Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump poster

The meaning of Forrest Gump  is, as he says, I think life is both set to be fate but like a feather on the wind can escape fate.

The story spans across every thing that's been important for America in the past 50 years and sometimes takes a funny look at things like the assassination of John .F. Kennedy, the Vietnam war and blacks becoming normal citizens. Forrest also obsesses over his girlfriend who ultimately "friend zoned him" (which for older viewers is where a girl says " lets just be friends"). This movie was mind blowing for me it had everything a good movie it had archetypes of people  lieutenant Dan Taylor is a representation of America in that he is honourable and descant at war but slowly gets corrupted by the war also at the start he is a laid back Lieutenant but at the end he is with a beautiful Chinese woman. also as an army lieutenant, Dan Taylor was going to die honourably in the battle field but forest avoided fate by saving him, shouldn't lieutenant Dan be grateful? well all his ancestors have died in an American battle honourably and he is the only exception. but unlike his archetype he was supposed to die but forest was the rain to blow the feather out of fate. also  making him lose both his legs. Forrest became a wold champion ping pong player while in the hospital.

Truly Forrest's life was a box of chocolates allot of things happened to him. The movie is pure genius and is told in flashbacks and does it in a really nice way. The one thing i didn't get about the movie is that no one knows who he is even though he is the official owner of Bubba Gump. And that he ran around America for over 3 years inspiring phrases like "S*** happens" and the "smiley face" t-shirt.