I've never been in the military, but "take care of your feet" and "try not to do anything stupid to get yourself killed" seem like sound rules to follow.
That and 'Keep your ears open and your mouths shut'. I've read lots of Vietnam veterans state that they didn't wear socks and underwear because the environment made them act like sandpaper.
During High School, we had 3 Vietnam veterans come to our class to talk about the war. They all had very different politics, but they all agreed one thing: Forest Gump was the most accurate depiction of the war.
Interesting - considering Oliver Stone was actually there, and Platoon was made from his personal experiences. I'd think that qualifies it to be the most "accurate".
He called him Lt. Dan for two reasons, One he served under him and he respects him regardless of the way Dan treats him in return. Two when Dan lamented to him over the loss of his legs and mentioned his own name in rank in passing Forrest said this and only this in response "You're still Lr. Dan." As simple minded as that sounds he pretty much told Taylor he's still who he is legs or no legs and while it took him a while he managed to realize that.
I really love that Bubba was laser focused on opening and running his shrimping business. He was very goal oriented and knew exactly what he wanted. That is why his death was sad for me. The song "War" says that "war, has shattered many a young mans dreams".
similarly there was a scene in GoT where Ed Sheeran is doing a cameo in a group of soldiers and singing a song; there was lots of backlash from the purists for it being 'an empty cameo' but armies are composed of men with talents and plans for something greater, for when they go home they're not all trained killers Tom Hank's Saving PVT Ryan sergeant was a school teacher
You should try Bubba Gumps at the Mall Of America in Minneapolis...it's a restaurant dedicated to Bubba & they even ask you Forrest Gump trivia while waiting for your food...pretty cool place 😃🍤🍤
@@RW77777777 it was pretty much the frustration of season 8 disaster amalgamated with Ed sheeran psuedo hate. I really like that scene because for some moments, both sides forget their alliances and came together to have a nice meal. The disensitization of wars leads to hilarious opinions so when Arya says she's gonna kill cersei, they laughed and it was pretty much a good scene. Along with one of the guys who wanted to have a daughter.
As the other guy said above me, Forrest Gump was the movie that made this famous trope in the first place. Before this, Fortune Son wasn't in any other Vietnam War movie at all. This is why Baby Boomers say CCR were underrated especially compared to the Beatles and the Doors when it came to Vietnam War settings before Forrest Gump made it a stereotype.
probably it was meant to emphasize, or rather serve as a nod to, the fact that in the military, there was no color distinction, and the two (gump and bubba) bonded so much during training that any notion of a race barrier to them is non-existent, acting as if they were like brothers, hence the obviously rhetorical question "are you twins?" But it also evokes the race struggle back home, maybe contrasting how these two different worlds (military and civilian life) viewed race. I think the looking at each other was for comedic effect. That's my two-cents on that part of the scene. I love this entire movie.
yeah and i'm sure people in Sweden and China know where Portland is? I lived in Finland for a year and every question I got was: "Am I from New York and eat McDonald's?" I was like I'm FROM PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA and I eat at Tamarine's you euro moron !!!
Some interesting facts about feet in the Vietnam war. The vietnamese noticed that Americans love to kick things, so they put traps inside coconuts. Also they made traps called punji pits which were just sharpened bamboo spikes inside of holes. They realized the GI's could see them easier so they made them just small enough for a foot to step in. They were also tipped with human feces to cause even worse infections. GI's then started putting some sort of armor on the soles of their shoes so the vietnamese countered that by making the trap wider and connecting 2 spiked boards with a strap. The soldier would step on the strap and into the hole causing the jaws to come up and poke into the easily punctured canvas sides of the boot, still causing damage and infection. Feet are super important.
Bubba's death was the saddest movie scene ive ever seen. There was such a perfect joint friendship between them and it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship but he was unceremoniously Killed in Nam. Made me cry a good lot
One of the things I take away from the film is how Bubba was a young man who had all these plans for the shrimp business, his future after the war. Lieut. Dan in contrast felt he was destined to die a soldier as his ancestors did. Fate would find that Bubba would be the one to die next to some river far from home, and Lieut. Dan would live to an apparent old age, take Bubba's place on the shrimp boat, get married, and maybe continue the family line, with an asian woman of all people. I think its to remind us that our lives are in the hand of God. You never know when your time is up, and no matter what YOUR plan in life is, its ultimately up to Him.
I love how after Forrest says "No sir, we are not relation", LT Dan's facial expression switches from humor to concern and then says "Look, it's pretty basic here..." cracks me up all of the time
He handled the new guys well. He did everything right and still lost his legs. I love military science but this was the first time I watched a movie as a kid that actually made me reflect on what war might be.
@@hoilst265bingo. There's a great lecture on TH-cam about McNamaras folly. tragic what happened, a lot of people who could have been productive good citizens, whose low IQ scores just weren't appropriate for war.
"Take good care of your feet" Even though I never served, I wholly remember and learned from this advise. Working in labor - as a chicken catcher, I've managed to handle everything- cuts, scratches, bruises, rashes, muscle fatigue, cramps but blisters on my feet was the ONLY thing that stopped me from finishing a shift and somehow magnified everything to be intolerable.
It's also to prevent a horrible condition known as "Trench Foot", which soldiers were exposed to with prolonged exposure to moist, cold and damp conditions that their feet are in. Since it was shown that Forrest, Bubba and the platoon were walking through streams and wet ground, their feet are exposed to these aforementioned conditions. Lt. Dan Taylor even established the routine doings of changing socks anytime they stopped, which is because sweat can cause Trench Foot, but has a lower and more progressive risk of doing so.
As wife of Vietnam era Navy pilot - Forrest Gump comes pretty close to defining that era - the war - the factions at home. Life is full of irony. Our middle son married a Vietnamese girl about 8 years ago. From their marriage we have two beautiful grandsons - smart as can be - good - kind and loving. At their wedding in the village where she was born my husband gave a toast - may we all be united in peace and may this marriage of my son and your daughter be symbolic of that unity and peace. Vietnam is a very different country now. It is actually thriving for all intents and purposes. Wonderful people - love them dearly.
I always loved the part where Forrest talks about LT Dan's family history, that one of his ancestors fought and died in each American war. And then says " I guess he's got alot to live up to. "
Vietnam War movie instructions: Have the main characters be Marines only. Have a black guy or 2 in the movie. Play Fortunate Son everytime the protagonist is in a huey. Play Sympathy for the Devil everytime the protagonist is in a PT boat. Have the protagonist carry a M16 even before it entered service. Have a scene where a Rambo like soldier goes in the open and screams while firing a war pig and not get shot. Have a scene where the protagonist goes to a Vietnamese whore house. Have one of the characters dad's a veteran of ww2. Have a battle hardened sergeant. Have a napalm scene.
True for a bunch of other films, but: Forrest was in the Army No PT Boats in this movie Forrest doesn't know his dad The battle hardened guy was a LT, but there was a Drill Instructor so I'll give you that Forrest has an M-16, but they were well in service before he enlisted No Rambo style stuff here No "me love you long time" here, either Yes CCR and yes napalm, but they were both used a lot in Vietnam
It's a particularly stupid meme, too, since Fortunate Son is an.... ANTI-WAR song. VERY explicitly so. It would be like playing NWA's F--K the Police in every single buddy cop film when they first show up. Yes, the song is period-appropriate. But it's never used *in the proper context* in that period. Sigh. I hate Hollywood music producers. They're idiots.
Have a scumbag friendly fire scene, have a war is pointless scene, have a can't win em all metaphor, have The Doors, Hendrix, CCR, and Stones/Motown music ambiance, cast nobody who was even in the war, deliberately leave out any media interpretation, don't show how the other side fought other than the tunnels, body bags everywhere scenes, lead characters getting fucked up on something scene, war is a racket scene, lead character learns a moral lesson scene.
“There’s a lot of things you expect in war. The carnage, the sleepless nights. But what they don’t prepare you for... is the incessant use of Fortunate Son.”
@@chiefmojorising1 They ARE CG helicopters. In addition to the famous scenes blending Forrest in with JFK, LBJ, etc., ILM did a lot of CG shots multiplying extras. Most of the extras in the football and Washington rally scenes are CG copies of a few hundred extras repositioned and cut together. Even a big-budget movie like Forrest Gump isn't going to track down and rent two dozen Hueys for one shot.
Exactly the same happend to me with the only difference being that i discouvered a 4th instant classic for my playlist. Listen to "Califonia Dreamin' " from the mamas and the papas. It also appeares during the Vietnam part of the movie after Bubba convinces Forrest to join his Shrimp buisness after the war
That was a given in Vietnam !! The "crud" that could infect your fee could ruin you and make life so miserable !! Always try to have dry socks and keep dry- impossible though !!
I remember this song in my mind in 2006 flying into Southern Iraq.This was my Uncle's favorite song when i used to listen to it on the old 45 RPM records in the very early 1970's when Uncle came back from Vietnam on his way to Fort Campbell.I guess every generation of soldiers had their theme song of their era.While i was in Iraq i had this uploaded into my laptop and would wake me up as an alarm to get ready for a patrol or convoy.Yep i was just a soldier like my Uncle and my Dad.....
Lt Dan in the film was an outstanding officer. Clear and to the point without educated and arrogant jargon. He was in the wrong branch but im biased. God bless all our Vietnam veterans. Oorah!
Those two rules still applies in every war! I fought in 3 tours in Iraq as an infantryman. It was literally as simple as that and you had a great chance of survival.
Forrest Gump is a great movie. Funny and dramatic all in one. This scene has both. It’s sad to see him be sad to leave his mom behind but funny when he meets his PL for the first time. I can relate to all of it now after going through my experiances...
my grandpa went 4 years to vietnam during the indochina war. He also told me they had a lot of booze (wine for us), and that "feet thing" is quite accurate ! Luckily for me he made it
Love the irony how he says to keep good care of your feet and then he loses his and also said not to do anything stupid and the Forrest saves him by risking his life to save his.
Kindly pause scrolling and make space for the following information in your memory banks: 1. Tom Hanks was not paid for this film. Instead, he took percentage points which ultimately netted him in the region of $40 million. 2. With every transition of Forrest's age, one thing remains the same. In the first scene of each transition, he wears a blue plaid shirt. 3. Forrest's college football uniform is always spotless, due to the fact that no-one is fast enough to catch him. 4. During the ping-pong matches, there was no ball; it was entirely CGI, animated to meet the actors' paddles. 5. Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, and Martin Lawrence were considered for the role of Bubba. 6. Jodie Foster, Nicole Kidman, and Demi Moore turned down the role of Jenny Curran. 7. Haley Joel Osment was cast in the film after the casting director had noticed him in a Pizza Hut commercial. 8. Forrest and Dan's Shrimp Emporium, "Bubba Gump," is now a themed restaurant in 33 locations around the world. 9. After his experience playing lieutenant Dan, Gary Sinise established a charity to help disabled veterans. To date he's raised over $280 million. 10. Selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in December 2011 as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
They are so right about the feet. I have spent my life fishing in the Mekong and the reservoirs around it in Thailand and Laos. If you do not dry your feet every time you get out of the water, they corrode. Imagine the worst zombie feet you can, and then double it, and you are getting near what happens.
I have so many friends who were in all US military branches from 8 American Wars including Vietnam. My uncles father was in the army for 28 years and was even a colonel and was in Vietnam. It is unfortunate I never got to really talk to him almost at all before he passed away in September. He has been in Huey's and all. He did have nightmare's of his helicopter shot down and his own men dying right next to him and all but I heard some real cool stuff about him. They did go through a ton but those who did survive, many are actually some of the coolest and nicest people and can tell you many things about this war many don't know and it is amazing the stuff they can tell you. A friend of mine was also a USMC sniper over there for 2 or 3 tours and it is a shame how they were treated when they returned cause they were just doing what they had no choice to do or prison or die. Many are great people too. Another friend of mine is a Vietnam Navy veteran and he had a father in the 82nd Airborne and this friend is just all around a good guy to talk to. You can truly only imagine what some went through but you still want to keep in touch with those you know who served cause they love someone who understands and appreciates their service and sacrifice. For me, I am a huge supporter in appreciation for veterans of any war so I make sure to keep in touch with my veteran friends I can.
at the final of the movie LT. dan became one of the realest friends of forres. and that was so heart wharming.he even repaired his legs and attended to forrest marriage. that's truly the best frinedship i've even seen into a movie
In my history class we did a song analysis of songs written during the Vietnam era to look at the sociopolitical mindset of the time. When they played this song a girl in my class said this. "This was from forrest gump" She had never seen the rain I guess.
***** WOW!! we had more wars then I thought. I guess they where just mentioning the ones they knew the audience would know and be most aware off. I didnt even know off the Mexican one.
sang yeon youn I thought that part was interesting also. My grandfather who was an adviser in Vietnam before the Gulf of Tonkin false flag saw Forrest Gump with me when it came out in the theaters. He told me he never would have saw it if he knew it had the hollywood Vietnam bs in it. Anyways I asked him if there were that many hueys regularly when he was there, he said way way more, they were carrying in endless streams of material and men at times.
"And A Hard Rain Fell" by John Ketwig is an excellent books to read about a young man's experience in Vietnam. What a horrible war that was. We sent boys over there into a hellhole.
The shot of a mother hugging her son. The shot of a silhouetted helicopter panning out to a machine gun. The shot of a battle hardened soldier looking disdainfully at two green eyed rookies with wide eyes. Everything about this scene is literally movie perfection.
>Vietnam war movie >Fortunate Son by Credence Clearwater Revival starts playing >Children refuse to look into history and understand our past and would rather focus on social media and current events
( Lt. Dan ) Whats wrong with your lip ? ( Bubba ) I was born with big gums sir. ( Lt. Dan ) Well you better tuck that in , your gonna get that caught on a trip wire. FUNNY AS SHIT !!!!
This scene shows that Lt. Dan: 1 Does care about the lives of his men, at least initially; 2 Understands that the most basic instinct of any grunt is to survive; 3 Gives very pragmatic survival tips; 4 Is willing to share some welfare with new guys who don't even have any footing in his unit.
"IT'S JUST A MOVIE"????, Like any story well told, with sophistication, and complexity, this one connects with abstract truths that pass right by us under normal circumstances. Watching these scenes, so carefully crafted to a high degree of accuracy, and ambience is "extremely powerful" for me and millions of others. Despite some inexactness, or inevitable misrepresentations, there are many powerful themes, classical and contemporary contained in it. While the Author may not have meant it. Forest in one sense represents all young soldiers, certainly in Vietnam, but all wars. In one sense, no matter how brave, consciously valorous, intelligent, or trained a soldier is, all warriors are in a sense mentally debilitated, when the power of (Self Preservation), (Adrenaline), (Ear Piercing fear), and (confusion) grip you. When an inexperienced boy enlists, or is drafted, the obliviousness, is beyond belief for most recruits. We all have to die, but why do so many humans choose to end life for themselves, or others before they have a chance to fully love the family they die to protect? The humor is great and gives reality to scenes, because people use sardonic gallows humor in the face of fear, and uncertainty. The meaning viewers attach to these scenes are extremely potent. View them with respect.
That deeply ironic, many generations-long-recited military mantra: "Don't do anything stupid" should be chiseled on the Washington Monument, for archeologists to dig up and marvel upon, from deep down in the rubble of the American Empire, the message to any survivors in the human species of the distant future.
Ltn. Dan: "take care of your feet" and "try not to do anything stupid to get yourself killed" Also Ltn. Dan: Looses his feet and tries to get himself killed.
What they don’t prepare you for is the incessant use of fortunate son
-Glenn Quagmire
*Fortunate Son plays in background*
@@cowboyanimal_1 what the fuck are you saying?
@@cowboyanimal_1 soooo... in short terms, your offended?
@@cowboyanimal_1 lighten up Francis
@@cowboyanimal_1 bitch stfu i'm here for the movie
I've never been in the military, but "take care of your feet" and "try not to do anything stupid to get yourself killed" seem like sound rules to follow.
Its common sense
They were telling guys that in the Trojan War...
That and 'Keep your ears open and your mouths shut'. I've read lots of Vietnam veterans state that they didn't wear socks and underwear because the environment made them act like sandpaper.
Exactly.... You dont have to be in military to know this
true
During High School, we had 3 Vietnam veterans come to our class to talk about the war. They all had very different politics, but they all agreed one thing: Forest Gump was the most accurate depiction of the war.
IMO its Full Metal Jacket
@@oliverb.8995 My father's friend was a gunner on a helicopter and he said Platoon. Veterans will have different experiences.
Interesting - considering Oliver Stone was actually there, and Platoon was made from his personal experiences. I'd think that qualifies it to be the most "accurate".
@@srujan00 its almost like they all had a different experience that could be depicted differently.......crazy i know.
@@jamesvela7820 That's why accurate was in quotes. There's no need for you to get sarcastic or feel superior.
The single most synonymous thing with Vietnam is the *woop-woop* of the Huey's with fortunate son in the background
+tful trev just that first guitar riff...not even really the whole song...makes me happy and sad at the same time...hard to explain
+bighunterman77 yeah from like 0:24 to 0:38
Im not bragging, but i can play it on guitar, and it does go great with the hueys
this was all filmed at an island off the south carolina coast
Worlds best combination: Chopper sound and Fortunate son
I like the friendship between Lt Dan and Forrest throughout the movie and he always called him "Lt Dan".
No shit thats his name
+Get wrecked Soccer. His name is Dan Taylor and Forrest doesn't just call him Dan
He called him Lt. Dan for two reasons, One he served under him and he respects him regardless of the way Dan treats him in return. Two when Dan lamented to him over the loss of his legs and mentioned his own name in rank in passing Forrest said this and only this in response "You're still Lr. Dan." As simple minded as that sounds he pretty much told Taylor he's still who he is legs or no legs and while it took him a while he managed to realize that.
"Lt. Dayun"
I still call my high school coach "coach" ::)
I love how Lt. Dan always respected Forest and never belittled him.
If you are the alfa, you gain noting from wack the peopel under you.
That is actually the sign of a very good solid person.
Also getting genuinely angry and defending forest after the woman called him stupid
But also called him an imbecile during one of his rants.
"it's pretty basic here."
He would have called them idiots at that point.
I dunno why but Lt. Dan actually seems like he'd be a decent Officer if he were a real person.
He respects his underlings and gives respect to get respect
Daniel Appleton he hated being a crippled person in the beginng..... Idk bro
What a true officer should be. No superiority complex, but a man who respects even the lowest rank and knows they all play a pivotal role in combat.
Cloro Bec
What? You think being crippled is something to enjoy?
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I really love that Bubba was laser focused on opening and running his shrimping business. He was very goal oriented and knew exactly what he wanted. That is why his death was sad for me. The song "War" says that "war, has shattered many a young mans dreams".
not sure if Bubba would actually know how though. Lt. Dan developed Forrest's business.
similarly there was a scene in GoT where Ed Sheeran is doing a cameo in a group of soldiers and singing a song;
there was lots of backlash from the purists for it being 'an empty cameo'
but armies are composed of men with talents and plans for something greater, for when they go home
they're not all trained killers
Tom Hank's Saving PVT Ryan sergeant was a school teacher
You should try Bubba Gumps at the Mall Of America in Minneapolis...it's a restaurant dedicated to Bubba & they even ask you Forrest Gump trivia while waiting for your food...pretty cool place 😃🍤🍤
@@RW77777777 it was pretty much the frustration of season 8 disaster amalgamated with Ed sheeran psuedo hate. I really like that scene because for some moments, both sides forget their alliances and came together to have a nice meal. The disensitization of wars leads to hilarious opinions so when Arya says she's gonna kill cersei, they laughed and it was pretty much a good scene. Along with one of the guys who wanted to have a daughter.
I know everything about the shrimping business . Bubba
Good thing they’re playing “Fortunate Son,” otherwise there’d be no way of knowing this is a movie set during the Vietnam War.
Funny enough, this movie actually invented the trope
And now you here it everywhere...
As the other guy said above me, Forrest Gump was the movie that made this famous trope in the first place. Before this, Fortune Son wasn't in any other Vietnam War movie at all. This is why Baby Boomers say CCR were underrated especially compared to the Beatles and the Doors when it came to Vietnam War settings before Forrest Gump made it a stereotype.
Lmao 🤣
"You twins?"
"No we are not relations sir."
aawww forrest :)
When you realize that Forest was from Alabama.
God the hesitation and fact that they had to glance at each other made the scene. Lt Dan's reaction was like "Got some of those recruits huh?"
I thinks Dan's reaction was "these poor dumb kids have no clue what they are going to go through...he felt sorry for them for that split second
I know I DIED 🤣🤣
Baba &gump, they are twins😆
Good morning Vietnam. Here is today's weather forecast: all sunny and clear sky, with chance of Vietcong behind the bush aiming at your face.
Nguyen Huy that's die hard 4
Nguyen Huy Tell me more about it, Charlie.....If u don’t mind me calling u by that way.
We just got new updates of Napalm Strikes up North
chance of napalm in the afternoon
fuck you charlie
Lt Dan: " Take good care of your feet"
Also Lt Dan: *loses his feet*
Whole leg
Pretty clever foreshadowing, not bad Zemeckis
Good spot. Never caught that.
Irónico
Lol i like how they looked to each other when Lt. asked if they were twins
Lol how Lt Dan smiles while asking if they're twins.
That's when Lt Dan realized he's dealing with retards
probably it was meant to emphasize, or rather serve as a nod to, the fact that in the military, there was no color distinction, and the two (gump and bubba) bonded so much during training that any notion of a race barrier to them is non-existent, acting as if they were like brothers, hence the obviously rhetorical question "are you twins?" But it also evokes the race struggle back home, maybe contrasting how these two different worlds (military and civilian life) viewed race. I think the looking at each other was for comedic effect. That's my two-cents on that part of the scene. I love this entire movie.
Wtf?? I think its plain and simple they just daf. People see what they want to see i guess.
Alabama joke
God created war to give America geography lessons.
WyattWorld is my world history teacher God?
Do you have no respect for America's Military? Be honest?
vitoduval nobody will soon :)
why do they deserve respect?
yeah and i'm sure people in Sweden and China know where Portland is? I lived in Finland for a year and every question I got was: "Am I from New York and eat McDonald's?" I was like I'm FROM PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA and I eat at Tamarine's you euro moron !!!
Some interesting facts about feet in the Vietnam war. The vietnamese noticed that Americans love to kick things, so they put traps inside coconuts. Also they made traps called punji pits which were just sharpened bamboo spikes inside of holes. They realized the GI's could see them easier so they made them just small enough for a foot to step in. They were also tipped with human feces to cause even worse infections. GI's then started putting some sort of armor on the soles of their shoes so the vietnamese countered that by making the trap wider and connecting 2 spiked boards with a strap. The soldier would step on the strap and into the hole causing the jaws to come up and poke into the easily punctured canvas sides of the boot, still causing damage and infection.
Feet are super important.
never knew about the traps inside of coconuts thats pretty interesting
I cant even imagine that. No wonder my grandfather never said much.
You could almost say that anyone who tries to occupy Vietnam will face de feet.
@@MrTIMPOSTER lol true
Would it have been easier to stop kicking coconuts?
Bubba's death was the saddest movie scene ive ever seen. There was such a perfect joint friendship between them and it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship but he was unceremoniously Killed in Nam. Made me cry a good lot
From speaking to many vets, Nam was like that- good friends gone in an instant.
That seems very deliberate on the part of the filmmakers, and deeply resemblant of what actually happened out there to thousands of soldiers.
Hijynks hehehehe i found yyou
One of the things I take away from the film is how Bubba was a young man who had all these plans for the shrimp business, his future after the war. Lieut. Dan in contrast felt he was destined to die a soldier as his ancestors did. Fate would find that Bubba would be the one to die next to some river far from home, and Lieut. Dan would live to an apparent old age, take Bubba's place on the shrimp boat, get married, and maybe continue the family line, with an asian woman of all people. I think its to remind us that our lives are in the hand of God. You never know when your time is up, and no matter what YOUR plan in life is, its ultimately up to Him.
"I wanna go home.." All the medics that have heard that may God be with you as well.
God, this movie has some of the best music in the world.
***** Sugar Pie Honey Bunch By Four Tops
Truly said indeed
O brother where art thou
Still have the soundtrack CD
CCR, Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Beach Boys in this scene alone. One of the best soundtracks ever.
I love how after Forrest says "No sir, we are not relation", LT Dan's facial expression switches from humor to concern and then says "Look, it's pretty basic here..." cracks me up all of the time
He was like, oh boy I got a pair of idiots in my hands. 😂😂
@@Jamaa_ya_kaziI think it’s also a reflection on how he knew so many men were getting killed in a lost cause.
@@Jamaa_ya_kazi "McNamara's Morons" - a very real, very sad thing.
He handled the new guys well. He did everything right and still lost his legs. I love military science but this was the first time I watched a movie as a kid that actually made me reflect on what war might be.
@@hoilst265bingo. There's a great lecture on TH-cam about McNamaras folly. tragic what happened, a lot of people who could have been productive good citizens, whose low IQ scores just weren't appropriate for war.
As somebody who went in the army, i can tell: Lt. Dan was a great leader!
agree to the disagree
Willingly die when still alive ...yeah..that'd hard officer to find
Guys who served in the Army don’t say they went in the Army, unless they’re talking about taking a crap. 😀
@@jwf1964 its a kid probably lol
"was a great leader!"? You know he's not real, right?
"Take good care of your feet"
Even though I never served, I wholly remember and learned from this advise.
Working in labor - as a chicken catcher, I've managed to handle everything- cuts, scratches, bruises, rashes, muscle fatigue, cramps but blisters on my feet was the ONLY thing that stopped me from finishing a shift and somehow magnified everything to be intolerable.
You only have so many dry pairs of socks and the boots give you ingrown toenails especially once they start getting damp😂
It's also to prevent a horrible condition known as "Trench Foot", which soldiers were exposed to with prolonged exposure to moist, cold and damp conditions that their feet are in. Since it was shown that Forrest, Bubba and the platoon were walking through streams and wet ground, their feet are exposed to these aforementioned conditions. Lt. Dan Taylor even established the routine doings of changing socks anytime they stopped, which is because sweat can cause Trench Foot, but has a lower and more progressive risk of doing so.
As wife of Vietnam era Navy pilot - Forrest Gump comes pretty close to defining that era - the war - the factions at home. Life is full of irony. Our middle son married a Vietnamese girl about 8 years ago. From their marriage we have two beautiful grandsons - smart as can be - good - kind and loving. At their wedding in the village where she was born my husband gave a toast - may we all be united in peace and may this marriage of my son and your daughter be symbolic of that unity and peace. Vietnam is a very different country now. It is actually thriving for all intents and purposes. Wonderful people - love them dearly.
I mean... they totally skipped the War of 1812.
and mexico, spanish american, korean, .... whatever
IrishColin94 and all those Native American wars
***** 1812
***** 1812-1815
IrishColin94 C'mon now you know Forrest is slow! He doesn't know about all those other wars
I always loved the part where Forrest talks about LT Dan's family history, that one of his ancestors fought and died in each American war. And then says " I guess he's got alot to live up to. "
I met Lt. Dan(aka Gary Senise) while I was in Ramadi Iraq in 2008. He's a stand up guy and he's all about our troops. Forest Gump is a classic.
I was born with big gums.
You better tuck that in, dont wanna get stuck in no tripwire.
It’s like we watched the same video or something
Sonny Anderson 😂
🤣🤣🤣 that line just killed me
kitty 1905 me too! One of the funniest scenes in the movie! 😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍
😭😅😅😅😅😆😆😆 LoL ...same comment but in spanish Bro jajajaja 😀
Vietnam War movie instructions:
Have the main characters be Marines only.
Have a black guy or 2 in the movie.
Play Fortunate Son everytime the protagonist is in a huey.
Play Sympathy for the Devil everytime the protagonist is in a PT boat.
Have the protagonist carry a M16 even before it entered service.
Have a scene where a Rambo like soldier goes in the open and screams while firing a war pig and not get shot.
Have a scene where the protagonist goes to a Vietnamese whore house.
Have one of the characters dad's a veteran of ww2.
Have a battle hardened sergeant.
Have a napalm scene.
True for a bunch of other films, but:
Forrest was in the Army
No PT Boats in this movie
Forrest doesn't know his dad
The battle hardened guy was a LT, but there was a Drill Instructor so I'll give you that
Forrest has an M-16, but they were well in service before he enlisted
No Rambo style stuff here
No "me love you long time" here, either
Yes CCR and yes napalm, but they were both used a lot in Vietnam
It's a particularly stupid meme, too, since Fortunate Son is an.... ANTI-WAR song. VERY explicitly so. It would be like playing NWA's F--K the Police in every single buddy cop film when they first show up. Yes, the song is period-appropriate. But it's never used *in the proper context* in that period. Sigh. I hate Hollywood music producers. They're idiots.
Have a scumbag friendly fire scene, have a war is pointless scene, have a can't win em all metaphor, have The Doors, Hendrix, CCR, and Stones/Motown music ambiance, cast nobody who was even in the war, deliberately leave out any media interpretation, don't show how the other side fought other than the tunnels, body bags everywhere scenes, lead characters getting fucked up on something scene, war is a racket scene, lead character learns a moral lesson scene.
well , if sergeant is not battle hardent , he proboly is dead in that war :D
You basically just described the entirety of the Vietnam segments in Black Ops.
“There’s a lot of things you expect in war. The carnage, the sleepless nights. But what they don’t prepare you for... is the incessant use of Fortunate Son.”
Salutes
Are you guys going to keep making this same joke?
Probably @@user-qx5nk6qg2b
Wish movies like this were made more often :/
Yeah but if anyone tried to make a movie like Forrest Gump today, it would never be remotely close to pipping Forrest Gump
Yeah
It was ok, pretty dumb putting him in every historical event of his time period though.
@@LordTalax It's a movie, they can really do whatever they want and it was clearly a gag.... weird to see this criticism often tbh
@@LordTalax what is that supposed to mean 🤨
This is Gary Sinise's best performance so far, absolutely gripping
Always bought tears to my eyes, especially after the hurricane. Gary Sinese played an amazing role in this movie
Of Mice and Men was good too. He played the heck out of his role there
@@Dakid015 added to watchlist, thx
"So where you boys from?"
"Alabama"
"So you boys are from Arkansas"
Little Rocks a fine town
It sure is. LoL
You twins?
.... No, we are not relations, Sir. 🤣😝
>vietnam scene
>it aint me starts playing
the song is called Fortunate son
+Collin Sissom >it aint me starts playing
+Collin Sissom It's a meme you dip starts playing
The Rockster Calling people autistic is also a meme
*uses greentext on TH-cam*
such a beautifully filmed scene!!! Love all the Hueys flying in the background!!!
Yeah today it would have been stupid CG helicopters
+chiefmojorising1 Only if it was a low budget film.
@@chiefmojorising1 They ARE CG helicopters. In addition to the famous scenes blending Forrest in with JFK, LBJ, etc., ILM did a lot of CG shots multiplying extras. Most of the extras in the football and Washington rally scenes are CG copies of a few hundred extras repositioned and cut together. Even a big-budget movie like Forrest Gump isn't going to track down and rent two dozen Hueys for one shot.
This movie made me listen to 3 songs:
"Fortunate Son"
"Soul Kitchen"
"All Along the Watchtower"
Exactly the same happend to me with the only difference being that i discouvered a 4th instant classic for my playlist. Listen to "Califonia Dreamin' " from the mamas and the papas. It also appeares during the Vietnam part of the movie after Bubba convinces Forrest to join his Shrimp buisness after the war
and also "For What It's Worth"
I also really enjoyed "Free Bird".
People are strange
Not going to lie, as a 12 year old when this movie came out, I quickly became a fan of The Doors thanks to this soundtrack
I saw this movie years ago, and it's only just now that I'm picking up on the "take good care of your feet" foreshadowing.
That was a given in Vietnam !! The "crud" that could infect your fee could ruin you and make life so miserable !! Always try to have dry socks and keep dry- impossible though !!
Fun fact: after this movie Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise wanted to play together in another movie and they went to be in Apollo 13 in 1995
Also the green mile.
Gary Sinise and Mykelti Williamson play together in CSI New York.
Any vietnam scene in a movie has to be preceded by CCR music. Its just the law.
What about All Along the Watchtower Hendrix version?
I think that there's an unwritten rule that to make a proper Vietnam war scene you MUST have CCR music to accompany it. Thank you veterans.
Always tears me up when he leans into his momma 😢 I loves this movie as a kid and still do it just holds up so well
I remember this song in my mind in 2006 flying into Southern Iraq.This was my Uncle's favorite song when i used to listen to it on the old 45 RPM records in the very early 1970's when Uncle came back from Vietnam on his way to Fort Campbell.I guess every generation of soldiers had their theme song of their era.While i was in Iraq i had this uploaded into my laptop and would wake me up as an alarm to get ready for a patrol or convoy.Yep i was just a soldier like my Uncle and my Dad.....
Travis Smith Yep i remember that one as "let the Hadjis hit the floor".
Iraq was tough, sir?
Good job
Sorry but i really wonder that , did US Soldiers rape iraqi womens ?
reddevilparatrooper thank you for your service.
Forrst Gump is one of my most favorite of movies. "I sure hope I don't let him down." was one of the funniest moments in this movie,
The "You twins?" scene cracks me up every time. The face of Lt. Dan after Forrest's response is hilarious 😂
Can we just please finally give some props to that million dollar mustache the door gunner is rocking at the beginning?
"after we win this war..."
Adam Faturrachman r/thatdidintgotoplan
Adam Faturrachman r/agedlikemilk
This is definitely one of the best movies ever. I hope many more generations watch and enjoy it
"Somebody in his family had fought and died in every. Single. American war."
Korean war: "Am I a joke to you?"
They do call it the "Forgotten War".
@@crazy4sian I know, my guy.
Also forgot War of 1812, Mexican War and Spanish-American War.
A Police Action lol
America was technically never in the Korean war. They were under the flag of the UN.
Playing Fortunate Son during an intro to the Vietnam War is just freaking genius. Love that movie.
My grandfather and great uncle fought in this war and I can’t imagine what they went through
God bless them for their service ✝🕊💖
Lt Dan in the film was an outstanding officer. Clear and to the point without educated and arrogant jargon. He was in the wrong branch but im biased. God bless all our Vietnam veterans. Oorah!
FNGs = F**king new guys. FYI.
Is that really what that stands for?
TheAaronmcmahon11 Yep. Military shorthand / slang, almost any branch.
Never knew that
Well, I thought it was Fresh New Grads or Guns 😂
@@danielappleton153 huh, must be an army thing. in USMC we just call em boots
Forrest Gump never fails to make me cry. It's a perfect film.
No it isn't.
It's good, but Family Guy makes fun of it's issues perfectly.
That "You better tuck that in.. gonna get that caught in a trip wire" line from Lt. Dan still gets me in stitches
Underrated line
2:12- I like it how they had to look at each other for a couple seconds to remind themselves they aren't twins!
I like the look Lt. Dan makes when he realizes he’s got “those” type of soldiers with him now
Such an important and meaningful movie. A mirror for everyone of us, our life choices and what really matters in life.
That chopper landed soo smooth!!!
Those two rules still applies in every war! I fought in 3 tours in Iraq as an infantryman. It was literally as simple as that and you had a great chance of survival.
And than you realize TH-cam basic has Forest Gump for free too. ❤
Forrest Gump is a great movie. Funny and dramatic all in one. This scene has both. It’s sad to see him be sad to leave his mom behind but funny when he meets his PL for the first time. I can relate to all of it now after going through my experiances...
Fun Fact: "Vietnam" was actually filmed in South Carolina
One of my Uncle's was there in 66-67 humping the Delta with the 9th same regiment as Forest. Weapons Platoon Charlie Company 1/47th Infantry.
my grandpa went 4 years to vietnam during the indochina war. He also told me they had a lot of booze (wine for us), and that "feet thing" is quite accurate ! Luckily for me he made it
Love the irony how he says to keep good care of your feet and then he loses his and also said not to do anything stupid and the Forrest saves him by risking his life to save his.
Kindly pause scrolling and make space for the following information in your memory banks:
1. Tom Hanks was not paid for this film. Instead, he took percentage points which ultimately netted him in the region of $40 million.
2. With every transition of Forrest's age, one thing remains the same. In the first scene of each transition, he wears a blue plaid shirt.
3. Forrest's college football uniform is always spotless, due to the fact that no-one is fast enough to catch him.
4. During the ping-pong matches, there was no ball; it was entirely CGI, animated to meet the actors' paddles.
5. Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, and Martin Lawrence were considered for the role of Bubba.
6. Jodie Foster, Nicole Kidman, and Demi Moore turned down the role of Jenny Curran.
7. Haley Joel Osment was cast in the film after the casting director had noticed him in a Pizza Hut commercial.
8. Forrest and Dan's Shrimp Emporium, "Bubba Gump," is now a themed restaurant in 33 locations around the world.
9. After his experience playing lieutenant Dan, Gary Sinise established a charity to help disabled veterans. To date he's raised over $280 million.
10. Selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in December 2011 as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Gary sinise comes across as a true gentleman !
They are so right about the feet. I have spent my life fishing in the Mekong and the reservoirs around it in Thailand and Laos. If you do not dry your feet every time you get out of the water, they corrode. Imagine the worst zombie feet you can, and then double it, and you are getting near what happens.
I have so many friends who were in all US military branches from 8 American Wars including Vietnam. My uncles father was in the army for 28 years and was even a colonel and was in Vietnam. It is unfortunate I never got to really talk to him almost at all before he passed away in September. He has been in Huey's and all. He did have nightmare's of his helicopter shot down and his own men dying right next to him and all but I heard some real cool stuff about him. They did go through a ton but those who did survive, many are actually some of the coolest and nicest people and can tell you many things about this war many don't know and it is amazing the stuff they can tell you. A friend of mine was also a USMC sniper over there for 2 or 3 tours and it is a shame how they were treated when they returned cause they were just doing what they had no choice to do or prison or die. Many are great people too. Another friend of mine is a Vietnam Navy veteran and he had a father in the 82nd Airborne and this friend is just all around a good guy to talk to. You can truly only imagine what some went through but you still want to keep in touch with those you know who served cause they love someone who understands and appreciates their service and sacrifice. For me, I am a huge supporter in appreciation for veterans of any war so I make sure to keep in touch with my veteran friends I can.
We didn't lose vietnam. We left
He always mentions to take good care of your feet..and then he loses his..the irony haha
Yes, the cold and cruel irony
Ironic. He could save others, but not himself.
at the final of the movie LT. dan became one of the realest friends of forres. and that was so heart wharming.he even repaired his legs and attended to forrest marriage. that's truly the best frinedship i've even seen into a movie
When the trees start speaking about different kinds of shrimp and all the ways to cook them
I am the lorax i speak for the trees, and for some reason they are speaking vietnamese
I’d take notes and then shoot them an hour later
In my history class we did a song analysis of songs written during the Vietnam era to look at the sociopolitical mindset of the time.
When they played this song a girl in my class said this.
"This was from forrest gump"
She had never seen the rain I guess.
Every single American War?? they forgot the war of 1812 and the Korean in the 50s
That's why people call the Korean war as the forgotten war. The director apparently forgot about it too.
LOL.... you are so right!!
ku junmo
they also forgot about that Spanish-American war
*****
WOW!! we had more wars then I thought. I guess they where just mentioning the ones they knew the audience would know and be most aware off. I didnt even know off the Mexican one.
*****
we had all those to?? Damn no wonder all the other countries hate us.
That lake scene was great. You can see Forrest face , he was sad and scared. Comfort a of mother.
(1:15) That is a lot of Hueys.
sang yeon youn look at all those chickens
sang yeon youn that's a lot of fish
sang yeon youn I thought that part was interesting also. My grandfather who was an adviser in Vietnam before the Gulf of Tonkin false flag saw Forrest Gump with me when it came out in the theaters. He told me he never would have saw it if he knew it had the hollywood Vietnam bs in it. Anyways I asked him if there were that many hueys regularly when he was there, he said way way more, they were carrying in endless streams of material and men at times.
bob person I think that was a reference to Jurassic Park
+sang yeon youn I always thought that was sort of meant to be a joke
this movie is simply wonderful. one of those i can't help watching over and over and each time something gets into my eyes
"And A Hard Rain Fell" by John Ketwig is an excellent books to read about a young man's experience in Vietnam. What a horrible war that was. We sent boys over there into a hellhole.
The shot of a mother hugging her son.
The shot of a silhouetted helicopter panning out to a machine gun.
The shot of a battle hardened soldier looking disdainfully at two green eyed rookies with wide eyes.
Everything about this scene is literally movie perfection.
>Vietnam movie
>it ain't me starts playing
+Zaxarian It ain't me?...... lol. That's Fortunate Son by CCR my friend.
>Vietnam war movie
>Fortunate Son by Credence Clearwater Revival starts playing
>Children refuse to look into history and understand our past and would rather focus on social media and current events
+ChalupaBatmanMacArthur Funny thing is most people who use this meme probably know a lot more about film than the average person.
+ChalupaBatmanMacArthur >redditor gets buttmad
You're a big hothead.
soulassassin0g
I'm 14 and I love history and Rock and Roll(60s-80s)
I am a retired combat vet and my dad was a Vietnam vet...so this hits home
My dad was to.
( Lt. Dan ) Whats wrong with your lip ? ( Bubba ) I was born with big gums sir. ( Lt. Dan ) Well you better tuck that in , your gonna get that caught on a trip wire.
FUNNY AS SHIT !!!!
🤣💀
That chopper pilot that dropped that bird in on a dime at :50 was a focking pro !
they can do whatever they want 'cuz it's a movie, if it was real, i will clap and jump of from the chopper
It was probably Robert Mason.
This scene shows that Lt. Dan:
1 Does care about the lives of his men, at least initially;
2 Understands that the most basic instinct of any grunt is to survive;
3 Gives very pragmatic survival tips;
4 Is willing to share some welfare with new guys who don't even have any footing in his unit.
He was always tellin us to "get down" and "shut up"
GET DOWN!
SHUT UP!
I love how Lieutenant dan ask you twins putting aside their colour, even if it was a joke still a beautiful moment
When Lieutenant Dan asks if their twins and they have to pasue and check just made my day. Love this movie so much
The Vietcong flag hanging on the toilet gate was a nice touch.
I think the transition between a peaceful sunset in Alabama to a chopper with a killing machine on board is magic.
"IT'S JUST A MOVIE"????, Like any story well told, with sophistication, and complexity, this one connects with abstract truths that pass right by us under normal circumstances. Watching these scenes, so carefully crafted to a high degree of accuracy, and ambience is "extremely powerful" for me and millions of others. Despite some inexactness, or inevitable misrepresentations, there are many powerful themes, classical and contemporary contained in it. While the Author may not have meant it. Forest in one sense represents all young soldiers, certainly in Vietnam, but all wars. In one sense, no matter how brave, consciously valorous, intelligent, or trained a soldier is, all warriors are in a sense mentally debilitated, when the power of (Self Preservation), (Adrenaline), (Ear Piercing fear), and (confusion) grip you. When an inexperienced boy enlists, or is drafted, the obliviousness, is beyond belief for most recruits. We all have to die, but why do so many humans choose to end life for themselves, or others before they have a chance to fully love the family they die to protect? The humor is great and gives reality to scenes, because people use sardonic gallows humor in the face of fear, and uncertainty. The meaning viewers attach to these scenes are extremely potent. View them with respect.
“ better tuck that in or you may set off a trip wire” - Classic Dan
I love the guy with the mustache in the helicopter
Your never to young to have a Vietnam flashback...
it bothers me the slightest bit when I hear fortunate son sped up a bit
Same
I love the detail of the VC flag in the latrine.
Before I went, my WWII marine dad told me "never volunteer, keep your bowels open, and your feet dry."
Probably "THE" best movie of the 90's..Tremendous!
💪🙏
Lt. Dan nailed it. Best army advice I can give to new recruits is take care of your feet 🦶 👣
0:44 Thats a nice landing
That deeply ironic, many generations-long-recited military mantra: "Don't do anything stupid" should be chiseled on the Washington Monument, for archeologists to dig up and marvel upon, from deep down in the rubble of the American Empire, the message to any survivors in the human species of the distant future.
SgtBaker16 It's a joke man
lol not to him, brother.
You're damn right !!
@Craven Moorehead I'll bet she's a real joy to be around at Socialist gatherings.
With this song, even the war of Vietnam looks cool. :D
They should've had Forrest interviewed by Adrian Cronauer ( " Good Morning Vietnam " ). :)
The first time I saw this movie I was about 15 year old and I was totally amazed. I have started to be interested about 60´and music of this era.
Ltn. Dan: "take care of your feet" and "try not to do anything stupid to get yourself killed"
Also Ltn. Dan: Looses his feet and tries to get himself killed.
"Alabama sir!"
"Arkansas is nice, been through Little Rock before."