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since it's the source of some debate, what do YOU think of forrest gump?
(poll to follow)
boozybirdie said:Chump but only 'cos I like the word, it reminds me of chops and I'm hungry.
irishshapes said:why can't people just enjoy something for what it is and not try and pick holes in every damn thing and blame the 'corporatacracy' for all the woes in the world - too many cynics
What about if you went through an entire day without engaging in random personal abuse? One day at a time, you can manage it.zed said:Hey...why not start another thread about the same subject?
Then later on, maybe someone could start a thread discussing the poll results from this thread?
What about if someone asked Editor if he could create a special Forrest Gump forum? Pigboyversion could be the moderator. That would be cool.
FridgeMagnet said:What about if you went through an entire day without engaging in random personal abuse? One day at a time, you can manage it.
Dubversion said:but how can you enjoy something for 'what it is' if 'what it is' is offensive to you? i don't even mean Gump particularly - the same thing came up with another movie recently as well. You seem to be arguing that there is a way of watching a film where you can actually detach yourself from your personality / worldview and watch it in some kind of 'neutral' way. You CAN'T do that, it's not possible.
Oh, for fuck's sake.zed said:Pigboyversion
irishshapes said:i dont do theological/explantory debates very well online, as i find i'm not very articulate when i write things down ( i find my typing can't keep up witht the thoughts in my head) so i don't want to go into too much detail (if you see that a cop out maybe it is)
i disagree completely with being able to turn my mind off about certain things
i can do it to most science fiction, all fantasy knowing full well it can't happen
i can suspend belief to the extent that i can extract what i want from any movie i read or book i read
there are certain movies/book i don't like because i disagree with the author, or i find the characters highly offensive
but going back to forrest, i would like to think i am reasonably intelligent, read up to a certain extent, and certainly able to form my own opinion, and i watched the movie last night (1st time in a long time) and i didn't see it for anything other than a feel good movie with some clever special effects, and i enjoyed it, i still read about current affairs, know some stuff about vietnam, and dont find myself thinking this puts a positive spin on america
if it's propaganda so be, i enjoyed it
(i did say at the start i wasn't very articulate whilst typing, i prefer open debates over a pint, but that again could just be cos i'm irish and an alkie)
zed said:Hey...why not start another thread about the same subject?
Then later on, maybe someone could start a thread discussing the poll results from this thread?
What about if someone asked Editor if he could create a special Forrest Gump forum? Pigboyversion could be the moderator. That would be cool.
Iam said:Godawful fucking mawkish rubbish.
Utterly twisted ideas (even the most outcast can reach greatness through conforming to the American Dream) of reality, dreadful script, hack acting.
Watched it once... with my dear departed mother and her American friend.
As you can imagine, that was a fun, tension free evening.
holden said:I'm not at all averse to an affirmative "feel-good film", I would put the Shawshank Redemption in that category for instance. But after seeing Forrest Gump the first time, I came away feeling more than a little uncomfortable. IMHO there was an unpleasant, actually rather cynical heart to this film. And I don't think that is being over-analytical, just an instinctive response to a film which was just difficult to like.
Whereas Shawshank just felt more, well, genuine I suppose.![]()
That rule of thumb seems to serve me well tooMonkeygrinder's Organ said:I find you can get round all the worrying about the political implications, underlying meanings etc, etc with the following simple formula:
It has Tom Hanks in it. Therefore it is shit.
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holden said:I'm not at all averse to an affirmative "feel-good film", I would put the Shawshank Redemption in that category for instance. But after seeing Forrest Gump the first time, I came away feeling more than a little uncomfortable. IMHO there was an unpleasant, actually rather cynical heart to this film. And I don't think that is being over-analytical, just an instinctive response to a film which was just difficult to like.
Whereas Shawshank just felt more, well, genuine I suppose.![]()
Dubversion said:The sentimentality / mawkishness of Gump ISN'T the problem. And yes, for me too it was an instinctive, not 'intellectual', reaction
Monkeygrinder's Organ said:I find you can get round all the worrying about the political implications, underlying meanings etc, etc with the following simple formula:
It has Tom Hanks in it. Therefore it is shit.
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