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Summary: Yes.
Review: This is a strong candidate for my all-time favourite movie. I absolutely adore it. When I first began buying DVD's, I found, to my horror, that Forrest was not available. Why????, I asked. Now I know. The wait has paid off in a splendid DVD presentation, with extensive extras, all captivating. You want to know how they 'did' Lieutenant Dan's legs (or rather, lack thereof)? Buy Gump DVD and find out! You want to watch the beginning of Haley Joel Osmont's career? Grab Gump DVD, and check out his screen test!
Forrest Gump is a movie that transcends both comedy and tragedy. He makes us cry; he makes us laugh; but most of all, he makes us think. I can't answer for what he'll make you think, but I know he will challenge you. His simple-minded, but big-hearted approach to life is inspiring like nothing else. Your life will truly never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.
I've been disappointed by DVD's of my favourites (Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Yankee Doodle Dandy). Finally, I have a DVD presentation to which I can finally respond... Yes.
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Summary: That's my boat!
Review: For those of you who haven't already seen Forrest Gump, shame on you. I won't even bother reviewing the movie, because it has been done by 197 other people on this site at the present. What I will review is the 2nd disc of the DVD. I was amazed to see how some of the shots and scenes came to be in Forrest Gump. Such as when Tom Hanks had to go in front of a blue screen with X's on it to be able to nail the JFK/White House/Handshake scene. The 2nd disc was worth the purchase of the DVD. You will never watch the movie in the same fashion again after seeing it. Oh, and the actual Movie isn't bad either! :-)
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Summary: I love this DVD
Review: I saw the movie the same day the package arrived and I enjoyed it as much as when I saw it the first time at the theater. The DVD was very well planned and created, the images are sharp and the bonus material is excellent.
It was worth it to wait for this release.
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Summary: Great movie, great DVD
Review: I love this movie, but the point of this review is to tell you about the DVD itself. If you've seen the movie, then you know the story. If you haven't, then just trust me -- it doesn't matter if you're a teenager or a baby boomer, if you're 22 or 88, you'll find some connection to your life in this movie. It's very moving. The DVD is well pieced together, with graphics and animations and other fun little treasures. The menus are easy to navigate and there's lots of stuff to see. You can watch the movie with either of two commentaries, if you want to learn more about the making of it. There are also special effects secrets, trailers, a Making-Of special, screen tests with Robin Wright, Haley Joel Osment, Hanna Hall (young Jenny), and Michael Humphreys (young Forrest), and lots, lots more. If you love Forrest Gump or just love movies, you'll find plenty enjoy in this DVD. It's packed full of good stuff and will keep you enthralled for hours. And the movie is excellent, as well.
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Summary: Great Movie, Great DVD
Review: As everyone already knows, the story of Forrest Gump is timeless and something that will be viewed for generations to come. The DVD has done a great job in preserving its great quality. First, the picture quality is superb. The colors and definition are crisp. Take a look and you'll notice great clarity in each scene. The 5.1 sound is decent. It doesn't employ all 5 channels of sound to the fullest extent, but it'll do for most people. Now for the special features. Disc 1 offers great, comprehensive commentaries by the producers and the director, Robert Zemeckis. While other directors provide useless information, this commentary is actually informative and pertinent to what's shown on screen. Disc 2 is simply amazing. Do you want to know how Forrest Gump was made and then some? Disc 2 is all you need. Considering how great the special effects were, this set of bonus features are very welcome and entertaining. If you own an the older, original copy of the Forrest Gump DVD, set it aside and get this new one. It's worth the money. If you don't own Forrest Gump, get it now. Not only is the movie great but Disc 2 provides an amazing set of bonuses that other DVD's should live up to.
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Summary: please make me stop watching
Review: i wanted to stop but i could not. this movie was so bad that i kept watching in ever-increasing disbelief and horror. this is the worst movie i have ever seen. i do not say that lightly. a bad movie can be bad because it has a low budget, or an inept maker. a terrible, shameful movie such as forrest gump can only be produced by someone who has money, skill, and pretension. by those criteria it is, in my opinion, the worst movie of all time. i watched it all the way through, my jaw dropping, eventually through the floor. stupid. yes, but many big american movies are. this movie is incredibly, painfully (and i fear unknowingly) reactionary. in its drive to find a mythical good america it teaches several appalling lessons: politically aware african-americans--bad; politically aware women--deluded, probably by african-americans; the vietnam war--an opportunity for racial harmony sabotaged by spoiled white men, deluded blacks, and confused women; happy dancing black children--they still live, protected by the shadow of the gates of forrest's late 20th century mansion. how any person could accept an oscar after tom hanks won for this movie escapes me.
i'm stuck with one star. minus ten would be accurate
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Summary: Wonderful film for everyone to see!
Review: THE STORY OF FORREST GUMP
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) sits on at a bus stop on a bench in 1981. A black lady gets off of the bus and Forrest begins talking to her, even though she's ignoring him the whole time. He starts out by talking about when he was a kid. Before he begins school, Forrest visits a doctor helping out with his spine, which "Is as crooked as a politician" notes the doctor. He then goes into talking about how he got his name, by an Uncle who started the Ku Klux Klan (of course, he IS telling this to a black lady, don't forget). Afterwards, while walking home with his mother, people along the street stare at Forrest, as if he's wrong and shouldn't even be alive. Mama (Sally Field) makes sure to let him know that everybody's different, and "If God intended everybody to be the same he'd have given us all braces on our legs." Going on away from the storyline, Forrest tells the black gal about how the house he lived in had been in the family throughout Grandpa's, and the house had been there about a thousand years (remember, this guy's slow). Mama then tries enrolling Forrest into a public school, however, his IQ isn't quite what they need to get him in. Mama demands that Forrest get the same education as everyone else. Mama does get him into school alright, by doing what every woman needs to do when it comes to getting higher up in the food chain. Next, young Forrest gets on the bus to go to school for the first time. Later the next day or so, Forrest is caught by Mama pestering a man with a guitar (supposedly Elvis Pressley). Forrest ends up to show him some moves while dancing to the sounds of the guitar, which were later used by Elvis in concerts. He explains to the black lady that "that young man" died for some reason, but it must be hard being a King. After not wanting to get on the bus because of the bus driver being a stranger, they introduce themselves, and they're on their way. However, nobody will let Forrest sit with him. They know that he's different, and nobody wants a thing to do with him, except Jenny. They began a conversation all the way to school. After school, kids start throwing rocks at Forrest, Jenny tells him to run, so he does. Forrest's leg braces break off, and he begins really running, faster than the kids can pedal their bikes. He runs through town, where the people in the beginning of the movie gave him dirty looks saw him, they looked on in amazement. Later on, a few days later, he goes to find Jenny because she didn't go to school. Forrest begins knocking on the front door, runs around back, and finds Jenny there. He begins asking Jenny questions, but Jenny doesn't want Forrest talking loud because her father's sleeping. When they find out that he has been wakened, they begin running through the corn field to hide. They begin praying that God turn her into a bird so that she can fly far, far, far away. Instead, she moves into her Grandma's by order of the police. She snuck out often to see Forrest because she was scared. Forrest assumed that it was because of her Grandma's dog. HISTORICAL EVENTS
Although I'd like to tell you the rest of the story, this is only the first 3 chapters in the movie. After this, Forrest has grown up. Forrest meets many celebrities along the road of his life, including Elvis Pressley, many Presidents, etc. He "accidentally" steps into some of the most important aspects of History, including when the first blacks were enrolled into a white college, playing on the All American Football Team in college, the Vietnam War where he meets Bubba and promises to start a shrimpin' business with him after they get out of the war, and many others. You'll have to find out to see for yourself. Most all of the historical editing is done superbly, with Hanks being inserted into many of the scenes. 2001 TWO-DISC DVD SET
The re-release version in 2001 contains "Through The Eyes Of Forrest Gump," Outtakes, and how they made special effects work. MY OPINION
In my personal opinion, this is a great movie. It has no plot, there is no evil, just Forrest, his Mama, and the friends he meets along the way. ~Natalie Kilpatrick
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Summary: Angel Of Death!
Review: Some people confuse this film as an all out sugar coated love fest but their are some hints of all out grim reaper in here! For some reason where ever Gump goes so does tragedy! From Jenny, Lieutenant Dan or Bubba to name a few they al seem to have some kind of physical or emotional problem after they meet Gump! I know a story hast to be propelled with drama but to give the central chracter all the best lines and all the best expressions to deal with the ordeals is just plain wrong! Forrest Gump leaves a little murmur in the viewers heart after its all over. But to its credit Gump is a tear jerker at its best. Zemeciks uses digital feathers and faux handicaps to paint a depressing, dark and dank world with only one bright spot and his name is Forrest "Grim Reaper" Gump. The film plays on every emotion from adolescence to childhood that the viewer has no choice but to root for the cinema's ultimate dim-witted hero! A good film in its own Gump-ish ways.
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Summary: Message of the film: Follow Orders
Review: If you fall in line, follow orders, and follow the rules of society no matter what your mental limitations are, you will be successful (to a certain extent). If you think, question authority, question reality, question society, and live for yourself; you are irresponsible and will fall down a spiral and die of a terrible debilitating disease.
That is either a sad message to send to the world, or the writers of the film are making sardonically poetic commentary (but I really don't give them that much credit). Are Baby Boomers done patting themselves on the back yet?
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Summary: Forrest Gump is great
Review: This is the beat movie ever made.Tom Hanks gives the best proformence ever.This is a all time great.This is my best good movie.
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