Baby Boomers Get Real

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2020)

"Forest Gump" is a generation's life review where the innocence of a generation of baby boomers grows up through iconic people and events of the fifties through the nineties. The musical score tells the story behind the story - did you notice, for instance, when Forest meets JFK and uses the White House bathroom, the song, "Camelot" is playing in the background. This generation was defined by their music, not that is was all good. This generation produced the angry clashing heavy metal sound. The Viet Nam War was the first war you could watch on television, and there was no escaping the horror of war for the average citizen. This generation had opposing camps - those who followed patriotically into a poorly defined war, for them, and those who fought against the war, dropped out, dodged the draft. How many of us let life open our doors, close our doors, and we follow blindly? A promise is a promise, said Forest. Somehow the shrimp boat worked out for him and especially, Lt. Dan, who was saved once again by Forest. Forest and Jenni are our representatives, of innocence, of abuse, of somehow finding humanity in the end, before it's too late. Favorite line, "You don't know the first thing about love, Forest." Such paradox. That was all that Forest knew.