Living In The Moment
...man's journeys and accomplishments during a very important era in American History. The shy, good hearted character of Forrest Gump was played marvelously by Tom Hanks. Hank's presence on the screen has never been stronger than when he stepped into the role of Forrest Gump. Director Robert Zemeckis uses the movie Forrest Gump to portray a man's life of trials and tribulations with love, friendship, life experiences, and death. Forrest grows up developmentally disabled and in addition has braces on his legs. His disabilities gives the audience the feel of Forrest being adorably childlike and naive even when he is a grown man. The movie shows how a man that seems to have so little can accomplish so much.
The movie starts off with Forrest as a boy growing up in the 50's in a small town in Alabama. While growing up he creates a strong bond with the character Jenny. This is ironic because both Forrest and Jenny did not grow up in a normal environment. Jenny was frequently beaten and raped by her father. Zemeckis uses Jenny and Forrest's childhood friendship as the starting block for his most important relationship in the movie. Jenny would be Forrest's drive in life as well as somewhat of a life teacher. Throughout the movie Forrest gets tied up in different altercations trying to help and defend Jenny from others as well as from herself.
Zemeckis uses random situations in Forrest's life to lead him for the better. For instance while Forrest is being bullied Jenny tells him to," Run Forrest, run!" Forrest then starts to run from the bullies and continues to run through an ongoing football game, passing up everyone on the field with his blazing speed. Zemeckis uses this scene to get Forrest noticed by football legend "Bear" Bryant and an opportunity to play football with a scholarship at the University of Alabama. Through out the movie Forrest...
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