Forrest Gump...

TimurCivan said:
i think its interesting brandon that your list is composed of contemporary Films.

I wonder if thats a cultural thing? like, youger people just cant dial into the old films for whatever reason.
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I know what your saying, but it's not ENTIRELY true. I'm 20 years old, and more than half of my favorite films are from a time before I was born. Casablanca, Angels With Dirty Faces, It's A Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Rear Window, The Birds, The Searchers... etc.
I too am afflicted by this, i am guilty of never having seen Citizen Kane. Its weird, when i do watch older pre contemporary movies i find that they are somehow more satisfying.( star wars being the begining of a new era along with Jaws)
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I first saw Citizen Kane when I was 15. Loved it. You should really check it out.

Forexample, one of the single best films ive EVER seen, was "Day Of Wrath" by Carl Dreyer. Net Flix it. Its GREAT, and very simple, simple lighting, simple special effects, simple camera work. But as a whole its more. the story is powerful, and when i finihsed it, i had been through an emotional roller coaster, just from dialogue.
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I don't think I've seen that. I'll have to check it out sometime.
 
John_Hudson said:
I considered it

I haven'tbanned anybody since 1984. Goddamn his soul to burn for eternity in poo pooing hell for making me get my hands dirty. Go over to this comedian's son's apartment, come back with something that tells me where that asshole went, so I can wipe this egg off my face and finish this poo pooed-up family for good.
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"Gump" is one of those movies that I enjoyed very much while watching it the first time, and have never felt any need to watch a second time.
 
Jeremy Ordan said:
Best courtroom is A Few Good Men? I gotta disagree with that... 12 Angry Men, baby... 12 Angry Men
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Er . . . almost none of that takes place in a courtroom. :huh:

Now, "Anatomy of a Murder" . . .
 
I just have to say, that all and all, Forest Gump is extremely powerful, and can appeal to a wide demographic.

That is one of the few movies my father has ever said something other than "It's ok" He loved that movie. And as I have grown older, I could see why parts of that movie were so personal to him. Being a Vietnam Vet, there was a black guy who he was best friends with. They were roomates during their Cobra transition training, and went over togethor. "Foy" was killed about 3 months into country. I won't go into details about all that, but let me just say, that the story of forest and bubba and their friendship says so many things in so many different ways.

I always thought of my father as somewhat prejudiced, but he to this day will turn red in the face when he is reminded of Foy. I once found the tail number to the aircraft that foy was in when he was killed. The info on it said that it was "likely hostile fire". I mentioned that to my dad, and he got pissed. He thought so highly of Foy, and he blames one person specifically for his negligent and unessessary death.

I'm getting off topic here... Let me just say, that my father saying that was a great movie, or that he really liked it, and will watch it more than once, is a testament.
There are so many things in that movie that one can find parallel with their own life. Funny things, and profound things, and things that have left permanant emotional imprint on ones bones.

Anyways

Jason
 
David Jimerson said:
Er . . . almost none of that takes place in a courtroom. :huh:

Now, "Anatomy of a Murder" . . .
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Well, it takes place mostly in a jury room...which is courtroom-adjacent. That kind of counts.
 
Sad Max said:
Well, it takes place mostly in a jury room...which is courtroom-adjacent. That kind of counts.
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Well, I'm not gonna get too juiced over it, but it's not what I think of as "courtroom drama."

Opinions differ, though.
 
How about Witness for the Prosecution?

One of most my favorite cross-examination scenes, ever...

"Well, were you lying then, or are you lying now, or are you not, in fact, a compulsive and habitual LIAR?!"
 
Forrest Gump is one of my favourite movies, and it has the distinction of being there even though i didn't even watch the entire movie!
How did that happen? I caught it on TV about 20 minutes in. And yet i STILL think its an awesome movie, and i'm definitely trying to find a way to get the full copy
 
perhaps ishould rephrase it as, "Some young people"... in stead of making a generalization.
 
Regarding Forrest Gump, I hadn't weighed in because I saw it when it first came out and remembered it being entertaining and that's about it. I got it on sale for $9 recently but hadn't watched it. Well, I just finished watching it and damn, how could I have missed how good it was? :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
I much prefer "Being There", with Peter Sellers.

I have to be in a certain mood to watch a candy-popcorn movie, but this movie is too much to stomach. In this films universe Simplicity = Good Social change. Agents of social change = very bad and therefore they must contract AIDS, etc. If it wasn't so nauseating it would be funny.

I much prefer "Being There", with Peter Sellers. I think it is a brilliant use of using a simpleton or a slow person to reveal the constructs of a culture around them. I think this movie is brilliant and worlds aboove the karaoke journey through hallmark, people magazine moments of the 20th century that is Forrest Gump. Zemeckis shallowly explores iconic moments of the 20th century to be a feel-good montage of moments rather than exploring their depths. I feel Gump is more on par with the vaccuum commercial that used computer technology to exploit a dead Bing Crosby to dance on the ceilings while selling their product. Remember that? I think that was the first time I saw a celebrity being plucked out of their grave to exist in a modern commercial.

I also have to agree with Owen Gleiberman's review of this film, which is unusual 'cause I usually don't agree with him: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,302943_1|33598||0_0_,00.html

Using a person that is "slow" or partially mentally impaired, etc, is a cheap gimmick to garner sympathy when you are not addressing the real issue that a person who is born into this situation would experience. Do you know any slow people?
What does this have to do with their experience? I dare you to spend some time with a person of impaired mental capablility and tell me what their live has to do with Forrest Gump.
 
Agents of social change = very bad and therefore they must contract AIDS
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Simplicity = Good Social change ?
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I read these two statements and get the sense you're just throwing out label's and creating metaphors but I don't think either of these examples really carry any weight.

I think unless it is directly from the directors / screenwriters mouth; why read into it ? Why label it ? Perhaps inwardly, this is what it means to you, but to everyone else; doubtful.

I don't know. Maybe Zemeckis stated this in a commentary ?
 
LittleJimbo said:
What does this have to do with their experience? I dare you to spend some time with a person of impaired mental capablility and tell me what their live has to do with Forrest Gump.
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Oh, boy.

What does pretty much ANYONE'S life have to do with Forrest Gump? It's a F*A*N*T*A*S*Y.
 
Yeah, Forrest Gump is in my Top 25 - and that's a list that has few if any other films from the past twenty-five years.

I'm a nostalgic, what can I say?

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