Is Forrest Gump only hated today because... - Forrest Gump (1994) Discussion

[–] Ziggy (1921) 5 years ago

I did not know it was hated today. Everyone I know still loves it and quotes it.

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[–] blue1981 (8205) 5 years ago

I have just seen the hate of the movie among certain film nerds for that specific reason.

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[–] Ziggy (1921) 5 years ago

On this website? I'm shocked!

Honestly, sometimes I'm not sure why I still look at this website. When I first signed up, I thought it was going to be people discussing the things they liked and maybe asking questions. I did not realize it was going to be mostly trash talk. Sigh ...

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[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

I mean, the original IMDB forums (and their userbase) moved here. Of course its going to continue being mostly trash talk.

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[–] Ziggy (1921) 4 years ago

Hmm, I used to read the IMDB forums (never posted) and really enjoyed them.

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[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

The movie boards were good, most others - not so much. the exception being the popular movie boards with fanbases. go to some new marvel movie board and half the post there are spam and trolling.

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[–] moviechatterer (16326) 4 years ago

Literally none of the threads currently on the page have a bad thing to say.

also if you hate a film because it got an oscar , and prevented another film getting that oscar , you are one sad oscar fuck!

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[–] liscarkat (19447) 4 years ago

"Literally none of the threads currently on the page have a bad thing to say."

Congratulations for being the first!

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[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7994) 3 years ago

It is pretty dumb to just hate a movie for winning an Oscar over another movie. I like the fugitive but don't like that Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar for it. But I don't hate that movie. Frankly it seems most everyone on here and who were on imdb hate it because they think it has a message that Conservatives will lead good lives while liberals won't. I don't really see it that way though. And frankly the stuff Jenny does like taking LSD and other drugs isn't good whether you're liberal or conservative.

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

They're just being edgy.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (39881) 4 years ago

I didn't realise it was hated.

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[–] strntz (12773) 4 years ago

It's not, except by those who live and die by "awards".

I like Shawshank better but Gump is just freaking brilliant. Pulp Fiction is unwatchable to me.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (39881) 4 years ago

I like all three.

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[–] strntz (12773) 4 years ago

Lots of people do, and I have no problem with people who like or love movies that I despise (except Fire Walk With Me!!!).

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[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

No, it's just a bad movie that is over referenced.

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[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

Its okay as a movie. enjoyable, well shot, etc. Its not TOP250 material though.

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[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

And I can think of 3 1994 films right away that were objectively better: Pulp Fiction, Ed Wood and Clerks

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[–] Jones70 (6887) 4 months ago

Also Speed

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[–] MoviesSuck (964) 4 years ago

Yes. It’s an ambitious film that was every bit as narratively daring as Pulp Fiction, and every bit as emotionally satisfying as Shawshank. To say “I hate it” it is just another way of saying “I’m an idiot”.

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

LOL. Pulp Fiction sucks all on its own.

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[–] strntz (12773) 4 years ago

Different strokes for different folks, although I happen to agree with you. I saw it once and if I never see Pulp again it will be too soon. Several of my friends like it.. No accounting for taste I guess.

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[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7994) 4 years ago

Frankly this movie at the very least deserved to win best screenplay simply because the book it's based on got way too silly in the second half. Like, could you see this movie working with the following premises from the book?
Forrest masters the ability to play the harmonica and plays it with Jenny in a band.
Forrest throws his congressional medal of honor and accidentally hits the clerk of the Senate on the head. Then is sent to a mental institution where they find out he's smart and then decide to send him to NASA so he can go into Outer Space.
Then he goes into Outer space in a space ship with an Orangatang and another astronaut.
Then the Orangatang goes berskerk causing the ship to crashland on an island full of Cannibals and they all live there for 4 years.
And the Cannibal King is a Yale Graduate who teaches Forrest to play Chess.
Then Forrest goes to find Jenny and ends up becoming a wrestler who wears a diaper and calls himself the Dunse.
Then Forrest goes to California where he enters a chess competition and also gets to play the Creature from the Black Lagoon in a remake a guy does. And he gets to carry Rachelle Whelch through a Swamp and ends up unintionally causing all her clothes to tear off so he gets to carry her naked.
Then when he starts his Shrimping business he ends up finding everyone he ever knew minus Lieutenant Dan to help him with his shrimping business including Rachelle Whelch and the guy he was doing the movie with.

And not to mention, Forrest cusses through out the book and says really politically incorrect things all the time.

Now can you imagine the movie working with all those things in it? And if they were in it, could you see it winning major Oscars?

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[–] ColumboKate (5788) 4 years ago

Is it hated?

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[–] ODB82 (2055) 4 years ago

Didn’t realize it was hated.
I happen to love all 3.

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