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Forrest Gump (1994) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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Forrest Gump is the definition of a tender soul and we love him. This was a beautiful movie and I loved it. I remembered so little and I think even if I had, I wouldn’t have appreciated it like i did this time. I loved the storytelling, the music, the heart-warm and the humor and every character.

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Anthony Carlson

When you have so many memorable quotes you can quote, it tells you how great this movie is. This is one of Tom Hanks’ best roles.

Farbod

I might be the only person on the planet that hates this movie.

Phil Stubblefield

That's okay, everyone has their own preferences. What in particular don't you like about it?

Just Plain Bob

I don’t hate it but do think it’s overrated and can definitely see why it might not appeal to some.

Tom Evans

It is full of historical American references, so if you're not American or up on history a lot of that is probably confusing.

Farbod

I just find it incredibly boring and the supporting characters mostly unlikeable. Funny enough, I usually really like Tom Hanks. Also I am American and have a pretty strong grasp of history. Just don’t find the film interesting.

Baldemort

Tom Hanks in the 90s and the year 2000, did movies that won so many Oscars. Forrest Gump, Cast Away, The Green Mile, and Saving Private Ryan for example. You have seen pretty much all his best movies. Legendary actor. ❤️

Vlad D

I love this movie. The first time I saw this movie It made take a step back and just take the world in. Jenny is the villain

K, Zachary

Wow that was quick! So when this came out in theater. My friend and I saw it 5 times. It's actually considered one of the best movies ever made. The soundtrack is awesome. Great songs from the 60's. I think my friend said the used 4-5 Doors songs. This has one of the best endings to a movie I I have ever seen. I thought it was perfect. What he says to , then the birds No Spoilers! Can't wait to watch this. Later tonight.

Just Plain Bob

I doubt many viewers realized that Forrest’s leg braces were a reference to Wilma Rudolph and her childhood battle against polio, for which she had to wear a leg brace. She went on to win numerous Olympic medals in the 1950s and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Olympians of all time. As for other historical events depicted in the film, I’d be surprised if the sisters know much about SEC football, much less the Crimson Tide and who Bear Bryant is. I also doubt that lessened their enjoyment. The point is, I don’t think most people enjoy the movie because they can identify each historical event that’s represented or alluded to. I think it’s much more of a question of whether Forrest’s story resonates with the viewer. For me, it was very middling. In keeping with Farbod’s statement regarding the supporting characters, I found at least one of the supporting characters intensely unlikable. But mostly, I just found the movie to be too transparently manipulative of its intended audience’s emotions and too saccharine to fully enjoy.

WestBound

Almost turned off the whole reaction when Elvis showed up and Carly said "is that Johnny Cash "................

Mitch Wells

I've always thought it was implied jenny developed AIDS...best Tom Hanks movie

Brent Petty

Depending on what source you find, Jenny died either of HIV or Hepatitis.

Philip Alan

Life's like a box of chocolates... you never know who's banging around upstairs, down the hallway, in the kitchen and your microphone picks up all of it! hahaha! Loved the reaction, ladies!

Brent Petty

Ladies, you mentioned how strong Forrest was to be able to carry all the wounded soldiers to safety. In the novel, he is very specifically said to be 6 foot 6, and weighs 242 pounds, the size of an NFL tight end. Just picture him as Travis Kelce-sized and you'll be pretty close.

TheSingulatarian

Cassie "Was John Lennon in the Beatles? Carly "I don't know." I now feel older than dirt.

TheSingulatarian

Clearly, we need to put some Beatles movies on the schedule.

Shawn Kildal

Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan) was in 2 other Tom Hanks movies. He had a small role in the Green Mile and a much larger role in Apollo 13. He was the astronaut kick off the mission because they thought he would get sick and then helped them return home. Robin Wright is famous for House of Cards, The Princess Bride, Message in a Bottle, Unbreakable and Blade Runner 2049. You will see her soon (hopefully) in Wonder Woman and Zack Snyder's Justice League.

Shawn Kildal

Sally Field (no "s" at the end). You also saw her as the mom in Steel Magnolias and as the runaway bride in Smokey and the Bandit. She won Best Actress in Places in Heart (1984). It was set in Texas during the Great Depression. Also stars Ed Harris, John Malkovich, and our friend Danny Glover.

Macabre Movie Maniac

Little Jenny grew up to be murdered by Michael Myers, thirteen years later.

Shawn Kildal

Loved every song in this movie. And the score by Alan Silvestri who also did the score for The Polar Express, Back to the Future, Cast Away, Predator, all the Avengers movies, The Mummy, What Lies Beneath, The Abyss, Ready Player One, Romancing the Stone and many, many more. He has a long-standing collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis on many of the movies I just mentioned including this one. Kind of like John Williams and Steven Spielberg.

Chris Thom

Robin Wright was in a Halloween movie??

James Damar

I was a little worried at the beginning at how "old" the references in this movie are for you two ladies that are on the younger side. But luckily a lot of it was explained well in the movie. Did make me wonder how my daughter is gonna look at it when I show her (she's from 2014) since so much of it is knowledge about stuff happening 50 something years earlier to her birth!

Macabre Movie Maniac

The little girl who played Jenny was in the 2007 remake of Halloween

Chris Thom

Definitely a movie that hits different at different ages and maturities. But there's something for everyone to latch onto I think, and that's part of what makes it so beloved. And it's neat to have a central character and narrator that fully goes with the flow of what's happening because he doesn't always understand the full scope of what's going on around him or why it's happening. Because that's every life on this planet, in a way. But there's such a purity and honesty to Forrest's motivations, and usually what he wants is fairly simple.

Clay F

I really enjoyed your reaction. Forrest does have a tender heart. Agree soundtrack is good. I like Sally Field. Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, and Robin Wright all did great. John Lennon was a Beatle, and he as a solo artist did the song Imagine. As indicated by Shawn in the comments, Gary Sinise was Ken in Apollo 13 replaced on the team by the Kevin Bacon character b/c Ken had been exposed to measles. You were so sympathetic w/Ken when he lost his spot on the team. Robin Wright (Jenny) is in The Princess Bride, Blade Runner 2049, Moneyball (2011), Wonder Woman (2017), and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) (she was the boss/editor-in-chief and 'companion' of the Daniel Craig character).

Kevin Charley

They should react to the Beatles Anthology when it comes on Disney+ in a few weeks.

Kevin Charley

Now all that's left is Quiz Show and you'll have seen all five nominees for best picture of 1994.

SEAN ƴü KAY

I love you guys, but you both not knowing John Lennon really hurt me deeply for some reason...I'll get over it eventually...

2-Can

Like my brothers and I explained to our nieces - it’s John, Paul, George, and Ringo, girls. Think of them as the original Boy Band.

Phil Stubblefield

What a fantastic reaction, as usual! I've seen this film a dozen times or so, and I cry every time! There are many "tender" parts, as you'd say, Carly, but my favorite is probably when Forrest discovers that he has a son. At first, he looks scared, and we wonder exactly what's going through his head. But then he asks, "Is he... smart?" I sob *every* time! 😭 And there are so many wonderfully sweet and funny lines too. One of my favorites is, "And I met the President of the United States... again!" 🙄 Cassie, in your outro you said, "And he changed so many lives along the way, without even knowing it, just being himself." You do realize that you're describing yourself? The two of you bring joy into countless lives just by being your delightful, compassionate selves! This is why I've supported your channel since near the beginning. You are a rare oasis in the desert of the Internet. Thank you so much for all that you do! 😊

Shawn Kildal

Should be common knowledge though. His name was prominently featured towards the end of Mr. Holland's Opus. Cassie loved the scene when Mr. Holland sang "Beautiful Boy" by John Lennon.

Shawn Kildal

directed by Robert Redford btw!

Alex Gorell

Definitely hepatitis, she didn’t develop the sores on her body like HIV patients did.

Shawn Kildal

I think Cassie and Ben dressed up for Halloween one year as Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks from Splash (which she has a reaction to).

Shawn Kildal

I was always of the opinion that Jenny was so abused and messed up that she felt she wasn't worthy of Forrest's love and affection.

Dan M

There have been so many amazing movies that I’ve had the pleasure of either revisiting with you, or watch for the first time with you. And many of them I rank among my favorites of all time. But my only regret since becoming a member of the PiB community was that you had already seen prior to the channel what I consider the pinnacle of my cinema experience…my favorite. But thanks to Carly, and your desire to revisit this amazing masterpiece, that regret will soon be forgotten. I can’t thank you enough for making this movie PiB canon. This work day can’t go by fast enough. I can already hear Alan Silvestri’s iconic opening theme in my head.

Dan M

I couldn’t agree with your last paragraph more, Phil. Perfectly said!

Dan M

The Forrest Gump Suite at the end of the soundtrack is one of the most beautiful and moving pieces I have ever heard. As soon as I hear that opening piano sequence, my eyes well up and a smile takes over my face.

Dan M

Haven’t seen the reaction yet, but Cassie and Carly not remembering that John Lennon was a member of The Beatles, and Cassie not connecting him with that scene from Mr. Holland’s Opus, will probably be the one time I cringe during this reaction.

Scott Macaulay

I love the meme with Jenny saying ’Bye Forrest. I'll be back when you're a shrimp billionaire and I'm a single mom with aids’. 🤣. Kind of hits different but I still love the Movie.

JL_83

Run PIB, run!

Popcorn In Bed

that is the nicest thing in the world, now i’m crying. Thank you 🥹🥹

Popcorn In Bed

i knew the name of course but just questioning myself-queen, beatles, doors, all those famous old bands 🫠🫠🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Michael West

“Sometimes there just aren’t enough rocks”… this movie has so many great lines. Definitely a tender November pick. I love the message, just be who you are and don’t let anyone else define you. Kindness goes a long way.

Warren Robinson

What Forrest said at the Washington Monument: "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that."

2-Can

I won't be able to add to the comments about the movie or reaction, other than: Fun Photography Tip – the spot where Forrest stopped running is mile-marker 13 on Route 163, just north of Monument Valley. Forrest Gump is not the first movie to use this view, but it is the most famous. Route 163 is the main highway going from Monument Valley (the access road is off Route 163 just north of the Arizona line and runs southeast – Monument Valley is mostly in Arizona). You may first get an indication you are coming up to mile-marker 13 b/c of the people you’ll likely see standing in the middle of the road there, taking the picture or posing like runners breaking a finishing tape for a picture (although I have heard that there is now signage). Best time for a pic is morning, as the rising sun most directly lights the features in the background. Also, if this interests you, just north of this spot is Goosenecks State Park (just west of Mexican Hat, Utah) – I recommend you pay the $5 entrance fee for the million dollar view (Utah has way more than its fair share of stunning landscapes). The Utah Department of Tourism paid no consideration for the posting of this comment. That's all I have to say about that.

Canadianant

This was the reaction that I hoped it would be. This movie has everything. Drama, comedy, tenderness, tragedy and Redemption. Forrest unintentionally being a major part of American history makes for a great trip down memory lane for some Older viewers, where as giving a cliffs notes version of history for those younger viewers. I figured both of you would be very empathetic towards Jenny and her story. There are some out there that view her as opportunistic and even taking advantage of forrest at the end. I have a feeling she just in some ways couldn't help herself along the way. Due to the horrific events of her childhood, couldn't find her own value and was unable to find a stable path. The few times we see her happy with Forrest along the way, she would feel like she didn't deserve it. There are some that view this and see her as a villain. I just can't share in that. While her behavior at times is maddening. If you know her history, how can there not be any any empathy towards it? She literally can't see the Forrest for the trees! I'm glad you rewatched this and shared it with Carly. The scene where Forest is introduced to Little Forest with the line 'is he smart or is he? " is incredibly moving. I know that there are a bunch of people that are against rewatches of any kind and I certainly understand if it's something that you have seen in recent years or it's something that you had watched on a regular basis, but something like this that you saw once and barely remember, I don't think don't think hardly qualifies. Again, how you viewed it now as current movie loving Cassie vs a young ROM com loving youth is completely different. My own journey with this movie and others as the decades go by reflects my own place and I find myself seeing different point of view on the events down. Sometimes it's worthwhile to rewatch something. That being said, yes John Lennon was in the Beatles...lol. if the doors are open to rewatches would love for you to show Carly Good will hunting at some point.

Above Average Dave

"You have seen pretty much all his best movies." Sorry, waiting for BACHELOR PARTY.

Ike

Really enjoyed this one. One of my TOP 25 movies of all time. PIB Certified Grade “A” Tender. A few things my family has done for years because of Forrest Gump. 1. My mother sometimes says, “U-nited States” to be funny 2. My Aunt Jackie ends long rants with “And that’s all I have to say about that.” 3. Several nieces and nephews have heard “Run Forrest, Run” when they were little without knowing why. 4. When they opened those doors on Black Friday, “I… was… RUN-NING!” So, so many more. Like “88 miles per hour,” this is the insidious nature of a cult classic. 🙂 Loved this reaction!

Above Average Dave

I could write a 10,000 word New Yorker-type piece (i.e., no one will read it, but people will pretend they had) about how the cultural touchstones of the late 20th Century are nearly unknown to most Millennials and GenZ. The impact of the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, James Brown, CCR, the Stones and a myriad of other bands began to fade when sampling came along and started replacing instrumentation. Now autotune has replaced actual voice talent and harmonization. And just this week, an AI generated song and vocal was near the top of the country charts, and an AI song has already topped the charts in Europe. Different world. More's the pity.

Blake Evans

This movie holds a special place for me. Not only is it feels good and a great piece of filmmaking about the nature of free will vs destiny, that bench was just two blocks away from my freshman dorm in Chippewa Square in Savannah. Only by the time I got there in 2007 they had removed the bench since people kept trying to steal it…. And I’m sorry, no waitress would be able to afford an apartment on Henry Street even in 1982 lol.

Stick Figure Studios

You aren't, Farbod. I hate it as well, and the Internet has helped me discover that that are a whole heck of as lot more of us out there... just not many in this particular group.

VOCFM

Jenny is a dumb hohoho Edit - yall soft af lmao. It's funny that I got this POV from a woman who thought Jenny was a ho, but even if its from a woman, it holds women accountable so you guys can't stand that right? Hahahaha. Not every woman that is sexually abused goes on to act like that, and romanticizing bad ways of dealing with abuse ain't it. If a man was molested and went on to have a bunch of sexual partners the way she did and treated Forrest, non of you would hold the same view because your past doesn't justify your bad actions in the future and people see that when its a man and let it go when they're a girl like her. it's absurd

VOCFM

Jenny is the reason i dont want to watch this reaction, shes the epitome of a modern woman

Kyle Reese Popcorn Fan

She is a struggling childhood sexual abuse victim, you heartless a**

VOCFM

Hahhaha Cuck take but okay Kyle. Every woman to be sexually abused has a pass and can act as ratchet as they want right? OK

Warren Robinson

In the book, Jenny has Hepatitis. But most movie fans think she had HIV. Both were novel viruses in the early 80s. And both make sense given her lifestyle.

Milton Reduxed

Sometime people do things that just don't make no sense

Grinznmore

And then there were the characters who threw rocks

TheSingulatarian

Robin Wright is in a little-known movie called "The Congress" (2013) Based on a story by Stanislaw Lem. Right plays a fictionalized version of herself. The movie is part live action and part animated. It predicted several elements of movie making technology that are now contrivsial. An acid trip of a movie if you like that sort of thing. Here a several places you can watch for free. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-congress

Stick Figure Studios

As I've written elsewhere, I have a complicated relationship with this film. Having always been a huge fan of director Robert Zemeckis (as well as everyone in the cast), I looked forward to seeing it when I was in college, and I was not disappointed. I loved it. I laughed, I cried, I saw it multiple times in the theater and I recommended it to everyone I ran into. I was a huge Gump-ophile. Over the years as I've returned to it repeatedly, I started to notice certain things about it that were problematic. I reluctantly had to acknowledge major flaws with the film and it gradually dropped in my esteem. Eventually I admitted to myself that in spite of my initial affection, it is just not a good movie for a number of reasons and quite apart from still stubbornly loving it for the way it originally made me feel, I now didn't like it. In many ways, it actually offends me and even makes me angry. But reading all the comments and being reminded of how much so many people still adore this movie, I decided that I'm not going to say why. Partly because some of my reasons involve politics and I know they don't want us to get political here... and partly because what I think ultimately doesn't even matter. Who am I anyway? I have my own personal opinion and while I'm not afraid to share it if someone asks, I have no desire to pre-emptively "yuck other people's yum." My thoughts would probably only serve to piss people off and I am not interested in provoking any negative feelings around a film that is still so widely beloved. I do still want to watch the video though. I haven't seen the film in a long time (and who knows? I might even like it more this time) and I am curious to see your reaction to it. I suspected you would love it. It is definitely an emotional experience.

Mike Lemon

Multiple things can be true at once.

VOCFM

I agree, I'm not saying she's irredeemable, but seriously imagine being Forrest in that situation lol. Having a bad past doesn't make you innocent of anything you do after

Stick Figure Studios

You are correct, Shawn. Jenny is not a villain. She is a flawed, damaged, foolish human being, but she is not a villain (this is not the kind of story that has a villain). She is a complex and Interesting character (in many ways, more interesting than the actual protagonist) and while I have a number of issues with the film, Jenny being a villain isn't one of them. In fact, I hate the whole "Jenny is a villain" perspective that seems to have really grown in popularity on the Internet lately. There's a strong steak of misogyny in that take and it is just icky.

Stick Figure Studios

Alan Silvestri is an extremely gifted composer and this is one of his loveliest scores.

MertzRocks

Saw this and I was like, "You haven't SEEN THIS yet? Wow..." Even before I watch you react, I'm sure you loved it. 💕

Popcorn In Bed

i love this!! Always wanted to see Monument Valley!

Larry Darrell

In 1979, one of the best versions of Elvis Presley ever put on film, was done by Kurt Russell, in the TV Movie titled… Elvis. This film proved to everyone that Kurt Russell was a great actor and not a has been child star. The following year, Kurt Russell got his big break away from doing kids movies and TV movies, by starring in the R rated comedy Used Cars (1980), written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, which was only Zemeckis’ 2nd film. Kurt’s and Zemeckis’ careers took off like crazy and fourteen years later, Kurt and Zemeckis, at their peak, reunited for a small moment in Forrest Gump, as a nod to both of their beginnings. The voice of Elvis Presley in the scene with Forrest, was Kurt Russell.

Stick Figure Studios

I wouldn't use the book as any kind of reference for the film.

Stick Figure Studios

There is a strong streak of misogyny in all of the hatred directed at Jenny online nowadays.

2-Can

We never really explore the things closest to home. 'The grass is always greener', I guess. I recommend Monument Valley during a New Moon - to better see the Milky Way. I guess I ruined my chance to send this to Popcorn to Go as movie trivia.

David Bennett

Excellent choice, you guys!! Such a good film, expertly crafted. I think the way that they wove the fictional story IN to the historical narrative surrounding it was just brilliant. Tom Hanks IS, in fact, one of my favorite actors and this truly IS some of his best work. Jenny had been so damaged by so many men that she didn't think she was worthy of Gump's love. There are, as usual, some lore-y things that I want to share: Napalm is basically a weaponized way to use gasoline, by using to thickeners called napthenic acid and palmitic acid (Na Palm) and basically it can be delivered by bombs or flame throwers. It burns longer than gasoline by itself and adheres to whatever it touches. The US military started using it in WWII in the pacific theater against japanese entrenched in jungle areas. It was used to great effect in both Korea and Vietnam. The term "million dollar wound" is military slang for a wound that is bad enough to get you taken out of combat BUT not so bad that you are killed or badly crippled or maimed. One minor mistake that bugs me about this film is Gump's uniform when he is in DC AFTER being awarded the MoH. He had 5 ribbons (Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct medal, National Defense Service {this is one of those that everyone gets just for graduating from boot camp, so they have SOMETHING on their uniform}, and 2 Vietnam campaign ribbons) and was wearing the MoH around his neck. Given that he had just been awarded that prestigious decoration, this is understandable. HOWEVER, later on in the film, when he is shown in uniform, he only has the 5 ribbons when he SHOULD be wearing the MoH ribbon in the first position on his chest, above all the rest. It's a minor thing, but I still feel that someone should have be paying MORE attention..... Looking forward to whatever ya'all have in the pipeline!

Larry Darrell

Well at least she knew Johnny Cash’s name. He was also a Sun Records recording artist. My first thought in seeing that made me think “palm to forehead,” but there’s probably a ton more names that would have been worse to say than Johnny Cash.

Matt Mabry

I would lay a bet that both of you and everyone who just watched will have this movie or the scenes of this movie on your minds for a few days. That is what truly great art does for a person. I have seen so many sunsets and sunrises alone, I drive for a living, and I wish my wife were there with me, and just like Forest said, she is there... in my heart. Thank you both for watching this and for your reactions.

Larry Darrell

Did she not remember Sally Field from these movies??? Cassie needs to start keeping a journal on the films she watched. Lordy ;-)

Grinznmore

It was funny when Lt Dan says to Forrest The day you become a shrimp boat captain, I'll be an astronaut

ktown64

The Beatles were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They actually made two musical comedies you should watch sometime, A Hard Day’s Night (1964) and Help! (1965). John was assassinated in 1980 at the age of 40. George died of cancer in 2001. Paul and Ringo are in their 80s and still making music and touring. 4 biopics are being made, one from each of their points of view .

Choof

One of my favorite movies ever. Was just on constantly growing up and culturally ubiquitous. It was only in the last few years I found out how divisive it was. First by beating Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption at the Oscars. Then from people labeling it baby boomer propaganda and then later people interpreting the theme of the movie as "follow what everyone says and good luck will just happen to benefit you and if not your life will be hell". And while I see some validity in all 3 criticisms its just one of those movies where you hear even legit critiques and it just bounces off my overall very positive view of the movie even still

Choof

You are an abysmal person and you dont deserve to be in the PIB community

VOCFM

Hahahahahaha

VOCFM

"misogyny" you dont get to act however you want and be free of repercussions because you had bad childhood, its not woman hate lmao. Imagine a man did that too you, youd call him a woman hater for womanizing and blaming it on his past, 100%

VOCFM

"You called her out for being a ho so you are bad" if it was a man acting like that you'd think differently. Im sure you use childhood issues as a free pass for your attitude IRL, right? Thought so, project more though

VOCFM

"she just" yeah her motives are 100% pure and not total regret for all of her copious amounts of bad choices repeatedly

Above Average Dave

This film is fun, touching and insprining! The worst critiques about it, however, come from people who say, "He was an idiot who just did what he was told." Nothing could be further from the truth. Every major critical moment in the film, Gump is making that decision himself. From deciding to run everywhere, to saving his whole patoon in Vietnam, beating the tar out of Jenny's abusive "mostly-peaceful" bf, his run across the country (and stopping when everyone wanted him to go on), and on and on, it's Gump, his big heart and the morals and values his mom instilled in him that inform him to make those decisions in these most pivotal moments. Take what you want from it, but that holds on every viewing.

Above Average Dave

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 1-3 would like to have a word.

Clay F

What an absurd post. But everyone can express their opinion. I welcome all opinions, no matter how wildly unreasonable or illogical I find them. "Jenny was a ho" = misogyny.

Clay F

I've noticed your comments on GoT. Did you and your Sunday School class get together to watch GoT episodes?

Samuel Champ

And the word i would have is I've never seen your movies and never will.

VOCFM

What comments on Got? Calling someone a ho is not misogyny no matter how many times someone says it, and remains a valid take on a character such as her. I also notice your comments a lot since you seem to literally live on this channel. Also which comment on GoT has you triggered? My GoT takes are pretty soft so far LOL.

VOCFM

"you and your Sunday school" You're a funny man, you're wrong, but funny

Clay F

The modern woman is great. VOCM, you are being left behind while America moves on -- you just a tiny dot in the rear view mirror. Archaic.

Stick Figure Studios

As someone who has made that critique in the past, I can admit that it is a bit oversimplified, but I think at the base of it is the notion that Forrest in his simplistic innocence doesn't really understand what's going on, so while, yes, he does make decisions, they are not informed ones. He is exploited/used by those around him who know better (including the college he attends and the United States government) and the movie seems to have a strange schizophrenic attitude about that where at times it seems to be a satire that is laughing at him for it and at other times it seems to find some kind of nobility in it. Forrest gets amply rewarded for his blindly ignorant rule-following while Jenny, a character who is part of the counterculture and rebels against the social abuses and evils of the time, gets punished for it. That celebration of simple mindedness is, for me, one of the many problematic elements of the film that has soured my initial enthusiasm of it over the years.

Clay F

TheSingulatarian, thanks for the reply. "The Congress" (2013) [which I haven't seen] looks interesting. "The Congress rises on the strength of Robin Wright's powerful performance, with enough ambitious storytelling and technical thrills to overcome its somewhat messy structure."

Stick Figure Studios

This is a very respectful and intelligent comment, Choof. I don't begrudge people for loving the movie (Heck, I was one of them for the longest time) as it has many fine qualities and is very effective at creating an emotional experience for the audience. Its many flaws (including the ones you mentioned) just became more glaring to me over time and I am no longer as enamored of it as I once was. Still, I appreciate you not labeling me and others who don't care for the film as just "haters" or "idiotic" or "people who have no soul" or "people who don't know anything about cinema." I've been called all those things in the past when I have expressed my distaste for this movie.

Clay F

Respectfully disagree. Calling Jenny a ho is mysogenistic. You too blind, brainwashed to see it. You living in the past. You crave for the good old days when women knew their place and were easier to dominate. I like many of your comments on GoT. None of your comments on GoT 'triggered' me. So you don't attend Sunday school? Let me ask more broadly, do you go to church? Did you and some of your church friends get together to watch GoT episodes?

Milton Reduxed

I know there's a no-religion rule, and I won't make a habit of it, but I'm going to quote the gospel anyway: “God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him” — 1 Corinthians 1:27

VOCFM

If you're going to call me brainwashed, then I'll say you are equally brainwashed to think sexual immorality is good, when it blatantly is not. You have no idea what my life has been like and yet you project on to me

VOCFM

"easier to dominate" bro you sound like a clown with the blind accusations. This is embarrassing. It's weird someone that doesn't know cassie, I'm assuming, comments as much as you do on literally everything and also holds such soft af views.

Milton Reduxed

Imagine the scenario from a male perspective: A boy befriends a slow-witted girl, and is her only friend—the only person who would talk to her. Now when the girl grows up is he supposed to stay home and play house with that girl, when what he wants to do is go out into the world and enjoy his youth, just because his childhood friend wants him to? Does he owe her anything, when all he was was nice to her when no one else was?

MikeLL

To me the meaning of the film is expressed by Forrest at Jenny's grave. He says in that monologue: " Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time." The "floating around accidental-like on a breeze" is shown as the feather at the beginning and ending of the film. Destiny is happening, but a lot of random things happen at the same time. Life is like a box of chocolates.

VOCFM

If a man slept around with multiple girls, got a slow witted girl pregnant and then still continued to bounce around, that man would be doing something awful and immoral and i would call him a ho as well. I hold the same standard. If you make Jenny into a man I think it's clear how immoral it would be

Milton Reduxed

It's a close run thing with the Boogie Nights soundtrack parts 1 & 2

Shawn Kildal

Kurt Russell wound up doing Elvis again in 3000 to Graceland

MikeLL

Very interesting comment section to read. Love the movie, really loved the reaction. My only objection was for Forrest to take the GOT reaction slot this week, delaying my GOT fix for days, I bet!! Not a good situation!

Carol Rocha

Actually done #2 and #4! 😂

Carol Rocha

That’s the truth. There are NEVER enough rocks. 😢

Carol Rocha

Since you don’t do music reactions, take the time to listen to some of John Lennon’s music. For this upcoming season, “ Happy Christmas (War is Over)” is a beautiful one (official music video is spectacular) and of course “Imagine”. That official video is amazing as well. ❤️

Larry Darrell

3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) with Kevin Costner too, in an Action Heist film… BIG +1

SEAN ƴü KAY

Ok....I guess I can IMAGINE a way to forgive you ❤️😉🙃😋

2-Can

‘Baby Boomer Propaganda’ never seemed right to me. To my mind, this is the first pop culture movie to show even a single war protester as a self-centered jerk (I’m not by any means saying that they all were - just that I don’t remember any other such character being shown as that, it seemed like they were always heroes). Also, the early astronauts were too old to be Baby Boomers - most were Korean War veterans. Forrest and Jenny show that there was a clear divide in the Baby Boomers that is rarely shown or bridged in pop culture - the only one of the protesters Forrest went after was Jenny’s abusive boyfriend , otherwise he fine with them. Forrest and Jenny are rare in that they did reconcile despite their extremely different paths and they still jointly celebrated - and suffered the consequences of - their respective paths, as we all do as individuals and as a country. So there is something about the Baby Boomers at the heart of it, but I can’t see it as uniformly positive and laudatory about them.

Mark White

Stick, I’ve read this comment and your others on the Forrest Gump comment section. Firstly anyone on here who has taken time to read your comments over the years and understand your taste, thoughts, feelings and intelligently well thought out written word on movies, will not begrudge you your feelings on FG. That’s because I’ve never seen you just bash a movie and say “that’s crap”! You have always been respectful of other’s feelings about movies, while being able to debate the pros and cons on a film. So you should feel free to debate FG. I don’t feel I agree with you on FG, but I do understand where you are coming from. Sometimes people look at a movie from different angles. Taking away from it different experiences. I do understand your more complex issues with the movie, whether it be political, or Forrest’s reward for blindly ignorant rule following, or Jenny’s punishment for being a part of counterculture. I guess I see him as someone who despite the fact he has been taken advantage of by people, sometimes by people he loves, he still manages to rise above it and succeed. I know he was lucky in some instances, but I always felt you make your own luck through hard work and Forrest certainly gave it everything and made the most of his given talents, despite his difficulties. He didn’t moan or grumble or complain about how hard it is. Just cracked on with life. I also feel at times he has had a positive influence over people around him. Inspiring them to be better people. For me, the message I take from it, is no matter what the situation or how hard it might be, try to turn a negative into a positive. Maybe I tend to look at how the character of FG makes me feel and how he inspires, whether it by accident or design. Anywho, I don’t love this movie like some, but I do appreciate it. I know you hate this movie and that’s fine. We all have movies we have big issues with. Mine is U571…. Don’t get me started! 😆

kaiielle

"I'll say you are equally brainwashed to think sexual immorality is good, when it blatantly is not." Sorry VOCFM, not everyone here is religious. And not being religious does not mean that we're brainwashed.

Milton Reduxed

If it was Hep 1&2 the doctors could have treated it. If it was Hep 3 they didn't have treatment at that time but knew what it was. So not hepatitis It was obviously intended to be HIV which was a hot topic in the early 90s—but the filmmakers denied it after everyone started asking the obvious question what that would mean for the two Forrests

Keith Jacobsen

Yes, John Lennon was in the Beatles and they were referencing his famous song "Imagine" during the interview (no possessions, no religion too, it's easy if you try).

Above Average Dave

And the word to your word is you don't have to see the movies, but do look up and play the soundtracks. Word!

Milton Reduxed

Some of the movies one could enjoy going to the cinema in 1994: • Forrest Gump • The Shawshank Redemption • Pulp Fiction • The Lion King • Leon • Clerks • Four Weddings and a Funeral • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective • Dumb and Dumber • The Mask • Natural Born Killers • Shallow Grave • Ed Wood • Speed • The Crow • Clear and Present Danger • True Lies • Stargate

Samuel Champ

Ok, didn't start this and certainly not going to be ordered to listen to it. I'm sorry if I've upset you, goodbye.

Milton Reduxed

@ VOCFM There's no evidence Jenny slept with anyone after becoming pregnant, so get the facts straight She partied through the 60s & 70s rather than stay home and play house, so what? I probably would have done the same

Stick Figure Studios

I have said it before and I will say it again, there is a strong streak of misogyny in all of the hatred directed at Jenny online nowadays.

Celeste McAllister🍓

Someday take a road trip to Shiprock,Nm,you're going to be stunned by the gigantic granite monolithic formations,magma cooled inside a volcano like a jello mold millions of years ago....

Daniel John

Gotta do Shawshank again if your sis hasn't seen that either. 👀

Celeste McAllister🍓

Cassie,You can learn more by looking into "The 27 Club" members like Jimmi Hendrix,Janis Joplin,Jim Morrison(Doors) and Kurt Cobain(Nirvana)....

Catherine LW

I lived in North Hollywood decades ago and ran into Robin Wright and Sean Penn at a club. I didn’t say anything as I didn’t want to interrupt their coke snorting session. Crazy days, the 80’s…

Clay F

What does your religion (your faith) tell you about your love and fascination of GoT — a show awash in nudity and provocative sex outside of marriage?

VOCFM

Try reading, I called him brainwashed for calling me brainwashed. everyone that disagrees with you is brainwashed in your sight clearly so i throw it back. learn irony

VOCFM

Yeah and she gets AIDS for it. RIP

Doc Larry/old geezer

Forrest Gump is a film that defies categorization. It stands entirely on its own brilliantly crafted, deeply moving, and timeless. The illness that Jenny suffers from is intentionally left ambiguous. Many have speculated about what it might be, but assigning it a specific medical diagnosis would have diminished the emotional power and universality of the story. Both characters live extraordinary, intersecting lives drifting in and out of each other’s worlds until they ultimately reunite to share something truly beautiful and bittersweet. A wonderful and heartfelt reaction from both Cassie and Carly.

VOCFM

"play house" like what Cassie does you mean? Why degrade a healthy lifestyle by pretending it's "playing house" to not go and get AIDS and take advantage of a mentally slow man making yourself a single mother thats going to leave her child with no mother, as she dies of the hepatitis in the book? But nah hippie sex is good nvm

Phillip Bates

This may be my favourite reaction from you two! It's such a great movie, so tender but also so entertaining, and your reactions were also great to some of the big moments. I am so happy that you did this reaction and it was worth the wait! Love, love, love it!

VOCFM

It says that logical fallacies like red herrings to avoid the point that Jenny in Forrest Gump is a Ho is undesired. You're great at tap dancing away from the actual point and clearly are giddy to be able to argue with a Christian. You can call me what you want from your POV of what I am, just as im free to say someone that acts like a biblical whore can be called a whore if youre going to bring religion into it, which i didn't, and only am because you saw the PP and had to go for it Are you paid to post 11 lame-movie critic comments on all 1200 of her posts ? ive been wondering for over a year

Clay F

Mike, good point. I didn't think about that. I hope the GoT reaction is not too delayed. Maybe tomorrow (Friday)?

Cole Jennett

And this is what we get when we let Cassie rewatch a movie she hasn’t seen since she was a teenager. Reaction gold!

VOCFM

Dog all i said was she acted like a ho lmao

Cole Jennett

I think this proves that she doesn’t remember a lot from a movie she saw once in her teens. Bring on the rewatches!

kaiielle

"All I said" and it's a derogatory word, yet you are offended when someone says brainwashed. Now that is irony.✌🏻

VOCFM

So if there is no evidence she slept with anyone after forrest, that means she had AIDS before sleeping with Forrest? did she tell him? Thats a crime if she didnt and did have aids at that point. They dont say when she got it but in your version, unless shes injecting drugs after sleeping with Forrest while pregnant or while having a born child (which would be highly degenerate), she slept with someone.

Cole Jennett

Don’t forget the iconic Avengers theme. That’s him

VOCFM

So its cool to go through what girls prescribe to themselves as a ho phase? You guys are sad

VOCFM

Ho is a word that you dont like because it probably makes you feel bad for your actions and has nothing to do with the word itself. Nice try though

Chris Thom

I can totally picture it to be honest. Lol

Chris Thom

Jim Carrey had quite a 1994.

VOCFM

It's funny you imply that woman "have a place" to break free from to begin with, but I'm the misogynist

kaiielle

Huh? It is common that HIV doesn't display symptoms warranting concern until *years* after infection. The initial symptoms one gets mimic the common flu.

kaiielle

Good Will Hunting should definitely be the next one of these, whenever Cassie decides to do it (and no poll, please). 😄

Milton Reduxed

I don't have a problem with Cassie re-watching films she saw before the channel—particularly if it was more than a decade ago—but don't favour going down the road of reacting to popular movies again but this time with Carly. Let Lord of the Rings be an exception

Stick Figure Studios

Thank you for those kind words, Mark. I have always tried to be respectful and civil even in disagreements on here, but I have not always been successful. I'm sure I have been anatgonistic and condescending to people at times to my shame. Interestingly, even though I have long said I hated it, after watching it today for the first time in decades, I found I didn't hate it. I still dislike it and I still think it's not a good movie overall (and certainly overrated), but there has have always been elements I liked about it (the gorgeous cinematography, Alan Silvestri's lovely music score, the performances of Gary Sinise and Robin Wright, some of the gags are truly hysterical, etc) and on this viewing, while some parts/lines/ideas still rankle me and make me roll my eyes, I truly enjoyed other parts and even found myself getting a little emotional. I think because I went from one extreme to the other on this film (from enthusiastic fan to angry detractor), I may have ultimately mellowed out to be somewhere in the middle.

kaiielle

Milton, I don't think the latter has ever been a plan.

Ted Whalen

Who knows, maybe Jenny was in some sort of accident and was infected with HIV through a blood transfusion.

Chris Thom

First CD I ever bought with my own money. It wasn't cheap, either. Even back then.

Chris Thom

I think they left it mysterious to tie in AIDs. That was a major event, and fits in with the timeliness of everything else in the story.

Cole Jennett

Yeah, I want her to “revisit” stuff that has never been on the channel. Good Will Hunting is first on my list too Kaiielle, now that she’s done this one.

Chris Thom

This channel, NZ Family, on YouTube took a photo right near that same spot at Monument Valley but they never mentioned the movie. They did mention the westerns though. Still curious if they'd seen it. They were totally enamored with the location though. The wife even cried.

Chris Thom

Ohhh the Rob Zombie one. Didn't know that.

Cole Jennett

I’ve long said the 90’s were the best decade in film

Chris Thom

That new(ish) Get Back doc by Peter Jackson might be fun for PIB's first documentary on the channel.

Chris Thom

People are STILL so pissed about Saving Private Ryan not winning more. I didn't realize it was still so controversial.

Chris Thom

'Run, Forrest, RUN' was freaking huge on the playground. I remember that.

Chris Thom

Feel like artists were really trying to make their statement before the new millennium.

Chris Thom

Bridesmaids was fun too.

Brian Smith

the virus jenny had im guessing since its the 90s she probably had HIV

Bill Maurer

I must have seen this movie 20 times in the first 5 years when it was released. Probably about 15 years since I watched it all the way through. Great reaction ladies and this is why i am a subscriber and will continue to be a subscriber for as long as you are around. Have to admit a few tears came to my eyes as well. Thanks for all you do.

Stick Figure Studios

I absolutely support a GOOD WILL HUNTING rewatch with Carly.

Stick Figure Studios

I wouldn't call it the best decade in film, but it might be the last great decade in film.

Cole Jennett

I’d put the best it has to offer up against the best any other decade has to offer and I don’t think I’d have to leave the titles that start with an S.

Chris Thom

Wild that the last movie by this director (Robert Zemeckis) was What Lies Beneath. With Carly, too! I think this was where he started his trend of building makeshift homes for his films. The plantation house in Alabama was just an open field before and after, just like the lot next to the lake in What Lies Beneath. Sets are no longer there. The tree is still there in South Carolina. The famous bus bench is in a museum near that same square in Savannah. Some random fun facts. Another quintessential Savannah movie is Clint Eastwood's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Joe J

Cassie now needs to watch "Tropic Thunder". Why? If you know, you know is all I'll say, lol.

Joe J

Re-watches are polarizing, so I don't expect many each year.

Mark Vaderr

What Lies Beneath was his last movie? What?

Joe J

The "best" decade for films, music, TV, is the decade someone is in they're teens and/or early 20s. We always think that's the best of times.

Mark Vaderr

I'm sure this reaction will be fine. I'm not in love with this movie as everybody else, but it is good. Everyone gushes over Tom Hanks, but I really thought Gary Sinise did a remarkable job. I could really do without the scene where Forrest starts running all over the country, I get the point, but it feels gratuitous and overdone.

Dan M

Bring on Grease!

Mal Terra

It’s 1982 at the end of the movie. Which reinforces the HIV probability

Steve Smith

I really don't care for Tom Hanks, but I just love Forrest Gump. Too bad Mr. Hanks can't be as good a person as Forrest.

MikeLL

Clay since Forrest took the first reaction slot of the week, the second might not come until late late Sunday, might as well be Monday. I hope not, but that is the pattern.

Tater

You two not knowing John Lennon was in the Beatles makes me feel a thousand years old. 😭

TheSingulatarian

To be honest I found that "Get Back" doc to be interminably boring. Jackson really needed an editor on that.

Oisin Clissmann

That would have been a great reaction but it's on her list of already seen movies.

Anthony Lopez

It's on her seen list but who knows when she watched it, if she watched it again she'll probably understand more of the references now

Ted Whalen

Is it true that Paul McCartney was in a group before he started the Wings?

2-Can

Shiprock is on my list. I have only seen it once - from over 30,000 feet above on a cross-country flight. The pilot pointed it out to us. I think I saw that episode with the NZ Family. I remember the mother being so moved as they went through Antelope Canyon down in Page, AZ (about two hours by car from Monument Valley - on the way to/from the Grand Canyon).

VOCFM

fair

Carol_White

My office is about a block from Forrest's bench. This movie is kind of a big deal in Savannah. I still think its dogshit, though.

Ron White

The true inspriational legacy of this film is the charitable and humanitarian work that Gary Sinise has done since portraying Lt Dan gave him such a huge platform. He has worked with disabled veterans and their familes, with charities protecting and serving children in war zones to name few. He has been recognized at the highest levels of the military for his humanitarian work and received the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bush. There is an excellent summary of all this on his Wikipedia page and you should definitely check it out. While Forrest Gump was a Hollywood crafted fictional "good guy" Gary Sinise is the Real Deal.

Shad Kanyak

It's nice knowing in the 30 years since this movie was released HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence. Today, Jenny would live a long full life.

Dustin Ward

For one year, that is a pretty incredible list.

K, Zachary

"Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." Albert Einstein Years ago when one of the first times I saw this my friends said this might be the perfect movie with five Doors, songs. My gf just said the same thing. She asked the birds returning to the tree, that was a sign that she heard him, right? Just like when the birds flew away in the cornfield it was a sign that someone else heard her? I think so . I wonder if Carly has ever seen A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood? 🤔

Old As Dirt Bert

Thank you, ladies. My wife and I liked your reaction. I think you should put "A Hard Day's Night" on your list as retribution for that Lennon comment. Use subtitles so you'll know the words even if you don't understand the British slang.

Ace Degenerate

🤭🤭🤭🤭 someone finally said it

Daniel John

Read an interview with someone involved said it was hepatitis or something

Brian's Dog

Great reaction! After this rewatch I went and read the wikipedia article on Ping Pong Diplomacy. Interesting stuff.

Clay F

True

2-Can

And Forrest Jr. grew up to see her.

Chris Thom

I just saw that they celebrated the 30th anniversary last year.

crazyivan

Great reaction ladies. Some like the jump scares (and I'll admit I do too) but this is why I'm a fan of your channel. You didn't recognize Princess Buttercup from The Princess Bride? Another Haley Joel Osment movie you should check out is Secondhand Lions with Robert Duvall and Michael Caine.

Chris Thom

Just the last Zemeckis movie they watched together. They didn't seem to make the connection with Back to the Future, Contact, Polar Express, or Romancing the Stone. Cassie just said he seemed to be good at building tension.

DSM The Editor

Loved your reactions as usual! If you were trying to place Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan), he was also Ken Mattingly, one of your favorite characters in Apollo 13 as the astronaut left behind over the concern of measles exposure.

Chris Thom

She's said she think she saw it, but can't remember it. She's also said she saw it at one point, and then on another LIVE she said she definitely didn't. So there's some confusion there.

Chris Thom

And The Green Mile and as the corrupt cop in Ransom.

Gray

To be fair it's not like Cassie is super young she's a millenial afterall she should probably know that John Lennon was in the Beatles but she did start a channel having only seen a small selection of movies so it's not too surprising I suppose haha.

Gray

yeah i suggested that the other day as it will be 5 years in Jan on Youtube from the first reaction which was Shawshank Redemption, it's a no brainer if Carly hasn't seen it too.

Gray

It's a wonderful movie and a great reaction as i knew it would be i'm for sure in the double figures for how many times i've watched it and it still makes me cry especially with how life changes over the years. I imagine the YT comments are gonna pop off for not knowing John Lennon was in The Beatles though haha.

Clay F

Good Will Hunting is No. 1 for me. Sooner than later.

Cole Jennett

He was only in one scene of The Green Mile and she saw it once nearly 5 years ago. I knew that wouldn’t have been one of her identifiers

LukeG84

I'm so glad this movie won the poll. I knew Forrest Gump would be a huge hit with Cassie & Carly, and as expected, Cassie remembered very little so it felt like a normal reaction video rather than a rewatch. It's been a long while since I rewatched this movie myself, but every single time I watch it the ending has me balling my eyes out. It's a classic and it will never get old. Cassie, in case it hasn't already been mentioned, the actress who played Jenny is the Princess from The Princess Bride (1987). I know you've already seen it, but I'm pretty sure it would win a poll if you put it in one, hint, hint. 🤞🏻

Cole Jennett

I think she actually may have recognized her from The Princess Bride. She said she thought she recognized her but felt the movie was from a different era and wasn’t confident enough to name it. I can see her thinking this was much newer than The Princess Bride.

Cole Jennett

Regardless he died long before she was born, so I wasn’t bothered by it at all. She was actually right but looked to Carly for support but got nothing back, lol

Clay F

Forrest Gump This Cassie rewatch/Carly first watch was a great success. Good Will Hunting Please do a Cassie rewatch/Carly first watch of Good Will Hunting.

Chris Thom

I haven't seen that reaction yet, just remember seeing it on the page as one of the first things she watched on the channel. Haven't seen that movie in a long time. Was thinking he played one of the guards, but maybe not.

Chris Thom

I think another Robert Zemeckis film is at the top of your Popcorn Requests page now: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Super unique and charming movie that pays homage to detective noir stories, and the history of Hollywood animation. Might be a good one for December. That guy really knew popcorn entertainment there for a while. Still does, but I don't know if he's had any massive hits lately.

Stephen Dias

I'll stop everything to watch this movie again.

Stick Figure Studios

Sinise and Wright give my favorite performances in the film.

Carol_White

Are you fucking kidding me? Generic classic rock radio station songs. Zemeckis caters to the hoi polloi and that's all he knows how to do.

Carol_White

I agree that "truly great art" can have an impact, but what does that have to do with this hack movie called Forrest Gump?

Carol_White

Albert Einstein never said this. You are not a genius.

Tater

Had to laugh when Cassie asked Carly "When does he run?" like Carly had any clue what she was talking about because she hasn't seen the movie.

VOCFM

Look at the hate mail though hahaha

Jacob King

I enjoyed the reaction but I go back and forth with the movie. It’s a bit sentimental for my taste and some of the history stuff is questionable but it’s very effective. My main objection has always been the treatment of Jenny.

Milton Reduxed

Let's not argue about which celebrities are 'good persons'

Above Average Dave

You didn't upset me, Samuel Champ. I was just having fun with "the word," and how I was recently told by a teen that "No one says 'Word!' anymore!" (as an exclamation of agreement). To which I said, "Word!"

Joe J

Cassie has seen FG many years ago, I'm sure she remembered some scenes.

Ace Degenerate

Theres a super weird mentality going on around here that because one comments 5-10 times on EVERY single video that they can be a gatekeeper on other peoples comments and opinions 🤣🤣🤣

Joe J

I plan to go a lifetime with never seeing that movie, lol.

AdrianF

His main SK role was in 1994 The Stand.

kaiielle

Great reaction! I always enjoy revisiting this movie, which was a staple of my childhood even though I didn't understand everything in it until I got older. And even though I always remember it, it somehow still feels like a first watch every time. Lt. Dan is my favourite character.

Tater

Wow... must not have had my coffee when I wrote this.... I flipped their names. 🫤

Mark White

Wow, that was super emotional. It’s been an emotional day today, with my wife in the hospital. Nothing serious, just not the answers or help we had hoped for. I would do anything to take her pain away, anything. I think maybe I needed that. But I feel drained now. That was super lovely watching that with you both, cathartic maybe. Thank you both❤️❤️

Just Plain Bob

Sorry to hear about your wife. Hoping for better news for y’all in the future and a rapid recovery.

Steve Holton

Sad news Mark. Best wishes for both of you.

kaiielle

Thinking of you and your wife, Mark! I am wishing you all the best. 🫂

fastecp1

Great movie! Never gets old.

Mark White

Thanks for the lovely messages. Lucy and I really appreciate them ❤️

Ted Whalen

Mark- thinking of you and wishing you and your wife all of the best!

K, Zachary

This was a answer to Cassie saying something at the beginning of the outro. This hangs on our guest bedroom wall. https://a.co/d/7Mv7GsC I am not a genius even my gf will tell you that. If I had nickel for everytime my gf says Zach what were you thinking? I would have a jet on 24 standby.

Brett Richey

To love someone your whole life and to never not stop loving them is to love life. I've often wished I'd had a Jenny to think about, when it was too much to think about myself. Like the film or not... we all need a Jenny. We all need a compass point we can call home.

Mark Vaderr

I didn't care that much for Wright's character, which is probably why I don't love this movie as much as others do.

Robert Durant

I've seen this movie so many times and i forget that Forrest really doesn't have any idea until the end what Jenny suffered through as a child. My guess is that she opened herself up to him after the "not enough rocks" scene and made him aware of what happened and why her life went the direction it did. Also the actor that plays Wesley (the guy that hits her) is also the same actor that plays Tom Hanks' attorney near the end of Cast Away and he also played the character of Kent in Contact, all three films are Robert Zemeckis movies.

Chris Thom

It's pretty good. One of the best movies of the 80's.

Chris Thom

Hope you guys are OK. Love from Cali.

Stick Figure Studios

I don't love the film either, but I love Wright's character. She's passionate and damaged and deep and foolish and selfish and interesting and rich and complex and conflicted. She's an actual fleshed out, red-blooded human being (far more than the cipher at the film's center) and her journey is compelling. She and Lt. Dan are the real stars of the film as far as I'm concerned. When they're on screen, it almost feels like a completely different movie. The film should really have been about them.

Chris Thom

This came out when I was nine, and I definitely didn't have the concept at the time that something so early in life could affect something for that long. I couldn't understand why she couldn't get over it as an adult. But I also didn't understand what was happening in the house. I thought her dad just got mad and yelled at her sometimes. After getting older and meeting a few truly toxic people over the years, it started to make a lot more sense. In fact the Jenny scenes immediately came to mind. Can understand why she was having trouble enjoying the moment when she was stuck in bad patterns and memories.

Stick Figure Studios

This is actually one of the many issues I have with the film. Forrest's complete lack of knowledge as to what is going on around him prevents him from seeing things sometimes that are very disturbing. He doesn't comprehend, for example, that Jenny is sexually abused by her father. He has no clue as to how damaged and broken she really is. He always sees her as perfect and beautiful and flawless. The movie tries to pass this off as sweet, but the implications are troubling. We should be able to recognize darker truths about reality so that we can contextualize things/people and the way we treat them. Certainly Forrest always treated Jenny with respect and love, but need not be ignorant to do that. One can still love, respect and cherish another while also understand the harrowing trauma that person has gone through in their life. Speaking as someone who has been in a serious relationship with a woman who was abused by her father, I know what I'm talking about. It is not enough to simply love the person, shower them with praise and treat them like a princess. Sometimes they want you to be angry with them. Sometimes they want their feelings of betrayal, and even hatred to be validated. I had to learn to see the person I loved as she really was and not as the idealized female I imagined her to be. The latter was actually at times unfair and hurtful to her. It was me gas-lighting her. The Forrest/Jenny relationship is a tender fantasy, but it is a fantasy nonetheless. It is a "nice" lie but it can actually do harm to people and ruin relationships if adopted in real life.

Stick Figure Studios

@Cole: It's a great decade to be sure, but it'd have some stiff competition from the 40s and the 70s.

kaiielle

Stick, isn't what you describe precisely why Jenny always left, though? She was able to always recognize that she wasn't good for Forrest and that he would always see her in the way you describe. She seemed to understand that she would do harm to Forrest and ruin their relationship, which is why it took so long for them to properly be together.

Clarence Newman

Everything’s possible, Mark. I hope Lucy catches a break soon. You both deserve it.

Uncle Phoenix

Jenny is such an evil villain; makes this movie hard to watch.

Milton Reduxed

Jenny was molested by her dad and as such was a dysfunctional adult, but she was Forrest's only friend growing up, long before Forrest became rich. Would she have married Forrest if she wasn't ill? Who knows. Either way Forrest got to marry his childhood crush, Jenny's son got to have a dad, and Forrest's life continued to have purpose

KTP

is GOT season 3 on break still from last time?

John A

This movie is one, that every time I watch it, I love it more and more. Not sure if it is because as I have grown older that is means more, but it keeps moving up on my favorite movie list. Not sure where yet on my list, but it is moving up again.

Cole Jennett

Just a heads up that there is another John A on the channel. I agree, it holds up super well and it is probably in my top 5 best movies.

Cole Jennett

It’s still scheduled for a release this week.

Stick Figure Studios

I do think that the trauma of Jenny's abuse gave her self-esteem issues to where she never did feel like she was "good enough" for Forrest, which of course is not true (and it is one of the things that makes Jenny such a compelling character), but, again, that is something I have personal experience with as the woman I was with really had difficulty loving herself and thereby believing that anyone else could love her, although I did love her and I told her so repeatedly. What she needed was therapy, to heal from her wounds and for someone (namely me) to "see her" as she actually was, to recognize her suffwering and it's cause, not just someone loving and adoring her like I did.

Stick Figure Studios

As I have said elsewhere, I have a number of issues with this film, but Jenny's character is not one of them. She is not a villain (it is not the kind of story that has a "villain") and the whole "Jenny is a villain" thing that has developed online in the last few years is really icky. There's a strong streak of misogyny in that way of thinking.

Andrew R

Yeah it's ridiculous. Unfortunately linear thinking is the default and not the exception.

Andrew R

You mean in the movie or the reaction the character gets from the viewers? If it's the latter I'm in agreement.

Chris Thom

Get what you mean. But I think the idea was that he could see the purer, simpler side to her beyond the trauma. And he just knew what she meant to him, and that was always enough. He could sense the complexity, but couldn't fully understand it, and maybe in time he could bring out the happier, more appreciative side in her. And she showed him that people and their motivations weren't so simpler. They both filled a void in one another.

Just Plain Bob

I agree that Jenny is the villain. She plays on Forrest’s emotions to get what she wants and withholds knowledge of his son for years. And it’s not misogynistic to think so; it’s simply holding her accountable for her actions. In fact, I believe it’s misogynistic to act as though it’s simply her acting out her victimhood. That viewpoint robs her of her agency, the capacity to make decisions. And at the core of decision making is accepting responsibility for your decisions/actions. Instead, she leaves and hides a father’s child from him, robbing a father of his son and a son of his father. Sadly, lots of people are abused as children. Imagine if we excused an abusive husband’s behavior because he grew up abused. No one would seriously consider sympathizing with such a character. To treat Jenny differently is to expect less of her, holding her to a lower standard, and that is misogyny.

kaiielle

Understood, Stick. I'm sorry that you went through that. It is so difficult to have such strong deep feelings for someone who struggles with accepting and receiving it.

Stick Figure Studios

Thank you, Kaielle. Yeah, it was/is a heartbreaking reality that effects me/our relationship to this day.

Stick Figure Studios

@Chris: I get that that's the idea and, as I said, it's a sweet, touching little fantasy that I understand why people love, but in reality actually "seeing beyond a person's trauma" means recognizing the inner beauty, inherent worth and personal dignity of the person not to the EXCLUSION of the trauma but in addition to the trauma. Seeing/comprehending the trauma and it's causes contextualizes their suffering, their humanity, their flaws and allows one to see the WHOLE person and not just the parts of them that we like.

Vincent Vega

I usually watch your reactions on YouTube. I don't bother with these because I watch on my phone but when I saw you were reacting to Forest Gump, I had to sign up again and watch it, I couldn't wait! Ended up syncing your reaction on my phone with Netflix on my old phone and putting one on top of the other and it worked out great. Love this film, and even though I've seen it a few times over the decades, there's still little bits I've missed previously but picked up on this time. I can't think of a bad film Tom Hanks has done and I hope you react to more from him. Loved your reaction to it and I blame you guys crying for making me well up 😂

Vincent Vega

Not being funny but I've always disliked Jenny. Yes she had a tough and traumatic childhood that noone should have to go through but that doesn't excuse her behaviour. Jenny was a complete cunt to Forrest and he deserved so much better

Vincent Vega

Have to say though Jenny was a horrible human being. Yes she had a traumatic childhood which noone should have to endure but that doesn't excuse her behaviour. She was a complete cunt to Forrest who deserved so much better . That said, she makes a great antagonist in this absolute masterpiece of storytelling. One of the greatest films ever made

VOCFM

Woah woah lmao check my comment out and see the response i got for saying less then you did lmao

VOCFM

I could crucified for calling her a whore lmao

Cole Jennett

Agreed, this is even worse than your ridiculous comment.

Mike Lemon

I've heard The Circle (2017) was pretty bad. Here's my favorite review for it- "It was in focus." - Brady Haran, Hello Internet ep. 89

Mojo One Thousand

The line "is he sm..smart" about "Forrest's" son and Tom Hanks acting/reading of that line get me every time, because it is the first time in the movie where is acknowledges his own limitations rather than dismissing them using one his mother's philosophical musings. I do enjoy this movie, because there are some very fine characterisations, but it does have it's problems. The fanciful stuff around "Forrest's" journey through various tumultuous times in the US in the last century are an interesting backdrop, but I do mainly engage with the relationships between the characters, because if I think too hard in some of the peripheral stuff it might fall apart, e.g. it is never really explained who is looking after his money, there is only one conversation with his mother about it before her death. Based on some of the comments I have read, it also seems that this movie (like many older movies) suffers from the problem of people apply the norms of time they are watching it in, rather than in the context of when it was set. The movie was 30 years ago, and is set in period between 10-40 years prior that. I think "Jenny" suffers a bit from that. She is not a good person but she is not a completely horrible person either, and a bunch of stems from an abusive childhood, and likely an inability to know what unconditional love was really about, which is what "Forrest" unendingly try to provide her to her constant rebuffs. The disease that would eventually take "Jenny's" is another example of this. It isn't mentioned what it is, but as the movie does have a backdrop of historical time periods, it is heavily implies to be AIDS, which at the time in the movie (the early '80s) was largely unknown, and it was until sometimes later that it was understood that HIV leads to AIDS. As we now have 40 years of knowledge and understanding of the disease, people imply "Jenny" is quite cavalier or reckless about the disease due her previous years of what would later be deemed risky behaviour for that disease. But as the movie doesn't go too deeply into it, there is no way of knowing. "Jenny" is a complicated character that I still am not sure how I feel about, even though I have seen the movie many times over many years.

Vincent Vega

There is no evidence of Albert Einstein ever saying this however, there is also no evidence to the contrary.

Vincent Vega

Wow didn't realise all these films came out in 1994! I was 10!!! Please take me back, such a phenomenal decade for film and music

Vincent Vega

And Interview With a Vampire!

Vincent Vega

Not seen it. Sounds like I had a lucky escape lol

Clay F

Vincent -- hard disagree. Respectfully, your comments are absurd.

Clay F

Hard disagree that Jenny is a villain. Respectfully, the comments that Jenny is a villain are ridiculous. The comments that further add she is a whore for sure make it pure misogyny.

Miguel

The director of the movie said that she died of HIV/AIDS, but the author of the book says Jenny died of Hep C.

Stick Figure Studios

Jenny was a damaged, complicated, at times selfish and foolish, but at other times kind and thoughtful, person. She was not a horrible human being. You, on the other hand, given the attitude and language of your comment, might just be a horrible human being.

Joe J

It's just a movie, people have a right to state they're opinions.

Stick Figure Studios

I agree about the moment Forrest first sees his son. His "smart" line demonstrates a self-awareness that the character hardly ever exhibits anywhere else in the movie. It's a great moment.

Stick Figure Studios

Agreed, Clay. People act like recognizing Jenny's trauma and defending her worth as a human being is somehow excusing her decisions or taking away her agency. Nonsense. It's explaining the root of her self-loathing. It's contextualizing her foolish and destructive behavior. It's having some actual compassion for her and what she endured. Nobody is saying Jenny didn't do things that were selfish, hurtful and at times just plain wrong, but it is a huge overreaction to therefore characterize her as "terrible" or a "villain." She is complicated, she is nuanced, at times she is frustrating, but that's what makes her a richly drawn, interesting and compelling character. You can tell that all the hatred directed at her is rooted in misogyny because the men (it's always men) who call her a "villain" also use words like "wh*re" and "c*nt" and say things like, "If she were a man, she'd never be able to get away with her treatment of Forrest." That kind of talk is textbook misogyny.

Johnny Bullis

Hey Cass.. wanna know how Tom Hanks came up with the accent? It actually came from the boy who played FG as a kid.. Tom met him and heard the kids real accent and decided thats what it had to be.

Just Plain Bob

I certainly agree that the name calling is misogynistic but I fail to see how holding a woman to the same standards as a man is, in any way, misogynistic. In fact, as I stated before, I feel the reverse is true. Excusing bad behavior by a woman because she was abused as a child is to essentially say “Well, she’s a woman and can’t be expected to govern her emotions.” It’s nonsense. Victims of abuse deserve our sympathy and empathy, right up until the moment they victimize others. Jenny’s father was a monster. But her behavior was abhorrent. Both things can be true; they’re not mutually exclusive. Keeping a child from their mother or father for years is despicable and no amount of childhood trauma can excuse it.

Cole Jennett

Prior to that he says “I am not a smart man, but I know what love is.” So it wasn’t the first time, but I take your point

Mojo One Thousand

That's fair Cole. I think in my head I thought rare, but I typed first. That particular moment is a bit of self-awareness but is still couched in what he thinks is his best self, where I feel the "is the smart" line is more unguarded and showed that his life of negative experiences weren't as dismissed as he previously made them out to be and obviously didn't want the same for his son.

First Name Ella

“Is John Lennon in the Beatles?” “I don’t know” You’re both over 30. There’s no excuse for this lmao

First Name Ella

No, she wasn’t. 1, you have no idea what trauma does to a person. 2, NO ONE IS OWED ROMANTIC LOVE BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. JENNY WAS A WONDERFUL FRIEND TO FOREST. 3. Jenny had NO ONE in the world while Forest was in Vietnam. Her grandmother was dead. She was trying to make her own life. 4. After Forest was born, JENNY HAD NO WAY TO TELL HIM! He was running across the world in the 80s. There was NO WAY TO REACH OUT TO HIM. 5. We have no idea if Jenny felt like she wasn’t good enough for Forest or even if SHE THOUGHT BEING WITH SOMEONE WITH AN IQ THAT LOW WAS OKAY. This is someone who was sexually abused so she would be VERY wary of doing the same to Forest. 6. Again, Jenny owed Forest NOTHING more than she gave him!! She was a WONDERFUL friend to him, his best friend. She loved him. Just because she didn’t feel romance toward him doesn’t make her a bad person. Once she realized she was dying, she realized that Forest was the love of her life- that love comes in all sorts of forms, and that she deserved his goodness.

First Name Ella

Not when their* opinion is misogynistic crap.

First Name Ella

The fact that you can say this and mean it makes me feel sorry for anyone in your life. This opinion is driven by the idea that romantic love is owed to you if you feel it for a woman. Period. 1, you have no idea what trauma does to a person. 2, NO ONE IS OWED ROMANTIC LOVE BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. JENNY WAS A WONDERFUL FRIEND TO FOREST. 3. Jenny had NO ONE in the world while Forest was in Vietnam. Her grandmother was dead. She was trying to make her own life. 4. After Forest was born, JENNY HAD NO WAY TO TELL HIM! He was running across the world in the 80s. There was NO WAY TO REACH OUT TO HIM. 5. We have no idea if Jenny felt like she wasn’t good enough for Forest or even if SHE THOUGHT BEING WITH SOMEONE WITH AN IQ THAT LOW WAS OKAY. This is someone who was sexually abused so she would be VERY wary of doing the same to Forest. 6. Again, Jenny owed Forest NOTHING more than she gave him!! She was a WONDERFUL friend to him, his best friend. She loved him. Just because she didn’t feel romance toward him doesn’t make her a bad person. Once she realized she was dying, she realized that Forest was the love of her life- that love comes in all sorts of forms, and that she deserved his goodness.

First Name Ella

Lmao she plays on his emotions???? She is a wonderful, kind friend to him the entire movie. What does she do to him that’s wrong? Name one thing.

First Name Ella

You’re not holding her to the same standards as a man. You’re holding her to ridiculous standards. What did she do to Forest to make her a villain?

First Name Ella

It was clearly HIV. They would know if it was Hepatitis. They literally say in the film it’s a virus they haven’t seen before. Hepatitis C is severe but we had and have drugs to treat in the 80s. It wouldn’t have killed Jenny so quickly.

First Name Ella

Anyone that calls Jenny a villain is a walking red flag.

First Name Ella

It kind of disgusts me that she’d even question whether Jenny was using him for his money. If she was interested in that, she would have been with him when he was a football star or a famous ping pong champion meeting John Lennon. As for Carly’s question, she didn’t tell him earlier because it was 1978-1981, and Forest was running across the country. There was literally no way for her to reach him. She sent him a letter as soon as he was done running. We know this because she was following his running closely. It’s such a 2025 question to ask- people take for granted now just how easy it is to get in touch with anyone immediately. Before email that just wasn’t true, even with home phones.

Just Plain Bob

Forrest’s journey across America was well documented in the media. It would not have been difficult to contact him. As for her not having any obligation to enter into a long term romantic relationship, I agree. I never said she owed him any such thing. I did say that it’s unforgivable to withhold a child from their parent and I stand by that. But I certainly appreciate the personal attacks. I think the respondents to Uncle Phoenix’s original post, including yourself, have proven thoroughly that they lack the maturity to cope with anyone disagreeing with their point of view.

Vincent Vega

First Name Ella... Great to see get another person jump on the "well she had childhood trauma/was abused so that excuses all her cuntiness" bandwagon 😂 But yeah you're right, it was very good of her to realise that Forrest was the love of her life once she had finished whoring herself around the country, was a single mother of a baby that probably wasn't even his and was dying from an incurable illness which was also a direct consequence of her own actions. Now she was ready to settle down and with someone who would be there for her and her kid and then she conveniently remembers oh yeah, there's good ol' reliable Forrest Simp... I mean Gump! 🤣

Thomas Cooney

Lol you're goin pretty hard... and I love it lol great stuff. I agree.

Vincent Vega

It's hilarious that people think that comparing a woman's behaviour to a man's is misogynystic. It's literally the direct opposite of that! Women scream for equality, but they only want it when it suits them! 😂 If I called Jenny a whore, it's because she whored herself out. Engaging in sexual activity for payment. Be that money, drugs, transport, lodgings or some other benefits is literally prostitution. I called her a cunt because her behaviour, in my opinion, was cunty. It's not misogynistic, had a man acted in the same way, I'd call him out the exact same way. I have no prejudice against women, I'm just calling out this particular woman for the actions and decisions she chose to make

Shaamrock

Just wondering, do some of you have a sync issue with your copy ? I tried to watch the reaction in sync with the Netflix version, but it seems that no matter how fine I match the two, the movie goes faster on Netflix, after a few minutes there a litteraly my version is litteraly 2-3 shots in advance from the react :( If I remember right I had the same issue with "3:10 to Yuma"

JPDotCom23

There is a sequel book out there, to Winston Groom's book, called 'Gump & Co., never read it myself but Forrest's story does continue, in case you're interested. Tom Hanks won his first of two, back to back Oscars, for this. He won again for 'Philadelphia'.

Chris Thom

When you watch a vid on here it's best to get it on it's own YouTube page. That's where the sync works best. But also a lot of copies on streaming are cut for commercials.

Ryan Towell

He won those other way around. Philadelphia was first then Gump

Ryan Towell

I know so many focused on Tom Hanks performance in this which was good, but I've always thought Gary Senise (Lt Dan) was absolutely brilliant. So good and doesn't get enough credit for his work in this.