Introduction
This paper aims to discuss a movie summary and analysis. The chosen movie is “Forest Gump”, which is an American film with a comedy-drama genre. The movie is based on a 1986 novel with the same title written by Winton Groom. The movie concentrates on the life of Forrest Gump, which is the main character of the movie. It depicts about several life events of a person who has been searching for a productive life to achieve something that is significant to his well-being. Forrest Gump is an athletic person with a good natured characteristic and a kind-hearted individual. He is from the State of Alabama who has been dealing with the events that took place over the second half of the 20th century, which dates back between 1950 and 2000 that affected his perception and personality about life.
The film is likable because it portrays a real-life event that increases awareness on how the society has been dealing with the pressures of community norms and traditions. There is a historical relevance that can be accounted for our father’s generation by means of detailing important events that happened during the second half of the 20th century. In this case, there are numerous insights that we can learn about the film because it details how America played an important role for ensuring the liberty of the world by fighting against the antagonist of the liberation societies. Forrest Gump has been used by the film as a tool in order to make a real life scenario to promote the significance of past events that shaped the present society. In this case, it details how life was important during the past century because there were numerous events that were sacrificed by our past generation in order to achieve the full essence of freedom (Zemekis, 1994).
One of the most interesting insights learned from the movie is like you are in a classroom while attending your history class. This is because it conceptualizes the events that happened during the second half of the 20th century. You will learn about the consequences of Cold War, which represented political and security related events that seeks to promote awareness regarding the hardships of our past generation to liberate the future generation from conflict. The only issue that may not seem to catch your interest is the consistency of historical presentation of the past era, which makes others bored when watching the film. You need to put more effort to your level of understanding so that it allow your perception to further understand and appreciate the events that took place in that particular film.
Why the movie is interesting? This is because it stimulates every audience to relate their personal lives with the events being presented by the film. You will learn numerous insights from the film such as the transformation of Cold War into a hot war when Vietnam War broke out in Indochinese peninsula. The movie also highlights the significance of friendship that portrays an important factor to let viewers aware regarding the significance of establishing trust and bond with other individuals. This means that the movie is highly recommended for the reason that it translates a realistic presentation on how an individual will have to use their logical capacity to overcome challenges that haunts their lives. In this case, the movie promotes relevance to life events that you can regard it from past experiences that watchers will gradually accept and value it after watching the film.
Reference
- Zemekis, Robert (1994). Forrest Gump. Los Angeles: Paramount.
