Quite simply, the greatest film ever made.<br><br>Humour, sadness, action, drama and a Vietnam film all rolled into one.<br><br>I&#39;m not a stone cold, heartless villain, but it takes a lot to make mecry when I watch a movie. Bambi&#39;s mother, I couldn&#39;t care less. JimmyStewart in, &quot;Oh, what a wonderful life,&quot; - yeah right! The Lion King,when Mufasa bites the big one - on the verge.<br><br>But seriously - I bawled my big brown eyes out, on several occasions inthis film. A real tear-jerker, and a wonderful character, played toperfection by Tom Hanks. Every bit as worthy for the Oscar as Rooneywas to win the Premiership in 2007.<br><br>I cannot say it enough: This is THE film of all time. Watch it, andyou&#39;ll see.

This awesome movie is about an innocent man who represents how theworld should be: he&#x27;s loyal, humble, honest, he would never cheat orlie. He does everything with good heart and reaches success at the mostimportant tasks of life.<br><br>Only in America he could live such an interesting life: meet ElvisPresley, President Kennedy, John Lennon... He goes to Vietnam&#x27;s war andhe does everything following his heart. He becomes an American hero. <br><br>Gary Sinise is a great American actor in his best performance too. Heserved in Vietnam with Forrest and was also a hero, protecting his menand fighting for his country.<br><br>All in all this is a must-see movie for everyone, specially fornon-Americans, so we can enjoy American culture and icons, as well aslearn some American history, which is very useful.

This is a powerful yet charming movie; fun for its special effects andprofound in how it keeps you thinking long after it's over. Likeothers, I've seen this movie more than once. One comment I've neverheard is that Forrest's simplicity is almost zen-like. I should readthe novel to get the author's intention (I remember some peoplepreferring the book and complaining that no one at the Academy Awardsgave him any credit.) But rather than an implication that you should dowhat you're supposed to do and believe in God and you'll win in theend, I see it as zen-like, i.e., living in the moment and not havingexpectations or particular cravings (other than his loving Jenny.) Sohe ends up just stumbling into all the major historical events of thetime. Granted, he achieves this only because he doesn't have the brainsto think otherwise and actually have expectations, but so many of ourproblems are because we do have higher intellect and desires, whichironically makes us unhappy because we know what we are missing. Welove our cats and dogs for the same simplicity and always being in themoment. There's a line in the movie wondering if everything ispredestined or happens randomly or it's a combination of both. It issomething to mull over for a long time.