“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” is what Forrest said at the rally
Gary Sinise who played Lt. Dan was so inspired by doing this movie as Lt. Dan he helped to create the Lt. Dan Band. They are a band that does USO tours and plays concerts for active military and Veterans. The band is also very active in military, military families and Veteran charities. They help in providing needed housing assistance, medical assistance, mental health assistance and other things for military families and Veterans.
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 we wrestled with. Forrest may not be super bright, but he remembers everything he has seen and been told. He faces life with a gentle naivete born from the love he was shown growing up. Jenny spent most of her life trying to fly away from her childhood trauma. It took her decades to finally be able to deal with it and grow into a loving person herself. Lieutenant Dan faces life with anger after his trauma and it takes him a long time and the help of his friend Forrest to make his peace with the world. I love watching people react to this movie to see which historical pieces they recognize and which they don't. It is so thorough that in some schools, they use this movie to help teach this era of American History. I am glad you enjoyed Forrest Gump and look forward to more from you.
Multi-millionaire shrimp tycoon, decorated war hero, and international ping pong celebrity decides to start running laps across a continent for no particular reason... and the news reports him as "a gardener from Alabama"
Fairly realistic in these days where the internet wasn't there to research people in seconds. Reporters find out about him at a surface level, his current job was a gardener.
@@_BangDroid_ The dude was on a nationwide talk show with John Lennon, and had televised meetings of at least 3 presidents, and literally shares the name of a giant shrimp company that strangers at a bus stop can recognize... If reporters couldn't discover that, even in the age before the internet, they must not have done *any* research. We can put a man on the moon without the internet, but can't notice the guy running around was on the cover of Fortune magazine? The dude had been running for years at that point. It's not like they only had seconds to do research....
It’s not unrealistic, especially in the pre internet era. How many All American kick returners can you name? How many shrimp moguls can you name? How many ping pong champions can you name? How many Medal of Honor recipients can you name?
It is a statement about how one person's life can have so many twists and turns and go in crazy unexpected directions while for some life stays the same. And that's ok too.
Talking about locations... when Sally Field first saw the house she was very impressed that they had found such a pretty old house to film in. Then she found out that it had actually just been built for the movie. Those set construction folks did an impressive job on that one.
Our city had an anonymous local legend who walked everywhere all the time for over 35 years. We all called him Waldo, as in Where's Waldo, because you would spot him in random places at random times. You could go 2 or 3 years without seeming him, assume he was dead and then he would randomly pop-up again walking in a random location. Gump's running adventure always reminds me of him.
When Jenny left his house for the last time and said to the driver that she wasn’t running, she was being truthful. Being with Forest for those peaceful days made her realize she needed to get her act together and face her childhood trauma. Having a child of her own made her even more determined.
That was always my interpretation as well. It wasn't that she didn't love Forrest, but rather that she realized that she didn't deserve him. She even says, "You don't want to marry me."
@@neil2444 - That's part of it, but I always thought she was also afraid of how the small town locals would perceive it - the junkie screw-up comes back to Greenbow and shacks up with the town idiot, taking advantage of him just after he becomes a multi-millionaire. She couldn't bear to put Forrest through that, and when she found out she was pregnant, resolved to get her act together and raise little Forrest herself, at least for the first few years. That way, when the time was right, she'd reach out to Forrest and see how things were - she could return on her own terms having proved she's not the screw-up she feels she's perceived as. That way the small town gossip couldn't fault her.
The running scenes were done by Mr. Hanks' brother who is an accomplished marathon competitor. It was fortunate that Mr. Hanks' brother was a marathon runner and looked so much like Mr. Hanks.
And Lt Dan becomes paralyzed and can't run, then becomes the first of the three main characters to "make his peace with God," in that scene when he finally thanks Forrest for saving his life.
@@user-wr9ej6xe4jcalm down. When I saw this movie in the theaters, I had the same thought. No one is stealing. It's a common theme that people notice and it's been expressed that way long before TH-cam or reactors. We all love our favorite reactors, they're just not saying anything new 🤷🏼♂️
Kurt was a child star who had one of his first roles in an Elvis movie - kicking Elvis in the shins. After Elvis died, Kurt played him in a TV movie about his life. Then of course there's 3000 miles to Graceland....
When I watch Forrest Gump over the years I tear up here or there. But the most common place tears well up for me is when Lt Dan shows up at the wedding and also when Forrest is talking to Jenny about what his feelings were like in Vietnam and running all that way and the things he saw and how it made him feel and how She was always with him. I have never been to war as a soldier. But I have been out in a wild running long distance at night or morning watching sunsets or sunrises and the way he describes what he felt and saw is exactly how I have felt. I think the feelings he had looking up at the sky as a soldier is something a vet might actually say too.
Congratulations! A very impressive reaction. So many give Jenny a hard time, but your empathy and understanding of the trauma she had to live with after her fathers abuse was good to see.
ohh shut up no reactor ever have put it all together of how much of a horror show jenny is U know she killed him right? he died like 5.10 years after the movie ended she died of aids = she gave forrest hiv well knowing she had it she even said as much in the last scene before she died so yeah she used forrest to get a kid and a dad she knew would care for the kid and she doomed him with HIV so yeah jenny is a funking horrible person
People dislike her because she kept hesitating to be with Forrest, but I understood her completely. There's more to love than just 'niceness.' Stimulating conversation, sexual attraction, spicy humor - Forrest is kind, but has none of that. Sorry, but I think hearing about how much fun it is to ride a lawnmower for the 50th time that day would wear a bit thin in a relationship.
@@JohnnyJohnny-f5o From a human perspective, I fully understand Jenny, but the film's narrative makes her seem like a villain, of sorts. Of course, she isn't obligated to be sexually or romantically interested in Forrest, or anyone, but to have his child behind his back and never tell him until she's literally dying, that's not cool.
@@hulubuluhejhej2721 You need to purchase a book on punctuation, grammar and sentence construction. Then, if you broaden your vocabulary, you won’t need to use obscenities to get your point across.
Note... Shrimp boats generally have their bow sections stuffed with concrete to counter the weight and drag of the nets pulled behind... That's why one can obliterate a pier undamaged.
I love this movie so much. I saw it when it originally came out in theaters and read the book, as well as several more of the late Winston Groom's books. His first book was a fictional novel about the Vietnam War called Better Times Than These; he started to write it when he returned home from his time in Vietnam. There is so much about this movie I love, but, as a Veteran, it is Lt. Dan's journey that really hits home. At the end, when he shows up at the wedding and you see how much he has changed, it brought tears to my eyes. I actually met Gary Sinise while in the Navy and got to shake his hand. Playing Lt. Dan really changed his life and led him onto the path of supporting those who serve, as well as the families of those who serve. I highly recommend reading his book, Grateful American.
Enjoyed your reaction. You or your editor has a good feel for what to leave in and what to leave out in the cut down. Easy subscribe. The main theme of this film is one of my all time favorites. “I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin' around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happenin' at the same time.” The other day I was going for one of my daily walks and thinking upon something similar. I live in a pretty urban/suburban area. But there's this series of parks in a town close by that creates a refuge of nature in between it all. So walking through it really got me to thinking about the juxtaposition between the view of the universe based on intelligent design vs the idea of emergent order. I can really see both perspectives within nature - the idea that there's too much perfect beauty there for there to be anything else but an intelligent design, or a creator. But I can also see how it could all come about via emergent order and circumstance/odds & chance. And either way that I look at it I find it to be enthrallingly fascinating. and even more-so, the fact that both can seem just as plausible and that both could exist simultaneously is extremely exciting and enticing. And I love how they captured that notion in this film. That there's this character who by his nature just kind of exists in this world without any real sense of intent due to his simple nature. but at the same time winds up being an the epicenter of all these historical events. And that it could all be by chance but also simultaneously all part of a grander design. Its just such a wonderful paradox that makes me feel so much excitement for life in general.
If you told people back in the 1980's that Tom Hanks was going to become a huge Academy Award winning dramatic actor, they probably would have laughed. He was known for comedic roles in the 80s. Some better than others. His commercial breakthrough was the aptly named "Big" (1988), but my favorite is The 'Burbs (1989). It's a comedy/mystery.
The"little Boy/Little Forest" Haley Joel Osment also stars in *(The Sixth Sense)* which would be a Great Reaction IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT & don't do research before watching
I often watch movie reactors on youtube but never wanted to comment on one of their videos before. I loved the authenticity of your reaction and your thoughts and remarks were intelligent. I hope your channel grows and you keep creating more content! Good luck on your YT journey 🍀
In an odd way it actually is ... when you see people react that are oblivious to 90 % what they're seeing on the screen ... it kind of becomes obvious That's not a criticism of this channel or this reactor . It was something I noticed a while back on this movie . So many things are packed in many things go by that younger people never experienced , saw or heard of in their lives ...
Happy to discover this channel. This remains my #1 favorite movie to this day. First time I watched it all the way through was the night before my high school graduation. My parents permitted me to have a Zima (not a thing anymore) and not have a bedtime. I stayed up and watched this movie and enjoyed my low ABV 7Up. I've loved this movie ever since. Not to mention, the soundtrack is incredible. I'm a survivor of CA...most of my childhood was scary and unpredictable. I identify with Jenny-as messed up as she is.
Nice reaction. Yes this movie is a great US history lesson with Forrest intertwined in its memorable moments. The soundtrack is fantastic as well. It covers many famous songs from each decade. You mentioned you wanted a break from movies with death. You should react to the Back To The Future trilogy. It’s a fun trilogy by the same director Robert Zemeckis.
Jenny told Forrest to run and he did and it got him through college via football, and got him the medal of honor. Jenny did nothing but run (away) - for the medal of honor Forrest did run but went back many times to save other people. Most people dump on Jenny but neglect her upbringing. At the end of the movie it asks the question of if we all have a destiny (leaning into Lieutenant Dan where Forrest arguably took away his destiny) or if we are all just floating on the wind (leaning into Forrest who doesn't appear to have a high mental capacity but ends up leading a better life than most apparently by dumb luck and the metaphorical feather blowing on the wind at the start and end of the movie).
Forrest sees him and his first running as a miracle! I'd say that if Jenny told him to beat up the bullies - if he couldn't he would have died trying! Many don't realize that many of these type of people run on 'emotions.' IE: When someone hurts Jenny!
Great reaction! Great commentary! I'm pleased that you recognized most of the historic events depicted here. So many young reactors don't seem to know that ANYTHING happened before the year 2000. I'm looking forward to seeing more from you. ✌️😊
• "Full Metal Jacket" • "Saving Private Ryan" • "Band of Brothers" (Mini Series) • "The Pacific" (Mini Series) • "Hacksaw Ridge" • "Braveheart" • "The Outpost" • "As Good As It Gets" (not war movie)
I love Tom's acting when he is talking at Bubba's headstone....He seems so proud of himself with his plan almost like he's talking to Bubba from beyond the grave.
What is tough for a younger audience are all the historical events and people that are more out on the fringe or not common to their age group. Example: The man in the checkered fedora is legendary Alabama football coach Bear Bryant. It hurts some of the humor and moments as Forrest is integrated into US history.
I've even seen younger reactors not recognize that it was Elvis staying at the house. It's unfortunate, because, like you said, a lot of the humor in this film is based on actually historic events and people, and the influence Forrest had on them. Such as helping John Lennon write 'Imagine'
Some of the greatest movies of all time were made between 1930 and 1980. I know the classics don't get the views that more recent ones do, but they are well worth watching, even if not for a reaction. I would mention Wizard of Oz, Bogart in Maltese Falcon and Casablanca, anything with Billy Wilder or Alfred Hitchcock as director, and the late 60s when films began reflecting the divisions that wracked the country over Vietnam and the counter-culture. One 60s film grossly under-reacted is Bonnie and Clyde, which marked more completely than any other the changes in cinema in that decade.
Great stuff! Here’s a few films you might not have seen that are my personal favorites (random order): Pleasantville, Groundhog Day, Truman Show, dogma, tropic thunder, the matrix, a serious man, hot fuzz, Independence Day, kill bill, the godfather
On Tom Hanks performance, the adds at the time said “Tom Hanks IS Forrest Gump”, not “as”. Which is so true. The book has a lot more of Forrest’s life, from being in a band to going to space, yes he goes to space. But, Forrest is a lot rougher around the edges in the book. A: That’s NOT the confederate flag. That’s the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. That’s the part led by General Robert E. Lee. The real Confederate Flag(s) was first known as the “Stars and Bars”, the second was the “Stainless Banner”, and the third was the “Blood-Stained Banner”. The last two had what most people think of as the Confederate Flag in the top left corner of an all white flag. That is except for the last one, it had a red stripe running up the right end of the flag, thus the “Blood-Stained” part of the name. B: It’s meaning is, like all things, relative. To Northerners, it’s a sign of a racist. To Southerners, it’s a sign of our “rebel” attitude. This is even the case for people like myself, who grew up in East Tennessee. Which, for those that don’t know but are all too quick to label us, was predominately on the side of the Union. Our state was pretty much divided down the middle, the west side being confederate sympathizers for the most part, and the east side being sympathetic to the Union. This was because the western side of the state has land more friendly to larger farms and plantations as it’s more flat than the rest of the state. The eastern side, being more hilly and mountainous, was not known for much of anything larger than a family farm. For example, my ancestors that fought in the war were ALL on the side of the Union. This is a portion of our history as a country that gets glossed over way too fast, and the facts of which are understood by way too few people….especially now days.
I couldn’t watch this in the morning because I wasn’t going to show up to work all teary eyed. It never fails to melt me into a puddle of tears. Now I’m at home in a puddle of tears.
I’ve watched this movie at least a dozen times and I still get emotional in places. I always seem to find another theme/nugget of knowledge too. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The part where Tom asks "Is he smart or..." and then states the remainder of the question with gestures, and then asks if he can go and see the boy with his eyes and facial acting proves just how brilliant he is. The same as he did at the end of Captain Phillips when he was in the ned bay....
1. The music rights alone must have cost a small fortune.🤑🤑 2. Kurt Russell did the voice for Elvis. 3. This retired sailor agrees ships/boats need a female name. 4. Having gotten his degree Forrest could have gone into the Army as an officer like Lt. Dan. 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, "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 carried 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. Often 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.
3. Has nothing to do with anyone being a sailor, its a language thing. Anything to do with money/property uses water language. This is why your CURRENT(cy) is held in a river BANK. Its why a child comes into the world through the birth CANAL.
The best part of this movie is easily when he asked Jenny if she’s smart or… and trails off. I think that was the moment that Tom Hanks won his second Oscar. Such a powerful scene.
Good evening ma'am. I hope you're well! I enjoyed your reaction. I've seen a lot of Forrest Gump reactions. yours was one of the better ones. I subbed 😁
I really enjoyed your reaction and comments! This is one of the movies that gives me all the feelings no matter how many times i have seen it or watched reactions to it. The other that I highly recommend you react to is Field of Dreams.
The feather isn't just a pair of bookends for the movie. Forrest wonders at one point if we have a destiny or everything is just random. I think Jenny is like the feather. Just adrift on a breeze that comes in and out of his life. But that's just something that came to mind when I first saw this movie when it was released in the theater.
Lt. Dan said that the day Forrest is a shrimp boat captain, he's be his first mate, but he also said that's they day he'd be an astronaut. Well, he kept his word. You need to check out Apollo 13!
Believe it or not, before the last few decades, the US' relationship with China mostly revolved around ping pong and the occasional panda bear. There was no trade relationship at all to speak of.
One of my fave films - Hanks' best role IMO as well as Zemeckis' best film outside of BACK TO THE FUTURE. I think Robin Wright often gets overlooked and Jenny is usually villainized (for the life of me I never truly understood that since she's been a victim of abuse in pretty much every aspect of it and has survived by her will as well as being there for Forrest particularly in simply telling him to run away from any harm (i.e. Vietnam battles) and ironically that's what she does in her own journey - runs away). Gary Sinise is excellent and poignant - his arc is truly amazing and again if it weren't for his advice to Forrest and for him saving him (literally) his destiny would sadly come true by his own hand more than likely. I have been enjoying your channel and also wanted to say you have a lovely way about you (and lovely too).
"Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it." -Bubba🦐🦐
Irony.... they were also in Apollo 13 and green Mile! Still tho i have to say, out of all the greatest zemekis films,.... back to future, castaway, who framed Roger Rabbit, Here, etc., his first breakthrough was one of my all time faves!! He, speilberg, milius, almodovar, Lucas, other huge people people now, worked on the ribald comedy, Used Cars!! Kurt Russell met Elvis as a kid,, did a movie with him a few years later, did John Carpenter's first TV movie about Elvis, was in 3000 miles to Graceland,did used cars with zemekis and did Elvis voice, here!the young Forrest actor actually joined the Army! Type in here, Forrest Gump speech! Little Forrest son in 6th sense!
Not many people have read the book that the movie is based on... not as good as the movie, but in it Forest has even more wild adventures. The movie stayed true to the feel.
So there’s a movie in theaters now (probably not for long because it’s not doing very well) that reunites Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Eric Roth and Alan Silvestri called HERE. The movie is presented as one locked-off camera shot that starts in the prehistoric times up until recent years. They de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright so they can play the characters at different ages.
No one dies in "The Bad News Bears" (1976). It's mostly a very fun & funny movie about a half-drunk former baseball pitcher who tries to make winners out of a losing little league team. There is one tearful scene that was brilliantly performed by comedy legend Walter Matthau and 12 year-old Tatum O'Neal. He's great with all the kids in the movie. Rotten Tomatoes gave that one a 97% rating. I have to agree. It's THAT good. 👍
@@keydelux2 Probably because Robert Zemeckis was once a well-known director. ("Romancing the Stone", the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "Contact", "Castaway," etc.) But evidently, he's been forgotten by the younger generation.
21:51 Dans cette scène avec John Lennon, les répliques sont les paroles de sa chanson la plus emblématique "Imagine" : "No possessions", "No religion too" "Hard to imagine" "Easy if you try"... ;)
I feel you when it comes to "death" in movies. The one genre of movies that I feel that is exempt from that is sports movies. You can find some very good movies out there from titles like "Major League", "Necessary Roughness", "Hoosiers", "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Tin Cup". Those are all movies that have no expiration in them. 😁
Nice reaction. Thanks! I'm happy that you knew all of the historical references. Those are lost on many today. I am looking forward to seeing more of your reactions! My cousin Vinny is funny (no dying, lol), Fried Green Tomatoes, First Wives Club, A League of Their Own are also good. 🙂
Robert Zemekis is an amazing film creator, among his best known (besides Forrest Gump) is Back to the Future, Cast Away, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and many others. Would be good reaction material if you’ve never seen them.
Zemeckis is a great director, and if you haven't done Contact, that's an amazing, classic movie of his as well. And of course young Mr. Osment is in a couple amazing movies, Spielberg's "A.I". and "The Sixth Sense".
The battle scene was considered by some Vietnam War veterans to be the most accurate depiction they had ever seen. You never see the enemy because they are concealed in the dense jungle - the fighting just comes out of nowhere and from an enemy of unknown strength. That's also why they sent in the F-4 jets with napalm - they felt that clearing out the jungle was the only way to root out the Viet Cong soldiers they were fighting. As a side note, the napalm that was dropped there about 55 years ago still has lingering effects there to this day, in the form of significant health problems and birth defects, as well as permanent forest loss.
I just found you…… very good reaction to Forrest Gump…. And your friends with Addie!! She’s one of my favorites I’ve watched a lot of movies with her, that’s funny that she suggested this movie for you😊 she just did her first live stream. You have a new subscriber, I like it when I find cool people to do good reactions, and I get in on the very beginning of their channel… good to see you See you next movie 👍😎
Kurt Russell did the voice for Elvis at the Gump B&B,,,,✔️'Out him kevin costner,christian slater,kevin pollak,david arquette,courteney cox in 3000 Miles to Graceland from 2001,,,,there are Elvi..its Amazing🎉
43:51 Oui Camilla, et avec seulement quelques dizaines de figurants. On les a fait se placer tout autour de l'étendue d'eau et, sans bouger la caméra, on les a filmé à chaque fois. En post-prod, on a superposé ensuite toutes les images pour obtenir l'illusion d'une foule immense de plusieurs milliers de personnes. Tout ceci est visible dans la Making-Of du film.
Interesting fact they asked and tried to get young forrest to talk like Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks they replied "why don't I learn to talk like him" the actor who played young Forrest. Tom Hanks then recorded and studied 100's of hours of that young Actor to learn his Accent. Running scenes where filmed at said location. Small team took trip driving across country to get those shots. I believe Tom paid for that. Well done Tom also I believe Tom did not take a salary instead got a % of what the movie makes. Good move
Great job! Here are some movies I would like to see you do. The Green Mile, Vacation, Airplane, Plains, Trains and Automobiles, Young Frankenstein, Office Space, and Blazing Saddles.
“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” is what Forrest said at the rally
Yup.
I've never heard that before! That sounds about right. Thank you.
Gary Sinise who played Lt. Dan was so inspired by doing this movie as Lt. Dan he helped to create the Lt. Dan Band.
They are a band that does USO tours and plays concerts for active military and Veterans.
The band is also very active in military, military families and Veteran charities.
They help in providing needed housing assistance, medical assistance, mental health assistance and other things for military families and Veterans.
Wow, I didn't know that, thanks for sharing! Lifelong fan of the movie ever since it came out, but I'd never heard about this!
@@GilesHellier Gary Sinise is an accomplished bass guitar player.
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 we wrestled with. Forrest may not be super bright, but he remembers everything he has seen and been told. He faces life with a gentle naivete born from the love he was shown growing up. Jenny spent most of her life trying to fly away from her childhood trauma. It took her decades to finally be able to deal with it and grow into a loving person herself. Lieutenant Dan faces life with anger after his trauma and it takes him a long time and the help of his friend Forrest to make his peace with the world. I love watching people react to this movie to see which historical pieces they recognize and which they don't. It is so thorough that in some schools, they use this movie to help teach this era of American History. I am glad you enjoyed Forrest Gump and look forward to more from you.
Multi-millionaire shrimp tycoon, decorated war hero, and international ping pong celebrity decides to start running laps across a continent for no particular reason... and the news reports him as "a gardener from Alabama"
Fairly realistic in these days where the internet wasn't there to research people in seconds. Reporters find out about him at a surface level, his current job was a gardener.
@@_BangDroid_ The dude was on a nationwide talk show with John Lennon, and had televised meetings of at least 3 presidents, and literally shares the name of a giant shrimp company that strangers at a bus stop can recognize...
If reporters couldn't discover that, even in the age before the internet, they must not have done *any* research. We can put a man on the moon without the internet, but can't notice the guy running around was on the cover of Fortune magazine?
The dude had been running for years at that point. It's not like they only had seconds to do research....
Hell he was an all american running back for "Bear Bryant" at Alabama... That's enough to get you recognized in half the country.
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It’s not unrealistic, especially in the pre internet era. How many All American kick returners can you name? How many shrimp moguls can you name? How many ping pong champions can you name? How many Medal of Honor recipients can you name?
Dorothy Harris is the real hero of this film. Thirty plus years working as a school bus driver and still remembers Forrest after all that time.
It is a statement about how one person's life can have so many twists and turns and go in crazy unexpected directions while for some life stays the same. And that's ok too.
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It helps that she gave up smoking and took up chewing gum.
@@BTAColorado i didnt catch that when i first watched this movie. thanks.
30+ years as a school bus driver. Damn. Forrest should've given her his CMH!😜
Talking about locations... when Sally Field first saw the house she was very impressed that they had found such a pretty old house to film in. Then she found out that it had actually just been built for the movie. Those set construction folks did an impressive job on that one.
Our city had an anonymous local legend who walked everywhere all the time for over 35 years. We all called him Waldo, as in Where's Waldo, because you would spot him in random places at random times. You could go 2 or 3 years without seeming him, assume he was dead and then he would randomly pop-up again walking in a random location.
Gump's running adventure always reminds me of him.
When Jenny left his house for the last time and said to the driver that she wasn’t running, she was being truthful. Being with Forest for those peaceful days made her realize she needed to get her act together and face her childhood trauma. Having a child of her own made her even more determined.
That was always my interpretation as well. It wasn't that she didn't love Forrest, but rather that she realized that she didn't deserve him. She even says, "You don't want to marry me."
@@neil2444 - That's part of it, but I always thought she was also afraid of how the small town locals would perceive it - the junkie screw-up comes back to Greenbow and shacks up with the town idiot, taking advantage of him just after he becomes a multi-millionaire. She couldn't bear to put Forrest through that, and when she found out she was pregnant, resolved to get her act together and raise little Forrest herself, at least for the first few years. That way, when the time was right, she'd reach out to Forrest and see how things were - she could return on her own terms having proved she's not the screw-up she feels she's perceived as. That way the small town gossip couldn't fault her.
The running scenes were done by Mr. Hanks' brother who is an accomplished marathon competitor.
It was fortunate that Mr. Hanks' brother was a marathon runner and looked so much like Mr. Hanks.
Yep. It helps expedite filming timelines and reduce travel.
The overarching theme is Forrest is always running toward something while Jenny is always running away from something.
And Lt Dan becomes paralyzed and can't run, then becomes the first of the three main characters to "make his peace with God," in that scene when he finally thanks Forrest for saving his life.
Exactly what @Whimsory said!
@@waltw9818 Yeah it's funny when people try to steal others' quotes and act like they came up with it on their own. Good job pointing that out
@@user-wr9ej6xe4jcalm down.
When I saw this movie in the theaters, I had the same thought.
No one is stealing.
It's a common theme that people notice and it's been expressed that way long before TH-cam or reactors.
We all love our favorite reactors, they're just not saying anything new 🤷🏼♂️
Little known fact, but the voice of Elvis is Kurt Russell
Kurt was a child star who had one of his first roles in an Elvis movie - kicking Elvis in the shins. After Elvis died, Kurt played him in a TV movie about his life. Then of course there's 3000 miles to Graceland....
When I watch Forrest Gump over the years I tear up here or there. But the most common place tears well up for me is when Lt Dan shows up at the wedding and also when Forrest is talking to Jenny about what his feelings were like in Vietnam and running all that way and the things he saw and how it made him feel and how She was always with him. I have never been to war as a soldier. But I have been out in a wild running long distance at night or morning watching sunsets or sunrises and the way he describes what he felt and saw is exactly how I have felt. I think the feelings he had looking up at the sky as a soldier is something a vet might actually say too.
Congratulations! A very impressive reaction. So many give Jenny a hard time, but your empathy and understanding of the trauma she had to live with after her fathers abuse was good to see.
ohh shut up no reactor ever have put it all together of how much of a horror show jenny is
U know she killed him right? he died like 5.10 years after the movie ended she died of aids = she gave forrest hiv well knowing she had it she even said as much in the last scene before she died so yeah she used forrest to get a kid and a dad she knew would care for the kid and she doomed him with HIV so yeah jenny is a funking horrible person
and thats just all the shit people dont talk about then there is all the other shit she do to forrest
People dislike her because she kept hesitating to be with Forrest, but I understood her completely. There's more to love than just 'niceness.' Stimulating conversation, sexual attraction, spicy humor - Forrest is kind, but has none of that. Sorry, but I think hearing about how much fun it is to ride a lawnmower for the 50th time that day would wear a bit thin in a relationship.
@@JohnnyJohnny-f5o From a human perspective, I fully understand Jenny, but the film's narrative makes her seem like a villain, of sorts. Of course, she isn't obligated to be sexually or romantically interested in Forrest, or anyone, but to have his child behind his back and never tell him until she's literally dying, that's not cool.
@@hulubuluhejhej2721 You need to purchase a book on punctuation, grammar and sentence construction. Then, if you broaden your vocabulary, you won’t need to use obscenities to get your point across.
little Forrest can still talk to his mother because he sees dead people
Clever.
@@craigwhip Clever only if one cannot distinguish an actor's role from another.
@@Vinterfrid GUILTY OF A JOKE AN ONLY THAT
Wow how many years did it take you to come up with that witty comment must be some kind of genius
At least until he grew up, then he gained the ability to read minds with a touch.
Watch it several more times. There's so much history & detail to explore within the film. It's the gift that keeps on giving.
Note... Shrimp boats generally have their bow sections stuffed with concrete to counter the weight and drag of the nets pulled behind... That's why one can obliterate a pier undamaged.
Even though the 'pier' is a raft in this instance - I learned something new today.
"I thought lieutenant Dan was 'Running' away" 🤣almost spilled my coffee.
I love the part where he begrudgingly says and I got to meet the president...again 😅
I love this movie so much. I saw it when it originally came out in theaters and read the book, as well as several more of the late Winston Groom's books. His first book was a fictional novel about the Vietnam War called Better Times Than These; he started to write it when he returned home from his time in Vietnam. There is so much about this movie I love, but, as a Veteran, it is Lt. Dan's journey that really hits home. At the end, when he shows up at the wedding and you see how much he has changed, it brought tears to my eyes. I actually met Gary Sinise while in the Navy and got to shake his hand. Playing Lt. Dan really changed his life and led him onto the path of supporting those who serve, as well as the families of those who serve. I highly recommend reading his book, Grateful American.
I am not crying, you are crying! Every damn time. One of the best movies of all time. Wonderful reaction. Good luck with your channel! 😇
Enjoyed your reaction. You or your editor has a good feel for what to leave in and what to leave out in the cut down. Easy subscribe. The main theme of this film is one of my all time favorites. “I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin' around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happenin' at the same time.”
The other day I was going for one of my daily walks and thinking upon something similar. I live in a pretty urban/suburban area. But there's this series of parks in a town close by that creates a refuge of nature in between it all. So walking through it really got me to thinking about the juxtaposition between the view of the universe based on intelligent design vs the idea of emergent order. I can really see both perspectives within nature - the idea that there's too much perfect beauty there for there to be anything else but an intelligent design, or a creator. But I can also see how it could all come about via emergent order and circumstance/odds & chance. And either way that I look at it I find it to be enthrallingly fascinating. and even more-so, the fact that both can seem just as plausible and that both could exist simultaneously is extremely exciting and enticing.
And I love how they captured that notion in this film. That there's this character who by his nature just kind of exists in this world without any real sense of intent due to his simple nature. but at the same time winds up being an the epicenter of all these historical events. And that it could all be by chance but also simultaneously all part of a grander design. Its just such a wonderful paradox that makes me feel so much excitement for life in general.
If you told people back in the 1980's that Tom Hanks was going to become a huge Academy Award winning dramatic actor, they probably would have laughed. He was known for comedic roles in the 80s. Some better than others. His commercial breakthrough was the aptly named "Big" (1988), but my favorite is The 'Burbs (1989). It's a comedy/mystery.
The"little Boy/Little Forest" Haley Joel Osment also stars in *(The Sixth Sense)* which would be a Great Reaction IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT & don't do research before watching
I often watch movie reactors on youtube but never wanted to comment on one of their videos before. I loved the authenticity of your reaction and your thoughts and remarks were intelligent. I hope your channel grows and you keep creating more content! Good luck on your YT journey 🍀
15:58 his Woody voice comes out. 😂
It does 😂
Forrest Gump is a history lesson.
In an odd way it actually is ... when you see people react that are oblivious to 90 % what they're seeing on the screen ... it kind of becomes obvious
That's not a criticism of this channel or this reactor . It was something I noticed a while back on this movie . So many things are packed in many things go by that younger people never experienced , saw or heard of in their lives ...
@@Freedom_Half_Off We Boomers have been through it.
Happy to discover this channel. This remains my #1 favorite movie to this day. First time I watched it all the way through was the night before my high school graduation. My parents permitted me to have a Zima (not a thing anymore) and not have a bedtime. I stayed up and watched this movie and enjoyed my low ABV 7Up. I've loved this movie ever since. Not to mention, the soundtrack is incredible.
I'm a survivor of CA...most of my childhood was scary and unpredictable. I identify with Jenny-as messed up as she is.
Forrest Gump is Tom Hanks best movie role.It's just such a cleverly constructed movie.
I work the graveyard shift making gelato and pastries and look forward to this when my day of making treats is complete.
Graveyard shift for gelato and pastries!? Damn...
@gsquat Bakers have horrible schedules to make sure things are fresh when store open.
I work overnight smoking BBQ and I watch them at work.😊
Graveyard shift. Best shift.
@@javierr.castillo1101 Vampires unite!
Nice reaction. Yes this movie is a great US history lesson with Forrest intertwined in its memorable moments. The soundtrack is fantastic as well. It covers many famous songs from each decade.
You mentioned you wanted a break from movies with death. You should react to the Back To The Future trilogy. It’s a fun trilogy by the same director Robert Zemeckis.
Jenny told Forrest to run and he did and it got him through college via football, and got him the medal of honor. Jenny did nothing but run (away) - for the medal of honor Forrest did run but went back many times to save other people. Most people dump on Jenny but neglect her upbringing. At the end of the movie it asks the question of if we all have a destiny (leaning into Lieutenant Dan where Forrest arguably took away his destiny) or if we are all just floating on the wind (leaning into Forrest who doesn't appear to have a high mental capacity but ends up leading a better life than most apparently by dumb luck and the metaphorical feather blowing on the wind at the start and end of the movie).
Forrest sees him and his first running as a miracle! I'd say that if Jenny told him to beat up the bullies - if he couldn't he would have died trying! Many don't realize that many of these type of people run on 'emotions.' IE: When someone hurts Jenny!
"We love original stories" - I couldn't agree more.
Great reaction! Great commentary! I'm pleased that you recognized most of the historic events depicted here. So many young reactors don't seem to know that ANYTHING happened before the year 2000. I'm looking forward to seeing more from you. ✌️😊
• "Full Metal Jacket"
• "Saving Private Ryan"
• "Band of Brothers" (Mini Series)
• "The Pacific" (Mini Series)
• "Hacksaw Ridge"
• "Braveheart"
• "The Outpost"
• "As Good As It Gets" (not war movie)
One of my favorite movies. Thank you. Great reaction
Most of the movie was shot in Beaufort SC and Savannah Ga. A couple of scenes were filmed in Hilton Head.
I love Tom's acting when he is talking at Bubba's headstone....He seems so proud of himself with his plan almost like he's talking to Bubba from beyond the grave.
Probably the most "20th Century" movie of my lifetime. Tom Hanks was already memorable, and even beloved when he made this movie. Now he is historic.
What is tough for a younger audience are all the historical events and people that are more out on the fringe or not common to their age group. Example: The man in the checkered fedora is legendary Alabama football coach Bear Bryant. It hurts some of the humor and moments as Forrest is integrated into US history.
I've even seen younger reactors not recognize that it was Elvis staying at the house. It's unfortunate, because, like you said, a lot of the humor in this film is based on actually historic events and people, and the influence Forrest had on them. Such as helping John Lennon write 'Imagine'
Another great reaction!
The back to the future trilogy would be a lot of fun.
Some of the greatest movies of all time were made between 1930 and 1980. I know the classics don't get the views that more recent ones do, but they are well worth watching, even if not for a reaction. I would mention Wizard of Oz, Bogart in Maltese Falcon and Casablanca, anything with Billy Wilder or Alfred Hitchcock as director, and the late 60s when films began reflecting the divisions that wracked the country over Vietnam and the counter-culture. One 60s film grossly under-reacted is Bonnie and Clyde, which marked more completely than any other the changes in cinema in that decade.
Great stuff! Here’s a few films you might not have seen that are my personal favorites (random order): Pleasantville, Groundhog Day, Truman Show, dogma, tropic thunder, the matrix, a serious man, hot fuzz, Independence Day, kill bill, the godfather
On Tom Hanks performance, the adds at the time said “Tom Hanks IS Forrest Gump”, not “as”. Which is so true. The book has a lot more of Forrest’s life, from being in a band to going to space, yes he goes to space. But, Forrest is a lot rougher around the edges in the book.
A: That’s NOT the confederate flag. That’s the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. That’s the part led by General Robert E. Lee. The real Confederate Flag(s) was first known as the “Stars and Bars”, the second was the “Stainless Banner”, and the third was the “Blood-Stained Banner”. The last two had what most people think of as the Confederate Flag in the top left corner of an all white flag. That is except for the last one, it had a red stripe running up the right end of the flag, thus the “Blood-Stained” part of the name.
B: It’s meaning is, like all things, relative. To Northerners, it’s a sign of a racist. To Southerners, it’s a sign of our “rebel” attitude. This is even the case for people like myself, who grew up in East Tennessee. Which, for those that don’t know but are all too quick to label us, was predominately on the side of the Union. Our state was pretty much divided down the middle, the west side being confederate sympathizers for the most part, and the east side being sympathetic to the Union. This was because the western side of the state has land more friendly to larger farms and plantations as it’s more flat than the rest of the state. The eastern side, being more hilly and mountainous, was not known for much of anything larger than a family farm. For example, my ancestors that fought in the war were ALL on the side of the Union.
This is a portion of our history as a country that gets glossed over way too fast, and the facts of which are understood by way too few people….especially now days.
I couldn’t watch this in the morning because I wasn’t going to show up to work all teary eyed. It never fails to melt me into a puddle of tears.
Now I’m at home in a puddle of tears.
If everyone was like forrest, the world would be a better place.
And we would be swimming in shrimp.
I’ve watched this movie at least a dozen times and I still get emotional in places. I always seem to find another theme/nugget of knowledge too. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The part where Tom asks "Is he smart or..." and then states the remainder of the question with gestures, and then asks if he can go and see the boy with his eyes and facial acting proves just how brilliant he is. The same as he did at the end of Captain Phillips when he was in the ned bay....
1. The music rights alone must have cost a small fortune.🤑🤑
2. Kurt Russell did the voice for Elvis.
3. This retired sailor agrees ships/boats need a female name.
4. Having gotten his degree Forrest could have gone into the Army as an officer like Lt. Dan. 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, "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 carried 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. Often 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.
3. Has nothing to do with anyone being a sailor, its a language thing. Anything to do with money/property uses water language. This is why your CURRENT(cy) is held in a river BANK. Its why a child comes into the world through the birth CANAL.
@@sunnydlite-t8b Bank came from the Italian word Banco which means "bench".
@@sunnydlite-t8b I mentioned it because some of the reviewers shout "Bubba"
The best part of this movie is easily when he asked Jenny if she’s smart or… and trails off. I think that was the moment that Tom Hanks won his second Oscar. Such a powerful scene.
Good evening ma'am. I hope you're well! I enjoyed your reaction. I've seen a lot of Forrest Gump reactions. yours was one of the better ones. I subbed 😁
I really enjoyed your reaction and comments! This is one of the movies that gives me all the feelings no matter how many times i have seen it or watched reactions to it. The other that I highly recommend you react to is Field of Dreams.
Addie is such a troll 😅
Great reaction! I'm so glad to have found your channel.
Can't wait for more. Great reaction.
I'm very much enjoying your reactions. Great job with this one as well. I hope you're here for a very long time.
thank you for the support!
The feather isn't just a pair of bookends for the movie. Forrest wonders at one point if we have a destiny or everything is just random. I think Jenny is like the feather. Just adrift on a breeze that comes in and out of his life.
But that's just something that came to mind when I first saw this movie when it was released in the theater.
Great reaction, really enjoyed it,, Look forward to more of your reactions,,
Lt. Dan said that the day Forrest is a shrimp boat captain, he's be his first mate, but he also said that's they day he'd be an astronaut. Well, he kept his word. You need to check out Apollo 13!
Nice. Glad you saw my comment on the other reaction.
Really enjoyed this. This movie gets me every time 😢.. great reaction. New subscriber
thanks for being here!
Where Forrest finishes his cross country run in Monument Valley is a very popular tourist selfie spot.
Believe it or not, before the last few decades, the US' relationship with China mostly revolved around ping pong and the occasional panda bear. There was no trade relationship at all to speak of.
I knew you were alright before even watching. Any friend of Addie has to be. Best of luck with the channel.
Any friend of Addie’s is a friend of ours… /godfather voice
At least 'we' weren't late to the party! 😺
I would recommend these movies:
Mr Holland's Opus
Blast From the Past
Rain Man
Good Will Hunting
man without a face
Most of the running scenes were actually Tom Hank's brother. He had the same running style.
I learned this week Tom's brother does the voice of Woody for all the toys and video games
One of my fave films - Hanks' best role IMO as well as Zemeckis' best film outside of BACK TO THE FUTURE. I think Robin Wright often gets overlooked and Jenny is usually villainized (for the life of me I never truly understood that since she's been a victim of abuse in pretty much every aspect of it and has survived by her will as well as being there for Forrest particularly in simply telling him to run away from any harm (i.e. Vietnam battles) and ironically that's what she does in her own journey - runs away). Gary Sinise is excellent and poignant - his arc is truly amazing and again if it weren't for his advice to Forrest and for him saving him (literally) his destiny would sadly come true by his own hand more than likely. I have been enjoying your channel and also wanted to say you have a lovely way about you (and lovely too).
"Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it." -Bubba🦐🦐
Irony.... they were also in Apollo 13 and green Mile! Still tho i have to say, out of all the greatest zemekis films,.... back to future, castaway, who framed Roger Rabbit, Here, etc., his first breakthrough was one of my all time faves!! He, speilberg, milius, almodovar, Lucas, other huge people people now, worked on the ribald comedy, Used Cars!! Kurt Russell met Elvis as a kid,, did a movie with him a few years later, did John Carpenter's first TV movie about Elvis, was in 3000 miles to Graceland,did used cars with zemekis and did Elvis voice, here!the young Forrest actor actually joined the Army!
Type in here, Forrest Gump speech! Little Forrest son in 6th sense!
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Not many people have read the book that the movie is based on... not as good as the movie, but in it Forest has even more wild adventures. The movie stayed true to the feel.
So there’s a movie in theaters now (probably not for long because it’s not doing very well) that reunites Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Eric Roth and Alan Silvestri called HERE. The movie is presented as one locked-off camera shot that starts in the prehistoric times up until recent years. They de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright so they can play the characters at different ages.
Another great movie that was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred Tom Hanks is 'Cast Away'.
Great Reaction !! Thank You
No one dies in "The Bad News Bears" (1976). It's mostly a very fun & funny movie about a half-drunk former baseball pitcher who tries to make winners out of a losing little league team. There is one tearful scene that was brilliantly performed by comedy legend Walter Matthau and 12 year-old Tatum O'Neal. He's great with all the kids in the movie. Rotten Tomatoes gave that one a 97% rating. I have to agree. It's THAT good. 👍
Kitty showing up at the end because it knows emotional support is about to be in demand. 😅
1:46 "I don't known how to say his last name" (about Robert Zemeckis)
... made me feel sooo old =/
Same!
@@keydelux2 Probably because Robert Zemeckis was once a well-known director. ("Romancing the Stone", the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "Contact", "Castaway," etc.) But evidently, he's been forgotten by the younger generation.
@@Calamity_Jack precisely 💯
I’ve always thought of this as a modern epic poem!
Hope you put the Back to the Future trilogy on your 'to watch' list. It's one of the greatest trilogies of all time, and also directed by Zemeckis.
You really think all these reactors really havent seen BTTF? Look McFly, your shoe's untied
Jenny's villian arch is wild
21:51 Dans cette scène avec John Lennon, les répliques sont les paroles de sa chanson la plus emblématique "Imagine" : "No possessions", "No religion too" "Hard to imagine" "Easy if you try"... ;)
best thing about the films is how they managed to "insert" forest (tom hanks) into history defining moments and also into original film clips.
I feel you when it comes to "death" in movies. The one genre of movies that I feel that is exempt from that is sports movies. You can find some very good movies out there from titles like "Major League", "Necessary Roughness", "Hoosiers", "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Tin Cup". Those are all movies that have no expiration in them. 😁
Nice reaction. Thanks! I'm happy that you knew all of the historical references. Those are lost on many today. I am looking forward to seeing more of your reactions! My cousin Vinny is funny (no dying, lol), Fried Green Tomatoes, First Wives Club, A League of Their Own are also good. 🙂
Um, there is one death in My Cousin Vinny...
Addie sent me. Good luck on your channel.
Me too. Maybe you can get some tips with the editing. I will be watching. It is a good start.
Robert Zemekis is an amazing film creator, among his best known (besides Forrest Gump) is Back to the Future, Cast Away, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and many others. Would be good reaction material if you’ve never seen them.
Now the girl in the red and white dress on the bus, is Tom Hanks Daughter, and the guy doing the running, with the long beard, was his brother.
I just found your first reaction channel and I got to say I like it... I will check out some more of your videos and let you know what I think
At around 31:17 (not in this edit) the TV reporter is Sally Field who also plays Forrest's mama.
None of the film is actually in Alabama.
Zemeckis is a great director, and if you haven't done Contact, that's an amazing, classic movie of his as well. And of course young Mr. Osment is in a couple amazing movies, Spielberg's "A.I". and "The Sixth Sense".
Vietnam scenes were filmed in South Carolina
Awards are great. But it's how it made you feel that matters most.
That's a special one, isn't it? Thanks for sharing it with us.
The battle scene was considered by some Vietnam War veterans to be the most accurate depiction they had ever seen. You never see the enemy because they are concealed in the dense jungle - the fighting just comes out of nowhere and from an enemy of unknown strength. That's also why they sent in the F-4 jets with napalm - they felt that clearing out the jungle was the only way to root out the Viet Cong soldiers they were fighting.
As a side note, the napalm that was dropped there about 55 years ago still has lingering effects there to this day, in the form of significant health problems and birth defects, as well as permanent forest loss.
I just found you…… very good reaction to Forrest Gump….
And your friends with Addie!!
She’s one of my favorites
I’ve watched a lot of movies with her, that’s funny that she suggested this movie for you😊 she just did her first live stream.
You have a new subscriber, I like it when I find cool people to do good reactions, and I get in on the very beginning of their channel… good to see you
See you next movie 👍😎
First time I've seen your reaction video. I was impressed with your knowledge of history.
Kurt Russell did the voice for Elvis at the Gump B&B,,,,✔️'Out him kevin costner,christian slater,kevin pollak,david arquette,courteney cox in 3000 Miles to Graceland from 2001,,,,there are Elvi..its Amazing🎉
For the anniversary Nike re-released the Cortez shoes that Jenny gifts Forrest. I immediately got a pair.
Did you run across the country
@1237barca I was planning to, but then I realized they are Nikes they won't last a hiking trail, let alone a state trip.
43:51 Oui Camilla, et avec seulement quelques dizaines de figurants. On les a fait se placer tout autour de l'étendue d'eau et, sans bouger la caméra, on les a filmé à chaque fois. En post-prod, on a superposé ensuite toutes les images pour obtenir l'illusion d'une foule immense de plusieurs milliers de personnes. Tout ceci est visible dans la Making-Of du film.
Jenny aka the biggest villain in movie history 😂
Jenny was just like Forrest. Always running. Just metaphorically. Thanks for giving her grace, Camilla.
Interesting fact they asked and tried to get young forrest to talk like Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks they replied "why don't I learn to talk like him" the actor who played young Forrest. Tom Hanks then recorded and studied 100's of hours of that young Actor to learn his Accent. Running scenes where filmed at said location. Small team took trip driving across country to get those shots. I believe Tom paid for that. Well done Tom also I believe Tom did not take a salary instead got a % of what the movie makes. Good move
Great job! Here are some movies I would like to see you do. The Green Mile, Vacation, Airplane, Plains, Trains and Automobiles, Young Frankenstein, Office Space, and Blazing Saddles.