My making this post and talking about it with friends in real time has generated some really interesting discussion about Forrest's relationship with Jenny and how it is, in many ways, abusive. I hadn't seen it that way before, but then I've been known to wrestle with obliviousness before (http://scarlettina.livejournal.com/1072881.html). All these discussions suggest to me that, in fact, you're not alone in disliking the film, but there are a plethora of reasons for doing so among them the Jenny/Forrest relationship, and the film's manipulativeness.
I don't agree that the movie says that the way to get through life is to be stupid. It's doesn't endorse stupidity. It seems to endorse a simpler approach, via Mrs. Gump's homespun wisdom. The film is about the magic that sort of seems to surround Forrest as much as anything. He's the Fool. He lives this sort of weirdly charmed life. It's certainly not a story that could ever take place in real life.
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Date: Sun, Feb. 22nd, 2015 07:37 pm (UTC)I don't agree that the movie says that the way to get through life is to be stupid. It's doesn't endorse stupidity. It seems to endorse a simpler approach, via Mrs. Gump's homespun wisdom. The film is about the magic that sort of seems to surround Forrest as much as anything. He's the Fool. He lives this sort of weirdly charmed life. It's certainly not a story that could ever take place in real life.