Hallie D'AmoreForrest Gump

One of the best movies

Romcoms, Hilarious comedies, Dramas, And poignant thoughtful pieces like this give excellent vehicles for Tom Hanks. Unforgettable and every movie seen so far.

classic movie

A great classic. I’ve watched it several times. I recommend it

Oscar winning tale of one man's life during the 1950s 60s 70s 80s and beyond. A rather dark comedy that touches on many happenings and topics of this era. Tom Hanks and crew made this a must see movie. PS. Probably not for the kiddos.

Worked great too

I rate this movie 5 stars, or 9,5/10. This is one of the 100 Best America movies of All Times (#71 to be more exact) and it is included in the 1000 Best Movies in DVD by Peter Travers. The movie won 6 Oscars, including Best Director for Robert Zemeckis ("Back to the Future"), Picture, and Actor (Tom Hanks speech went like this: "If Forrest Gump was here tonight he'd say: "I went to the Academy Awards AGAIN, and they gave me the Oscar AGAIN!" making reference at his Oscar for Philadelphia the previous year), and Best Effects (there is a great documentary on that in the second DVD on this edition), Best Film Editing, and Best Writing based on Material from Another Medium. Special mention deserves the music on the film, going over most of the hits of the late 50's and the 60's. So if you like R'n'R, go and buy the Soundtrack as well!The movie depicts the story of Forrest Gump, a mentally retarded kid who makes it to the top. That can be understood in, at least, two different ways: 1. Any mentally retarded can do good in America. 2. America is the land of opportunity where anybody who tries hard can make it. But this is a movie, a very good movie. So it's a piece of entertainment, and I just watched the movie today (I just watched a couple of times when I came out 12 years ago), and I had a lot of fun. As an example, when Gump goes to the Army, he is very good just following orders, not even thinking about it, so his Sargent tells him "You must have an IQ of 160!". That, in my opinion, is really funny, and a very witty critic to the Army, where all they need is "robots" who can just obey without even thinking. There is also something remarkable. When Forrest Gump comes back from Vietnam, he happens to be at Washington D.C., where there is a huge demonstration against the War. The city is taken by hippies and pacifists. Jenny, the woman of his dreams, is there. They meet. And her boyfriend smashes her in fornt of him. Forrest Gump, the "baby-killer" from Vietnam, as he is called, defends her violently. But it's obvious that the guy who is a "pacifist" was using violence with her, using bad language and in acts. That is nothing put there by chance. It has a meaning. There was violence in Vietnam, in the war, at home, by the police, but also by the protesters. And that is something that has rarely been told. They were using drugs to "liberate" themselves, but that was -in my opinion- another violent way to express themselves. There are a lot of details like that in the movie, that no one could miss. For instance, when the mother of Forrest Gump tries to enroll him at a Regular Elementary school, the Principal is trying to explain her that Forrest's IQ is below normal, and that he should be going to a special school (there was no inclusion at that time). The mother thinks Forrest should have the same opportunities as anybody else, so she offers herself to do "anything" possible to allow Forrest to go to a regular school. And the Principal takes advantage of her. That is another very intelligent critic to things that, unfortunately, are still happening today. Another thing is when Forrest goes to college. Once he graduates, he tells us in plain English "After 5 years playing football, they gave me a degree". So, after 5 years doing nothing, I graduated anyway. Does it sound famiiar? Read between the lines!To end with this review, I will just say that this is a GREAT movie, very entertaining, well done (the sound in the war scenes is just superb!), a pleasure to watch, with a lot of fun moments, some tender ones, and it tells us a little bit about the history of the US from the 50's to the 80's. It's not that "retarded". It is a very witti one, and it deserves the place it made in the History of Cinema. This is a special edition with 2 DVD's, very CHEAP and highly recommended. If you don't have it in your collection, your collection is "crippled".

This was one of his best movies that he did.

I thought i had missed my chance to purchase this version. Obviously Forrest Gump is an all time classic but this rescanned 4K version is top quality, with nice additions such as the metal case, a booklet about the movie, additional blue ray copy and 2 disks of extras. is as good as I had hoped it would be. However, i want to highlight the seller as being top quality. This product travelled all the way from Germany to Canada and while they set a reasonable expectation for delivery as traditional mail can be notoriously slow. Even when it gets to Canada it can take forever to deliver. It actually arrived 10 days earlier than expected and in good condition because of the quality packaging. I ordered on the 1st and it was delivered to my mailbox by the 16th (so it good have been earlier as i didn't collect this week!).Well done MplusL, will have no hesitation ordering from you again.

Item as described came on time thanks Amazon

Il DVD è arrivato nei tempi prestabiliti. Audio e video ottimi, immagini non sgranate e audio pulito. Molto carino ed interessante il dvd con gli extra. Consigliatissimo.

Ce film est un pur chef-d'œuvre émotionnel, d'humanisme et donne de grandes leçons de vie. À posséder absolument !!

Très bon film