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What did Forest say when they unplugged his mic? According to Tom Hanks he said, "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all.
Gary Sinise's life was forever changed by his roll as Lt. Dan. Following the film Sinise became very popular with veterans and began getting requests for him to appear before various veteran's groups to give motivational speeches. Sinise formed _The Lt. Dan Band_ which has performed for soldiers and veterans at USO shows around the world. If you get a chance his story is very inspiring. They are still performing and he is still very active with veterans today.
Gary Sinise and Tom Hanks have done more for veterans than anybody alive, imo. Same for Jon Stewart with the first responders for 9/11. A documentary could come out with hard evidence for them being terrible criminals and I wouldn't believe a word of it unless they admitted it out of their own mouths. That's how much faith I have in them being upright, moral people.
Multimillionaire shrimp tycoon, decorated war hero, and international ping-pong celebrity decides to start running lapse across a continent... and the news reports him as "a gardener from Alabama"...
To be fair, though, they probably interviewed him and asked him where he's from and he probably said, "alabama" and then what he does for a living and probably replied, "I mow the college's football field." You gotta remember that this is a time before the internet and being able to look things up about any and everybody at the snap of a finger.
@@josephcerasuolo3563 For some random joe schmo you have a point. For a professional journalist, to be given his name and where he's from and still not be able to put two and two together is embarrassingly unprofessional. It's pre-internet, sure, but this isn't the 18th century, there is video footage of him was on national television and he likely would have been in local, if not national papers countless times for each of his extraordinary accomplishments. Like I said, it's nothing short of embarrassing for any journalistic organization to not be able to figure out who this man is and credit him appropriately when running a story on him. I mean ffs he's wearing a Bubba Gump hat...
In the speech in Washington DC Forrest says “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t come at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.”
It never fails to get me that people always ask why Jenny never told Forrest about his son. How would she have told him? He spent three years running across the country. The movie made it pretty clear that she got in contact as soon as he had stopped and was back home.
It's usually reactors that grew up after cell phones were invented that can't comprehend that there was no way to contact someone if they weren't home back when there were no cell phones.
Also, if you guys didn’t know, in Toy Story 2, Slinky Dog says “I may not be a smart dog, but I know what roadkill is.” That was a reference to Forrest Gump which also starred Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump is the one of the most emotional films I’ve seen. Tom hanks killed his role so well. Anyone who hasn’t watched this film needs to right away!
@@HAbarneyWKEither he's a troll or he's one of those people who think they're above others because they read books, I don't know which is worse. But the guy also plays korean mmorpg in 2024, so his brain must be melted
Gary Sinise also killed his role as LT Dan. He has done a lot for the veterans of our country. Got to see his band play once they were one hell of a band
Mikey Show Presents is the ONLY reaction channel I've seen that got almost every reference in the movie. The only one they kind of missed was Abbie Hoffman and George Wallace, though they didn't miss them entirely.
Well, yea. Its kind of easy to miss if you know none of their songs. Reading your comment is the only reason i know about it now and ive seen this movie multiple times throughout the years. 😂😂
They don't have the history of the times, either.. They NEVER get the Midnight Cowboy reference. They never notice that Lt Dan is engaged to a woman who he would have killed in the war. They never notice that Lt Dan never calls Gump by his first name until he goes to the wedding, then says, Hello Forrest.
@@rcpsammy7186Yeah…I had to roll my eyes all the way across the room at the Miss Congeniality comment. I don’t think anyone in my life has ever pointed out that Lt Dan is marrying an Asian woman, but I’ve also considered maybe they feel like it’d be racist? But it is a huge character development moment, along with calling him Forrest. He’s let go of his anger and his past, and softened.
It's natural in this day and age to assume Jenny held back Forrest Jr from Forrest but back then there were no mobile phones, Forrest ran for 3 and a bit years starting right as the 9 month clock started ticking for Forrest Jr, the only way Forrest found out was because of the letter in the mail when he got back from running. There was a brief shot of Jenny being a waiter (a normal job) when Forrest was on TV in the middle of his run which was a big step in her finally gaining a sense of normality, she isn't pregnant in the shot so it is after Forrest Jr is born and she started taking responsibility.
That freaked me out, and since it was the midi 90s, the Internet was not the resource it is today. I really hunted to see if Gary Sinise really had legs or not, because the effect was so spot on.
The "I'm walkin' here!" line was an homage to Midnight Cowboy, the first X-rated movie to win an Oscar. Dustin Hoffman is crossing a street, and almost got run over for real by a car that drove through the shot. He punched the hood of the car and yelled "I'm walkin' here!" and it stayed in the movie. Midnight Cowboy was set at the same location and time period as the scene with Forrest and Lt Dan.
Today, she would likely be diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). She really fits it, sadly. Psychology channels here on TH-cam reference her as a media example of BPD.
@@jessecortez9449 - She has PTSD and hates herself and thinks she's unworthy of love. It's not even subtle. When Forrest asks her to marry him, she says, "You don't want to marry me," not "I don't want to marry you."
@38:38, uh, he was running for about 4 years. She sent a letter to his house after he quit running and she let him do his thing while she straightened herself out.
"I'm walking here" was a line from the movie "Midnight Cowboy" (1969). Dustin Hoffman says it to a cab driver who accidentally drove on set and almost hit him and they left it in the movie.
he said "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all." in his speech on that stage,directly quoted by Tom Hanks
One of my favorite stories after this film was about Gary Sinese, he was helping out at Veterans events and had put a Band together to play at one, they asked what the name of the Band called, he told them they didn't have one. Someone suggested they call themselves the Lieutenant Dan's Band. Now the Lieutenant Dan's Band plays at different Veteran's events.
27:44 "...I'm walking here!": the line is iconic, and, originally from "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. 🚶🏻♂️🚕🚶🏽♀️🚕🚶🏼🚕🚶🏽♀️🚕🚶🏻♂️
This is the greatest American odyssey ever told. It’s beautiful. And some of the content such as racism, sexism, drugs, political unrest, etc… was brilliantly told through the eyes of a mentally challenged person. No bias, no opinions about it, just objective view into the past through his eyes.
after all the times i've watched this movie over the years it always makes me smile that Jenny asked Forest to pray with her and she was asking God to make her a Bird so she can Fly far far away then it hit me that when Forest walked away from her Grave that the flock of Birds flew right by as well as the Feather that falls out and the ending from the Book such small details but its beautiful when you think about it.
This is one of a very small list of movies that I simply cannot get through without crying. Grown 30 year old man but when Forrest talks to Jenny's grave and tears up at how smart their son is... waterworks. Every. Time.
I love this movie so much. I was 23 when this came out, two years before joining the Navy. I grew up watching Tom Hanks in his comedy films and I loved his transition to more dramatic roles. I loved the characters of Forrest, his mama, Jenny and Bubba, but it was Lt. Dan's journey that, as a Veteran, really hit me. When he shows up at the wedding with his magic legs never fails to make me tear up. Playing that role also changed the life of Gary Sinise in so many ways. He wrote about that in his book Grateful American. I got to shake his hand while in the Navy. I read the book Forrest Gump; Winston Groom became one of my favorite authors after this movie. His first book was a fictional novel about the Vietnam War called Better Times Than These; he started writing it when he got home from Vietnam. Later in his life, he switched from fiction to more historical novels.
The part that really gets to me is near the end, when Forrest is talking to Jenny at her gravesite, and he says "If there's anything you need, I won't be far away." Even after she's gone, Forrest's undying love is still taking care of her.
Letters were returned because Jenny had no residence while traveling the country. So she probably never saw a single letter sent to her. Cell phones weren't a thing and Forrest was running for many years, so how could Jenny even tell him?
Also they are addressed at Jenny's fathers house ass per the address on the envelope. The only address Forrest knows, but also the one place she'd never get close to again if she has a choice in it.
@@kuhpunktLOL, what “person from the media”? They reported on him a couple times and didn’t know who he was other than a “gardener”. There wasn’t some reporter following him.
Good on ya Jen for keeping your reactions so close to the vest while your friend saw the movie for the first time. It would have been so easy to have inadvertently preempted Natalie seeing the scenes fresh and for the first time with their full impact, with her never seen the movie before. And a great outro in your discussion. So well done from the both of you. Subscribed.
the dude that plays LT Dan now tours in a band called Lt Dan Band and they mainly play at military bases, I used to set up for them at Great Lakes Navy Base
People tend to be immediately protective of Forrest without realizing that, unlike Jenny, he has always been lucky. He always had caring people by his side (his mother, Lt. Dan, Booba...). Jenny, for her part, has always been abused by those who were supposed to love her (her father, her boyfriends...). She only felt sufficiently safe in Forrest's presence (she went to sleep at his house when she was little, she slept for a long time after coming back). But she didn't want to contaminate Forrest with the darkness that was inside her, because of what she suffered; which explains her flight (the only defense she knows).
@@kuhpunkt And people condemn her for not wanting to be with Forrest or for always running away; without taking the time to understand the reasons that push her to do so.
@@kuhpunkt I say he was lucky because he was always well surrounded; which was never the case for Jenny. Concerning the journalists, with the means available to the media at the time, I very much doubt that it will always be the same ones who follow Forrest on his journey. And in these times, media contact details must not be that easy to obtain.
One of the best films ever made and one of my faves. Hanks is beyond iconic as Forrest (someone we all should try to strive for in life - making the most of what you have and inspiring others) with strong support from Field as his mom (IRL she's only a few yrs. older than him and actually co-starred with him in an earlier film PUNCHLINE as his lover!), Sinise (who since this film has started a philanthropical endeavor for veterans who are disabled, & particularly Wright as Jenny - who is always made to be someone who doesn't love/appreciate Forrest or is selfishly unaware of his love for her - the reality is her abused childhood totally scarred her for life (and she actually gives Forrest the best advice for his stint in Vietnam to simply run away!) - and to finally realize she does love Forrest too as much as he did even if it seems too late. The visual f/x still hold up (incorporating real archival footage of the historical figures) - fun fact - that's Kurt Russell providing Elvis Presley's voice (helps since he played The King in a TV movie directed by John Carpenter). If you are not crying by the end of this film you are simply soulless and I don't want to know you. Glad Jen decided to re-watch w/her bestie (who btw has some seriously lovely hair :D) Also - Hanks finally nailed his speaking mannerisms after watching the young actor playing him as a child who had a natural Southern accent.
When Jenny was standing on the railing deciding whether or not to jump, the music being played was "Freebird". I used to watch Sally Field when she was The Flying Nun on TV. For a movie with a similarly pure lead character, see Peter Sellers in Being There.
23:20 through 24:14 The man wearing the American flag outfit (an illegal act, at that time) is Abbie Hoffman, a legendary anti-Vietnam War Activist. 🇺🇸 ☮️ 🇺🇸 ☮️ 🇺🇸 ☮️ 🇺🇸 ☮️ 🇺🇸
The I’m Walking Here line Lt Dan does with the cab driver was actually paying homage to Al Pacino in Midnight Cowboy. The song playing in the background of that scene was Everybody’s Talkin by Harry Nilsson that was also a big part of Midnight Cowboy.
Jenny had no way of letting Forrest know about his son since he left running across the United States. He ran for over 3 years. At that time, there was no email yet and the use of the telephone was not yet sufficiently developed.
@@kuhpunktyou think the media is going to pass that along. You think that's the media's place to pass on that information. Never mind that by the time the media reported that he was in their area he would be gone again because he never stopped running. They wouldn't even know where he was going next since he was just running from his emotions and not some pu lic feat of endurance. I'm gunna assume your young enough not to know what phone calls used to be like back before cell phones. Even if you wanted to phone someone at their own home you could completely miss them and not get ahold of them. I tried to call my parents when i was in the Marine Corps 20 years ago and it was more often misses because they never got a cell phone and they'd miss the ohone ringing even if they were home. Basically, your claim is dumb.
Forrest speaking at Jenny's grave hits me every single time. I've seen the movie 30+ times and I've never gotten through it without tearing up. The "is he smart or is he" scene also hits hard.
I’ve watched ‘Forrest Gump’ hundreds of times and always believed his positivity and success stemmed from his unique perspective due to his disability. However, after a recent viewing, I realized something crucial: when he meets Jenny and learns about his son, he asks if his son is ‘smart or…like me.’ This reveals that Forrest was always aware of his condition and the hurt from being called ‘stupid.’ Knowing he achieved so much while fully aware is even more astounding. It’s a poignant realization that adds depth to his journey and makes his accomplishments even more inspiring.
If you were wondering what inspired the part when forest meets up with Lt Dan after the hospital, my best guess would be the fil, 'Midnight Cowboy" that takes place in the seedy parts of NYC in the early 70s
1. The music royalties alone must have cost a small fortune🤑🤑🤑🤑 2. Kurt Russell did the voice for Elvis. 3. Typically, boats/ships need a female name. 4. Having gotten his degree Forrest would have gone into the Army as an officer like Lt. Dan. Not a recruit. His ASVAB kills that. 5. He actually saved Lt Dan twice. Once in the field and again to get him out of his post war funk and Dan turned his life around. 6. Normally an enlisted Army person would be fully aware of his/her separation date. 7. Jenny did indeed give him the best gift ever (it wasn't the shoes)😈 8. Jenny died of Hep-C from dirty needles when she was in Caliphony.. 9. It's ironic that Lt. Dan told the guys to take care of their feet because he loses his. 10. At the rally Forrest says, "There's only one thing I can say about Vietnam. Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that." 11. You have had a ride through recent US history and culture. From Elvis, John Lennon, Abby Hoffman to Vietnam and Watergate. Even the jogging craze of the 70's. About the only thing left out was streaking. 12. Observation: Bubba's not a small dude. Forrest carries him with a bullet in his ass.😲 13. Sometimes, I guess there're just aren't enough rocks"🥺 14. Haley Joel Osmentt/Forrest Jr. steals the show in "The Sixth Sense" with Bruce Willis.🤩 15. When he's finishing a segment about death, he ends it by saying "That's all I have to say about that" 16 Keep in mind if Jenny wasn't wasting her life seeking men like her father and was with Forrest he/we wouldn't have had this incredible journey.
Hep-C in the book, but AIDS in the movie. We start the movie sitting on the bench and a bus goes by with the year 1981 on it. HEP-C wasn't discovered until 1989. AIDS became more known early 80s.
God I really love this film, I must of watched a dozen of times since I was a kid, and growing up and re-watching it I always learned something new and at 36yo still makes me cry.
From Elvis to AIDS (or Hep C in the book) Forrest Gump is the story of an entire generation, the historical touchstones, the music, the traumas, and the philosophical questions that we wrestled with. Jenny's life is ruled by her childhood trauma. She constantly tries to fly away from it. When she is up on the balcony the background music is the guitar solo from the song Free Bird, and as Forrest walks away from her grave a flock of birds fly free. Her trauma caused her to feel that she wasn't worthy of love, which is why she pushes him away for decades until she can come to grips with it. Lieutenant Dan reacts to his trauma with anger and slowly with Forrest's help comes to a point where, as Forrest put it, 'he made his peace' with it. I always enjoy seeing which particular historical touchstones people recognize and which ones (like the opening of China, the very brief view of bicentennial fireworks, and the beginning of the running craze) are being lost to the passage of time.
Funt Fact: While playing Ping Pong, the only time Forrest ever missed a ball was when he played with his son at the end. Amazing dad... My son will get that once when he is old enough to play Mario Kart 64 with me... Once... After that, you gotta skill up boy! 🤣
At the anti-war rally he says: “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.” It´s in the book.
Forrest Gump is just the saddest movie I've ever seen. I really like sad movies and Forrest Gump is one of the reasons why I write sad stories, I want to make the world cry lol. This movie is such an inspiration, I'm so glad Jen showed it to Natalie.
Thank you Jen and Nat. You guys were adorable. Forrest showed us what a good man is like. Generous, kind, compassionate, stands by his principles. I love this film because as you pointed out Forrest was mentally slow, but he was wise. He had a lot of wisdom pasted down by his mom. Robin Wright portrayed Jenny amazingly. The story shows you Jenny always did love Forrest. I understood the difference between her and Forrest. Forrest was raised with love and Jenny wasn't. Nat was right saying Forrest did understand love more than Jenny. I think Jenny was more scared that she didn't deserve Forrest, but what she failed to understand he loved Jenny not just for looks, but she had kind heart and soul. Jenny gave Forrest one of the greatest blessing a woman can give a man. A child. She was his first and best friend, even above Bubba. A good man loves the soul of his woman, just as a good woman loves the soul of her man. This story hit home at bit because my mother was orphan, and my father was gentle bear...they loved each other deeply. Even so much as my mom called my dad her angel and my father called my mother the love of his life. I loved your all reaction when Forrest said, "Because you're my girl." The way you clasped your chests. Said it all. Yes, everybody man or woman wants to feel they have the special someone that has their back no matter what. But what good woman doesn't want to her that from a good man. LOL.
It’s been what 30 solid years and Forrest Gump is easily in my top 5 favorite movies of all time Whether it’s a first time watching or even a dozen times,you never get bored of it
Forrest was simple minded. He excelled at simple tasks and when he was told what to do. He didn’t overthink things. He excelled in the army because u are told what to do and how to do it.
Tom Hanks was a comedian actor on television before he was a huge movie actor. He came out in Happy Days to fight the Fonz. He also starred in Blossom Buddies in the 80's. Started becoming a movie star with SPLASH. The voice & actor used to create the RLVIS scene was uncredited but he was Kurt Russel. He played Elvis. FYI.. Kurt also worked with Elvis in a movie when Kurt was young. The actor who played the coach who wanted Hump on the team VUZ HE SURE IS FAST. was Dukes of Hazzard star CLETUS.. Roscoe's deputy sheriff. There is a Bubba Gump Shrimp franchise.
When Forrest meets his son. "Is he smart or is he..." And he holds his hand to his own chest is such a powerful sign of self awareness. He understands that though he was a simple man, he was viewed as stupid. And his immediate worry is that his son would be viewed in the same light and have to live the kind of childhood he had. Such a powerful and touching scene.
Natalie: “That’s not the kinda cooked shrimp that I thought” Me: “😂😂😂 thank you for being so innocent Natalie, you are welcome to the cookout” (I know y’all haven’t seen “welcome home Roscoe Jenkins”) if you want a good laugh there’s that one off
"I'm WALKIN' here!!!" is nod toward the 1969 movie "Midnight Cowboy". It was a total blooper that they ultimately left in the shot..... and it became the iconic scene that people still reference today.
38:15 she couldn't tell him . Forrest had been running for over 3 years! She had no way to tell him and she didn't want to tell her via a letter. 38:36 me too, Jen! 41:32 I saw this in the theater with my mom when I was 17. It's definitely a top 10 movie for me. Loved your reaction to this 90's movie!
After the first couple scenes, I thought Jen was going to give everything away, but you didn't. Great summarization by Jen and points I haven't thought of in a while, but I have to hand it to Natalie. She really got it after only one viewing. What a beautiful heart she has, and so smart.
23:56 Hanks said this is what Forrest said: "“Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.”
38:15 Jenny never told Forrest about his son because Forrest HAD BEEN RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THREE YEARS. There was no way for Jenny to contact him. No cell phones, no internet, no drones delivering messages....
The phrase "I'm walking here!" originally came from Dustin Hoffman in the movie MIDNIGHT COWBOY. It's been used in other movies since, including BACK TO THE FUTURE 2. The "Vietman" scenes were filmed at Fripp Island, South Carolina. The scenes with the park bench were filmed in Bull Square, Savannah, Georgia.I used to live near the real Bayou Le Batre, Alabama. There is a FG sequel novel by Winston Groom called GUMP & CO. where Gump and Lt. Dan are reunited. Hanks and Sinese were set to star in the sequel movie in 2002...and then 9/11/2001 happened and Hanks abandoned the project. Sinese is a solid supporter of the military and veterans and performs in USO shows.
Love this movie one of my favorite of all time. I think this is top 3 Tom Hanks movies. Great reaction....this movie always get me when Jennie comes back and then dies but then he´s not alone anymore...he has his son.
For a quizillionaire, Forest still sleeps in the same single bed he slept in as a young kid. I'm not sure if I would. I mean, mansion, super yacht, you know?
People often don't understand what "intelligence" actually means. Low intelligence doesn't necessarily mean that a person is stupid, and certainly not that they are incompetent. A person with low intelligence has trouble finding a "solution" to an unknown situation on their own. But when someone else presents them with a solution or instructions, they have no problem "applying" it. Paradoxically, they often apply it more consistently and precisely, because people with higher intelligence tend to make more mistakes because they are "using their intelligence", so they modify the solution or come up with something completely their own, or sometimes they don't listen to instructions carefully, because they believe they will be able to deduct any "missing" information.
One of my favorite stories with this happened only a few years ago. Tom Hanks was on the Today Show promoting a movie (I forget which) and they pointed out to Tom that there was a Bubba/Gump Shrimp Restaurant across the street. And he told them that he knew. Not only that but Tom told them that the building the restaurant was in used to be the bank he would go to back in the day as a struggling actor in New York. He said that he would often get into arguments with the bank staff about being able to cash his unemployment checks at the bank, and that if he could go in time he'd say to them during one of those arguments that one day that this bank branch would be closed down and the building would one day be turned into a theme restaurant based on a character he would play in a movie and win an Oscar for.
38:50 in the book which the movie is based off of, I believe it’s implied she developed hepatitis, from all the “activities” she was up to. With the movie coming out in the early 90s, it was changed to hiv/aids to bring awareness to the epidemic of the time
Hanks won the Academy Award the previous year for his portrayal of an AIDS victim in Philadephia, co-starring Denzel Washington. His Oscar-winning portrayal here of a man whose wife ultimately dies of AIDS -- is it destiny or a feather in the wind?
Fun fact, how Forrest talks came from the young actor who played Forrest as a kid even though the producers asked him to play how he thinks he should be but Tom hanks picked up a lot of traits from the boy when filming
I don't know if you alredy have watched it, but Life is Beautiful (La vita e' bella) with Roberto Benigni kinda has the same vibe, comedy and drama. I think you will love it.
FYI- "I'm walkin here!" is a famous line that was improved by Dustin Hoffman in the movie Midnight Cowboy(1969). It has since been referenced or parodied many times, including this movie and Miss Congeniality.
you dont get JUST a purple heart for saving people. you get a purple heart for being shot and injured. you get a medal of honor for saving people and because he was shot and injured he got both
Elvis Presley’s dancing style was inspired by James “Big Chief” Wetherington. “Big Chief” Wetherington was the bass singer for The Statesmen Quartet who was known for his involuntary leg twitching. Elvis was upset when people criticised him for his dance moves and he would say that he wouldn’t do anything that she would not approve of.
I was working in the theater when this movie came out. The hurricane was always SO loud. It would shake the whole building. To this day I quote this movie all the time. Second best soundtrack only behind Dazed and Confused.
Tom Hank 2nd Oscar winning role. Robin Wright, who played Jenny received an Oscar nomination for this as did the person who Lieutenant Dan. And this movie won the best picture Oscar
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What did Forest say when they unplugged his mic? According to Tom Hanks he said, "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all.
“Is he smart or is he…” guts me every single time.
Shows how self aware he was the whole time and all the shit he took was with a smile.
Gary Sinise's life was forever changed by his roll as Lt. Dan. Following the film Sinise became very popular with veterans and began getting requests for him to appear before various veteran's groups to give motivational speeches. Sinise formed _The Lt. Dan Band_ which has performed for soldiers and veterans at USO shows around the world. If you get a chance his story is very inspiring. They are still performing and he is still very active with veterans today.
He pops up on Reddit every once in a while with some fun posts
Gary Sinise and Tom Hanks have done more for veterans than anybody alive, imo. Same for Jon Stewart with the first responders for 9/11. A documentary could come out with hard evidence for them being terrible criminals and I wouldn't believe a word of it unless they admitted it out of their own mouths. That's how much faith I have in them being upright, moral people.
Multimillionaire shrimp tycoon, decorated war hero, and international ping-pong celebrity decides to start running lapse across a continent... and the news reports him as "a gardener from Alabama"...
To be fair, though, they probably interviewed him and asked him where he's from and he probably said, "alabama" and then what he does for a living and probably replied, "I mow the college's football field." You gotta remember that this is a time before the internet and being able to look things up about any and everybody at the snap of a finger.
Well it is the "news"
@@josephcerasuolo3563 For some random joe schmo you have a point. For a professional journalist, to be given his name and where he's from and still not be able to put two and two together is embarrassingly unprofessional. It's pre-internet, sure, but this isn't the 18th century, there is video footage of him was on national television and he likely would have been in local, if not national papers countless times for each of his extraordinary accomplishments. Like I said, it's nothing short of embarrassing for any journalistic organization to not be able to figure out who this man is and credit him appropriately when running a story on him. I mean ffs he's wearing a Bubba Gump hat...
@@notthestatusquo7683 Your first mistake was expecting any random journalist to be "professional."
In the speech in Washington DC Forrest says “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t come at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.”
It never fails to get me that people always ask why Jenny never told Forrest about his son. How would she have told him? He spent three years running across the country. The movie made it pretty clear that she got in contact as soon as he had stopped and was back home.
It's usually reactors that grew up after cell phones were invented that can't comprehend that there was no way to contact someone if they weren't home back when there were no cell phones.
I understood it as she sent him the letter but he looked at his mail once he returned home.
Agree !! She didn’t do it on purpose ! She kept clippings and a scrapbook to show she was following him on his journey til he returned home . ⭐️💫✨☑️
Hahaha for real, reactors ALWAYS forget that Forrest wasn't available. 😂
Funny, she only decided to tell him about his son after she found out she was dying and he was a millionaire. 🤔🤣🤣
Also, if you guys didn’t know, in Toy Story 2, Slinky Dog says “I may not be a smart dog, but I know what roadkill is.” That was a reference to Forrest Gump which also starred Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump is the one of the most emotional films I’ve seen. Tom hanks killed his role so well. Anyone who hasn’t watched this film needs to right away!
then you need to read a book
@@ArturZmienko what does reading books have to do with them finding this movie emotional? Maybe take your own advice, and get some perspective.
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@@HAbarneyWKEither he's a troll or he's one of those people who think they're above others because they read books, I don't know which is worse. But the guy also plays korean mmorpg in 2024, so his brain must be melted
Gary Sinise also killed his role as LT Dan. He has done a lot for the veterans of our country. Got to see his band play once they were one hell of a band
I feel like most reactors miss that Forrest wrote Imagine for John Lennon.
Mikey Show Presents is the ONLY reaction channel I've seen that got almost every reference in the movie. The only one they kind of missed was Abbie Hoffman and George Wallace, though they didn't miss them entirely.
Well, yea. Its kind of easy to miss if you know none of their songs. Reading your comment is the only reason i know about it now and ive seen this movie multiple times throughout the years. 😂😂
@sugarbomb1346 Imagine is a John Lennon song, there is no "thier". I'm just surprised most reactors miss it.
They don't have the history of the times, either..
They NEVER get the Midnight Cowboy reference.
They never notice that Lt Dan is engaged to a woman who he would have killed in the war.
They never notice that Lt Dan never calls Gump by his first name until he goes to the wedding, then says, Hello Forrest.
@@rcpsammy7186Yeah…I had to roll my eyes all the way across the room at the Miss Congeniality comment. I don’t think anyone in my life has ever pointed out that Lt Dan is marrying an Asian woman, but I’ve also considered maybe they feel like it’d be racist? But it is a huge character development moment, along with calling him Forrest. He’s let go of his anger and his past, and softened.
It's natural in this day and age to assume Jenny held back Forrest Jr from Forrest but back then there were no mobile phones, Forrest ran for 3 and a bit years starting right as the 9 month clock started ticking for Forrest Jr, the only way Forrest found out was because of the letter in the mail when he got back from running. There was a brief shot of Jenny being a waiter (a normal job) when Forrest was on TV in the middle of his run which was a big step in her finally gaining a sense of normality, she isn't pregnant in the shot so it is after Forrest Jr is born and she started taking responsibility.
The greatest cgi is when you can't even notice the genius and convincing ways they showed Lt. Dan missing legs are insane of for the time.
That freaked me out, and since it was the midi 90s, the Internet was not the resource it is today. I really hunted to see if Gary Sinise really had legs or not, because the effect was so spot on.
"does she love him?"
I was expecting Jen to go "whos to say?"
The face said it all. 🤣
The synchronised chest grab and heads back after Forrest says “your my girl” was hilarious 😂❤
The "I'm walkin' here!" line was an homage to Midnight Cowboy, the first X-rated movie to win an Oscar. Dustin Hoffman is crossing a street, and almost got run over for real by a car that drove through the shot. He punched the hood of the car and yelled "I'm walkin' here!" and it stayed in the movie. Midnight Cowboy was set at the same location and time period as the scene with Forrest and Lt Dan.
"Miss Congeniality", I nearly knocked myself unconscious from face-palming after that one.
27:42 que Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin "
Jenny's problem was she felt she didn't deserve someone as great as Forrest.
Today, she would likely be diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). She really fits it, sadly. Psychology channels here on TH-cam reference her as a media example of BPD.
@@jessecortez9449 - She has PTSD and hates herself and thinks she's unworthy of love. It's not even subtle. When Forrest asks her to marry him, she says, "You don't want to marry me," not "I don't want to marry you."
So damn frustrating how Jenny’s storyline just fly’s over people’s heads or they just don’t understand that things aren’t that simple…
@38:38, uh, he was running for about 4 years. She sent a letter to his house after he quit running and she let him do his thing while she straightened herself out.
17:15 "Feet, Pits, and Dangly Bits". Basically, the bare minimum to keep clean.
"I'm walking here" was a line from the movie "Midnight Cowboy" (1969). Dustin Hoffman says it to a cab driver who accidentally drove on set and almost hit him and they left it in the movie.
This is one of my all-time favorite movies growing up! Thank you, girls, for reacting to this! 😢
he said "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all." in his speech on that stage,directly quoted by Tom Hanks
One of my favorite stories after this film was about Gary Sinese, he was helping out at Veterans events and had put a Band together to play at one, they asked what the name of the Band called, he told them they didn't have one. Someone suggested they call themselves the Lieutenant Dan's Band. Now the Lieutenant Dan's Band plays at different Veteran's events.
“Imagine being the same douch bag your entire life” is by far one of the funniest comments I’ve heard in all these your videos 😂😂
27:44 "...I'm walking here!": the line is iconic, and, originally from "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight.
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This is the greatest American odyssey ever told. It’s beautiful. And some of the content such as racism, sexism, drugs, political unrest, etc… was brilliantly told through the eyes of a mentally challenged person. No bias, no opinions about it, just objective view into the past through his eyes.
Which is why this film is considered "problematic" and "right-wing" nowadays.
@ why? Its objective.
@@StoneColdBeard Exactly. That's a big no-no.
Great job Jenn introducing your friend to this amazing movie. I cannot wait to see the next movie you have lined up for her
after all the times i've watched this movie over the years it always makes me smile that Jenny asked Forest to pray with her and she was asking God to make her a Bird so she can Fly far far away then it hit me that when Forest walked away from her Grave that the flock of Birds flew right by as well as the Feather that falls out and the ending from the Book such small details but its beautiful when you think about it.
This is one of a very small list of movies that I simply cannot get through without crying. Grown 30 year old man but when Forrest talks to Jenny's grave and tears up at how smart their son is... waterworks. Every. Time.
I love this movie so much. I was 23 when this came out, two years before joining the Navy. I grew up watching Tom Hanks in his comedy films and I loved his transition to more dramatic roles. I loved the characters of Forrest, his mama, Jenny and Bubba, but it was Lt. Dan's journey that, as a Veteran, really hit me. When he shows up at the wedding with his magic legs never fails to make me tear up. Playing that role also changed the life of Gary Sinise in so many ways. He wrote about that in his book Grateful American. I got to shake his hand while in the Navy. I read the book Forrest Gump; Winston Groom became one of my favorite authors after this movie. His first book was a fictional novel about the Vietnam War called Better Times Than These; he started writing it when he got home from Vietnam. Later in his life, he switched from fiction to more historical novels.
The part that really gets to me is near the end, when Forrest is talking to Jenny at her gravesite, and he says "If there's anything you need, I won't be far away." Even after she's gone, Forrest's undying love is still taking care of her.
Lt. Dan also said that if Forrest became a shrimp boat captain, he'd become an astronaut. If you haven't seen it yet, you need to check out Apollo 13!
Letters were returned because Jenny had no residence while traveling the country. So she probably never saw a single letter sent to her.
Cell phones weren't a thing and Forrest was running for many years, so how could Jenny even tell him?
She could tell somebody from the media for example. They were following him.
Also they are addressed at Jenny's fathers house ass per the address on the envelope. The only address Forrest knows, but also the one place she'd never get close to again if she has a choice in it.
@@kuhpunktLOL, what “person from the media”? They reported on him a couple times and didn’t know who he was other than a “gardener”. There wasn’t some reporter following him.
Good on ya Jen for keeping your reactions so close to the vest while your friend saw the movie for the first time. It would have been so easy to have inadvertently preempted Natalie seeing the scenes fresh and for the first time with their full impact, with her never seen the movie before.
And a great outro in your discussion. So well done from the both of you. Subscribed.
the dude that plays LT Dan now tours in a band called Lt Dan Band and they mainly play at military bases, I used to set up for them at Great Lakes Navy Base
Natalie reacted to one of the more overlooked emotional scenes where Lt. Dan thanks Forrest for saving his life.
People tend to be immediately protective of Forrest without realizing that, unlike Jenny, he has always been lucky. He always had caring people by his side (his mother, Lt. Dan, Booba...). Jenny, for her part, has always been abused by those who were supposed to love her (her father, her boyfriends...). She only felt sufficiently safe in Forrest's presence (she went to sleep at his house when she was little, she slept for a long time after coming back). But she didn't want to contaminate Forrest with the darkness that was inside her, because of what she suffered; which explains her flight (the only defense she knows).
And?
Plus her mother died when she was 5 years old. People aren't sympathetic enough for what Jenny had to endure as a child.
@@kuhpunkt And people condemn her for not wanting to be with Forrest or for always running away; without taking the time to understand the reasons that push her to do so.
@@elanirinaarmand362 What does this have to do with Forrest being... lucky?! Is he even lucky?
@@kuhpunkt I say he was lucky because he was always well surrounded; which was never the case for Jenny.
Concerning the journalists, with the means available to the media at the time, I very much doubt that it will always be the same ones who follow Forrest on his journey. And in these times, media contact details must not be that easy to obtain.
One of the best films ever made and one of my faves. Hanks is beyond iconic as Forrest (someone we all should try to strive for in life - making the most of what you have and inspiring others) with strong support from Field as his mom (IRL she's only a few yrs. older than him and actually co-starred with him in an earlier film PUNCHLINE as his lover!), Sinise (who since this film has started a philanthropical endeavor for veterans who are disabled, & particularly Wright as Jenny - who is always made to be someone who doesn't love/appreciate Forrest or is selfishly unaware of his love for her - the reality is her abused childhood totally scarred her for life (and she actually gives Forrest the best advice for his stint in Vietnam to simply run away!) - and to finally realize she does love Forrest too as much as he did even if it seems too late. The visual f/x still hold up (incorporating real archival footage of the historical figures) - fun fact - that's Kurt Russell providing Elvis Presley's voice (helps since he played The King in a TV movie directed by John Carpenter). If you are not crying by the end of this film you are simply soulless and I don't want to know you. Glad Jen decided to re-watch w/her bestie (who btw has some seriously lovely hair :D) Also - Hanks finally nailed his speaking mannerisms after watching the young actor playing him as a child who had a natural Southern accent.
When Jenny was standing on the railing deciding whether or not to jump, the music being played was "Freebird". I used to watch Sally Field when she was The Flying Nun on TV. For a movie with a similarly pure lead character, see Peter Sellers in Being There.
23:20 through 24:14 The man wearing the American flag outfit (an illegal act, at that time) is Abbie Hoffman, a legendary anti-Vietnam War Activist.
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Fun fact: the scenes with Forrest running are by Tom's brother, Jim Hanks.
It's great whenever Jen get to be the one that gives knowing side-glancing at the camera! lol🤣
You two are great!! 💯
The look on Jen's face trying to imagine lifting Holden was priceless🤣
This movie IS an emotional movie. It will touch your heart if you have one! Liked your discussion afterwards! Keep em coming!
The I’m Walking Here line Lt Dan does with the cab driver was actually paying homage to Al Pacino in Midnight Cowboy. The song playing in the background of that scene was Everybody’s Talkin by Harry Nilsson that was also a big part of Midnight Cowboy.
Jenny had no way of letting Forrest know about his son since he left running across the United States. He ran for over 3 years. At that time, there was no email yet and the use of the telephone was not yet sufficiently developed.
You gotta be kidding...
@@kuhpunkt Of course not!
Technically email was around for over 20 years, since 1971. But it was only used in the military until the mid 90s, 94 maybe.
@@elanirinaarmand362 But she could have just called somebody from the media... the guys that followed Forrest.
@@kuhpunktyou think the media is going to pass that along. You think that's the media's place to pass on that information. Never mind that by the time the media reported that he was in their area he would be gone again because he never stopped running. They wouldn't even know where he was going next since he was just running from his emotions and not some pu lic feat of endurance.
I'm gunna assume your young enough not to know what phone calls used to be like back before cell phones. Even if you wanted to phone someone at their own home you could completely miss them and not get ahold of them. I tried to call my parents when i was in the Marine Corps 20 years ago and it was more often misses because they never got a cell phone and they'd miss the ohone ringing even if they were home.
Basically, your claim is dumb.
Like Jen, I’ve seen this movie multiple times. Rewatching it here with Natalie still made me cry several times! It’s just so good 🥹
Forrest speaking at Jenny's grave hits me every single time. I've seen the movie 30+ times and I've never gotten through it without tearing up. The "is he smart or is he" scene also hits hard.
I’ve watched ‘Forrest Gump’ hundreds of times and always believed his positivity and success stemmed from his unique perspective due to his disability. However, after a recent viewing, I realized something crucial: when he meets Jenny and learns about his son, he asks if his son is ‘smart or…like me.’ This reveals that Forrest was always aware of his condition and the hurt from being called ‘stupid.’ Knowing he achieved so much while fully aware is even more astounding.
It’s a poignant realization that adds depth to his journey and makes his accomplishments even more inspiring.
"He didn't want to be called crippled, just like I didn't want to be called stupid."
The first Tom Hanks movie I ever saw, was I believe Splash, that's a real fun movie, and John Candy is the standout in that movie!
Jenny did not keep his son from him. He ran for most the boys life when he went home she contacted him
If you were wondering what inspired the part when forest meets up with Lt Dan after the hospital, my best guess would be the fil, 'Midnight Cowboy" that takes place in the seedy parts of NYC in the early 70s
Tom Hanks performance is outstanding 👏🏿. That's why it's my favorite movie of him ❤.
What a wonderful thoughtful reaction to one of my favorite movies. Thank you!
I'm still disappointed that Forrest didn't send that guy that hit Jenny on vacation.
Rip would have taken him to the train station. IYKYK
1. The music royalties alone must have cost a small fortune🤑🤑🤑🤑
2. Kurt Russell did the voice for Elvis.
3. Typically, boats/ships need a female name.
4. Having gotten his degree Forrest would have gone into the Army as an officer like Lt. Dan. Not a recruit. His ASVAB kills that.
5. He actually saved Lt Dan twice. Once in the field and again to get him out of his post war funk and Dan turned his life around.
6. Normally an enlisted Army person would be fully aware of his/her separation date.
7. Jenny did indeed give him the best gift ever (it wasn't the shoes)😈
8. Jenny died of Hep-C from dirty needles when she was in Caliphony..
9. It's ironic that Lt. Dan told the guys to take care of their feet because he loses his.
10. At the rally Forrest says, "There's only one thing I can say about Vietnam. Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that."
11. You have had a ride through recent US history and culture. From Elvis, John Lennon, Abby Hoffman to Vietnam and Watergate. Even the jogging craze of the 70's. About the only thing left out was streaking.
12. Observation: Bubba's not a small dude. Forrest carries him with a bullet in his ass.😲
13. Sometimes, I guess there're just aren't enough rocks"🥺
14. Haley Joel Osmentt/Forrest Jr. steals the show in "The Sixth Sense" with Bruce Willis.🤩
15. When he's finishing a segment about death, he ends it by saying "That's all I have to say about that"
16 Keep in mind if Jenny wasn't wasting her life seeking men like her father and was with Forrest he/we wouldn't have had this incredible journey.
Hep-C in the book, but AIDS in the movie. We start the movie sitting on the bench and a bus goes by with the year 1981 on it. HEP-C wasn't discovered until 1989. AIDS became more known early 80s.
@@TheDaringPastry1313 According to Hanks, they didn't want to saddle them with that
The music at the wedding scene 39:22 is amazing
When Jenny found out she was dying, I think that is when she sent the letter Forrest because she needed him to take care of their son.
God I really love this film, I must of watched a dozen of times since I was a kid, and growing up and re-watching it I always learned something new and at 36yo still makes me cry.
Any service member approaching or passing a Medal of Honor recipient must salute the person wearing such Medal.
From Elvis to AIDS (or Hep C in the book) Forrest Gump is the story of an entire generation, the historical touchstones, the music, the traumas, and the philosophical questions that we wrestled with. Jenny's life is ruled by her childhood trauma. She constantly tries to fly away from it. When she is up on the balcony the background music is the guitar solo from the song Free Bird, and as Forrest walks away from her grave a flock of birds fly free. Her trauma caused her to feel that she wasn't worthy of love, which is why she pushes him away for decades until she can come to grips with it. Lieutenant Dan reacts to his trauma with anger and slowly with Forrest's help comes to a point where, as Forrest put it, 'he made his peace' with it. I always enjoy seeing which particular historical touchstones people recognize and which ones (like the opening of China, the very brief view of bicentennial fireworks, and the beginning of the running craze) are being lost to the passage of time.
Funt Fact: While playing Ping Pong, the only time Forrest ever missed a ball was when he played with his son at the end.
Amazing dad...
My son will get that once when he is old enough to play Mario Kart 64 with me... Once...
After that, you gotta skill up boy! 🤣
"Sometimes, I guess there just aren't enough rocks.”
Deepest quote.
At the anti-war rally he says: “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.” It´s in the book.
Forrest Gump is just the saddest movie I've ever seen. I really like sad movies and Forrest Gump is one of the reasons why I write sad stories, I want to make the world cry lol. This movie is such an inspiration, I'm so glad Jen showed it to Natalie.
Some parts were sad, but others very happy.
@3DJapan funny you mean
Jen looking into the camera was HILARIOUS, oh my god 😂
Thank you Jen and Nat. You guys were adorable. Forrest showed us what a good man is like. Generous, kind, compassionate, stands by his principles. I love this film because as you pointed out Forrest was mentally slow, but he was wise. He had a lot of wisdom pasted down by his mom. Robin Wright portrayed Jenny amazingly. The story shows you Jenny always did love Forrest. I understood the difference between her and Forrest. Forrest was raised with love and Jenny wasn't. Nat was right saying Forrest did understand love more than Jenny. I think Jenny was more scared that she didn't deserve Forrest, but what she failed to understand he loved Jenny not just for looks, but she had kind heart and soul. Jenny gave Forrest one of the greatest blessing a woman can give a man. A child. She was his first and best friend, even above Bubba. A good man loves the soul of his woman, just as a good woman loves the soul of her man. This story hit home at bit because my mother was orphan, and my father was gentle bear...they loved each other deeply. Even so much as my mom called my dad her angel and my father called my mother the love of his life.
I loved your all reaction when Forrest said, "Because you're my girl." The way you clasped your chests. Said it all. Yes, everybody man or woman wants to feel they have the special someone that has their back no matter what. But what good woman doesn't want to her that from a good man. LOL.
I like the new format for this channel Jen is a good Host
Totally forgot about this one! Excited to watch!!!
It’s been what 30 solid years and Forrest Gump is easily in my top 5 favorite movies of all time
Whether it’s a first time watching or even a dozen times,you never get bored of it
Forrest was simple minded. He excelled at simple tasks and when he was told what to do. He didn’t overthink things. He excelled in the army because u are told what to do and how to do it.
Tom Hanks was a comedian actor on television before he was a huge movie actor. He came out in Happy Days to fight the Fonz. He also starred in Blossom Buddies in the 80's. Started becoming a movie star with SPLASH. The voice & actor used to create the RLVIS scene was uncredited but he was Kurt Russel. He played Elvis. FYI.. Kurt also worked with Elvis in a movie when Kurt was young. The actor who played the coach who wanted Hump on the team VUZ HE SURE IS FAST. was Dukes of Hazzard star CLETUS.. Roscoe's deputy sheriff. There is a Bubba Gump Shrimp franchise.
When Forrest meets his son. "Is he smart or is he..." And he holds his hand to his own chest is such a powerful sign of self awareness. He understands that though he was a simple man, he was viewed as stupid. And his immediate worry is that his son would be viewed in the same light and have to live the kind of childhood he had. Such a powerful and touching scene.
Natalie: “That’s not the kinda cooked shrimp that I thought”
Me: “😂😂😂 thank you for being so innocent Natalie, you are welcome to the cookout”
(I know y’all haven’t seen “welcome home Roscoe Jenkins”) if you want a good laugh there’s that one off
"If you ever need anything...I won't be far away." 😭😭😭
"I'm walking here!" is a line originally from the movie Midnight Cowboy (set in NYC). The background music in that scene is also from Midnight Cowboy.
"I'm WALKIN' here!!!" is nod toward the 1969 movie "Midnight Cowboy". It was a total blooper that they ultimately left in the shot..... and it became the iconic scene that people still reference today.
20:45 Had me rolling "He saved Bubba, I can breathe." " 👀😬" LMAO
38:15 she couldn't tell him . Forrest had been running for over 3 years! She had no way to tell him and she didn't want to tell her via a letter. 38:36 me too, Jen! 41:32 I saw this in the theater with my mom when I was 17. It's definitely a top 10 movie for me. Loved your reaction to this 90's movie!
After the first couple scenes, I thought Jen was going to give everything away, but you didn't. Great summarization by Jen and points I haven't thought of in a while, but I have to hand it to Natalie. She really got it after only one viewing. What a beautiful heart she has, and so smart.
23:56 Hanks said this is what Forrest said: "“Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.”
38:15 Jenny never told Forrest about his son because Forrest HAD BEEN RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THREE YEARS.
There was no way for Jenny to contact him. No cell phones, no internet, no drones delivering messages....
But he wasn't hard to find. The media followed him for a while... she could have called the local news station.
@@kuhpunktHe would been gone from whatever town reported on him for a couple days by then.
@@dnish6673 and?
@@kuhpunktlol.. back then? It wasn’t that easy.
@ i already said what could have been done
Forrest asking "Is he smart, or is he...like..." is my favorite Tom Hanks moment.
This movie was groundbreaking technically for the way they integrated Forrest into actual historical footage
The phrase "I'm walking here!" originally came from Dustin Hoffman in the movie MIDNIGHT COWBOY. It's been used in other movies since, including BACK TO THE FUTURE 2. The "Vietman" scenes were filmed at Fripp Island, South Carolina. The scenes with the park bench were filmed in Bull Square, Savannah, Georgia.I used to live near the real Bayou Le Batre, Alabama. There is a FG sequel novel by Winston Groom called GUMP & CO. where Gump and Lt. Dan are reunited. Hanks and Sinese were set to star in the sequel movie in 2002...and then 9/11/2001 happened and Hanks abandoned the project. Sinese is a solid supporter of the military and veterans and performs in USO shows.
Love this movie one of my favorite of all time. I think this is top 3 Tom Hanks movies. Great reaction....this movie always get me when Jennie comes back and then dies but then he´s not alone anymore...he has his son.
For a quizillionaire, Forest still sleeps in the same single bed he slept in as a young kid. I'm not sure if I would. I mean, mansion, super yacht, you know?
It shows you what kind of person he is. He doesn't care about that stuff.
always a pleasure watching Jen showing Nat a film. Jen truly knows how to keep from spoiling as best she can
People often don't understand what "intelligence" actually means. Low intelligence doesn't necessarily mean that a person is stupid, and certainly not that they are incompetent.
A person with low intelligence has trouble finding a "solution" to an unknown situation on their own. But when someone else presents them with a solution or instructions, they have no problem "applying" it.
Paradoxically, they often apply it more consistently and precisely, because people with higher intelligence tend to make more mistakes because they are "using their intelligence", so they modify the solution or come up with something completely their own, or sometimes they don't listen to instructions carefully, because they believe they will be able to deduct any "missing" information.
One of my favorite stories with this happened only a few years ago. Tom Hanks was on the Today Show promoting a movie (I forget which) and they pointed out to Tom that there was a Bubba/Gump Shrimp Restaurant across the street. And he told them that he knew. Not only that but Tom told them that the building the restaurant was in used to be the bank he would go to back in the day as a struggling actor in New York. He said that he would often get into arguments with the bank staff about being able to cash his unemployment checks at the bank, and that if he could go in time he'd say to them during one of those arguments that one day that this bank branch would be closed down and the building would one day be turned into a theme restaurant based on a character he would play in a movie and win an Oscar for.
38:50 in the book which the movie is based off of, I believe it’s implied she developed hepatitis, from all the “activities” she was up to. With the movie coming out in the early 90s, it was changed to hiv/aids to bring awareness to the epidemic of the time
Hanks won the Academy Award the previous year for his portrayal of an AIDS victim in Philadephia, co-starring Denzel Washington. His Oscar-winning portrayal here of a man whose wife ultimately dies of AIDS -- is it destiny or a feather in the wind?
@ Lt Dan mentions his prosthetic legs are made from the same material as the space ship. He and Hanks both were in Apollo 13 together
@@Ben_Loughrey That was after Forrest Gump thoooough
@@Burstify must be foreshadowing
The book is insane. He ends up working at NASA and crash lands in a New Guinea cannibal tribe with an Orangutan.
Didn't he also get into wrestling? Loved the book, but I prefer the movie ending
@jonathanchamberlain9619 I think he wrestled under the name "The Dunce" 😅
And had a huge ….
Fun fact, how Forrest talks came from the young actor who played Forrest as a kid even though the producers asked him to play how he thinks he should be but Tom hanks picked up a lot of traits from the boy when filming
I don't know if you alredy have watched it, but Life is Beautiful (La vita e' bella) with Roberto Benigni kinda has the same vibe, comedy and drama. I think you will love it.
FYI- "I'm walkin here!" is a famous line that was improved by Dustin Hoffman in the movie Midnight Cowboy(1969). It has since been referenced or parodied many times, including this movie and Miss Congeniality.
“Swim Forest, swim!” LMAO!
you dont get JUST a purple heart for saving people. you get a purple heart for being shot and injured. you get a medal of honor for saving people and because he was shot and injured he got both
Elvis Presley’s dancing style was inspired by James “Big Chief” Wetherington. “Big Chief” Wetherington was the bass singer for The Statesmen Quartet who was known for his involuntary leg twitching. Elvis was upset when people criticised him for his dance moves and he would say that he wouldn’t do anything that she would not approve of.
20:43 "He saved Bubba, I can breathe." Ya for about ten seconds. 😊
I was working in the theater when this movie came out. The hurricane was always SO loud. It would shake the whole building. To this day I quote this movie all the time. Second best soundtrack only behind Dazed and Confused.
Tom Hank 2nd Oscar winning role. Robin Wright, who played Jenny received an Oscar nomination for this as did the person who Lieutenant Dan. And this movie won the best picture Oscar