I haven't read the book or seen the movie for at least 4 or so years, so you'll have to excuse me if I'm a little vague...
What it boiled down to was the message that Forrest was "good", and Jenny was "bad". Jenny only became "good" after she married Forrest, then promptly died, because if you're conflicted, complex and make bad choices in life, you don't really deserve to live, now do you? I had my problems with the book as well, but I think the movie missed the undercurrent of Groom's commentary on things, and instead opted for the easy way out. I'm definitely going to read/watch it again - I need to re-familiarize myself with the specifics before I start talking in circles. In circles. In circles. :) - Jim Raymond Camden wrote: >Wow, did we see the same movie? Not once did I feel the movie was >moralistic or reactionary. Heck, one classic part of the film, where >Gump is asked for his feelings on Vietnam, is intentionally left >neutral. How did you feel the movie was trying to be moralistic? I have >to say I never read the book, so I can't compare, although it's rare for >a movie to come even close to being as good as the book. > >-rc > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:57 AM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: Re: Bad choice of movies this weekend >> >> >>I think the most unforgivable aspect of the movie is the >>contempt with >>which it treats its audience. There's nothing wrong with a >>simple plots >>or characters - films like "Babe" or "The Straight Story" are >>wonderful, >>with rich stories crafted around what are essentially one-sentence >>synopses. >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
