All Time Classic!

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2012)

This is one of all time favorite movies. Forest achieves what many other people of higher IQ didn't, including being honorably discharged from the military and receiving a medal. He leads a practically healthy and successful lifestyle, and it is beautifully depicted here in this movie, with superb acting, heartwarming events, hopeful music and awesome directing. There is spirit and humor in the film, which provides some comedy-relief to the stressing times of Vietnam-era 1960s.
In this film, Forrest touched the lives of many people, and does so with innocence and humility, without any idea what he is really achieving due to his low-IQ. Still, he pursues goodness and success in life by helping others and being a football star, while rejecting drugs and all that bad crap. This is also a heroic film where Forrest Gump saves the life of fellow soldiers, including Lt. Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise), who at first condemned Gump from saving him because he wounded up having both his legs amputated. Later, it turns out he lead a recovered life afterward, walking on artificial legs and getting married. And, the part where it showed Forrest Gump running non-stop around the country for 3 years gave us a feeling that you should just let go of your worries, and strive for the best, for the sky is the limit.
This is another day in the life about a man with a low IQ, but he sure strives as depicted in this story. It is fun to see Forrest trying endlessly to win Jenny's heart, and he still treats her well even though she is not interested in him.
Overall, it is a very sweet, powerful, innocent and hopeful film. One of the best in cinema history, and surely worth is Oscar wins.