Forrest Gump is a fantastic film that mixes entertainment with education about the 1960's and all of the social problems and movements during the era. If you want to get a sense of what the political air was like in the 60's this movie is great way to see. Forrest Gump may not have been the sharpest tool in the shed but he had a heart made of gold and just went with the flow of the universe. " Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gunna get" -Forrest Gump. Forrest spends his life trying to fulfill his destiny and fighting to win the love of Jenny, his childhood best friend.
Forrest Gump was present at almost every major event that occured through the 1960's and he even met with the president on several different occasions. He joined the army and fought in the Vietnam War where he saved the lives of almost his whole platoon before he was shot in the buttocks and discharged. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in the war and while spending time in a militarily hospital he discovers that he has a natural talent for ping-pong. He starts a ping-pong craze and was invited to play for the All-American ping pong team to play against China. Along with starting a ping-pong craze Forrest inspires people to jog with him after he seen jogging across the United States, he jogged for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days and 16 hours. Anyone can do anything that they put their mind to.
This movie shows that you do not have to be intelligent to live a fulfilling life, Forrest experienced many events that people would have loved to be a part of even though he was known as the town idiot. All that is necessary to live a fulfilling life is an open mind. While Forrest was taking part in all of these historical events all he was really thinking about was Jenny. This movie is very inspirational and even educational as these events were based on historical fact and some parts of the movie even took actual footage of these events and digitally added Forrest into them.
Forrest Gump was present at almost every major event that occured through the 1960's and he even met with the president on several different occasions. He joined the army and fought in the Vietnam War where he saved the lives of almost his whole platoon before he was shot in the buttocks and discharged. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in the war and while spending time in a militarily hospital he discovers that he has a natural talent for ping-pong. He starts a ping-pong craze and was invited to play for the All-American ping pong team to play against China. Along with starting a ping-pong craze Forrest inspires people to jog with him after he seen jogging across the United States, he jogged for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days and 16 hours. Anyone can do anything that they put their mind to.
This movie shows that you do not have to be intelligent to live a fulfilling life, Forrest experienced many events that people would have loved to be a part of even though he was known as the town idiot. All that is necessary to live a fulfilling life is an open mind. While Forrest was taking part in all of these historical events all he was really thinking about was Jenny. This movie is very inspirational and even educational as these events were based on historical fact and some parts of the movie even took actual footage of these events and digitally added Forrest into them.
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