My Review Forrest

Rating: Null/10 (3 May 2014)

The movie starts off with Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks) at a bus stop telling his life story to all the strangers that sit next to him on the bench. As new strangers sit on the bench with Forrest, we get a different decade of Forrest's' life. Forrest's story starts when he had to wear leg braces as a kid and how the other kids teased him and bullied him, but Forrest's mother Mrs. Gump (played by Sally Field) tells him that stupid is as stupid does. Those words help Forrest to tolerate the bullies. Forrest's mother is determined to enroll Forrest in a regular school but she is told that his IQ is below the learning level and a special school would be more appropriate. Instead of listening to the school officials, she enrolls him a regular school against the odds and his first day of school he meets Jenny Curran (played by Robin Wright) and falls madly in love with her. As Forrest would say, "Jenny and I are like peas and carrots." Forrest had two special friends that he met in the military, Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue (played by Mykelti Williamson) and Second Lieutenant Dan Taylor (played by Gary Sinise). Forrest also finds out he has a son Forrest Gump Jr. (played by Haley Joel Osment) that he later raises.
There are several themes in Forrest Gump. The first theme would be dealing with death and that death is a part of life and we all have to deal with it. Forrest had to deal with the death of his good friend Bubba, his mother, and Jenny. Another theme is not to give up. Forrest deals with so many obstacles throughout his life and by him being mentality and physically challenged, but he always pulls through those challenges by remembering things his other taught him. Forrest dealt with the legs braces and being bullied by other kids and he dealt with the rejection from Jenny not wanting be his girlfriend or to marry him. The last theme would be accepting yourself for who you are and value your own personal worth despite the odds. Forrest's mother taught him to love, always be pleasant and polite and to remember that life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. The movie Radio would be similar to Forest Gump. Radio (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) deals with similarities as far as being raised by a single mother, dealing with death, along with physical and mental disabilities.
The lighting in the movie for the themes was very appropriate, for example when Forrest spoke with his mother the day before her passing the lighting had a serenity essence almost as if to state Mrs. Gump would have eternal life in heaven. When Forrest's lost his very best buddy Bubba, the lighting was dark and gloomy, but I'm sure that was due to the two being in the middle of a war. If you pay close attention the lighting changes when Forrest takes pride in himself and practically referring to the part when Forrest is asked to mow and service the lawn at the university he attended. He was mighty proud.
Forrest Gump was raised with values and morals and the movie portrays those values and morals, but it also makes a statement how America needs to embrace those values and morals.