This movie has a great scene to provoke discussion about prayer and how God's plans are better than ours. Start the clip right after Lieutenant Dan shows up on the dock to become Forest's first mate on his shrimping boat. The scene shows Forest Driving the boat and Lieutenant Dan up on the lookout. So take a left . . . Forest finally turns left and next we see them emptying the shrimping nets with only junk, such as an old toilet seat cover, falling out.
Forest is worried.
Still no shrimp Lieutenant Dan. Next seen Forest explains how he starts going to church and praying. We see shots of Forest singing in the choir and Lieutenant Dan reluctantly sitting in the back. Then we see them back on the shrimping boat again emptying the nets again, still only junk. Lieutenant Dan said that, cause right then, God showed up.