Qi T Chen (Elaine)

ESL Integrated 99

Writing Activity- Movie Review Final Draft

03/13/15

Forrest Gump: Real Man

       Forrest Gump starts with a white feather drifted the place where all appeared in the movie. The music is relaxed and pleasant and it played by Alan Silvestri. In the last part of the movie, the white feather drifted down on Forrest’s legs and he put it in his favorite book. The actor named Tom Hanks, plays Forrest Gump in the movie. His mother named Sally Field, who plays Mrs. Gump in the movie and Directed by Robert Zemeckis, this movie carries the message with love, family, hard work, density, never give up, and acceptance. The movie is about a boy just got 75 on his IQ test who how to fight his life and his love story with his girl called Jenny.

       The script based on the novel named Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. In Forrest’s childhood, his teacher talked to his mother, “your kid is different.” However, his mother always told him, “you are no different with everybody else, you are no different!” his mother clamped a pair of hands on Forrest’s shoulder. Fortunately, Forrest met his girl called Jenny in middle school until college. During his teenager, he went to college because he got a special skill which is he can run faster than other people else. Then he became a famous football player and met Mr. Kennedy President. After he graduated from college, he went to the United States army and participated in the Vietnam War. During his army life, he met his friends called Bubba who he likes fishing shrimp and his dream was opened a shrimp company and owned a shrimping boat. Forrest was the only listener to him. After, they met their leader named Lieutenant Dan. Unfortunately, Bubba died during the war. In the fate of the life, he became a popular Ping Pong player and met Mr. Johnaon President. Therefore, Forrest didn't forgave his brother Bubba and he made Bubba’s dream come true. After Forrest came back home, he built a shrimping boat captain and shard his stock to Bubba’s mother. Whatever he did, whenever he went, he always missed his Jenny. Jenny didn't love him at first, however, Jenny came back to live with Forrest. In the movie ending, Jenny left their son to Forrest, and Forrest carried his son to school. After little Forrest went to school, Forrest sat on the chair in the bus stop and started memory his whole life.

       One of my favorite scenes is the conversation between Forrest and Jenny. At that moment, Jenny was a traitorous girl, and she left him again after the conversation finished. Jenny’s lovely eyes looked at Forrest, “Why you so good to me?” Forrest stared at her and responded, “You are my girl.” His eyes were tender. Jenny smiled, “I always be your girl.” As a result, they hugged together tightly. Jenny left him again. For me, this conversation was romantic, but it was broken-hearted for Forrest. Hopefully they will have a happy ending.

       In sum, Forrest Gump tells the story of the real man how to change his destiny and find his love in the end. In our society, not everyone is smart. We don't know our future, the only thing we can do is try our best to do every one thing. Just like Forrest’s mother taught Forrest, she said, “Life was like a box of chocolate, you never know what you are gonna get.” Afterwards, he focused on every one thing and he did the best job. He didn’t care the people how to see him, he just kept doing the right thing based on himself.