An Ode to Joy

Rating: 10/10 (10 October 2000)

This is my third viewing of 'Forrest Gump'. The first time I was unimpressed; the second time I had a concussion (rollerblades: too much speed: car) and cried as soon as I saw the feather ; this time I only have a cold. And this movie blows me away even more. As a native southerner, I'm sensitive to 'South/Idiot' allusions in popular media, and instinctively braced myself for either sentimentality or stupidity as that feather began its gorgeous journey. Robert Zemeckis has created a masterpiece. Each aural allusion to Beethoven's 9th Symphony is APPROPRIATE, amazingly enough.
And that's all I've got to say about that.