I thoroughly enjoy this film. It is a journey full of inspiring messages, intense realities, and charming laughs. Tom Hanks plays a beautiful character who takes life as it comes and I crack up and cry every time I watch this movie.
The mise-en-scene of this film is wonderfully creative and spans across country towns in Alabama, to the jungles of Vietnam, to Ping-Pong tournaments in China, to protests on Washington. Wherever Forrest's life story goes, the flashbacks go with him and give a window into his bizarre, adventurous and beautiful life. There are so many memorable quotes from this movie, one of my favorites being: "If I'd a known that was the last time I was gonna talk to Bubba, I would of thought of something better to say". The colors were always appropriate to the mood of the scene and complimented the shot in a way that grabs the eye. The scenes from Forrest's childhood in Alabama are earth tones and pastels, everything looks calmer and more faded. As time progresses into the revolutionary 60s, the colors become vibrant, like at the march at Washington when Jenny becomes a flower child. One of the most beautiful scenes was when Forrest was telling Jenny of all the most beautiful sights he had seen throughout his journey, as she lay dying of cancer in bed. Cuts jump to Forrest in Vietnam looking up at the starry night sky, or the sunset on the bayou, and the slow pans throughout this sequence coupled with the soundtrack and Forrest's voice always touch me. This is an incredible drama or comedy but more importantly an incredible story to learn from and laugh and cry with.
The mise-en-scene of this film is wonderfully creative and spans across country towns in Alabama, to the jungles of Vietnam, to Ping-Pong tournaments in China, to protests on Washington. Wherever Forrest's life story goes, the flashbacks go with him and give a window into his bizarre, adventurous and beautiful life. There are so many memorable quotes from this movie, one of my favorites being: "If I'd a known that was the last time I was gonna talk to Bubba, I would of thought of something better to say". The colors were always appropriate to the mood of the scene and complimented the shot in a way that grabs the eye. The scenes from Forrest's childhood in Alabama are earth tones and pastels, everything looks calmer and more faded. As time progresses into the revolutionary 60s, the colors become vibrant, like at the march at Washington when Jenny becomes a flower child. One of the most beautiful scenes was when Forrest was telling Jenny of all the most beautiful sights he had seen throughout his journey, as she lay dying of cancer in bed. Cuts jump to Forrest in Vietnam looking up at the starry night sky, or the sunset on the bayou, and the slow pans throughout this sequence coupled with the soundtrack and Forrest's voice always touch me. This is an incredible drama or comedy but more importantly an incredible story to learn from and laugh and cry with. 
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