Forrest Gump
My reviews are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.
Always go back and forth about whether this film is a revolting, worshipful sketch of all the Baby Boomer myths or a slap at a generation telling them that they are not nearly as special as they think they are.
I really never saw the movie as that. To me it's a movie about the way the world around us changes even when we are completely oblivious about it. Everything moves and grows and dies and is reborn. Ultimately it's as Forrest Gump once said, "Shit happens." Shit does happen, and it's amazing to think that we are but a small piece of a constantly evolving world. I sometimes look back at how the world has changed in just the last ten years. Ten years ago nobody would have believed that an attack like 9/11 could happen. Less than ten years ago people told Steve Jobs that the iPod was a pointless device. Ten years ago it was only a fantasy for the black community that they might see a black president in their lifetime. The world changes, and Forrest Gump is a celebration of just that, and of how each person wades through it all.