Chapter 164: The Premiere of Forrest Gump (Middle)
I have to say that the beginning of the movie is indeed exquisite, in the light music, a white feather flutters in the wind, from the sky to the city, from the city to the trees, from the trees to the streets, from the streets to the shoes of the protagonist. is a very simple shot, and it is also very simple to arouse the curiosity of the audience.
Next, of course, Forrest Gump was introduced through the camera, just a few words, a somewhat wooden and honest man suddenly jumped on the screen, Tom Hanks's acting skills are really excellent. Then, the memories began, and the plot at the beginning didn't have much brilliance, but the plot of Forrest Gump's mother had to cooperate with the principal in order to let her son enter a normal school.
Soon, though, the first jaw-dropping easter egg appeared: Elvis Presley invented the swing dance because of Forrest Gump, and although the tenant's face was blurred and there was no frontal shot, Forrest Gump's dance steps and the subsequent image on the TV in the street window pointed to this.
"This is too exaggerated!" Wang Jie, who returned to his seat in the theater, obviously heard someone muttering in front of him.
"How did you come up with the idea of arranging such a plot?" Nicole couldn't help but ask in a low voice in his ear, the heat blowing into his ears and tickling very sultry.
"Don't worry, there's more interesting plot ahead. Wang Jie smiled and patted her thigh.
That's right, and that's soon followed by a series of interesting episodes that put Forrest Gump in historical events, such as the rejection of black admissions in Alabama, or Kennedy's borrowing from the national college star team, and putting it in the bathroom of the White House, with pictures of Kennedy and Monroe, and so on. Every time this kind of episode occurs, whether it's Forrest Gump waving to the camera at the gate of the university or saying "I want to pee" to Kennedy, it will elicit uncontrollable laughter.
Of course, these are only a small part of Forrest Gump's experience, and while telling these stories, the characters have gradually become fuller, and the two most important women in his life, his mother and Jenny, have also been highlighted.
If at the beginning, the audience still regarded the movie as a story with the theme of retardation, then after Forrest Gump's characteristics were shown one by one, they have gradually changed this opinion.
Especially when Forrest Gump enlisted in the army and replied to the sergeant who was in charge of them: "I am a soldier to listen to your orders." Then after getting a comment of "You're a fucking genius, Gan! Your IQ is at least 150 or more, I'm going to recommend you to go to a military school", laughter rang out in the hall again, and then a small voice came from not far behind Wang Jie: "It's a bit like "Rain Man", mentally retarded but strong in some ways, but more interesting and attractive......"
Before he finished speaking, the guy closed his mouth, because all the people around him cast angry eyes, not because he said something wrong, but because he thought that he was disturbing everyone's enjoyment of the movie, and it can be seen from here that the audience has completely integrated into it.
What followed was naturally the Vietnam War, which was painful for all Americans, and Lieutenant Dan, one of the three most important people in Forrest Gump's life, also appeared. Lieutenant Dan's appearance is very interesting, when Forrest Gump introduces that his family has been killed in every war in the United States, the montage switches continuously, and the same person plays Lieutenant Dan's family members who have fallen to the ground again and again and died, from the Revolutionary War to World War II, which once again made the theater burst into laughter.
However, it is precisely this introduction that makes the audience understand why Lieutenant Dan always has a feeling of anger towards Forrest Gump after he was rescued, why Forrest Gump will yell "I should die here" when he runs away with him, and then those perverse and crazy behaviors have a reasonable explanation. While the audience sighed, they also began to become thoughtful.
The story continues to develop, returning home from injury, being received by Nixon, participating in anti-war demonstrations in a daze, and then reuniting with Jenny.
Although so many years have passed and so much has happened, Forrest Gump's love for his mother, his love for Jenny, and his friendship with Lieutenant Dan have never changed, and he has even taken on the life of the Babu family. Even though he suffered numerous failures in the process of shrimp fishing, he still insisted on not flinching.
"Stupid people do stupid things. When someone says he's stupid, he always answers like this, which is as impressive as the sentence "Life is like chocolate, you never know what the next one will taste like".
Eventually, Forrest Gump's efforts paid off, and in the face of the storm, all the shrimp boats were destroyed, except for the Jenny, and he and Lieutenant Dan made a fortune as a result.
The movie is not just about Forrest Gump's life, interspersed with Jenny and Lieutenant Dan, in contrast, Lieutenant Dan, who is bent on fighting for the honor of his family, thinks that he should die on the battlefield, and thinks that he is useless after being crippled, and Jenny, who pursues freedom and self, mixes with hippies, and is a drug addict and ***. On the contrary, after deciding on his goal, Forrest Gump, who persevered without distractions, achieved success, which has to be said to be meaningful.
Eventually, Lieutenant Dan was redeemed, and a tired Jenny returned to Forrest Gump, but she still didn't fully understand until Forrest Gump finally got angry.
"I'm a fool, but I know what love is. Forrest Gump said indignantly.
The voice of embarrassment sounded in the screening room, and many people felt worthless for Forrest Gump, who could love a woman like him, for more than ten years? Even Nicole next to Wang Jie was slightly distracted.
Although in his eyes, Adrian didn't pay much attention to it, the reason why movies are attractive is that they can show those things that are impossible in life on the big screen, or things with few chances, and what you can't get is the best. Every woman will hope that a man will wait for her for the rest of her life, and every woman has a thirst for romance in her heart, but reality is reality after all, and sooner or later she will wake up from her dreams, and Hollywood women will wake up faster.
Jenny said goodbye, and the sad Forrest Gump began to run through the north and south of the United States, still participating in the history of the United States in his own unique way—cultural shirts, the insurance industry, and so on.
Finally, Jenny returns to Forrest Gump and brings him a smart child. Although the bug here is obvious, Jenny is clearly alluding to AIDS when she says that she is infected with a virus and may die soon. In this case, although AIDS is not contagious by shaking hands, it is easy to pass on to the next generation, so how healthy can Forrest Gump's child be?
However, the audience has chosen to ignore this problem, in these two hours of playing, Forrest Gump's spirit has infected them, even if there is such a small bug, it doesn't matter, Forrest Gump deserves his own happiness.
Towards the end of the story, Forrest Gump and Jenny get married, and although her mother has gone to heaven, the black housekeeper sees the scene in her place. Lieutenant Dan also came, and saw Jenny for the first time, everything was so calm and beautiful, even though Jenny left Forrest Gump soon and completely, he was not alone, he still had his own children who could go to school.
The familiar light music sounded again, and the white feathers that had fallen from the pages of the book on the shoes floated up again, flying higher and higher, and finally into the blue sky.