Forrest Gump

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“Life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you’re gonna get.” This quote was frequently heard during the summer of 1994 when Robert Zemeckis directed Forrest Gump. A film of two hours and twelve minutes, one would think the movie would lose interest, but it’s the complete opposite. Forrest Gump, a low-intelligent man, tells his life story to people waiting at a small town bus stop. The film allows the audience to see the world through his misunderstanding of many things, demonstrating his low IQ.
The movie starts out with a young Forrest Gump, played by Michael Humphreys. Forrest meets the love of his life, Jenny, played by Hanna Hall. They met the first day of school on the bus; Jenny was the only person that was nice to him, besides his mother. When the two grow up Tom Hanks plays Forrest Gump and Robin Wright plays Jenny. Because of Forrest’s below average IQ, Mrs. Gump, played by Sally Field, slept with his principal for admission of him into the school. Forrest later on received his high school diploma and because of his blazing speed, was offered a scholarship to play football at the University of Alabama, not far from his hometown of Greenbow.
Jenny would come and go from Forrest’s life throughout the movie, usually leaving with another guy. After high school, Gump enlisted in the U.S. Army where he met Bubba Blue, played my Mykelti Williamson, the only other person to treat Forrest with respect. Bubba was an African American and had a background with fishing for shrimp. The two decided that once the war was over they were going to go back home and work on the same boat fishing for shrimp. During the war Forrest’s army was attacked, Forrest kept going into the site to look for Bubba instead of saving some of his other friends, including Lieutenant Dan Taylor, played by Gary Sinise. Forest finally found Bubba, but Bubba later died in his arms that afternoon. Forrest knew that someday he would...