I WATCHED FOREST GUMP

I ended up watching Forest Gump, and it seemed like I found more interesting things in the movie now that i analyzed it instead of just watching it for entertainment. The movie is about a man named Forrest Gump that is basically telling people at the bus stop about his life and all the events that happened in between. He tells his entire life from when he was just a boy up until him sitting on the bench waiting on the bus. What made the movie so great and interesting was the events that happened like: him become a ping pong champ by accident, the people that he met in war, his mother, and most importantly the love of his life Jenny.
In my opinion I think the characters in this movie were well put. Tom Hanks was the right actor for the leading role as Forrest Gump. The personality of the character fit him well, and that made the whole movie seem more believable and natural. Another thing I liked about Tom Hanks is that he stayed in character throughout the entire movie, in other movies I have seen, actors sometimes lose touch with the character they're playing and by the end of the movie the audience believes that person to be a whole different character.
The relationships between the main characters was also believable, it seemed as though they really knew each other well. Forrest and Jenny's relationship as "distant lovers" gave the movie a romantic feel to it. The Forest and Bubba relationship was oook. The only thing I didn't like about that was Bubba's character, I don't think it was acted out to its full potential.
In my eyes, I think a piece of dialogue that stood out to me was "Run Forest Ruuun!," said by Jenny. Simply because throughout the entire movie, all Forest did was ran: in Vietnam, when he ran for like a month straight, and even when he was at all of those important events in the movie, it symbolized him running. Ever since Jenny had told him those words at the beginning of the movie, it was like he broke free. The only time i can say he wasn't "running" was when he was with Jenny. Another quote that I feel has even more importance is "Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you're gonna get," said by Forrest. That dialogue shows symbolism also. It shows symbolism because in the movie, everything that happened to Forrest was unexpected, he never knew what he would get. He didn't think he would become a ping pong champion, run across the country, have his bestfriend die in the war, get a medal of honor, have his fiance die, his mother die, and on top of all that become a millionaire from shrimp. You can say life is like a box a chocolate.
Overall I enjoyed this movie a lot. What I liked most about this movie, and what set it differently then other movies was the versatility found in the movie, you had a little bit of everything. It had its little action sequence, it had a little bit of romance braided into it, certain characters added humor like forest and bubba, and most of all it had drama. And what impressed me the most was the fact that all of those elements worked well together, sometimes when you put all those things together they don't work, but in this movie they did. That's why it won so many oscars....