The Greatest Movie of All Time.

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2014)

I get into an argument with a friend in New Orleans in 2011. He claims that Forrest Gump is the greatest movie of all time. I am bothered by this and ask him to state his case. He replied that they are parodies, restaurants, everyone quotes it (18 years later), 6 Oscars in a year where the academy saw outstanding movies (shawshank, pulp fiction, lion king!), and goes on and on and on. I argue back saying it only won 6 Oscars (compared to others that won more), that the academy just loves Tom Hanks and Robert Zemekis, and how they are better movies than Forrest Gump. We have to put the argument on hold due to the fact that we were walking to a wedding and had arrived. While sitting in the church at the ceremony, the priest's first words in his sermon are, and i kid you not, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you are gonna get". At this point in time, I slowly look to my right, and my friend seating a few seats away, slowly returns a look at me with a cheesy smile and nods his head. I can say after that moment, Forrest Gump is the greatest movie of my generation, and possibly the greatest movie of all time.