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I have to side with what most are saying about FG. I can see where a person could see the film as anti-military with FG in boot camp. But the scene when he gets on the bus, attempts to introduce himself and basically just gets yelled at I thought was pretty accurate and downright funny, esspecially the look Hanks has when the bus driver is yelling at him.

When he rescues his platoon - that was heroic and inspiring. When the hippie smacks Jenny and everything disappears to him as he comes to her rescue, wailing on that guy. Isn't that what we as men are suppose to do - protect the weak? LT Dan coming to his aid when the hookers are making fun of him. LT Dan's road to Damascus moment during the storm. LT Dan coming to his wedding on metal legs and a Vietnamese wife. I think it was one of the best films ever made.

And I agree with the Freeper who said Forrest Gump was the smartest character in the story.

I think it [Forrest Gump] was one of the best films ever made.

Maybe my knee-jerk reaction to walk out on the movie after the Green-bow Al-a-BAM-a scene was too hasty. Other than the insufferable Tom Hanks, an extreme leftist homosexualist who's clearly on the side of the enemy, what other FReepers have posted will make me reconsider the film. And reading more about Winston Groom, the author, reveals that it's a good story in spite of the anti-American Hanks.