Film Analysis Of Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump, a romantic-comedy directed by Robert Zemeckis is as true as Gump’s famous line, “life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”. This movie brings an unexpected amount of tragedies and crazy moments from start to finish. This movie will have you using tissues not only because it’s so sad but from crying laughing. Not only is the movie about emotion but it gives a great perspective of how life is different for each and every person in the world. This is a great movie because it brings you in emotionally, has great cinematography and great acting. It all starts with Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), the main character, sitting telling his story/ narrating the movie to the strangers he meets sitting on the park

This movie brings you in emotionally in almost every scene. When Forrest Gump’s mom (Sally Field) is suffering from cancer, her last moments of life are on camera. The camera goes to a shot of of Gump in the room with his mom. As she explains what is happening to her she says “Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get”. Mrs. Gump said this to Forrest because he asked his mom what was going to happen to him next since she was dying. In this very second, Forrest clearly gets chocked up and has tears filling his eyes. Mrs. Gump is also showing emotion but in a different way. She is a happy sad. She is sad to be leaving Forrest and shows that emotion in her words, but is also happy to be pain free and explains that it is her time to go. She shows this emotion in her acting. She may be laying in bed but expresses herself in the look on her face and the sound of her voice. This moment in the movie is guaranteed to make you bawl your eyes out. This is just one moment throughout the two hour and 25-minute movie that will make you feel emotionally

Tom Hanks provides some of the best acting I’ve ever seen in any film. The actors and actresses chosen for this movie were outstandingly picked. Not only did Tom Hanks do an outstanding job but so did Sally Field, and Robin Wright. All three of these characters not only performed to their best ability, but they went out of their way in preparation to play that character. There is hardly a scene in Forrest Gump that isn’t memorable. One of my favorite scenes of Hanks acting is when he is at Vietnam war and he is about to lose his best friend Bubba (Mykelti Williamson). Gump stands by a swamp in Vietnam holding his best friend in his arms as he passes away. Bubba had just been near a blow up and tried to get away but couldn’t. Forrest soon realized Bubba was still in the forest after the bomb. He soon ran to go save him and that’s where he died, in Gump’s arms. There’s only one line to this scene but it is powerful. Gump says “Bubba was my best good friend. Even I know that ain’t something you can find just around the corner”. As tears came to his eyes I can guarantee tears came to everybody else’s eyes as they watch the movie. Even the small acting moments in this movie bring so much emotion. Yet again the acting of this film is out of this