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I can watch Forrest Gump, but for whatever reason I just can't understand why some people call it the greatest movie they've ever seen.
It's good, but I mean it's not on Super Troopers level or on South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncuts' level....
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Liked "Super Troopers," did ya?
Put "Beerfest" on your list. It's a new fave of ours!
Forrest Gump is a great movie because it is a story about modern American culture.
I'd count Gump among my Top 5 of all-time but I can understand why others wouldn't. While it is common-place now, the use of dead historical figures appearing to interact with "live" movie characters was groundbreaking at the time.
Many said Gump, while depicted as a moron, was popular because he espoused conservative values at a time when we were dealing with the Clinton Gang and liberalism creep everywhere. He stood by his girl, right or wrong, even when she tried to rebuff him. He won a Medal of Honor in Vietnam for saving men in battle, etc.
The whirlwind of events that Gump found himself in constantly reflected the whirlwind most baby boomers in the U.S. dealt with from Elvis to AIDS, illustrating the silliness of our pop culture (ping pong diplomacy and the jogging craze, for example) and the constant array of changes we adjusted to.
For me, personally, what moved it beyond comedy and social commentary was the storyline of Forrest and Jenny. Jenny blew with every new wind that was out there (sex, drugs, hippie life, etc.) and continued to reject Forrest as a moron while he waited steadfastly for her. When she finally consented to building a life with him, she was stricken ill and died. Anyone who has waited for someone they loved and then lost them all too soon would start crying, as I did.
This is probably more than you wanted to know but that is why I rate it so highly. It was comedy, drama, commentary, new technology (for 1994) and a good soundtrack rolled into one.