16 Dark Secrets About Forrest Gump

Forrest’s brain never developed past childhood. He lived the movie as a child. Jenny taking him to bed seems wrong; that is rape, at least by law. In the scene where she removed her bra, Forrest appeared in just his boxers. This borders on abuse.

Sending him mixed signals is another issue. You do not just have sex with a mentally challenged person and expect them to stay obsessed with you forever.Then...She kept his son away for five years. She only married him because she was dying of AIDS and had no other choice. A happy ending? Not really. What kind of social worker lets Forrest care for a child?

In the opening scene, Forrest sits on a bus bench next to a Black woman. Forrest starts telling her his story, though she shows no interest. He told her his Mama named him after General Nathan Bedford Forrest. She said they were related somehow, and he started a club called the Ku Klux Klan. They dressed in robes and bedsheets and acted like ghosts or spirits.

TheOnlyForrest is too stupid to know better. But, Jesus, Forrest, that might be theworstBringing up that story casually with a Southern Black woman is shocking. She stays. Where did she think his story would lead?

Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) lacks much personality. His mental retardation makes him meek, innocent, and bland. He floats along happy most of the time, lacking strong likes or dislikes.

He gets sad and angry a few times. This relates to his Mama (Sally Field) or his childhood love, Jenny Curran (Robin Wright). However, after the Vietnam War, he returns calm, showing no PTSD or regret. He ignores everything around him.Few portray mentally disabled people as lacking personality.He gets sad or angry a few times regarding his Mama (Sally Field) or Jenny Curran (Robin Wright). After the Vietnam War, he returns calm, showing no PTSD or regret. He ignores everything around him.

Forrest getsForrest Gump steals credit for Black people’s accomplishments.little credit in the movie for things he ignores. One scene credits him with breaking segregation. Another credits him with stopping the Watergate burglary. In real life, the man who caught the Watergate burglars was aBlack security guard named Frank Wills.

He also gets credit for teaching Elvis his moves. Elvis actually stole those moves from Black performance artists. Zemeckis seemed to think, "How can I make white people the greatest heroes of all time?"? Got it. Have a mentally disabled white guy steal Black people's stuff.? Got it. Have a mentally disabled white guy steal Black people's stuff.

Need more proof? Check out his other big hit, Back To The FutureMarty McFly invented rock and roll, then stole the award from Black artists. Marty made Chuck Berry and his cousin look like plagiarists.

Mykelti Williamson did his best with the role. Screenwriters for Bubba Blue's character clearly included racist ideas. Bubba is the only major Black character in the film, and he is as smart as Forrest.Like Forrest, Bubba had no one to sit next to him on the bus. He showed no emotion or personality; he only talked about shrimp. Director Robert Zemeckis likely made Williams look contemptible.The major Black character in the film shares Forrest's level of intelligence.

Like Forrest, he lacked a seatmate on the bus. He showed no emotion or personality, only talked about shrimp constantly. Director Robert Zemeckis made Williams.The role of Bubba hurt Williams' career later on. Other casting-directors felt Zemeckis found a weird-looking guy and put him in front of the camera. Zemeckis made life harder for a Black actor in Hollywood. He probably appreciated that.Why needed that? Bigger lips meant more Black. That was racist. Lt. Dan (Gary Sinise) told him to tuck in that lip before it snagged on a trip wire.

Bubba's role actually hurt Williams' career later. Other casting-directors thought, “Zemeckis found a weird-looking guy and put him in front of the camera.” Thanks for making life difficult for that unknown Black actor. He surely appreciated it.The movie repeats clichés: the hardworking single mom, the damaged promiscuous victim, the hardened war vet with PTSD. These types of characters do not benefit from the movie's constant catchphrases.A relatively unknown Black actor in Hollywood found it difficult. He surely appreciated that.

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Jenny, the other female lead, is damaged in many ways. She suffers sexual abuse and lives a drug and sex lifestyle. She treats Forrest poorly most of the movie. Sinister prostitutes who “taste like cigarettes” laugh at an amputee veteran as he rolls on the ground. Hollywood women are either Madonnas, whores, or monsters.

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The quotes from this movie, once simple, are now old. “Life is like a box of chocolates,” “Stupid is as stupid does,” and “Run, Forrest, run” repeat too much; they lack meaning.

Forrest GumpisnotThis film shows that if you set your mind to it, you can achieve anything. Nothing Forrest Gump does is on purpose; all his successes happen by chance. He accidentally becomes a football star, accidentally joins the military, and accidentally becomes a war hero. He accidentally becomes a ping-pong world champion, and accidentally becomes a business mogul, costing an entire Gulf livelihood.

Forrest got what he wanted because he was male, white, and lacked strong personal beliefs. That is all you need for success in America.

The movie shows Forrest never changes. He never changes at all. Despite his accomplishments and experiences, Forrest never shifts his view of the world. He never shows any growth in maturity. He remains the same clumsy fool, constantly falling into and out of accidental situations. He does not get better or worse; he just misses the emotional chaos around him.

Some monks work for decades to reach that kind of understanding. Perhaps Gump already figured it all out.

The film shows racism in several areas. One scene was absurd. Forrest ends up at a Black Panther meeting, and a stereotypical angry Black man yells at Forrest, explaining his views on war and civil rights.

Forrest ignores the meeting. Forrest focuses on Jenny, who is being pressured by her boyfriend. When the boyfriend slaps Jenny, Forrest runs to Jenny. The angry Black Panther screams into empty air. Forrest's voice matters little. His problems do not matter. His actions do not matter.

After leaving the meeting, Forrest apologizes to Jenny, saying, “Sorry for ruining your Black Panther party.” This feels like a silly costume party. Maybe Forrest could have understood some of what happened and told someone.Forrest meets multiple Presidents.He meets them.

Forrest GumpForrest Gump appeals to conservatives. Seriously. It targets people who want America's supposed "Golden Age." The left is shown as useless hippies who use drugs and beat their girlfriends.

The film rarely gives the left a voice, only to show how bad they are. It is better to go back to a time when women were bad or your mother, Black people lacked a voice in American policy, and dumb white men just did what they pleased.

Forrest never explains himself to anyone.Forrest never explains himself to anyone.Forrest lives by stories and comments in the moment. The one scene where Gump might show some depth behind his vacant look, the audience misses it. He accidentally gets caught up in a crowd of hippies at a rally in Washington D.C.

The hippies made him out of the...thousands of intelligent, articulate people went on stage at the rally and explained the Vietnam war. His speakers cut off. The audience might get a clue about his personality and his view on good and evil, but the feed stops. The hippies on stage cried, though; they said something deep. The movie does not care.Thousands of intelligent, articulate people went on stage at the rally and explained the Vietnam war. His speakers cut off. The audience might get a clue about his personality and his view on good and evil, but the feed stops. The hippies on stage cried, though; they said something deep. The movie does not care.

The film shows sexism. Female promiscuity gets a death sentence. Jenny leaves and joins the 'free love' hippie crowd. This action destroys her.

She considers suicide. Drugs string her out. A fatal disease hits her (likely AIDS, though some argue it was Hep C).Some argue the disease was Hep C.Jenny suffered greatly. Her life was terrible. Then she got AIDS trying to find happiness? This movie is a dark carnival of horrors.

Forrest acts as the ultimate conformist. He does what people tell him. He runs when ordered. He joins the military when told. He speaks when asked. Forrest just says, 'Okay' to every request. Lt. Dan, however, acts as a rebel, a skeptic, and an anti-conformist. He might be the film's only good thing.

What happens to Lt. Dan? His legs get blown off. He faces years of misery and homelessness. Then, at the film's end, Lt. Dan changes completely. He shows up at Forrest’s wedding clean-shaven and wholesome, married. He fits the formal, legal society. He conforms. Then, suddenly, he regains his legs. Someone yells, 'Lt. Dan, you got new legs!' This helps him march to someone else's drum.

Forrest Gump appears.Forrest Gump is Oscar bait. It appeals to people wanting sentimental stories. Tom Hanks plays well, but the performance is too much.Forrest Gump.Forrest Gump won the Best Picture Oscar in 1994. Other films were more deserving, including Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption.Pulp Fiction.and The Shawshank RedemptionThe Shawshank Redemption.Both Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption would have been better choices.Pulp Fiction.Pulp Fiction was new. Perhaps the audience did not accept that kind of content.

Forrest Gump.Forrest Gump tried to touch the audience's feelings and succeeded. It lacked real substance.

The film fails to make the audience engage. The time it covers is huge. The movie forces a subtext onto the viewer. It strings together over 40 years of events in only two hours.

The film feels like a bedtime story; it offers little room for interpretation. It claims Hippies suck, running is cool, follow government orders, and always listen to strangers at bus stops. White people invented everything great.

This is a classic.