Oh absolutely. It wasn’t just a story of a disabled soldier coming to terms with his disability and PTSD, but also of a man coming to terms with the idea that his destiny may not have been what he thought it was.
@@valiensr1037 ABSOLUTELY! I relate so much to this...when you've survived everything designed to destroy you...you realize maybe your purpose you thought was for you was actually completely different and every trial and tribulation you were put through was done to prepare you for something greater...love Lieutenant Dan's story....
More that Forrest perceived it than that Lt. Dan said it. One of the moments when Forrest was as smart as anyone, knowing what was going on in the world.
The crazy thing is this is actually a thing. In a bad enough storm boats along the shore/in the harbor are often destroyed. Boats that fight it out and brave the weather in open water survive.
Sometimes, just as often the storm is bad enough to sink it in open ocean. And not just the boat the people on it. Boats can be replaced, your life can't.
Makes sense, crashing against a wave hits alot less hard than crashing against the shore. Multiply that by however many times a wave rocks your boat off the coast and it's alot less surprising.
What nobody realized at 2:20: He had the magazine with him and Lt. Dan right there in his suitcase, that could have proven his story to be true, but he did not even think about bragging. Tells a lot about this movie character.
@@TheBrownSys precisely, even when he did showed the magazine, it was only because he asked if the old lady wanted to see how Dan looked like, just a continuation of the conversation. Forrest never needed the affirmation
Honestly, if someone said something as easily disproved as being the owner of a multimillion dollar company, I’d be inclined to believe him just by how easily falsifiable the claim is. Obviously fact check everything, but still. 😂
@@valiensr1037 I mean it kinda make sense back then since you can't fact check as easily. Nowadays if someone claims I'm owner of X big company you can just pull up goolge and prove it.
Gary was born to play this role. The character of lieutenant Dan inspired him so much that he became actively involved with war veterans and started his own foundation. Forget an Oscar; this man deserves the presidential medal of freedom 🙌❤️
@@vladtepes97helping vets is peace, man. It's not like he's giving them weapons to fight again, he's helping them vets who are in need. Not every vets goes home to meet luxury, alot doesn't even have a home to go home to.
@@siphonophoreskinda sucks how the government uses up the lives of young men and then leaves them to look after each other when it has no more use for them...
Lt. Dan didn't mean what happened in Vietnam he meant the downward spiral his life was in after going home, being a forgotten veteran and permanently disabled. It's really a touching moment when he shows up at Forrest's wedding with his life together.
@@oddaspectz9803 no? He was just going for a swim under the sun beams and clouds... that's usually a representation of heaven or "coming to peace with oneself". That's what Lt. Dan was doing.
Only just realised now that Lt Dan was not just thanking Forrest for saving his life in Vietnam but also by unknowingly saving him from alcoholism and depression. From this point on Lt Dan is at peace with his life.
Seeing Lt. Dan yelling at God at the top of boat in the middle of a storm while the American flag is waving gotta be one of the most badass scenes ever filmed
Yea, it's so nice LT Dan still was friends with Forest and even though he lost Jenny in the end he still had little Forest & Dan in his life. As well as the house keepers he's always known.
Has Got To Be one of the finest motion pictures ever made; a guy overcoming his disabilities and walking us through the baby-boomer perspective of American history. A wonderful musical score by Alan Silvestri
"Stupid is as stupid does" Teaches us a lot about this movie. Forrest never does anything stupid. The entire movie he makes the right moral decisions and puts the people he loves over his material possessions. Lieutenant Dan wanted to die in vietnam, jenny never loved Forrest who always loved her. If stupid is as stupid does, Forrest was the smartest in the whole movie.
He does stupid things. Such as going for Bubba after getting told the area is about to be engulfed in flames. Though, stupid isn't always wrong. As you said, he always took the morally right choices. Given that those are attached to emotions, stupid is inevitable. But it's stupid for the right reason
@@noneofyourbusiness4294 i guess its a way of looking at it, but it can be argued that it is putting people and relationships before himself and material possessions, and it works out for him every single time.
@@green8026 i meant it in the never actively loved him. She never truly dedicated herself to him because of the scars from her childhood, but i do think forrest was the only person that she knew loved her wholeheartedly and she didnt know how handle that type of relationship.
@@rccc974 i dont h8 jenny and forrest is stupid for going after her that was more.ridden than disney rollercoaster all time and didnt care about her. more stupid he accepted her after she was all used and with diseases and raised the kid that likely wasnt his.
They had many shared experiences and deep down Dan respected Forrest for saving everyone in Nam, just not himself. They also know what it's like to be unable to walk normally
I swear that I thought that when that scene happened I thought lt.Dan committed suicide when he swam off and that was where forest last seen him it was amazing he came to his wedding looking like a brand new man at his best 🙂 that shows true respect
he finally make a peace with god. the most beautiful scene, made me so peace too. and my tear coming. i want to feel like that too. cause my life had a "Shit happen" mostly time. and i stil trying to made a peace for my self and god also world too
@@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 Up to that point, we listen to these stories--and like the gentleman that walked away, we just believe that he's telling these stories because he doesn't even really know any better. Then after the man walked away, the older woman sits next to him and says that she enjoys the stories. Then Forrest produces the magazine with him on the cover. The woman then realizes that these aren't just stories, anymore. These are things that actually happened to him.
@@_Cato_ we as the audience aren't doubting him, but the people on the bench don't believe him. The guy even says he's heard some whoppers and laughs at the fact this simpler man is claiming to be the founder of a massive well-known corporation (the guy even says you're the Bubba-Gump Shrimp corporation and laughs walking away). Wouldn't you be shocked to find the guy you were sitting with on a bus stop bench was the founder of RUclips or something? Forrest is so humble he doesn't even think to prove it. He asks the lady if she wants to see Lt. Dan - just continuing his story. When he uses Fortune magazine to show her simply what Dan looks like, she's shocked because everything he said was true. Shows how humble Forrest is. Even when someone is making fun of him, and he can easily prove it, he's too humble/simple to care. "Are you stupid or something?"
You know a lot get's made about how "dumb" Forest Gump was, and as a kid I used to think that as well. As I've gotten older I've come to appreciate just how wise of a character he was. How many times we over think something and how that stops us from doing something. Here for example Forest didn't think about how he could start a Shrimping company, how to make it work, what could go wrong, etc etc he just did it and rolled with things as it came. He ran just for the hell of it and was able to navigate coast to coast via the road system in the US. He immediately understood that in the military he needed to do what he was told and quickly adapted everything he needed to know. He wasn't smart by how we would traditionally judge someone as intelligent, but he definatly possesses his own wisdom that could be envied.
Intelligence is knowing that tomato's are a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that they still don't go in fruit salad......Charisma is selling katsup as a smoothie..(had to I'm sorry)
It sucks bubba didn’t make it to see this but at least Forrest is keeping his dream and everything alive and giving bubba’s family his share. What a great movie.
I love how Forrest gave Bubba’s mama Bubba’s shares of the business. Don’t know how much it was but judging from how she fainted, I’ll say several hundred million dollars. Forrest definitely did right.
@@a.b.sproductionsllc I guess no matter the amount seeing that they bought apple shares at the end implies that they were worth a lot, I think he probably gave her half or a third if Dan had a part.
@@Nosferattuh Dan thought Forrest was nuts for giving Bubba’s mama shares, but it was all Bubba’s idea to go into the shrimpin’ business. And Dan invested the company to that fruit company 🍎 making it so they didn’t have to worry about money anymore… “Well, that’s good, one less thing.”
Such a beautiful scene, and the message is truly inspiring. The storm represents Lt. Dan confronting his demons and all the angry and misery that is in his life. Unlike in previous scenes, he is not trying to hide from his troubles with alcohol or women; he is facing them head on and telling them that they can either kill him or leave him, but, either way, he will not let them torment him anymore. This is further supported calm and success after the storm. He has triumphed and rid himself of his demons. Lt. Dan jumping into the water represents his baptism - his rebirth, the start of his new life.
This movie was also about people like Jenny who were damaged because of being traumatized in their childhood but still deserve to be loved like how Forest loved her
@@nikhilkesavadas9318 They kinda were made for each other, a half and a half. One with a disability but blessed by God with luck. One is normal but her luck is completely fucked by God.
@@FaczutMon Jenny literally turn away Gump's help several times and went of her own will away. She had an out the entire time but didn't take it, but yeah Jenny is a "victim", she got abused as a child sure but she turnt away Gump's help every time until she was already terminally doomed. "Completely fucked by God" is a fun way for saying she was a fucking idiot and got herself killed, but sure... a perfect pair
@@legoeasycompany Who in the right mind would want to be with Forrest Gump at first? He's a retard and not even the best one. Pure love is not gonna make up for it. Especially when you are young and there's so many oppurtunity. She's tried to gain a reliable love but her luck is fucked every time. Also, she does not demand any penny from Forrest so no one has a right to says anything about her. Forrest gets his fortune out of his misfortunes. Whenever the world fuck him, destiny rewards him back with tons of goods. While Jenny is the opposite. If they were together in the first place, Jenny would protect Forrest from all that misfortune thus causing him to lose a chance to gain fortunes. That's why they are perfect. They even each other out. The best outcome of this I can think of is Forrest's work as a Janitor, Jenny as a waitrest. As for the canon storyline, they did not together at first. God favors Forrest while Jenny doesn't. Forrest got the luxury life but his retardness won't allow him to enjoy or truly understand the meaning of it. Jenny can feel all but all she feels is empty. In the end, Forrest got a son whom he can feel loved by others than Jenny. And Jenny, die but knowing that someone truly loves her, and her son exists. And her son's life would be ensured with happiness thanks to Forrest. Their destiny even out with their son. No matter in what circumstances, they would always be a perfect pair, a happy ending for them. Just not the kind of Micky Mouse ending, or Teenager love story ending where everyone kisses and fuck with a smile in the end so lots of people blame Jenny. Cause she's not the main character.
Oh my... this movie gets me every time! So beautiful when LD swims toward the horizon, making his peace with god. Alan Silvestri´s music does the rest. Brilliant movie and epic score! This movie never gets old.
I try to be a fully fledged Christian, and I know what I'm going to write maybe pushing it, but y.o.l.o. if I were GOD and heard that I would let them slide too. The sheer confidence of it, everything that happened would happen.
@@Tee-Dot-Tv many movies with hanks have several biblical allegories. Lt Dan challenging God in this way echoes Jacob. And the end scene when he goes overboard is basically an unspoken baptism.
I think Lt. Dan is the only character who left unscathed after a journey in the same boat with Tom Hanks. Traveling with him is scary. Something bad would surely happen.
Lt. Dan: Where the hell is this God of yours?? (Wind blows for an upcoming storm) "It's funny Lt. Dan said that cos right then, God showed up." The attitude of Forrest Gump.. Seeing good in all.. And the result? He became a millionaire.. Forrest Gump wasn't just a movie but a life lesson..
Lt. Dan represents duty Jenny represents America's lust for materialistic things(she also represents the victim of ever changing society) Bubba represents a friend Forrest represents innocence
i object to reducing each character down to a particular virtue. I think the writer of Forrest Gump would also have objected. Each of them is more than the corporeal form of a single virtue. If it were that simple, it wouldn't move you like it does. They are humans and all of them have their human imperfections. Even Forrest.
How to when my problems are from p t s d and tourette episodes and multiple Sclerosis and lead poisoning and I'm sorry and yes I am a disabled woman. Idk what to do. I cry for everyone else.
Through this sentence "I've never thanked you for saving my life," the lieutenant doesn't explicitly thank Forrest because it's the lieutenant's character; he would never admit such a thing to anyone. However, the sentence is expressed with a context and manner that implicitly conveys his thank to Forrest.
Lt. Dan is a majorily relatable character for me. Im not nor have I been a druggie or a cripple, but, the scene at the new years party where he just kinda looks not even part of the room as everyone is celebrating the new year was how i was from 13-16 years old, my father was emotionally abusive and i had learned some hard truths and was not able to express my emotions in a healthy way:i played football because it tested my physical might and was violent, same with lifting weights, but i still had eating disorder issues. However, my dad finally got put in a nursing home, and i was already starting to be able to live oblivious to his existence because i had my license and was working, but, by the grace of the universe, he finally realized he was causing too much emotional damage to himself and others so he decided it was time for qualified professionals to take care of him and his ailments. That is when i began to heal, a lot. I learned a lot about myself through thinking about my emotions/reactions to certain things, and, as lietuenant dan did, i made my peace. They always talk about the pursuit of happiness or whatever but i believe that the ultimate happiness is peace, and it is what we should seek out.
I was nine years old when my mom and dad took me to see this movie and it brought me to tears then and now I’ve aged and seen it several times this is still one of the greatest movies of my lifetime. And think it lost best pitcher to pulp fiction, Although Tom Hanks dead win best actor rightfully deserved
@@garmenlin5990 I understood. That's even more fuel to the stake of clean vs. hard living. Jenny partied her ass off and lived hard, paying for it with premature aging and ultimately her life due to her lifestyle choices. Forest never did any of that. I remember when this movie came out. The debate of a more "liberal" lifestyle (Jenny) vs. the simpleton conservative lifestyle (Forest) and the fruits and labors that come from each was much talked about back in '94.
@@siennamelake4776 First *see the movie* . It wasn't an Academy award winner on accident. Regarding Jenny, every kind of abuse you can think of in her house growing up. She "escaped" into the cities and communes of the 70's, hopping from one abusive relationship to another, tons of drugs, etc. It wasn't util she came home, cleaned up, ultimately became a mom, that things started turning north. Even then, it seems God had one more trial in store for her. Like I said, see the movie. It's two hours of your life you won't regret burning. It wasn't by accident the film was nominated for 13 academy awards, winning six of them including best-picture, best director for Zemeckis, best-actor by Hanks, etc.. That's a tall order, especially when you consider the films/actors pitted against it (Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption among them). That year was kind of a pisser for me, as I couldn't believe Legends of the Fall wasn't at least nominated for Best Picture. I still think Shawshank should have one it, but to each their own.
One of the best movies ever made, I love the woman's reaction when he shows her the cover of Fortune. If only he had showed the man who just walked away too
You can't say Lt. Dan wasn't a man of his word. He said he was going to be Forrest's first mate and he showed up. He said the boat wouldn't sink and it didn't
Lately I been reading up on stories of Vietnam vets healing from their traumas and guilt, many even traveling to Vietnam finding the pieces of themselves they left behind, getting the attention they deserved after being forced into a war that wasn't even theirs to fight only to be neglected afterwards and left to fend for themselves, many living exactly as Lt Dan is depicted And I don't know why but lately those stories have just been getting to me, including this otherwise fictional account, they can't go back to who they were before but they can still find a bright future for themselves and find healing and forgiveness
It's poetic that Lt. Dan brings up never thanking Forrest for saving his life and still doesn't thank him. That's one different way to say, he was fine with dying in Vietnam, but he is also fine with living a second life
Know this. what no one is talking about is the smile at 3:13 you can tell is from the heart not once did he smile like that in the movie he was looking at forest like a brother.
I watched this movie with my Father when it came out in 1994. 1st time seeing Gary Sinise in a movie. Thought his legs really were amputated. After watching the Oscar's realized that it was a visual effect.(Won) Sadly my Dad isn't here anymore. I'll never forget watching this fantastic movie with my fantastic Dad.
It's funny because I work for multi-millionaire every week during the spring to fall cutting his grass at his farm. He is a retired electrician that did very well for himself with his own business, he always did big jobs and he invested his earnings well. I do it as a side job. I met him while shooting trap at my local sportsman's club, and we got to know each other very well. We became like family. He saw something in me most people don't when we'd talk and shoot and I was helping the club out for free and being treated bad but I took it in stride.
True story. We were in Mazatlán at a nice resort. I was deep sea fishing one day but my wife stayed back to do arts and crafts for the day. True story. Sally field came down to paint some clay parrots or other objects that they had available. She sat next to my Michelle and Michelle didn't recognize her and they chatted up the entire afternoon as the other people there watched on. After Sally left everyone bombarded my Michelle asking about her talking and working next to her. Michelle had no idea. This was 8 months before Forrest Gump. True.
This is one of the few movies ever made where everybody has strong character development and multiple character arcs with powerful resolutions that are beyond relatable. Every character is relatable, and everyone knows someone like them in real life, or we can recognize ourselves in any of them. Pure Magic.
Literally Lt. Dan and the Drill Sergeant (other than his mom) cared about Forrest more than Jenny did. And I mean this unironically. Yes, she was sexually abused as a child, and I felt sorry for her. But that doesn’t excuse her from treating Forrest like a toy, using him then ghosting moments after again and again. Don’t even get me started about her taking advantage of Forrest’s feelings and sleeping with him, only to ditch him…AGAIN. She’s lucky that Forrest was so pure.
The lady sitting next to Forrest on that bench looks a lot and reminds me of my Grandma Fleming. She was an incredible woman and it was an honor to know her. I really miss her.
I always thought Lt.Dan was trying to commit suicide, but I just realized he effectively baptized himself and became born again. He's an unnecessarily complex and powerful character to the point where you can make a film about his life alone and I would be just as fascinating as Forest Gump.
Lieutenant Dans story is one of the most beautiful in all movie history. It still gets me so emotional every time
Oh absolutely. It wasn’t just a story of a disabled soldier coming to terms with his disability and PTSD, but also of a man coming to terms with the idea that his destiny may not have been what he thought it was.
@@valiensr1037 Especially when he ends up marrying a Vietnamese woman! He really has a wonderful life when he leans into it...
Not to mention the fact that he still uses the role to this day to entertain the troops and raise money for injured veterans
@@valiensr1037 ABSOLUTELY! I relate so much to this...when you've survived everything designed to destroy you...you realize maybe your purpose you thought was for you was actually completely different and every trial and tribulation you were put through was done to prepare you for something greater...love Lieutenant Dan's story....
It’s music man. The god damn beautiful music score
"He never actually said so, but I think he made his peace with God"
That line always drops me
lets pray for shrimp you and me kid🤣
More that Forrest perceived it than that Lt. Dan said it. One of the moments when Forrest was as smart as anyone, knowing what was going on in the world.
May each one of us made peace with God. Thats my wish.
Everyone needs to make peace with God!! Save your soul! Amen!!
And he called him Forest rather than Gump.
The crazy thing is this is actually a thing. In a bad enough storm boats along the shore/in the harbor are often destroyed. Boats that fight it out and brave the weather in open water survive.
Sometimes, just as often the storm is bad enough to sink it in open ocean. And not just the boat the people on it. Boats can be replaced, your life can't.
Makes sense, crashing against a wave hits alot less hard than crashing against the shore.
Multiply that by however many times a wave rocks your boat off the coast and it's alot less surprising.
You just have to dare God to kill you lmao i love this scene
Clearly you never watched Perfect Storm.
@@DomWeasel And I don't recommend him too. He should read the book, it didn't translate in the movie.
I love the old lady's reaction. She thought she was getting a entertaining story, turned out it was true.
"shit. maybe I am sitting next to a millionaire"
Similar to watching a horror movie and seeing in the end titles "based in a true story".
Tragically, the actress that played the old lady passed away only a few months after this movie was released. Her name was Nora Dunfee.
Her face when she saw the magazine was both shock and awe lol
I thought her reaction was because how LT Dan looked like lol
You know he still never thanked forrest for saving his life. He just brought up the fact that he never has thanked him
And never will as Lt. Dan drowns himself to death
@@ds.hack_ ...or did he?
@@idesofmarch2368 The hell you on about? Lt Dan shows up with his fiancée at Forrest's marriage at the almost end...
@@bakaweiner6956 Your post makes no sense to me. Please explain.
@@idesofmarch2368 Have you seen the movie?
What nobody realized at 2:20: He had the magazine with him and Lt. Dan right there in his suitcase, that could have proven his story to be true, but he did not even think about bragging. Tells a lot about this movie character.
He doesn't realize that the people he is telling the story to don't believe him. It wouldn't even occur to him to brag. He's just making conversation.
@@TheBrownSys precisely, even when he did showed the magazine, it was only because he asked if the old lady wanted to see how Dan looked like, just a continuation of the conversation. Forrest never needed the affirmation
wow that s so deep. We have a sherlock holmes right there lol
@@ferexx Well you never need the affirmation when you have Forrest's Sigmatillionaire Grindset.
The company is worth a lot but Dan is priceless.
The ship is called Jenny, because it's always wet, smells like fish and has another man on it.
Whoopsie daisies.
I just died. That's hilarious
It's also riddled with diseases.
wow, very funny. you're a sexist. haha. how hilarious.
@@patuljastislon wat
The look of the lady when she sees Fortune magasine and realises it’s not a bullshit story 😂
Honestly, if someone said something as easily disproved as being the owner of a multimillion dollar company, I’d be inclined to believe him just by how easily falsifiable the claim is. Obviously fact check everything, but still. 😂
That was great. Wish the dude who thought he was fibbin' could've seen it lol
@@valiensr1037 I mean it kinda make sense back then since you can't fact check as easily. Nowadays if someone claims I'm owner of X big company you can just pull up goolge and prove it.
@@stevenzhao3414 Fair enough. I’m biased by the era I grew up in after all. XD
Lmaoooo if that guy would have waited to see more he would have been shocked lol
Gary was born to play this role. The character of lieutenant Dan inspired him so much that he became actively involved with war veterans and started his own foundation. Forget an Oscar; this man deserves the presidential medal of freedom 🙌❤️
Not to mention he has a band called the Lt. Dan band and plays bass.
you'd have thought it would have inspired him to work for peace instead.
@@vladtepes97helping vets is peace, man. It's not like he's giving them weapons to fight again, he's helping them vets who are in need. Not every vets goes home to meet luxury, alot doesn't even have a home to go home to.
@@siphonophoreskinda sucks how the government uses up the lives of young men and then leaves them to look after each other when it has no more use for them...
@@siphonophores working for peace precludes the "need" for war. Of course, modern "war" is rarely actually war anyway.
Lt. Dan didn't mean what happened in Vietnam he meant the downward spiral his life was in after going home, being a forgotten veteran and permanently disabled. It's really a touching moment when he shows up at Forrest's wedding with his life together.
I was not surprised when I found out that Gary Sinise is still helping veterans.
dude was a millionaire like forest. ya his life was pretty good at that point.
Lt Dan: Forrest... I've never thanked you for saving my life...
*Jumps*
2:54
Right?! Lol. As a kid when I first saw this scene I thought he was killing himself.
@@TheFlyingZulu wus he not
@@oddaspectz9803 no? He was just going for a swim under the sun beams and clouds... that's usually a representation of heaven or "coming to peace with oneself". That's what Lt. Dan was doing.
@@TheFlyingZulu oh ok. Thanks for the correction
Only just realised now that Lt Dan was not just thanking Forrest for saving his life in Vietnam but also by unknowingly saving him from alcoholism and depression. From this point on Lt Dan is at peace with his life.
Thanks, I missed that second part until you spelled it out. Saved his life twice ..
exactly, glad people noticed it.
In vietnam, he just prevented his death.
Lt Dan never _actually_ thanked Forest, he just brought up the fact he never thanked him. That's not the same thing.
@@AgentExeider If you take it at face value, yes. It's an implication. He is indirectly thanking Forest.
Amazing how LT. Dan's splash disturbs the entire ocean.
Now that you said it, I just noticed, lol. Nice catch.
Wym?
@@Unregistered.Hypercam.2. the water is flat before he jumps in. But the scene of him swimming backwards, there are waves lol
Uh no it does not.
@@vexisshady8189 the water only looks flat because the camera isn't focusing on it. Those "waves" are what you see in every calm stretch of water.
Seeing Lt. Dan yelling at God at the top of boat in the middle of a storm while the American flag is waving gotta be one of the most badass scenes ever filmed
‘Murica!
More like the most american thing I've seen
ruclips.net/video/hhGkxR3lRyU/видео.html
It's related i swear
@@Mr0901 Thank you good Sir!
And he oppose god himself...
The scene were LT Dan shows up at Forrest's wedding always makes me cry.
This movie is so good , That their is different parts that make me cry to
真的，感動莫名，他的命怎麼那麼硬，小時候我看這部电影的翻譯笑到岔氣
magic legs!
Yea, it's so nice LT Dan still was friends with Forest and even though he lost Jenny in the end he still had little Forest & Dan in his life. As well as the house keepers he's always known.
😭 me too
Has Got To Be one of the finest motion pictures ever made; a guy overcoming his disabilities and walking us through the baby-boomer perspective of American history. A wonderful musical score by Alan Silvestri
I agree
more like running us through
Still, Shawshank is the best
More like the fantasy version of US history. The one that never happened. Well not like in this movie anyway.
as a father of a mildly autistic boy, now 22 years old and working in a normal job, Forrest struck a particular chord.
Best quote from Lt. Dan
"You'll never sink this boat"
no "I never thanked you for saving my life"
And i could hear God saying "I absolutely can sink it if i desire it. I'm not 'trying' to sink your boat with this storm"
Same vibe as “STRIKE ME DOWN, ZEUS!”
*crackling laughter*
Reminds me of the story of the Flying Dutchman.
I’m a 64 year old man but it always makes me tear up when Lt. Dan says “ Forrest, I never thanked you for saving my life “
Me too.
Did not thank him til the end
I'm 28. I find I tear up easier the older I get. And I'm not embarrassed of my emotions anymore.
@@christophersanders3252 cringe.. you should be.
I'm 29 btw.
"Stupid is as stupid does"
Teaches us a lot about this movie. Forrest never does anything stupid. The entire movie he makes the right moral decisions and puts the people he loves over his material possessions. Lieutenant Dan wanted to die in vietnam, jenny never loved Forrest who always loved her. If stupid is as stupid does, Forrest was the smartest in the whole movie.
He does stupid things. Such as going for Bubba after getting told the area is about to be engulfed in flames.
Though, stupid isn't always wrong. As you said, he always took the morally right choices. Given that those are attached to emotions, stupid is inevitable. But it's stupid for the right reason
@@noneofyourbusiness4294 i guess its a way of looking at it, but it can be argued that it is putting people and relationships before himself and material possessions, and it works out for him every single time.
@@green8026 i meant it in the never actively loved him. She never truly dedicated herself to him because of the scars from her childhood, but i do think forrest was the only person that she knew loved her wholeheartedly and she didnt know how handle that type of relationship.
@@Aquino42503 Agreed. I don't understand the hatred for Jenny. She was a tortured soul.
@@rccc974 i dont h8 jenny and forrest is stupid for going after her that was more.ridden than disney rollercoaster all time and didnt care about her. more stupid he accepted her after she was all used and with diseases and raised the kid that likely wasnt his.
I love how lieutenant Dan was a raving lunatic but loved Forrest more genuinely than most ppl
They had many shared experiences and deep down Dan respected Forrest for saving everyone in Nam, just not himself. They also know what it's like to be unable to walk normally
I swear that I thought that when that scene happened I thought lt.Dan committed suicide when he swam off and that was where forest last seen him it was amazing he came to his wedding looking like a brand new man at his best 🙂 that shows true respect
me too
I guess, it could've been. Although the he and Lt were on the boat when momma was dying.
I too thought he just let go of his life at this point! Such a relief when he came back though 😌😆
My mom did too when we first watched this movie she’s like omg he killer himself
and invested in Apple, so they were Billionaires or Gazillionares :)
3:28 This line, the music and the scene of Dan swimming at peace in an Ocean... made me cry. Still tears my eyes up. Damn
he finally make a peace with god. the most beautiful scene, made me so peace too. and my tear coming. i want to feel like that too. cause my life had a "Shit happen" mostly time. and i stil trying to made a peace for my self and god also world too
The scene symbolizes Dan Baptizing and cleansing himself of all his sins.
The sky, the clouds and the sun rays. It truly feels divine
2:45 I feel like not enough people appreciate the genius of this scene as a subversion of all expectations.
How so?
@@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 Up to that point, we listen to these stories--and like the gentleman that walked away, we just believe that he's telling these stories because he doesn't even really know any better. Then after the man walked away, the older woman sits next to him and says that she enjoys the stories. Then Forrest produces the magazine with him on the cover. The woman then realizes that these aren't just stories, anymore. These are things that actually happened to him.
@@or10nsharkfin But how is that subverting expectations? We know these things happened to him. Nothing was subverted
@@_Cato_ Idk I guess if the audience had been doubting Forrest the whole time as well/were expecting a plot twist
@@_Cato_ we as the audience aren't doubting him, but the people on the bench don't believe him. The guy even says he's heard some whoppers and laughs at the fact this simpler man is claiming to be the founder of a massive well-known corporation (the guy even says you're the Bubba-Gump Shrimp corporation and laughs walking away). Wouldn't you be shocked to find the guy you were sitting with on a bus stop bench was the founder of RUclips or something?
Forrest is so humble he doesn't even think to prove it. He asks the lady if she wants to see Lt. Dan - just continuing his story. When he uses Fortune magazine to show her simply what Dan looks like, she's shocked because everything he said was true.
Shows how humble Forrest is. Even when someone is making fun of him, and he can easily prove it, he's too humble/simple to care. "Are you stupid or something?"
You know a lot get's made about how "dumb" Forest Gump was, and as a kid I used to think that as well. As I've gotten older I've come to appreciate just how wise of a character he was. How many times we over think something and how that stops us from doing something. Here for example Forest didn't think about how he could start a Shrimping company, how to make it work, what could go wrong, etc etc he just did it and rolled with things as it came. He ran just for the hell of it and was able to navigate coast to coast via the road system in the US. He immediately understood that in the military he needed to do what he was told and quickly adapted everything he needed to know. He wasn't smart by how we would traditionally judge someone as intelligent, but he definatly possesses his own wisdom that could be envied.
well wisdom and intelligence are not the same thing.
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"Stupid is as Stupid does..."
Intelligence is knowing that tomato's are a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that they still don't go in fruit salad......Charisma is selling katsup as a smoothie..(had to I'm sorry)
Forrest was Dumb? Dont make me laugh.
It sucks bubba didn’t make it to see this but at least Forrest is keeping his dream and everything alive and giving bubba’s family his share. What a great movie.
I like to think Bubba was acting as a guardian angel over the boat during the storm, protecting and always cherishing something he loved, shrimping.
I love how Forrest gave Bubba’s mama Bubba’s shares of the business. Don’t know how much it was but judging from how she fainted, I’ll say several hundred million dollars.
Forrest definitely did right.
Yeah, better for the plot, but sad for the story. They made a fine duo. Would've been hilarious seeing Bubba and Gumpa with Dan on the boat.
@@a.b.sproductionsllc I guess no matter the amount seeing that they bought apple shares at the end implies that they were worth a lot, I think he probably gave her half or a third if Dan had a part.
@@Nosferattuh Dan thought Forrest was nuts for giving Bubba’s mama shares, but it was all Bubba’s idea to go into the shrimpin’ business. And Dan invested the company to that fruit company 🍎 making it so they didn’t have to worry about money anymore…
“Well, that’s good, one less thing.”
Such a beautiful scene, and the message is truly inspiring.
The storm represents Lt. Dan confronting his demons and all the angry and misery that is in his life. Unlike in previous scenes, he is not trying to hide from his troubles with alcohol or women; he is facing them head on and telling them that they can either kill him or leave him, but, either way, he will not let them torment him anymore. This is further supported calm and success after the storm. He has triumphed and rid himself of his demons. Lt. Dan jumping into the water represents his baptism - his rebirth, the start of his new life.
Amen! Brilliant summation & analysis. Very much like a baptism.
You perfectly described it indeed!!!I love it!!!!!
Wow. Amen!
And that he doesn't need legs where he is at. He is not a cripple in the ocean.
Well now, that's about the best interpretation of that scene I've ever heard. Thank you for putting it into words.
0:41 Florida man during Hurricane Milton
Lt. Dan is one of the greatest characters in movie history. Great development.
That woman is the only person in Forrest's life who owed him nothing yet treated him with the decency he deserved his whole life.
Gary Sinise portraying Lt. Dan is the all time best supporting character ever.
"I never thanked you for saving my life." Gets me every time.
Irony is he still never thanked him, just pointed out he never did.
It's as good as he can do. Accept the gesture.
Me too. 😪
The best scene of the movie is when lieutenant dan realizes how blessed he is to be alive.
"Bubba-Gump Shrimp. It's a household name" the way he talks is just so funny!
Tom said he mimicked Michael Conner Humphreys who played the young Forrest.
0:15 has anyone noticed that storm sounded like the T-Rex from Jurassic park lol
Get the heck out of here you're right!
Yep. Guess they like Jurassic Park so much.
last time I bumped into T-Rex he stole my sandwich...!
Lt. Dan jumping in the ocean and swimming are timelines quite far apart.
Incredible cinematography.
Now no one forget jenny was the true villain of this movie.
It’s hard not to see Jenny as a victim. She was a very damaged person.
This movie was also about people like Jenny who were damaged because of being traumatized in their childhood but still deserve to be loved like how Forest loved her
@@nikhilkesavadas9318 They kinda were made for each other, a half and a half. One with a disability but blessed by God with luck. One is normal but her luck is completely fucked by God.
@@FaczutMon Jenny literally turn away Gump's help several times and went of her own will away. She had an out the entire time but didn't take it, but yeah Jenny is a "victim", she got abused as a child sure but she turnt away Gump's help every time until she was already terminally doomed. "Completely fucked by God" is a fun way for saying she was a fucking idiot and got herself killed, but sure... a perfect pair
@@legoeasycompany Who in the right mind would want to be with Forrest Gump at first? He's a retard and not even the best one. Pure love is not gonna make up for it. Especially when you are young and there's so many oppurtunity. She's tried to gain a reliable love but her luck is fucked every time. Also, she does not demand any penny from Forrest so no one has a right to says anything about her.
Forrest gets his fortune out of his misfortunes. Whenever the world fuck him, destiny rewards him back with tons of goods. While Jenny is the opposite. If they were together in the first place, Jenny would protect Forrest from all that misfortune thus causing him to lose a chance to gain fortunes. That's why they are perfect. They even each other out. The best outcome of this I can think of is Forrest's work as a Janitor, Jenny as a waitrest.
As for the canon storyline, they did not together at first. God favors Forrest while Jenny doesn't. Forrest got the luxury life but his retardness won't allow him to enjoy or truly understand the meaning of it. Jenny can feel all but all she feels is empty. In the end, Forrest got a son whom he can feel loved by others than Jenny. And Jenny, die but knowing that someone truly loves her, and her son exists. And her son's life would be ensured with happiness thanks to Forrest. Their destiny even out with their son.
No matter in what circumstances, they would always be a perfect pair, a happy ending for them. Just not the kind of Micky Mouse ending, or Teenager love story ending where everyone kisses and fuck with a smile in the end so lots of people blame Jenny. Cause she's not the main character.
Oh my... this movie gets me every time! So beautiful when LD swims toward the horizon, making his peace with god. Alan Silvestri´s music does the rest. Brilliant movie and epic score! This movie never gets old.
How are the central characters introduced to us?
Even before "You shall not pass!", there was "You'll never sink this boat!"
I try to be a fully fledged Christian, and I know what I'm going to write maybe pushing it, but y.o.l.o. if I were GOD and heard that I would let them slide too. The sheer confidence of it, everything that happened would happen.
The Lord of the Rings books and first movies were out way before this movie.
And before that there was: "None shall pass!" Black knight, Holy Grail, Monty Python, 1975
@@charleshodgdon6168 You know full well they’re talking about the Jackson films.
@@Tee-Dot-Tv many movies with hanks have several biblical allegories. Lt Dan challenging God in this way echoes Jacob. And the end scene when he goes overboard is basically an unspoken baptism.
The irony: he has lots of boats here, none in Cast Away.
How is that ironic?
@@JimmyBoy9878 a boat would've really helped getting off the island and to safety
@@flamingchickin Irony is when the opposite of the expected happens.
@@JimmyBoy9878 No it aint...You're close though
@@Tommyblueeyes The opposite of the expected result.
I think Lt. Dan is the only character who left unscathed after a journey in the same boat with Tom Hanks. Traveling with him is scary. Something bad would surely happen.
RIP Wilson
Ben Affleck survived D-Day with him.
@@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler I think you mean Tom Sizemore…
Problem would be if they were in an airplane
Dude, man has no legs. I would not say "unscathed" haha.
3:30 will always be one of my favorite scenes in cinema
When I first saw this I was happy to know Lt. Dan had finally found his peace
This movie is and forever will be one of the most beautiful films ever made. It really is something special that cannot be replicated
Remember what Forest says when he runs through sh*t it happens🤣
I honestly think bubba asked God to help his best friend out, and help out his family too. Bubba was looking out for his best friend and his family.
You watch a clip like this and the next thing you know, you want watch the whole movie over again.
真的，很強的轉場，啼笑皆非
Thats 1000000 % correct
Lt. Dan: Where the hell is this God of yours??
(Wind blows for an upcoming storm)
"It's funny Lt. Dan said that cos right then, God showed up."
The attitude of Forrest Gump.. Seeing good in all.. And the result? He became a millionaire.. Forrest Gump wasn't just a movie but a life lesson..
Lt. Dan represents duty
Jenny represents America's lust for materialistic things(she also represents the victim of ever changing society)
Bubba represents a friend
Forrest represents innocence
i object to reducing each character down to a particular virtue. I think the writer of Forrest Gump would also have objected. Each of them is more than the corporeal form of a single virtue. If it were that simple, it wouldn't move you like it does. They are humans and all of them have their human imperfections. Even Forrest.
2:24 Comes by the next week and the old lady tells him "You should have stuck around for 30 more seconds. Turns out he was a millionaire".
And then he invested in a fruit company. "Thats good!"
APPLE! 😂
One less thing!
One less thing!
One less thing
being at peace with yourself and forgiving yourself is perhaps the best thing anyone can do in life.
How to when my problems are from p t s d and tourette episodes and multiple Sclerosis and lead poisoning and I'm sorry and yes I am a disabled woman. Idk what to do. I cry for everyone else.
When Lt said "You'll never sink this boat!" he was actually talking about himself
I use that old ladies line all the time: "welllll, I thought it was a LOVELY story! ....and you tell it so WELL....with such enthusiasm!!
It’s hilarious how Lieutenant Dan says “I never thanked you for saving my life”, then Immediately hops off the boat like, “and I ain’t now”. 😂😂
It makes me so happy seeing lieutenant Dan happy🙂
so do l, he took all the sparkle time!
Dan: "Where the hell's this God of yours?"
God: "You called?"
Long time ago I took my two siblings out to see this movie and we had a good time, we had fun and were happy watching it. Such a good memory.
Thank you for sharing. I hope all is well, friend
What year sir
I love how all of Forrest's photos always has him with his eyes closed. Just adds a bit of humor to all of it.
Through this sentence "I've never thanked you for saving my life," the lieutenant doesn't explicitly thank Forrest because it's the lieutenant's character; he would never admit such a thing to anyone. However, the sentence is expressed with a context and manner that implicitly conveys his thank to Forrest.
The most sincere 'Thank You" ever.
Forest gump is one of the best motion pictures ever made
Lt. Dan is a majorily relatable character for me. Im not nor have I been a druggie or a cripple, but, the scene at the new years party where he just kinda looks not even part of the room as everyone is celebrating the new year was how i was from 13-16 years old, my father was emotionally abusive and i had learned some hard truths and was not able to express my emotions in a healthy way:i played football because it tested my physical might and was violent, same with lifting weights, but i still had eating disorder issues. However, my dad finally got put in a nursing home, and i was already starting to be able to live oblivious to his existence because i had my license and was working, but, by the grace of the universe, he finally realized he was causing too much emotional damage to himself and others so he decided it was time for qualified professionals to take care of him and his ailments. That is when i began to heal, a lot. I learned a lot about myself through thinking about my emotions/reactions to certain things, and, as lietuenant dan did, i made my peace. They always talk about the pursuit of happiness or whatever but i believe that the ultimate happiness is peace, and it is what we should seek out.
I was nine years old when my mom and dad took me to see this movie and it brought me to tears then and now I’ve aged and seen it several times this is still one of the greatest movies of my lifetime.
And think it lost best pitcher to pulp fiction, Although Tom Hanks dead win best actor rightfully deserved
I like to think him jumping in that water, the lord baptized him himself.
I thought Lt Dan was committing suicide 😅
Me too 🤣🤣🤣
Russians during thunderstorms at sea: Drinking Vodka inside & laughing
Americans: 0:24
Sometimes, the acknowledgement and awareness of someone helping them is more important than the saying of thank you or sorry.
He maybe never thanks Forrest in the end, but kept remind himself all the while that he owe him one. To me that's valued thousand of 'thank you'.
When I was younger I thought LT Dan killed himself by jumping off the boat lol
@Adrian Vegas remember the ending of the film when he shows up to Forrest's wedding with his wife and new titanium legs?
@@ZUIKMedia I think it was implanted by aqua-man. Who knows?
0:59 YOU’LL NEVER SINK THIS BOAT! HA HA HA
Anyone find it kinda weird Forrest doesn't age for like 20 years?
Hyper-clean living, and no stress (and oh, yeah, it's Hollywood ffs).
@@Craig-ib7gk No I mean Jenny looked like she aged compared to Forrest.
@@garmenlin5990 I understood. That's even more fuel to the stake of clean vs. hard living. Jenny partied her ass off and lived hard, paying for it with premature aging and ultimately her life due to her lifestyle choices. Forest never did any of that. I remember when this movie came out. The debate of a more "liberal" lifestyle (Jenny) vs. the simpleton conservative lifestyle (Forest) and the fruits and labors that come from each was much talked about back in '94.
@@Craig-ib7gk haven’t watched the movie but wasn’t she in like loads of abusive relationships or did she just sleep around what ?
@@siennamelake4776 First *see the movie* . It wasn't an Academy award winner on accident. Regarding Jenny, every kind of abuse you can think of in her house growing up. She "escaped" into the cities and communes of the 70's, hopping from one abusive relationship to another, tons of drugs, etc. It wasn't util she came home, cleaned up, ultimately became a mom, that things started turning north. Even then, it seems God had one more trial in store for her. Like I said, see the movie. It's two hours of your life you won't regret burning. It wasn't by accident the film was nominated for 13 academy awards, winning six of them including best-picture, best director for Zemeckis, best-actor by Hanks, etc.. That's a tall order, especially when you consider the films/actors pitted against it (Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption among them). That year was kind of a pisser for me, as I couldn't believe Legends of the Fall wasn't at least nominated for Best Picture. I still think Shawshank should have one it, but to each their own.
R.I.P Bubba, your shrimp recipes have been used wisely
Gary Sinise is a treasure
0:15 if you hear T-Rex roar, you've made it.
Forrest asked God for shrimp and God was all like YES DRILL SARGENT!!!!
0:54 That's got to be the best first mate I've ever seen...
So it would seem...
Gilligan?
One of the best movies ever made, I love the woman's reaction when he shows her the cover of Fortune. If only he had showed the man who just walked away too
You can't say Lt. Dan wasn't a man of his word. He said he was going to be Forrest's first mate and he showed up. He said the boat wouldn't sink and it didn't
Forrest Gump and Lt. Dan is one of the great friendships in film history.
Lt. Dan isn’t really thanking him for saving his life in Vietnam. He’s thanking him for giving his life back to him in Louisiana.
Lately I been reading up on stories of Vietnam vets healing from their traumas and guilt, many even traveling to Vietnam finding the pieces of themselves they left behind, getting the attention they deserved after being forced into a war that wasn't even theirs to fight only to be neglected afterwards and left to fend for themselves, many living exactly as Lt Dan is depicted
And I don't know why but lately those stories have just been getting to me, including this otherwise fictional account, they can't go back to who they were before but they can still find a bright future for themselves and find healing and forgiveness
Lieutenant Dans crazed laugh always gets me!😂
It's poetic that Lt. Dan brings up never thanking Forrest for saving his life and still doesn't thank him. That's one different way to say, he was fine with dying in Vietnam, but he is also fine with living a second life
They don't make movies like this anymore.
Know this. what no one is talking about is the smile at 3:13 you can tell is from the heart not once did he smile like that in the movie he was looking at forest like a brother.
at the wedding too
I watched this movie with my Father when it came out in 1994. 1st time seeing Gary Sinise in a movie. Thought his legs really were amputated. After watching the Oscar's realized that it was a visual effect.(Won) Sadly my Dad isn't here anymore. I'll never forget watching this fantastic movie with my fantastic Dad.
Did you think the earlier scenes of him walking in vietnam were CGI?
@@dspsblyuth I assumed it was after watching the full movie
Lt. Dan: "where the hell's this God of yours?
God: you called?
Finally Dan could feel inner peace. One of the best flim story ever.
3:00 "I never thanked you for saving my life....." And continues to go on not thanking him 😂
It's funny because I work for multi-millionaire every week during the spring to fall cutting his grass at his farm. He is a retired electrician that did very well for himself with his own business, he always did big jobs and he invested his earnings well. I do it as a side job. I met him while shooting trap at my local sportsman's club, and we got to know each other very well. We became like family. He saw something in me most people don't when we'd talk and shoot and I was helping the club out for free and being treated bad but I took it in stride.
Wow Dan is having fun with the storm.
1994, a year when fantastic movies were made.
This has to be one of the greatest movies ever made, all American and priceless. People will be watching this 50 years from now
Love that woman's reaction when she realises she is actually sat next to a guy with like $100m+ net worth.
Right she knew he wasn't lying 💯
True story. We were in Mazatlán at a nice resort. I was deep sea fishing one day but my wife stayed back to do arts and crafts for the day. True story. Sally field came down to paint some clay parrots or other objects that they had available. She sat next to my Michelle and Michelle didn't recognize her and they chatted up the entire afternoon as the other people there watched on. After Sally left everyone bombarded my Michelle asking about her talking and working next to her. Michelle had no idea. This was 8 months before Forrest Gump. True.
The will power Dan got is inspiring.
This is reminiscent of The Truman Show where Jim Carey says, "is that the best you can do? You're gonna have to kill me!"
This is one of the few movies ever made where everybody has strong character development and multiple character arcs with powerful resolutions that are beyond relatable. Every character is relatable, and everyone knows someone like them in real life, or we can recognize ourselves in any of them. Pure Magic.
Literally Lt. Dan and the Drill Sergeant (other than his mom) cared about Forrest more than Jenny did. And I mean this unironically. Yes, she was sexually abused as a child, and I felt sorry for her. But that doesn’t excuse her from treating Forrest like a toy, using him then ghosting moments after again and again. Don’t even get me started about her taking advantage of Forrest’s feelings and sleeping with him, only to ditch him…AGAIN. She’s lucky that Forrest was so pure.
Every time I feel like watching a movie and don’t know what to watch, I always think of Forest Gump! I never get tire of watching it!
If you like this movie you should watch, "Big Fish."
The lady sitting next to Forrest on that bench looks a lot and reminds me of my Grandma Fleming. She was an incredible woman and it was an honor to know her. I really miss her.
RIP Grandma Fleming! You may not know me, but I know you once existed, thanks to Mr Purdie.
I always thought Lt.Dan was trying to commit suicide, but I just realized he effectively baptized himself and became born again. He's an unnecessarily complex and powerful character to the point where you can make a film about his life alone and I would be just as fascinating as Forest Gump.
very perceptive comment. thanks
Forest gump is the definition of living life to the fullest