Forrest as America’s Hero and Jenny as Our Nightmare Forrest Gump is a film that takes you on an emotional rollercoaster with charming characters that warm your heart, life altering obstacles, and its love story. Mostly, the film exhibits how a modest man named Forrest becomes an everyday hero that audiences can relate to. As a child, Forrest had a low intelligence and leg crutches to walk. Both of these disabilities were reasons for other children to pick on him; but as he grew up, these issues
The films Forrest Gump (1994) directed by Robert Zemeckis and Harvie Krumpet (2004) directed by Adam Elliot are two films that have a protagonist that overcomes the challenges in life that positively impacts those around them. Forrest and Harvie are both parents that their children look up to, and have friends that positively influence their future decisions and quality of life. Analysis clearly shows that each director has successfully created a hero through the use of character development and
The highly renowned six Academy Awards winning classic drama, Forrest Gump, would leave any first time viewer with no possible way of knowing what they were about to watch in this historically eventful and eye opening film. With a plot mainly focused on the unveiling of a characters qualities and all the life events of an extraordinary man with a minor intellectual disability performed by none other than Tom Hanks. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, using a narrative style of film to try and achieve a
Kaitlyn Paetzke Mr.Mielke Film Study 10/3/14 Coming of Age: Forrest Gump and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Forrest Gump both tell similar coming of age stories. In Forrest Gump, the director, Robert Zemeckis, starts the movie off showing Forrest, (Tom Hanks), as a young boy with disabilities. The director of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Fincher, has the main character, Benjamin Button, (Bradd Pitt), born old, rather than young, and he
Joey Dinko English 302 Period 2 3-2-15 The Academy Award winning movie, Forrest Gump, has been has been the epitome of greatness in American Film over the past decades. The film’s director, Robert Zemeckis, uses a variety of tactics to accomplish his goal of creating a unique film that encompasses recent American history, the 1960’s, 70’s, and 80’s. Forrest Gump, Jenny Curran, and Lieutenant Dan Taylor are three characters that represent the different types of perspectives of American people
1. Some personal experiences that influence Forrest in his early life are his “magic legs”, his mother’s outlook and influence, his dad leaving, having a low IQ, bullying, all the people living in his house, running, and playing football in college. 2. Forrest’s mom shapes his character and life by encouraging him to not let anyone discourage him, encouraging him to be himself, saying that “miracles happen everyday”, being very supportive of him, raising him as a single mother, and telling him “stupid