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Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: Todd on July 01, 2006, 01:53:50 am
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Great stuff there!!!! Thanks for the read!!!!
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: FreeSpirit on July 01, 2006, 01:53:30 am
Quote from: estahwhaddup
when he meets clinton, he also meets a certain intern of his.
:lol::bj::lol:
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: estahwhaddup on June 30, 2006, 03:40:08 pm
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we were supposed to write the "screenplay" of "forrest gump 2".
I think your essay needs to be posted/ shared. Would make a good read, IMHO!!!

well, this was one of the essay questions on the final, and i stayed up till 6am studying w/ friends before the 9am final so here is what i remember writing in that blue book:  (feel free to skip over this post if you dont feel like reading)

so i start my essay w/ forrest somehow meeting reagan (cant remember the specific reason) and forrest regarding him as a "good man" (which in general everyone knows for reagan , is NOT the case but since its forrest and he doesnt know any better...).  then we move into bubba gump shrimp making a fortune in the shrimping industry and then gulf war 1 occurs and the cost of oil for the shrimping boats causes bad shrimping and forrest is not pleased w/ bush 1.  forrest gets through it and a couple years later is invited/recognized by clinton for his work with poor southern blacks.  when he meets clinton, he also meets a certain intern of his.  jump ahead a few years later we see forrest invest in a travel website for alabama (this is during the dot com boom).  things are going well in the travel industry in alabama, and again forrest is making $.  then a tragic day occurs-  its 9/11 and the aftermath of 9/11 causes the travel industry to suffer.  forrest decides to go on w/ his life.  later, the war in iraq occurs and little forrest (who like his dad) enlists in the army.  forrest is unhappy about little forrest joining the army b/c he fears for his life.  little forrest is everything forrest has in his life and he doesnt want the kid to be taken away just like how bubba died in vietnam.  little forrest gets shipped off to iraq and forrest waits nervously in alabama.  forrest becomes an anti war activist while his son is away.  later, little forrest gets discharged and starts working for the government.  he works w/ a few higher ups in the bush administration and uncovers facts that would destroy the entire bush administration.  little forrest has the facts leaked to the public and america finally sees what an gigantic idiotic d-bag that bush is, so the entire bush admin is taken down, and little forrest saves america!  hoooray!!!  the end.

the end of my story would never really happen in real life but that was my only take on how to end the movie on a "positive note".
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: bdfreetuna on June 30, 2006, 02:14:40 pm
I watched Forrest Gump on acid several years ago. Since then it\'s been my indisputable #1 favorite movie of all time.

The emotional climax, for me, is the part where Forrest runs across the country several times and grows a long beard... while "Running on Empty" and "Against the Wind" are played in the soundtrack.
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: peaches626 on June 30, 2006, 12:09:00 pm
beaches
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: kindm's on June 30, 2006, 11:20:14 am
I know what the title would be.

Forrest Gump 2: The downfall of American Civilization
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: Todd on June 30, 2006, 10:09:33 am
Quote from: estahwhaddup
we were supposed to write the "screenplay" of "forrest gump 2".
I think your essay needs to be posted/ shared. Would make a good read, IMHO!!!
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: Spacey on June 29, 2006, 08:22:16 pm
Quote from: estahwhaddup
Quote from: FreeSpirit
this was an awesome movie!  The 8th graders @ my school actually watched it as part of a lesson about American History.  It follows many historic events accurately throughout the movie - and, yes, I cry @ parts too :redface:

forrest gump is a great movie and i watch it all the time when its on tv, how could you not love it?  and the fact that it follows american history is even better.  last semester i took a US history course that followed 1968 to the present.  it was such a sick course that for one of the essays in the final, we were supposed to write the "screenplay" of "forrest gump 2".  b/c forrest gump ends in 1984 at the height of the reagan years, we were supposed to include all the important/notable events/people that happened in the last 22 years such as: reagan, george hw bush and the gulf war 1, clinton, OKC bombing, monica lewinsky, the dotcom boom, george w bush, 9/11, and the current iraq war.  we were also supposed to pick who would be considered villans and heroes and how forrest would be affected by all of those events/people.  it was super fun/interesting to write. how would YOU write forrest gump 2?

I wouldn\'t. I would find out who took the course before me and get the paper. Much like every course I took in college.
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: estahwhaddup on June 29, 2006, 07:39:08 pm
Quote from: FreeSpirit
this was an awesome movie!  The 8th graders @ my school actually watched it as part of a lesson about American History.  It follows many historic events accurately throughout the movie - and, yes, I cry @ parts too :redface:

forrest gump is a great movie and i watch it all the time when its on tv, how could you not love it?  and the fact that it follows american history is even better.  last semester i took a US history course that followed 1968 to the present.  it was such a sick course that for one of the essays in the final, we were supposed to write the "screenplay" of "forrest gump 2".  b/c forrest gump ends in 1984 at the height of the reagan years, we were supposed to include all the important/notable events/people that happened in the last 22 years such as: reagan, george hw bush and the gulf war 1, clinton, OKC bombing, monica lewinsky, the dotcom boom, george w bush, 9/11, and the current iraq war.  we were also supposed to pick who would be considered villans and heroes and how forrest would be affected by all of those events/people.  it was super fun/interesting to write.  how would YOU write forrest gump 2?
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: Me! on June 29, 2006, 03:54:26 pm
Quote from: davepeck
Quote from: Spacey
I cried, along with a room full of college football player when Bruce Willis died in Armageddon. Sad bunch of individuals.

anyone wanna buy an unopened criterion armageddeon dvd?? thanks a lot, spacey!! :sadban:
:lol:
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: davepeck on June 29, 2006, 03:53:16 pm
Quote from: Spacey
I cried, along with a room full of college football player when Bruce Willis died in Armageddon. Sad bunch of individuals.

anyone wanna buy an unopened criterion armageddeon dvd?? thanks a lot, spacey!! :sadban:
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: davepeck on June 29, 2006, 03:51:47 pm
Quote from: Lexington
Quote from: davepeck
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Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?

it was looking that way.. but i think it was way too hyped and didn\'t live up to the expectations.

then again, i\'ve never seen it. i did read the back of the VHS case one time though.
cmon, you really gotta see it! its so good!!! its like the best!!! Jennyy!!!!! i don\'t see how anyone could hate on it. thou shallt not be dissapointed. and hey! crying at the lion king is not pathetic!!!

i\'ve seen it plenty of times..

no one got my joke. :sadban: oh well.
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: Spacey on June 29, 2006, 02:56:57 pm
I cried, along with a room full of college football player when Bruce Willis died in Armageddon. Sad bunch of individuals.
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: Lexington on June 29, 2006, 02:49:19 pm
Quote from: davepeck
Quote from: Klout
Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?

it was looking that way.. but i think it was way too hyped and didn\'t live up to the expectations.

then again, i\'ve never seen it. i did read the back of the VHS case one time though.
cmon, you really gotta see it! its so good!!! its like the best!!! Jennyy!!!!! i don\'t see how anyone could hate on it. thou shallt not be dissapointed. and hey! crying at the lion king is not pathetic!!!
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: Mamalakabubadaya on June 29, 2006, 02:37:40 pm
Quote from: Me!
When I was younger "My Girl" always got me.
my girl and forrest gump both make me cry. i seriously could cry from watching any movie. i cry when i watch the lion king. it\'s **** pathetic.
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: Me! on June 29, 2006, 12:19:53 pm
When I was younger "My Girl" always got me.
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: wildcoyote on June 29, 2006, 09:54:52 am
Is it 1994?
It\'s not, is it?
Well if it is I\'m walking out this office right now to go get high in the school parking lot.  
I\'m gonna sit in my car, light one up and listen to the tape I made of my SuperUnknown CD.


Hey, I\'m getting pimple... maybe it is 1994...  :wah:
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: RadicalRich1138 on June 29, 2006, 09:41:22 am
that movie is beasters at best, though the soundtrack is amazing

Haley Joel-Osmet is the highlight of the film...."hello mr. gump"
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: FreeSpirit on June 29, 2006, 09:32:50 am
this was an awesome movie!  The 8th graders @ my school actually watched it as part of a lesson about American History.  It follows many historic events accurately throughout the movie - and, yes, I cry @ parts too :redface:
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: davepeck on June 29, 2006, 04:44:56 am
Quote from: Klout
Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?

it was looking that way.. but i think it was way too hyped and didn\'t live up to the expectations.

then again, i\'ve never seen it. i did read the back of the VHS case one time though.
Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
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Title: Forest Gump....Most Heart Wrenching Movie Ever?
Post by: Klout on June 29, 2006, 01:52:55 am
Maybe its just me but this movie really gets to me emotionally.

I\'m gonna go watch the rest of it right now and try not to cry or maybe I\'ll just let it go who cares its too powerful not too.