Tom Hanks captures my imagination. His chirpy and cherry everyman persona is his weapon that makes him one of the most outstanding and phenomenal forces in many popular movies in Hollywood.
‘Forrest Gump’ is supposed to be one of his most iconic films with his quintessential and epochal performance as the titular character being his catchy and indelible role.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth, Forrest Gump is vested with the ability of creating the convolution and intricacy, involved in modern fiction. Enriched with the fundamentals of farce, drama and classical narration, it is a stirring and heartwarming film that is surrounded by the life of a mentally disabled man played by Tom Hanks is said to be an improbable parable which was received by a large audience; it enjoyed with a demanding accolade that is decorated with six Academy Awards including the one given for the best picture as well. Forrest Gump is also a testimony to the films, inspired by books; Winston Groom’s 1986 book that was titled with the same name was the basis for the film.
Whilst Tom Hanks being the leading character as Forrest Gump, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field and Mykelti Williamson make the rest of the cast. The force and strength of love, friendship, audacity and chutzpah vested with the cast of ‘Forrest Gump’ convince the audience that even the simplest person living in the world has got an intrinsic knack of making a significant difference and impact on the people around him.
The incentive and inspiration that Forrest Gump brings out and gifts to the people of the present day world that is infected with numerous negativities, trials and brawls are an overwhelming motivation that washes away the sense of disappointment and despondency.
The film focuses its direct attention to the true meaning of life, in spite of the fact that life True meaning of life
is not a bed of roses and thorns too raise its head quite frequently. Forrest Gump is a metaphor that gives a spirit on not to cry over the spilled milk; tears cannot bring back the opportunities missed.
By using the authentic bonafide historical events as strategies in order to introduce Forrest Gump as well as that of his associates as the products of the relevant land’s swirling and tempestuous chronicle a considerable amount of circumstantial and legitimate happenings have been transformed to account for the admission of Forrest as well as that of the profound and dramatic effects which add glamour to the incidence, depicted within the tale.
Being rich and sound in its postmodernism identity, Forrest Gump starts going on a journey that takes him right from the American South in the 1950s to the battle in Vietnam and to the corridors of power in Washington DC.
Throughout the journey which spans into more than two decades, Forrest Gump’ s encounters and interactions with a few of legendary and iconic personalities of the 20th century in the likes of the celebrated American presidents such as John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon are an exceptional Screenplay by Eric Roth whilst Hanks adding life to his character in an exceptionally unassuming way that leaves no doubt on the authenticity of fictions; interacting with Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll is such an astounding scene that becomes impressive often.
Throughout this specific journey, Forrest Gump remains arguably and effortlessly transparent and true to himself even in the face of misery and misfortune. The optimistic outlook as well as the self-effacing and modest visibility of kindness, demonstrated by Forrest Gump is unequivocally an uplifting drawing in of breath for anybody whose shattered hopes and unrealised dreams make them utterly disappointed.
Critics remark that Zemeckis has gracefully been able to supersede the orthodox conventions of chronicle structure and interpretation that could test the incredulity of the interruption of the audience. The job done by Tom Hanks in order to portray the character of Forrest Gump is nothing but the star class professionalism in Hollywood.
Masterpiece
He injects the character with him and brings out the best of it. The film is an expressive and vivid masterpiece that is enriched with cinematic ingredients and thus it can cut across the frontiers of genre. Backed by Tom Hanks’ career elucidating performance as the titular character, the film flawlessly whisks the real life footage with that of the fictional tale of Forrest.
Albeit the film is a heartening maudlin plea, surrounded by a guy whose big heart is phenomenal despite he is intellectually disabled. In spite of Forrest Gump being the most watched cinematic bombshell in 1994 whilst being nominated with thirteen Oscars, garnishing the box office, critics were found to be in two camps; Zemeckis’s direction was either on the aspect of undeserving escapism or it was merely a die-hard right-wing conspiracy to communicate an obsolete and archaic tale of conventional values.
However, for a considerable number of moviegoers, Forrest Gump is an imposing and influential tale which lives with them long after the kudos and fame roll. It reminds you that uncertainty and unpredictability are the synonyms of life and it is often vulnerable to unforeseen twists and turns, but with compassion, loving kindness and unshakable endurance as well as at least with the simplest degree of a little bit of luck, anyone, despite disabilities is able to make remarkable breakthroughs and achieve terrific and prodigious things in life.
