Story of Lovable Forrest in the world full of imperfections and selfishness

Rating: Null/10 (25 August 2001)

Dear Friends , I read all of these comments on Forrest Gump. I respect all these views . As for my opinion I think I have never seen anything like that. This was a perfect masterpiece. It would be very unjustified if I praise the movie as its virtue needs no mention. I would rather take up the criticisms expressed. First, Tom Hanks played Gump too brilliantly. Many think that playing Psycho or fool is simple. It is not. Forrest is not stupid. He is just not a ''SMART MAN'' as he himself knows. Gump is an innocent Simpleton. None but Hanks could have done the justice to this character. Second , it is not celebration of stupidity. It is depiction of our imperfect world through the eyes and mind of Forrest. Everyone around him is imperfect ,especially Jenny (we will come to her later). Forrest is the master of his own time and fate.
It would be very wrong to find didactic messages in the movie. It is a work of art and should be savored and enjoyed instead of being analyzed. There are some unbelievable episodes and incidents...But why should we murder the beauty only to dissect and analyze ??? Call such parts as Celluloid licenses. This is the movie that makes you laugh and cry at the same time. Forrest's quotes such as , ''Life is a box of chocolates..'' should not be put under scrutiny like quotes from Shakespeare or T.S. Elliot !! He himself says that his mum always tells him things the way he understands them...
Now we come to Jenny. She does not have to be goddess. She is one of many imperfect persons showed in the movie. She does love Forrest but is embarrassed and reluctant to share her life with him. She keeps on telling him that she has a life very different from his. Any person in Jenny's place would have done the same. But she has always loved him from childhood to adulthood. In the end when she meets Forrest with a kid and a most Possibly AIDS ,She assures him that she demands nothing from him and can support her child. She is reformed after making mistakes all through her life and learning from them. Maybe she got AIDS after she made love to Forrest and maybe after she gave Birth to Forrest Jr. ? Anyway , this is perhaps the biggest Celluloid license in the movie and we could ignore it.
I do not have any particular favorite scenes in the movie as I love the whole movie . But still if I have to mention ....I would say that the last one when Forrest talks to Jenny while she rests in peace in her grave was very touching. Interestingly her Epitaph describes her as the Wife and mother of Forrest Gump, Which is very sweet and touching and true. And Forrest again made me cry when he shows Jenny a letter from Forrest Junior but moments later he made me laugh when he says that he is not going to read or open it because Junior wanted him not to ! :-) I will always love this movie and this is the story of our own imperfect world in contrast with Forrest's near perfect and most innocent world....almost an Arcadia of its own kind.....