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Summary: Horrible transfer
Review: I was really excited to see this come to DVD, but after watching the release on a good HDTV I was really dissapointed. The quality of the transfer is just plain bad. Compression artifacts really detract from the film. If you have an old TV you won't notice, but if you have a good one, skip this disc.
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Summary: Anthony Michaels review of "Forrest Gump"
Review: This is an excellent movie. Very well done and put together perfectly. Tom Hanks, as most of the time, does a wonderful job portraying this smart idiot. Also starring Gary Sinse, Robin Wright and Sally Field, this movie is worth the time to watch it, if you don't mind some things like language and partial nudity.
ALSO STARRING TOM HANKS:
Cast Away
Apollo 13
Big
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Summary: The Best Movie Ever!
Review: This is my all time favorite film. I have always loved this movie ever since the day I saw it in the theatres! Now that I have the Special Edition DVD, I can see how it was all done! This is a wonderful film with wonderful performances and a great cast! You couldn't find a better actor than Tom Hanks. I love all of the characters in this movie. I feel like I know em all! There are many memorable moments in this film and they will never be forgotten! I LOVE THIS MOVIE! I also have the soundtrack and it is also great. The Special Edition DVD is awesome. The second disc is the one which holds most of the special features. You get to see the screen tests of Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, the kids that played Forrest and Jenny as children, deleted scenes, a making of feature, and much, much more! One of THE BEST DVD's in my collection. For any fan of this great film, this DVD is a must. This movie will always be the best!
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Summary: A QUINTESSENTIAL FILM!!
Review: EVEN THE THOUGHT OF THIS FILM BRINGS ME TO TEARS OF JOY. FORREST GUMP- A SIMPLE MAN,WHO ACCOMPLISHES THE WORLD.
HIS LIFE IS TOLD AT A BUS STOP,TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO YOU WILL SEE ALL THE THINGS HE DOES. HE IS IN THE ARMY,PLAYS NATIONAL TABLE TENNIS,BECOMES A FAMOUS RUNNER,MEETS THE PRESIDENT,OWNS A SHRIMPING BUISNESS,PLAYS FOOTBALL,AND FINDS TRUE LOVE. JENNY(ROBIN WRIGHT PENN)HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.SHE UNDERSTANDS HIM AND TAKES HIM FOR WHAT HE IS. TOM HANKS WON AN OSCAR FOR THIS ROLE,AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I DO NOT THINK ANYONE HAS BEEN MORE DESERVING FOR IT. BUY IT.I PROMISE YOU WILL BE IN AWE OF IT!
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Summary: Must see
Review: Forrest Gump is a movie that needs to be seen atleast once in a lifetime. I believe that all the messages it sends are very important for everyone to realized or be reminded of. If you want to see how good Tom Hanks is in acting , watch this movie. Personally, I think its a keepers and you should even get it on DVD!
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Summary: i love it
Review: but one thing i find wrong with this film....it does seem to linger, or feel too long. no matter how many times i watch it, after he goes on the run across america, i tend to tune out from there to the end.
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Summary: Life is like a disc of bonus features.....
Review: I think the merits of Forrest Gump as a movie have been debated enough by now. If you're reading this, you probably already have a pretty good idea if the movie's digitally enhanced nostalgia and praise to the virtues of simplicity will appeal to you or not. So I'm just going to talk about what I thought of the DVD. The film enthusiast and the Gump fan will find a fair amount of interesting stuff to peruse, but the bonus feature are unfortunately kind of hit or miss. It's neat seeing exactly how all of the special effects were done or how sound and makeup were used to enhance mood in particular scenes. The screen test are nice enough, if only because you get to see Tom Hanks playing Forrest before he had worked out the accent. And the Zemeckis/Starket/Carter commentary, while lacking the fun and spontanaity of some I've heard, provides enough good tidbits and insights to keep you interested. But these pretty good features run alongside some really poor ones. The Finerman commentary runs out of steam very early and lapses into the producer repeating herself (apparently there are at least TWO seperate scenes where Forrest first becomes a man) and talking about what she thinks the audience is feeling or thinking at that point in the movie. (I don't need to know what the audience is thinking. I AM the audience.) Add a photo gallery that is half stills from the movie and a pretty bland documentary and you pretty much have the disc in a nutshell. I guess if you really love Gump or absolutely need to know more about the effects, you'll really enjoy the disc. But the rest of us are left a little unsatisfied and wondering why a movie that supposedly relied more on a great script than visual effects has a disc of extras which touch so little on the former and so much on the latter.
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Summary: see for yourself
Review: two words overrated or is that 1 well anyway i guess this movie isnt so terrible it just doesnt appeal to me
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Summary: Life is like a Great DVD.....
Review: you'll always know what your going to get. Great Sound
Great Picture
Sepctacular Extras
+ A Killer Movie If you never heard of this movie you are ethier Nell herselfe or live a cave. This 2 disc set is worth every penny and the movie on this is priceless. I will not say anything about the movie so I won't ruin it for the 4 people left in socity who've been missing out. This is director Robert Zemeckis in top form, and shound be greatfull, as with everyone, he got this great and outsanding DVD transpher. If you hated this movie...it is still a worthy DVD to your collection....if you love it, you probally all ready have it....Don't miss on this great DVD.
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Summary: a masterpiece of sentimentallity
Review: I am biased when it comes to talking about "Forest Gump" the movie. To start with, Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise are two of my favorite actors. On top of that, I have been taken with Robin Wright ever since her role as Princess Buttercup. I was a much different person when "Forest Gump" was first released. I held to a world view that looked down upon its blatant appeal to sentiment. For the obviously good acting job that Hanks did, I did not then feel that this film deserved to win best picture. Over time, my views have changed. While I still view "Gump" as a little too sentimental, I have to admit that it is one heck of a picture. Great performances abound in this movie. Hanks is the most obvious. He is indeed Forest Gump. I doubt any other actor could have pulled off this role so convincingly. Sinise is outstanding as Lieutenant Dan Taylor. He manages to be over the top without becoming absurd. Wright's Jenny is a moving counterpoint to Forest. Mykelti Williamson does a great job with what he is given. The world as seen through the eyes of Forest Gump is definitely not "reality." That said, we get enough "reality" every day. Zemeckis & company took what could have been shallow escapism and instead they fashioned it into a lens with which to view different parts of ourselves more clearly. I recommend "Forest Gump" very highly. All the bells and whistles on this DVD version only make it more attractive. Get it.
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