Manhattan Buckeye;1539409 wrote:Reps, and I enjoy the film, but the top rated film on imdb.com? It is ok, but very manipulative. Speaking of which Forrest Gump....I enjoyed it back in the day but looking back it wasn't just manipulative, but a bad film. We're to expect that a guy that was an all-American football player (apparently the NFL didn't exist then), war hero, Olympic champion, business magnate and guy that ran from one end to the country and back wouldn't be the most famous person in the world? Naw, he just had a box of chocolates because this is heart-tugging maudlin film....that sucks.
The film is based off of a novel of the same name. They actually cut a lot of his other careers out of the movie. For instance, he was also an astronaut, champion chess player, hollywood stunt man and a professional wrestler. According to wikipedia, the author envisioned the role to played by John Goodman.
dlazz;1539138 wrote:That's a good one. I don't think I've ever had a good deep dish pizza.
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Go to 3:20 for Jon Stewart's take on this debate. I agree with him and how eloquently he put it...