talkingbook t1_jeekbst wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:21 PM

Forrest Gump is bubble gum propaganda that entirely squeezed the nuance out of Vietnam, civil rights and the 80’s corporate take over of America.

It exploits the handi-capable genius savant trope and serves only to create a false expectation that ‘simple minded’ people are all olympic level runners just waiting to be discovered. Much like Rain Man mythicized autism.

Taxi Driver would not be easily confused as such.

UnderwhelmingAF t1_jeeujac wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:34 PM

I agree with your unpopular opinion, I thought Forrest Gump was shit. The Shawshank Redemption should have won Best Picture that year.