'Forrest-****ing-Gump' 5/5!!!
This is where this thread and I part company.
Far too generous Questy!Yeah I think 5/10 is what I gave it. Each to their own and all that.
American Beauty - (1999) - Have to address the elephant in the room, though. It was creepy, the first time round, the way he was pursuing his daughter's friend and makes even more uncomfortable viewing now, knowing what a sex pest Kevin Spacey turned out to be. Who knew that Lester would turn out to be less of a pervert than the actor who played him!?
Forrest Gump is a fairly enjoyable movie but to win the Oscar over The Shawshank Redemption AND Pulp Fiction?
I kind of felt like that, what with it being so mainstream and family friendly but watching it from a critical point of view, not really anything much I can fault it for. Besides, I find The Shawshank Redemption overrated. Don't get me wrong, it is a good film but nowhere near being one of the best films of all time, like it often gets touted as.Forrest Gump is a fairly enjoyable movie but to win the Oscar over The Shawshank Redemption AND Pulp Fiction?
I kind of felt like that, what with it being so mainstream and family friendly but watching it from a critical point of view, not really anything much I can fault it for. Besides, I find The Shawshank Redemption overrated. Don't get me wrong, it is a good film but nowhere near being one of the best films of all time, like it often gets touted as.
Apart from the rather silly and unrealistic part where a prisoner has the same cell for 19 years and the cell spins (if there are any) are so sloppy they don't even ever look behind posters on the wall.The Shawshank Redemption did poorly at the box office and didn't win a single Oscar, while Forrest Gump not only rakes in massive cash but trounces it at the Oscars.
A travesty.
Saw both in the cinema at the time and The Shawshank Redemption was on another level. Peerless.
I kind of felt like that, what with it being so mainstream and family friendly but watching it from a critical point of view, not really anything much I can fault it for. Besides, I find The Shawshank Redemption overrated. Don't get me wrong, it is a good film but nowhere near being one of the best films of all time, like it often gets touted as.
Apart from the rather silly and unrealistic part where a prisoner has the same cell for 19 years and the cell spins (if there are any) are so sloppy they don't even ever look behind posters on the wall.
Yeah, I have heard it's a bit of a right wing wet dream. The writers said it was non political but I can see that to a mild extent. Have to remember Forrest actually shows his complete lack of racism too, especially in one historical moment spliced in.I read one review on IMDb about Forrest Gump which sums it up nicely, which basically said that the free-spirited, anti-establishment Jenny gets punished and dies of AIDS while the dim-witted, order-following Forrest gets rewarded and becomes wealthy beyond belief.
The Americans Dream!
I think you were entitled to keep your score for Forrest Gump. I'm starting to wonder if that film slept with everyone's sisters, judging by some of the comments!
Yeah everyone's of course entitled to their opinion, including myself and @Mr Lime.
Though Limey tends to provoke more controversy with his opinions..
Yep. I'll buy that for a dollar! The film is a love letter to anti-intellectualism and blind conformity, which was why it was so eagerly embraced by middle America.I read one review on IMDb about Forrest Gump which sums it up nicely, which basically said that the free-spirited, anti-establishment Jenny gets punished and dies of AIDS while the dim-witted, order-following Forrest gets rewarded and becomes wealthy beyond belief.
The Americans Dream!
No need to change it in the face of we anti-Gumpers.
Don't worry, it wasn't because of that. Explained my reasons and still rate it highly.Yep. I'll buy that for a dollar! The film is a love letter to anti-intellectualism and blind conformity, which was why it was so eagerly embraced by middle America.
And as Lucas said Boo, you're entitled to keep your original score. No need to change it in the face of we anti-Gumpers.
There were plenty of Westerns long before 1990 (as far back as the 1960s) where the Indians weren't portrayed as the bad guys.The Silence of the Lambs - (1991) - much parodied but brilliant film. Antony Hopkins is rightly remembered as a classic character in this but Ted Levine is awesome too. Very darkly funny, as well. 5/5
Dances With Wolves - (1990) - A beautiful film and a refreshing start to stop making Native Americans the baddies in Westerns. That said, they kind of fail a bit with that, despite their efforts. Drags a bit too. Was an absolute travesty that this won over Goodfellas. 4/5