I saw Forest Gump again. I lost count of how many times I have seen this movie a long time ago. I saw it about five times in the movie theater alone, it’s important to note that movie tickets weren’t as expensive back then. And it doesn’t matter how many times I see this film, I will always feel moved by the scene in which Forest says good bye to his very best friend Bubba, or when he runs into Jenny in the middle of the fountain in Washington and when he sees his son for the very first time in Jenny’s apartment.
It only took one person for him to believe that he wasn’t different than anyone else, and that he could do anything he set his mind to as long as he persevered; his mother. And he goes about life with that mindset. It didn’t really matter what everyone around him said to him, about his “condition.” He was very resolute and soundly logical, I mean it really is true that “stupid is as stupid does”, right?
In light of many considered New Age movements, perspectives about life and existence, raising awareness, and “revolutionary” concepts which claim that it is our mind what creates our reality on a daily bases, (I think about The Secret ®) it makes you wonder if maybe Forest Gump was one of those masters at manifesting their desires in their everyday life and that he ultimately realized, before many of us, that it was what he set his mind to that determined what he would accomplish and not what others assumed. I know that many consider his accomplishments exorbitant or far-fetched, but if you think about it, many have achieved all those things presented in the film..
And I know that it is one of those sentimentally packed, emotionally charged tearjerker movies, (award-winning tearjerker) but I still like it and find it inspiring. The acting in the leading role as Forrest by Tom Hanks is just simply superb. I am not a big fan of Hanks, I have to admit, but he sure does deliver a great convincing performance, comparable maybe to that of Dustin Hoffman in Rain man. But Hanks does it so naturally that you would almost think that he is not even acting, and that if you happen to run into him walking down the muddy roads of Alabama he would say hi to you very nonchalantly, and genuinely interested in you with a “Hi, my name is Forest, Forest Gump” with a twangy southern accent.
I remain a fan, what can I say? With memorable photography, amazing directing and smooth editing, Forest Gump is one of those films that leave more that a brief sensation of wellness. It leaves just a little bit more, and I recommend a little bit of that “it” to everyone any day of the week.
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