To: SeekAndFind
I detested Forrest Gump.
The idea of putting the main character into old films had been done before and so much better in “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid.”
3 posted on
12/24/2008 11:02:20 AM PST by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: netmilsmom
You are the first person I have ever seen who dislikes Forrest Gump. That movie is one of my all time favorites.
4 posted on
12/24/2008 11:08:52 AM PST by
aft_lizard
(One animal actually eats its own brains to conserve energy, we call them liberals.)
To: netmilsmom
What didn't you like about the film? Actually that cinematic technique was used much earlier, and to fascinating effect, in Woody Allen's Zelig. In a sense, the Zelig character was an anti-Gump; not an accidental historical figure, but rather one who influences historical figures by (perhaps unconsciously, perhaps consciously, it is unclear) resembling them.
32 posted on
12/24/2008 4:01:43 PM PST by
oblomov
(Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. - Mencken)
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