kind of like many people in the movie undermine his intelligence (fancy that...). Forest isn't stupid, he just treats and perceives situations in more simplistic and naive ways. A big factor of why he thinks he's stupid is that people keep telling him he is rather than his actions being stupid. He's a product of a time before we understood nuero divergent intelligence, yet still succeeds in spite of all that.
The man is a captivating storyteller, was an ideal soldier when things were explained in clear unambiguous ways, yet still knew to break rank to save his platoon in Vietnam, he understood everything that was happening in Vietnam and it's dangers, starting a shrimping business (how many of you could get a boat and start shrimping without CZcams tutorials), didn't let the prostitute sleep with him bc he didn't like her or her breath, understood he was lying in an ad for money, also understands and sympathizes with Jenny's trauma (the not enough rocks line is very underrated imo), etc.
He also knows Jenny doesn't love him the way he loves her. He literally calls her out for it and says he understands what love is regardless of what she thinks. He also seems to get that Jenny is dying of Aids (EDIT: It's never explicit what she has) and wants to marry him for the safety and care at the end. Forest chooses this life with her because it makes him happy. I don't really see it as taking advantage of someone cognitively divergent, but two people choosing a situation that works for them.
I see it as two wayward souls in a world that doesn't understand how to see anyone not completely binary in their mind and abilities finding each other and living their best life at the end. It's not all perfect, Jenny is not a great person, but Forest is happy and successful. I think that matters.
Out of all the critiques on the movie (Jenny, Forest being too pure, coincidences, etc) the only ones that make sense to me now are how weirdly the movie is anti counter culture and pro traditional culture. That anyone can be successful if you pull yourself up by your bootstaps and all the liberals are angry abusive drains in society.
And the total belief in a Christian God. I mean damn, the movie implies God caused a storm to ruin the shrimping boats of a bunch of poor black shrimpers just so 2 white guys can become rich. Can't believe I didn't catch that until this viewing. Gump being so effortlessly successful gives unintended creedance to conservative values.
As much as I absolutely love this movie and it's one of the few 9 out of 10s in my head cannon, I still can't help but laugh to myself when I think a good tag line would be "Even the dumbest white guy has it easier than minorities and women in this country".
But I just blame that on the source material. I mean they fixed up so much from the book (don't read it, I promise you it's not worth it, there's a reason the film rights were sold before the book was published bc the central premise is literally the only good thing about it) it's not surprising some very unuanced anti left aspects stayed involved.
The most heartbreaking thing about this ending is everyone he’d known or loved had died, or was no longer with him, he only had his son.
Edit: (1) I didn’t realise how popular this would get - 2k likes wtf 😆.
(2) I didn’t mean to stir anyone’s pot when I said “only”, what I meant at the time was his son was pretty much his last love in his life.
(3) sorry I forgot to mention L.t Dan
TJN-Ace “Only” ???
Lt. Dan was still alive.
What do you mean he only had his son. Having a kid is probably the only reason that makes life worth living
@@Savrawars correct.
Everyone experiences death in their life
I NEVER cry for movies but this one gets me every time. Jesus I'm losing it.
I thought I couldn't cry more than I did in tfios haha
I know your feels
This is my favorite movie and I cry every time
I never cried in a movie except this one
The part he says "every night we read a book he is so smart, jenny" I can't hold my tears.
Myfav
You thinking about those kinfolks from the trailer park from that scene huh???
Tom hanks really sounds like he lost someone he loved deeply
Yes, that was line in this scene that broke me to tears every time! Forrest knew he was delayed in a lot of ways, but little Forrest turned out just right, and he knew it. He could tell that his son wasn't going to have the same problems he did growing up. This scene is epic and has so many layers to it! Tom Hanks was a true work of art in this film.
How could any person not shed at least a tear to this scene? I do every time.
"I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." All of these years, my heart can never really hold itself together watching this film.
This scene is really depressing. Forrest goes through many deaths with her mom and Bubba, but this one is the saddest. Forrest accepts life because it's a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. But in this scene, he gets really upset. With the exception of her mom, Jenny is the one person he thinks of the most. I mean, think about, Jenny was his only friend (besides Bubba) that he really cared for. Just, one of the best scenes in film history that makes me cry every time.
"Her"? Forest's a girl? HAHAHA no seriously it's ok everyone do mistakes! xD
Wait... What? That's not what I said. What made you think that?
Wait... I know my mistake. I meant to say "his mom" lol.
"I mean, think about, Jenny was his only friend (besides Bubba) that he really cared for."
Hold on, now, let's not forget about Lt. Dan. Their friendly love was one of the strongest in the movie.
what about lt Dan
This movie will always be one of my favourite movies ever! Tom hanks killed it!
+Deborah Ekechukwu He went down in this movie. I see similarities in Tom Hanks' performance in Forrest Gump to Val Kilmer's performance in Tombstone as Doc Holliday. Maybe because they talked similar?
he is from toy story
I'm grateful that so many people are moved by this story. It's so easy to start to see people as loveless, merciless thugs these days. I'm glad we have poignant works of art that we can all resonate with to remind us of each other's humanity.
Just rewatched Forest Gump for like the 5th time: I laughed, I cried, I shrimped, etc. It's one of my favorites. But when reading the discourse of the movie most of the critisism is always with Jenny. Like everyone seems to genuinely think that 30 second Family Guy joke actually is what happens in the movie.
I think it just shows how a lot of people don't have experience or knowledge with sexual abuse victims. Jenny is portrayed fairly tragically and realistically.
There's a reason this part of her life is clearly pointed out as it's integral to her actions. There are so many movies that have Jenny like characters without that background and the depth, but here when it's being done so accurately, is the time people get the most upset about it (probably bc Forest is so lovable everyone wants to protect him).
Yes she isn't the best person (I wouldn't judge Forest if he didn't want anything to do with her) but even watching now I see the internal struggle she always has regarding Forest. But his unconditional and relentless love is something hard to let go of for someone who's been through what she has, growing up in a time where she was unable to get the help from mental health experts she would need.
So she tries filling her life with sex, drugs, adventure, etc to keep her mind occupied. And being with all those abusive boyfriends is a very common action for someone who's suffered from abuse.
And critics ignore that Jenny seems aware of all this and does try to get away to let Forest live his life without her, that's part of why she keeps leaving. But codependent relationships are much more common and harder to leave without unbiased intervention than people think. And every time she sees Forest or gets too deep in her choices she runs back.
I think the perspective it just helps play into this subconscious heteronormative idea that women can be a succubus who will use men who love them and drain them of their love and money but not really care about them. Instead of seeing women as actual people with depth and complexity and especially ones who have been through what she has.
And they also ignore how the movie portrays her, breaking it down to small bits that obfuscate the complexities. If a woman isn't a completely altruistic character in a story then she is generally considered a bad person (look at how complicated bad men are treated by audiences in media vs women) and then going further with Jenny being more damaged than that makes her hated. I don't personally think a character has to always be the best person morally to be a great character.
And furthermore she indirectly helps Forest succeed. His love for her is what often kept him passionate and moving to be successful. And her leaving all those times gave him space to pursue those activities. I'm not saying she's responsible for his success but she definitely didn't undermine it.
Though I can't help but feel my heart break every time I see the scene when she leaves one of the times and Forest is with his mom by the lake and rests his head on her shoulders. Pretty relatable to me especially in my younger dating life. It's just a sad reality of life that the people you love may not be able to love you the same way.
But it's all part of the depth of the story, Jenny torn between giving forest his space (she tells him numerous times she thinks she's bad for him) but unable to ever completely relinquish that love he has for her. Neither Forest nor Jenny have been given their fair share of direction in life to love in a healthier way (Jenny being broken by her history and Forest not having been taught to move on from unrequited love).
But I also think people undermine Forest's intelligence more than he deserves and put all the onis on Jenny. Kind of like many people in the movie undermine his intelligence (fancy that...). Forest isn't stupid, he just treats and perceives situations in more simplistic and naive ways. A big factor of why he thinks he's stupid is that people keep telling him he is rather than his actions being stupid. He's a product of a time before we understood nuero divergent intelligence, yet still succeeds in spite of all that.
The man is a captivating storyteller, was an ideal soldier when things were explained in clear unambiguous ways, yet still knew to break rank to save his platoon in Vietnam, he understood everything that was happening in Vietnam and it's dangers, starting a shrimping business (how many of you could get a boat and start shrimping without CZcams tutorials), didn't let the prostitute sleep with him bc he didn't like her or her breath, understood he was lying in an ad for money, also understands and sympathizes with Jenny's trauma (the not enough rocks line is very underrated imo), etc.
He also knows Jenny doesn't love him the way he loves her. He literally calls her out for it and says he understands what love is regardless of what she thinks. He also seems to get that Jenny is dying of Aids (EDIT: It's never explicit what she has) and wants to marry him for the safety and care at the end. Forest chooses this life with her because it makes him happy. I don't really see it as taking advantage of someone cognitively divergent, but two people choosing a situation that works for them.
I see it as two wayward souls in a world that doesn't understand how to see anyone not completely binary in their mind and abilities finding each other and living their best life at the end. It's not all perfect, Jenny is not a great person, but Forest is happy and successful. I think that matters.
Out of all the critiques on the movie (Jenny, Forest being too pure, coincidences, etc) the only ones that make sense to me now are how weirdly the movie is anti counter culture and pro traditional culture. That anyone can be successful if you pull yourself up by your bootstaps and all the liberals are angry abusive drains in society.
And the total belief in a Christian God. I mean damn, the movie implies God caused a storm to ruin the shrimping boats of a bunch of poor black shrimpers just so 2 white guys can become rich. Can't believe I didn't catch that until this viewing. Gump being so effortlessly successful gives unintended creedance to conservative values.
As much as I absolutely love this movie and it's one of the few 9 out of 10s in my head cannon, I still can't help but laugh to myself when I think a good tag line would be "Even the dumbest white guy has it easier than minorities and women in this country".
But I just blame that on the source material. I mean they fixed up so much from the book (don't read it, I promise you it's not worth it, there's a reason the film rights were sold before the book was published bc the central premise is literally the only good thing about it) it's not surprising some very unuanced anti left aspects stayed involved tbh
i first saw this movie in 1994 when i was 9. it took me 20 years to understand what Forrest said at the end about the accidental destiny theory and connect it to the flying feather at the beggining and end. goddam, this is a deep movie. they don't make them like this anymore.
+Robace Kai Siang Tey 7 also
they never made them like this before.
Same here. As I've grown older I notice things more and more about this movie and my views on things having changed throughout my life cause me to see things differently, sort of like that painting of a door in Season 2 of Breaking Bad.
Roboartist I got obsessed with Good Will Hunting this past summer I always wanted to see it until I did it changed my life.
Alex Ioan member berries
The only emotional scenes in this movie are when he talks about his son. He seems to be floating aimlessly throughout the movie wherever life takes him, until he finally gets a goal, something to worry over. That was very realistic of his character yet unseen for the entirety of the movie. Really good stuff.
I couldn't have said that better! :'(
Hence the purpose of the feather...
Forest was the feather, letting wind take him wherever it blew.
iRenz0 that's deep I love it.
Samestro I always saw it like: a simple man that never saw anything as impossible so from that he is able to do great things
+Chad Esu Simple man what does that mean? Was Gump simple minded? It`s never clear why he is so simple, have you met a simple person like that?
I love how they never tell you what the Son's letter said
The son wrote: 'Sometimes Daddy misses you so much, he cries'.
@@johnnypastrana6727 for real?
Wish someone would ask Zemeckis that on a panel lol.
Tom/Forrest probably doesn't read his son's letter to his mom because it's too profound. If you cry watching this scene..if he read the letter to her, it would be too much for the audience to take. Reading his son't letter to her mom's grave would probably be too traumatizing.
N S he can
IMO he's still one of the best actors in the world. He always has been.
After my mom passed away of cancer my dad was watching this movie, at this particular scene he brust into tears, I've never seen him brust into tears, 25 years of relationship just ended yesterday he couldn't control it. This scene was most powerful one, the dialogue, acting, music everything was so powerful that it reaches you so deep. What a movie!
Vijay Murugan Sivakumar rip to your mum 💕stay strong 💕
Vijay Murugan Sivakumar your comment mad me cry. I’m sorry for your loss 😢
God bless brother
Vijay Murugan Sivakumar Sorry to hear about your mother, stay strong, try to remember the good memories you had of her. You’ll see her again someday buddy. ❤️
Vijay Murugan Sivakumar 😭
Is tom hanks the greatest actor / nicest guy on earth?
yes....yes he is.
Hill Top yes he is
Ha ha. He's a good guy BADASS in Road To Perdition.
He's the Jimmy Stewart of our generation.
Tom Hanks = Mr Rogers
He's not nice beacuase he won't voice woody for KH3
I love how he says “if there’s anything you need, I won’t be far away” compared to other farewell scenes that says “It’s time to go”. It shows how Forest wants to keep Jenny’s spirit alive. This film is a masterpiece
Well thing is he's always had her in his heart
And then the birds come landing and singing in the tree, like she's telling him that she heard him and loves him.
I wept a little the first couple times I saw this movie, but now only for Forrest. As I got older, I realized that Jenny used the crap out of him for whatever she needed. Had she not had Forrest's son, she would never have contacted him again. All the way back to their young days, she used him, taking advantage of him being slow. She wasn't much better than her abusive father.
I saw this a million times through the years......as time goes by and I got a little older I felt the more I understand and feel this movie... God I cried this scene......we all have a forest Gump in us..
Hey Charlie Brown/Tuna! Forrest Gump is 1 of those movies that never gets old for me! Whenever I watch it, I just find that it is SO engaging and well-acted that it feels like it is a quick watch even though the movie is almost 2 1/2 hours long. I also love that it has moments that most people can relate to on an emotional level. For me Personally, I often connect with this movie because my brother actually has Autism (So Forrest and my brother can relate a bit since they are both disabled).
I also just wanted to mention that I actually posted a video on my CZcams channel that is 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 happen to be Interested, here is a link to the video: czcams.com/video/Or-sIiNANYg/video.html
If you don't check it out, then no worries at all! I certainly will Not be offended! But Thank You So Much in advance if you do see it! I hope you Have A Great Day Today, Charlie Brown/Tuna! Please Stay Safe and Stay Awesome! 🙂
Tom Hanks was for this film. Brilliance and magnificence.
The only other actor who comes to mind is Robin Williams he could be so sad etc what do you think, all the best from UK
Can you imagine the role was originally offered to John Travolta!? 😂
everything is awesome the universe turned everything to greatness by making tom played this role
Thank goodness John Travolta turned down the role.
No matter how sad, gloomy, and depressing Forrest’s life was, he always managed to find the good things about life.
You guys who wrote the script for this movie Forrest Gump, I just have so much admiration for you. You are all, just so talented !! Well done guys, well done !!
Umm. Script? No, you don’t know what you’re talking about. lol. Careful you don’t extinguish the fire Forrest has lit for anyone. Some of our here are vulnerable.
The novel was adapted for the film by Eric Roth. The novel was by Winston Groom. Groom died in 2020, but it's good to know that his literary legacy will live on.
@@TheDramaDorks true but writing a screenplay of a book is also challenging..there have been crappy movies made on really good books/true events in the past.
@@potatoface1041 and good films made out of poor books, case in point, the warriors.
it's based on a book.
So I’ve had a very rough few months. I’ve felt as though I’ve been slowly sinking into a dark void with no sense of direction. I wish I could say that it was sadness but it wasn’t even that. I could no longer experience what being happy was like, and when I tried to look back at the times when I used to be happy, they felt so far away. There was a civil war in my own head that I could not escape. I sank so deep into this void that began to harm myself and wish that I would no longer be alive. I had gone five months without crying, not because I didn’t want to, but because I physically couldn’t. I felt empty. Forrest Gump has always been one of my favorite movies and I love anything Tom Hanks. I’m not sure how it really happened but I just searched up Forrest Gump best scenes and found this one. I finally was able to let out tears and release the emotions that were long inaccessible. Forrest talks about the simple beauty of the world and how even in Vietnam the rain could stop and reveal the heavens. Often in life we take those around us for granted and lose sense of why we are here. Forrest is a masterpiece of a character because he teaches how we stray from recognizing the gift of life that was given to us and how we are blind to the true beauty of the world and everyone in it. He never takes his son for granted and he never loses remembrance of those he has lost. My relationship with my dad hasn’t always been the best, but I think we can all learn from Forrest. He shows us the love we can give eachother when others chose to spread hate. He stands by Jenny’s grave speaking of destiny and if it is a given or if we live our lives carried by the wind. I think that we should take a step back from the chaos of life and learn from Forrest. We can learn to love instead of hate, we can learn to appreciate the beauty of life, and we can learn to never take those around us for granted and show them that we love them. I have felt myself slowly beginning to pull myself out of the senseless void that has haunted me for too long. I have realized how wonderful life really can be if we know how to treat it. We could all use a Forrest in our lives.