《阿甘正传》的英文版观后感
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Review On Forrest Gump
I've never met anyone like Forrest Gump in a movie before, and for that matter I've never seen a movie quite like "Forrest Gump." Any attempt to describe him will risk making the movie seem more conventional than it is, but let me try. It's a comedy, I guess. Or maybe a drama. Or a dream.
The screenplay by Eric Roth has the complexity of modern fiction, not the formulas of modern movies. Its hero, played by Tom Hanks, is a thoroughly decent man with an IQ of 75, who manages between the 1950s and the 1980s to become involved in every major event in American history. And he survives them all with only honesty and niceness as his shields.
And yet this is not a heartwarming story about a mentally retarded man. That cubbyhole is much too small and limiting for Forrest Gump. The movie is more of a meditation on our times, as seen through the eyes of a man who lacks cynicism and takes things for exactly what they are. Watch him carefully and you will understand why some people are criticized for being "too clever by half." Forrest is clever by just exactly enough.
Tom Hanks may be the only actor who could have played the role.
I can't think of anyone else as Gump, after seeing how Hanks makes him into a person so dignified, so straight-ahead. The per formance is a breathtaking balancing act between comedy and sadness, in a story rich in big laughs and quiet truths.
Forrest is born to an Alabama boardinghouse owner (Sally Field) who tries to correct his posture by making him wear braces, but who never criticizes his mind. When Forrest is called "stupid," his mother tells him, "Stupid is as stupid does," and Forrest turns out to be incapable of doing anything less than profound. Also, when the braces finally fall from his legs, it turns out he can run like the wind.
That's how he gets a college football scholarship, in a life story that eventually becomes a running gag about his good luck. Gump the football hero becomes Gump the Medal of Honor winner in Vietnam, and then Gump the Ping-Pong champion, Gump the shrimp boat captain, Gump the millionaire stockholder (he gets shares in a new "fruit company" named Apple Computer), and Gump the man who runs across America and then retraces his steps.
It could be argued that with his IQ of 75 Forrest does not quite understand everything that happens to him. Not so. He understands everything he needs to know, and the rest, the movie suggests, is just surplus. He even understands everything that's important about love, although Jenny, the girl he falls in love with in grade school and never falls out of love with, tells him, "Forrest, you don't know what love is." She is a stripper by that time.
The movie is ingenious in taking Forrest on his tour of recent American history. The director, Robert Zemeckis, is experienced with the magic that special effects can do (his credits include the "Back to the Future" movies and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"), and here he uses computerized visual legerdemain to place Gump in historic situations with actual people.
Forrest stands next to the schoolhouse door with George Wallace, he teaches Elvis how to swivel his hips, he visits the White House three times, he's on the Dick Cavett show with John Lennon, and in a sequence that will have you rubbing your eyes with its realism, he addresses a Vietnam-era peace rally on the Mall in Washington. Special effects are also used in creating the character of Forrest's Vietnam friend Lt. Dan (Gary Sinise), a Ron Kovic type who quite convincingly loses his legs.
Using carefully selected TV clips and bbed voices, Zemeckis is able to create some hilarious moments, as when LBJ examines the wound in what Forrest describes as "my butt-ox." And the biggest laugh in the movie comes after Nixon inquires where Forrest is staying in Washington, and then recommends the Watergate. (That's not the laugh, just the setup.) As Forrest's life becomes a guided tour of straight-arrow America, Jenny (played by Robin Wright) goes on a parallel tour of the counterculture. She goes to California, of course, and drops out, tunes in, and turns on. She's into psychedelics and flower power, antiwar rallies and love-ins, drugs and needles. Eventually it becomes clear that between them Forrest and Jenny have covered all of the landmarks of our recent cultural history, and the accommodation they arrive at in the end is like a dream of reconciliation for our society. What a magical movie.
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gifted
with
a
low
IQ
which
lets
him
be
adorably
childlike
even
as
he
grows
up,
leads
a
very
charmed
life:
a
mother
who
loves
him
immensely
and
who
sleeps
with
the
school
principal
in
order
to
make
sure
her
child
has
the
best
ecation,
a
miraculous
incident
that
eliminates
the
need
for
him
to
have
braces
for
his
legs,
a
childhood
girlfriend
who
remains
faithful
to
him
till
the
end,
surviving
Vietnam
with
a
medal,
and,
in
general,
a
propensity
for
turning
everything
that
happens
to
him
into
good.
I
wonder
what
the
movie
is
trying
to
say.
From
one
perspective,
it
implies
that
intelligence
(as
measured
by
IQs
and
the
general
idea
of
what
"smart"
is)
is
a
very
unnecessary
trait.
But
I
think
one
can
look
beyond
that
and
say
that
childlike
innocence,
which
can
be
considered
stupid,
has
its
rewards.
Throughout
the
movie,
Gump
is
in
situations
where
he
is
harassed
by
other
people
but
he
never
takes
offense
(except,
of
course,
when
his
girl
Jenny
is
being
abused)
at
any
of
the
insults
thrown
at
him.
He
is
indeed
not
completely
stupid,
even
though
he
is
portrayed
as
such,
since
he
can
re-assemble
guns
at
high
speed,
run
like
crazy,
play
ping-pong
like
a
maniac,
and
so
on.
The
fact
that
Gump
doesn't
take
offense,
I
think,
is
what
keeps
him
content.
He
becomes
a
millionaire,
but
gives
most
of
the
money
away.
He
is
honest
and
open
and
this,
along
with
his
Alabama
accent,
endears
him
to
the
audience.
But
this
gets
tiresome
after
a
while
(especially
after
2
hours).
I
thought
the
movie
was
overly
long,
but
that's
the
only
negative
thing
I
have
to
say.
Gump
rubs
elbows
with
many
famous
personalities
over
the
last
half
of
the
century
including
Elvis
Presley
and
Nixon,
thanks
to
computer
technology
(General
Dan
doesn't
really
lose
his
legs
either---they
are
just
erased
and
the
background
is
then
touched
up
by
using
computer
graphics
programs).
The
account
of
how
Gump
is
responsible
for
the
gyrations
that
is
so
characteristic
of
Presley
is
very
telling
of
the
motives
of
this
movie.
Gump
is
contrasted
to
the
famous
males,
who
are
idols
(in
some
cases)
in
today's
society,
and
it
appears
as
though
he
is
better
off
in
comparison:
Gump's
choices
in
life
seem
to
determine
his
niceness
(he
goes
to
Vietnam,
keeps
his
promises
("a
promise
is
a
promise")
是这样的吧
不知道写的对不对
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