Empathy is my favorite part of being a storyteller. Everyday I get to help build bridges to help connect people on a deeper level. Empathy helps mend misunderstandings and open our hearts to people who are different than we are. Forrest Gump takes a character that is a societal outsider and makes us love him. We connect with his feelings and experience, even though most of us will never experience his struggles personally.
How do we develop this connection? The movie humanizes Forrest Gump as someone who is like us. He wants the same things that we want and struggles with some of the same things that we struggle with. By showing us that Forrest is like us, we gain empathy. By showing us his unique struggles , we also gain empathy. And hopefully our lives were impacted after watching the movie to be more understanding and accepting of people like Forrest, people different than we are. He is a believable and wonderful actor who is able to communicate sooo much in his voice and body language.
Examples of empathy run wild throughout the movie. With characters who are single parents, abuse victims, war survivors and more — you are sure to find a character who teaches you something about the human condition and opens up your heart. Another reason Forrest Gump is the best movie, ever, is that it can reach the widest audience.
No matter what type of movies you like, chances are your favorite genre is incorporated into this movie. Well, except Sci-fy, but there are still some pretty cool visual effects in FG. Forrest Gump has love, drama, humor, adventure, war, sports, history, entrepreneurship and politics. This movie does an excellent job bouncing from micro to macro stories, using history as a common thread and narrative device to move things along.
Micro stories focus on individual people , while macro stories focus on big picture narratives. Forrest Gump uses history to jump between the micro and macro narratives and to give us a context of timeline, political climate, and American culture throughout the chronology of the film. While Forrest is narrating his life, he talks about his relationship to widely-known historical figures or events. Dang, all this FG talk is making me want to watch this movie again. Like, now. The section has arrived for talking about character transformation.
In most movies maybe all movies? Be it physical, relational, emotional or philosophical, the character undergoes some kind of transformation that displays growth, usually for the better. We find out that her father has been abusing her. She is bounced around from home to home, always wishing she was somewhere new. Almost her entire life Jenny runs away. She gets caught up in abusive relationships looking for love and acceptance. Forrest comes in and out of her life, but she always chooses someone or somewhere else.
Even when she finally seeks him out, she runs away from Forrest after he shares that he loves her. She reaches out to him and ends up moving back to their hometown of Greenbow, Alabama, with little Forrest. As she looks back on her life, she wishes that she would have been with Forrest during his adventures. She has regrets, but makes the most of the time she has left. Man oh man, Lt. Where to start. He was brave and smart, but wanted to die — like generations of his family had done — fighting for America.
He was upset when Forrest saved his life. He was outraged when Forrest received the Medal of Honor. Dan roared like a papa bear. He stood up for Forrest and was protective of him — something that he probably would not have done had he not experienced rejection and ridicule after losing his legs in the war. After wishing for years that his life would have ended on the battleground, Lt. Forrest is a character who embodies physical, relational, emotional AND philosophical transformation.
He goes from walking with braces on his legs, to becoming a fast runner. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. You will be redirected back to your article in seconds. Back to IndieWire. But these days, it's even more problematic than it used to be. What the director of the film, attempts to convey through the character of Forrest Gump is how some people can be too smart for their own good.
This makes them want to escape their actual life and jump into a fantasy world more often. Despite this fact, he always had an optimistic view of life and managed to see the brighter side of things along the process. The outstanding performance by the legendary Tom Hanks throughout the film is what elevated it to be this realistic, ever-lasting classic it is today. The director of one of the most touching movies among global cinema, Robert Zemeckis demonstrated in this film, the entirely new approach to presenting the material, driving the narrative on behalf of a mentally retarded man, and showing life through his eyes.
Surprisingly, life through the eyes of Forrest Gump is not as terrible as one might think it is. Instead, his life becomes simpler and more relatable to the viewers. This simple life of his was filled with interesting events and helps him and us find the true meaning of life. The film is not historical, but it shows the connection of the protagonist with real historical characters and his participation in historical events such as the Vietnam War.
The film also contributes to the public understanding of the issues it presents and makes a great impact on its intended audience. This article does not intend to hurt the sentiments of any individual, community, sect, or religion etcetera.
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