R. SURYA ADHYTAMA/C1310013 Hermeneutical Analysis of “Forrest Gump” “Forrest Gump” is a drama with comical aspects. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis and released in 1994. It is about a man facing the challenges in his life. The story spans from 1951-1984 and takes place in different locations of America‚ and Vietnam. Forrest Gump isn’t the smartest guy on earth. He is on the slow side when it comes to understanding academic things and figuring things out‚ and that is not very strange when he is
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Forrest Gump‚ directed by Robert Zemeckis is a six Academy Awards winner (1995) love-or-hate story of a journey through life of a simple man. Gump (Tom Hanks)‚ continually finds himself in the middle of important events from the late 50’s through the 70’s including a meeting with Elvis Presley‚ JFK and Richard Nixon. Without effort of his own he is a witness of almost all major historical moments in the United Stated‚ however he takes part in them without understanding what he does and sees. It is
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In the film industry they use something called elements to explain what is going on in the storyline‚ and in the movie Forrest Gump‚ the way they used different film elements helps in the explanation of the plot and assists in moving the storyline along. The different elements that I will be talking about are Effects‚ Costumes‚ and Camera movement/transitions. In Forrest Gump they used many different effects to emphasize and explain exactly what is happening. One way that they describe what is happening
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Forrest Gump 1. Forrest‚ Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low IQ but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His ’mama’ teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam‚ finding new friends called Dan and Bubba‚ he wins medals‚ creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet‚ inspires people to jog‚ starts a ping-pong craze‚ create the smiley‚ write bumper stickers and songs‚ donating to people
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Film Analysis Forrest Gump Positive traits of Characters Forrest Gump- He is played by Tom Hanks. He is a simple minded man with simple dreams born in Greenbow‚ Alabama. He loves what he does and puts all his heart in it. He keeps and does his promises that are made like that promise he made to Bubba. He stands firm on his decision and stand in life. He continues to love Jenny and Lt Dan despite their unrecognition of his great love. Despite their rejection of love for Forrest‚ he didn’t stop
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Forrest Gump Forrest Gump is an epic romantic-comedy-drama film. It was produced in 1994. The movie is about a man named Forrest Gump and his story. The film starts off with Forrest being a little boy at the doctors. He needed a leg brace to teach him how to walk. His mom always wanted him to have an equal opportunity in everything Forrest did. He first met Jenny on the first day of school on the bus. He quickly fell in love with her and he never stopped loving her. Forrest got sent to the Vietnam
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Forrest Gump‚ a movie that not only informs the audience and the people who interact with Forrest‚ about the life of a very simple man (Forrest Gump‚ played by Tom Hanks). It also teaches morals and the way life is perceived in the beautiful mind of a simple man. Forrest Gump‚ throughout the movie narrates the story whilst he is sitting at a bus stop telling the people who sit next to him about his past experiences in his life (the storyline and set up of the movie). Most of the people waiting for
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dream‚ the film Forrest Gump shows all
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report: ”Forrest Gump” 1) You have read about several events and situation in the book you have chosen. Do you think that any of these events or situation could happen in your country today? Explain why or why not with reference to the book itself. I think that it´s totally possible that some of the situations in the book could happen in Sweden. For example nowadays bullying is a very common problem in almost all the schools‚ not only in Sweden but the whole world. The way that Forrest was
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Forrest Gump Review In the historically fictional film‚ Forrest Gump‚ underlying themes arise through the life story of an innocent soul. Critics describe the film to be a magical story of a hero‚ while other critics describe the film to be idiotic and insulting. Although critics downplay on the way the Gump’s story is told‚ I believe that the underlying messages of the story itself should be the main focus. Critics overlook the overall messages of the film‚ yet these messages are of great importance
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