The movie that defines the 1990s.

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2020)

Forrest Gump is a film that documents Forrest Gump's life and all the adversities he has faced in his life including being bullied in school due to his mobility, and being found with an IQ of 75, however this does not stop Forrest to do great things including geting in the All-American football and ping pong team, getting a medal of honor for his military service, to running a successful shrimp business and meeting 3 US Presidents.
I love the characters of Forrest Gump, Lieutenant Dan and Jenny Curan both have diverse backgrounds which deifines their personality. In my opinion, my favorite character is Jenny, because of her complexity as character and the difficulty to fully understand her decisions that she makes including leaving Forrest after he was awarded the medal of Honor and being defended by him from one of her hippie friends.
The cinematography and editing of this film is absolutely fantastic and surely deserved the Oscar of "Best Film Editing", the movie is very well polished imagewise. Not to mention how great of job the filmmakers did to remove Lieutenant Dan's legs using CGI and of course incorporating Tom Hanks into archive footage of JFK, LBJ, Nixon and the Dick Cavett interview of John Lennon, when the archive footage scenes appears, it is almost impossible to realize that this was edited and that Hanks was originally not in the archival footage, I mean that's how it was when I first watched it.
Another note, is the story and plot, I was blown away by how Forrest Gump was easily incorporated into the real world and has even shown to give people some ideas about how to take off their career, including Elvis Presley with the "Hound Dog" dance moves which in the movie seems that he has gotten the movies from Gump, or Gump first witnessing the Watergate scandal leading Nixon to resign and him and Lieutenant Dan's investments they make into Apple.
Also, throughout the film has many emotionally touching moments, including when Forrest first meets Jenny and how they quickly become friends, Bubba and Gump's mother's death, Jenny suffering a breakdown after attempting to commit suicide while high and every single Jenny and Forrest reunions but in my opinion the two scenes which were the most heartreaking and touching scenes were first of all when Forrest was rejected by many of his peers on his first day on the bus and his description of the first time he met Jenny and his friendship with when children, another very heartbreaking and teary moment was of course Jenny's death and Gump's speech to her grave telling her that he misses her and that Forrest Jr. is doing just fine and wrote a letter to her which Forrest Sr. is not able to read.
One thing that I obviously have to mention about this movie is the acting which was honestly fantastic and some of the best I have seen on a film. Especially Tom Hanks' acting and portrayal of Forrest Gump which in my opinion looks really natural it looks like he is actually Forrest Gump and he is not playing a role.
Overall, Forrest Gump, for me is considered a classic and one of the greatest films I have ever watched. If you did not watch it yet. GO WATCH IT, you will not regret, and I do not think we will see a movie this phenomenal in quite some time.