Forrest GUMP
Believe it or not - it protrays the 1960s peace movement as a bunch of thugs, communists, and woman beaters.
Believe it or not - it protrays the 1960s peace movement as a bunch of thugs, communists, and woman beaters.
In a similar vein, I'd nominate Groundhog Day.
[By the way, I once heard that Zemeckis et al saw their movie "Forrest Gump" as an humiliation of small town America, and were shocked when audiences instead took it to heart as a glorification of small town America.]
For science fiction, you can't go wrong with Bruce Willis in either The Fifth Element or Twelve Monkeys.
The Viet Nam scenes were fantastic. When Forrest states that the best and brightest served in the jungles, my heart swelled. What a direct slam and insult to the Kennedy lovers! When the sh** hits the fan, Forrest allows human nature to take over and he runs. But he stops and thinks of his best friend and other buddies. He runs back and rescues them all except Bubba dies. Such a moment of heroism! When dressed in Army dress, he comes to the defense of his slut girlfriend not once but twice. I may see this again this weekend.