Director: Robert Zemeckis
Casting: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
Rating: 9/10
Review:
"Forrest Gump" is a movie with a perfect blend of Drama, Comedy, Romance, and a little bit of Action. It's got a lot of scenes and lines that will make you laugh, and a lot of scenes and lines that will make you cry. It has the right amount of the romance story between Forrest and Jenny, and it also has a great action war scene.
The acting in "Forrest Gump" is amazing, especially the performance by Tom Hanks (Oscar/Golden Globe winning) as the title character. Hanks does a great job as Forrest, with his great story telling, innocence and his comedy, and also the way he is not smart and doesn't understand most things. Hanks also does a great job convincing the audience that he is from Alabama with his great southren accent. Gary Sinise (Oscar/ Golden Globe nominated) does a great job as Forrest's friend who he first met in war, Lt. Dan Taylor. Sinise does a great job with capturing the braveness, and also the uncaring part of Taylor. But he also does a great job with the good side of Taylor, when towards the end you see that he is a great guy who appreciates Forrest. Robin Wright puts on a good performance (Golden Globe nominated) as the main female character, and Forrest's love interest Jenny. Jenny is a drug addict hippy who doesn't care about herself through most of the movie, then realizes that she loves Forrest, and that she needs him in his life.
The writing for the movie was amazing. I have never read the book "Forrest Gump," but I'm sure the adaption of the book is nearly perfect. "Forrest Gump" is a very well written movie, the whole screenplay is just brilliant. Forrest Gump is not a smart person, but he lives an amazing life and meets many amazing people along the way.
Robert Zemeckis does a brilliant job directing this movie (though QT should have won the Oscar for directing in 94). Like I said, I have not read the book, but I'm sure that Zemckis did an amazing job capturing the brilliance of the book and adding his own original to the movie.
All in all, "Forrest Gump" is an amazing movie with an amazing plot, and amazing acting, directing, and genre blend. Although I do not believe that "Forrest Gump" is the best movie of all-time, it is my favorite movie of all time, and it was very impressive that it out won Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption at the Oscars.
My Rating: 10/10
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