Gary Sinise is one of the most humble, beautiful souls to ever grace the silver screen. I appreciate him on so very many levels for everything he’s done.
There are some friendships that people have and you don’t know why you even had that certain friendship. Years later now I think I was being used for something else.
@Instaurare Omnia In Christo yep, , most scholars put the 7 authentic St Ignatius of Antioch letters in the 07 to 10 range. Sorry, I was just attempting a bit of Forest Gump surprise soeech- I know Gary swam the Tiber a few years back.
I'm actually not that surprised, if I recall correctly in the movie he had some Saint medals on, and I believe he had a rosary that he was wearing. So I would completely believe that Lieutenant Dan was Catholic, although he needs to stop using the Lord's name in vain
@Instaurare Omnia In Christo dont get me wrong about vets but the Rosary beads are a counting tool for its prayer, not a good luck talisman and are not to be used as such.
Unfortunately Forrest Gump is sort of anti-Catholic. It's main thesis has to do with nihilism/atheism. Nothing really matters, we're all feathers on the wind, subject to random fates, no guiding hand of any kind; history is random. I disagree. You may not know what you're going to get because you are not omniscient, but it surely has meaning and value that extends back to the Father.
Although I agree that the story within the movie (and even more so, the book) attempts to assert a nihilistic view of reality, it does a horrible job in bringing viewers to that conclusion. It fails to convey the premises of ultimate meaninglessness. Furthermore, experientially (and thus, subjectively) it conveys the exact opposite - particularly on a moral level. Gump maybe low IQ and completely oblivious to the direction and course of events, but his decisions on a moral level have rippling effects that bring something good out of the horror. And the viewer is left with a sense of meaning and purpose behind certain happenstances that occur. It leaves the average viewer with the impression that some larger meaning lays behind everything - from the characters physical disability and lack of mental sharpness, to the final scene of him sitting there as the wind lifts that feather skyward. My brother once said he hated the movie because in his estimation it was no more than a comedy that was meant to make fun of "retarded people", which to him was simply immoral. So obviously the message the writer of the story meant to convey failed in my brothers case... though my brother had it all wrong on multiple levels. The nobility of Gump is what people are struck by in my opinion. He is loyal when loyalty seems not to matter to others. He loves and knows what love is, even when he is unloved and then told he is ignorant of it. He loves Jenny, from start to finish. She does not love him with such devotion through most of the story. Yet his love shelters her till her dying moment and beyond. His son asks, "Will you be here when I come back?" And Forrest replies, "Yes." And the viewer knows that the man's character is such that he will not move from that spot till that bus returns.
@@rougebaba3887 woah, thats a really good analysis. Thanks. Maybe a case of the art being bigger than the artist and taking a life of its own. Another analysis pointed out how Forrest is able to be bigger than his IQ because of his good habits and consistency.
