The biggest thief I've ever seen.

Rating: 6/10 (18 January 2000)

I know my one line summary might not be that clear so I'm going to explain it to you. In 1994, we had classics like "The Shawshank redemption" and "Pulp fiction" who were in nomination at the Oscars and were stolen in every category in which they were nominated. They were all stolen by "Forrest Gump". These two other movies which were completely different in their style from the movies of the same genre as them but who came before them were completely over-looked. And the worst part is "Forrest Gump" is simply the biography of Forest Gump. Also, it robbed every movie in the best actor category. Of course it isn't that easy to play someone who is mentally ill but it's easier than playing just some ordinary person and playing it well.
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) lives with his mother and comes from North-West Alabama. However, he has a slight mental deficiency and a leg problem for which he must wear a brace. When he starts going to school, he is rejected by everyone except the bus-driver and a young girl named Jenny. One day after school, while Forrest and jenny are hanging together, they are surprised by a bunch of boys from their school who start throwing rocks at Forrest. He tries to run away but because of his bad leg, he can hardly get away. This is the classic scene when Jenny yells "Run Forrest, run." and as he runs, his brace starts to come off and the boys who were chasing him are unable to catch up to him for he is too fast, even though they have bikes.
As the years pass, Forrest and Jenny (Robin Wright Penn) go their own way. Forrest gets into the army and goes to Vietnam. But one night in the camp, all the soldiers are in bed and pass on a Playboy magazine. When Forrest gets it, he realizes Jenny has her photograph in it. Further on during the war, he saves the life of his lieutenant named Don Taylor (Gary Sinise) but loses his best friend Bubba. Also, his lieutenant is left legless because of the accident whereas the only Forrest gets is a bullet in the butt. When Forrest gets home, he as many things to do. On of them is to go over to Bubba's parents' house to announce to them he was killed in combat. Another thing he does is try to find Jenny.
The movie is a kind of comedy-drama and is pretty good. But I still don't think nor understand how it won best picture, best actor (Tom Hanks) and best director (Robert Zemeckis) at the Oscars. I mean, if it had really deserved those Oscars, wouldn't it get a higher rank than both "Pulp fiction" and "The Shawshank redemption" on our top 250 list? I actually believe that the one who deserved an Oscar more than anyone else in the movie is Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Don Taylor. However, it was almost impossible for him to win that year because we had Martin Landau in nomination for best supporting actor in "Ed Wood" and he truly deserved the Oscar he won. So all in all, this isn't a bad movie, it's just way too over-rated.