Forrest Gump
The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Wokeness: 0%
Overall Score: 90%
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JustEntertainment
No woke
A historical masterpiece, kinda cliche at this point, but no woke. Lots of socio-political commentary, but Gump is above it all and takes no part in any of the wokeism of whatever era he may bumble his way into. Heartwarming and funny, and woke free.
Created: 06-20-2022
RiseUpNowOrPerishLater
Not what I remembered it was
The movie differs from the book so focusing on just the movie.
There is a lot of degenerate scenes, typical antichristian, White bully scenes, and marries a woman full of bad choices.
At the beginning of the movie. Forrest is bullied by Christian rednecks which is the typical group Hollywood loves to hate.
Forrest's Mom has to have sex with someone who works at the school to get Forrest into it.
Forrest marries a woman is was a drug addict and treats Forrest like crap.
There is a bunch of more scenes but these stood out the most. Re-watching the movie now you can see there was a different type of propaganda being pushed back then.
The film itself has some good moments though so watchable at least one time. The movie is a weird mix of comedy/drama. Some truths and some laughs.
Created: 11-17-2022
AJM
Created: 11-21-2022
COWBOY
Created: 12-25-2022
Think for yourself
Jenny is the villain
Jenny and the Leftist hippies are the bad guys in this. It`s a conservative movie. I don`t see any wokeness in it, though reading the other reviews I`ll admit they have some good points.
Created: 08-30-2023
NoWo
The secret to this game is to never take your eyes off the ball
A whiff of Garp, a dash of Candide, and an eager, sort-of average American caught up in the country’s turbulent and rambunctious history, short as it is. Forrest in a way is John Q. Public, caught up in and thus blinded to his own destiny unfolding at breakneck speed.
Whatever the man has done and said since, Hanks did deliver a stellar performance in this. From his weird Southern boonies accent to the awfully literal approach to everything, he made Forrest into an immediately recognizable and endearing character.
Sinise is simply outstanding, and never quite got the career he deserved in my opinion. Fantastic George in Of Mice And Men. It seems Lt Dan led him to a good life, though, so there’s that.
I’m more on the fence about Wright, whom I’ve always considered the weak link in great movies, but I might be influenced by her character, and the borderline abusive relationship she nurtures with Forrest.
Then again, heartland America has had an abusive relationship with its coastal self-professed progressive, so-called elites, so, truth in art.
The music is nostalgic, sometimes innocent, sometimes bittersweet and always relevant. Perfect.
Being from the mid 90S, this movie only had access to primitive woke tech, such as the brave single mother (husband’s fate unknown, presumed ‘deadbeat’), female as permanent victims, rich white male ‘stepping up’ after languishing in unrequited adulation.
Maybe not woke, but definitely focused on male sacrifice and female irresponsibility.
Doesn’t mean it doesn’t make for a good story. Just that the premises are fine for fantasy, but flawed for reality.
At least it gets something right: the most obvious leftist character is a selfish, confused, broken white woman from an abusive home. At least she has excuses, but then again, it’s fiction.
The social commentary is actually pretty fair, and does not look at the past with rose-tinted glasses.
I do not condone its message of unity, though, as ‘unity’ and ‘divisive’ are and have always been leftist euphemisms for ‘submission’ and ‘independent’.
I’ll still rate this at 0 woke, and leave it at misguided, left-leaning, sentimentalist zeitgeist. Brain awry, but heart not in a bad place.
Created: 10-30-2024
