Forrest Gump's miracle is a dazzling achievement with an IQ level of 75. Football star, war hero, billionaire and even become an idol when he runs across the United States. However, Forrest Gump never even thought about achieving these achievements, let alone using them to prove himself. If life is really like a box of chocolate chips as Forrest Gump said, then most people only choose the flavor they like, while Forrest Gump's fun lies in enjoying the next flavor that no one can predict. That surprise. In order to succeed in this highly competitive society, people always hope to set a most suitable goal for themselves at the very beginning and find the most convenient way to this goal. Clear goals and decisive action seem to be the common characteristics of successful people. However, there is a type of people who, like Forrest Gump, don't ask about the results, but only focus on the process, don't care about gains and losses, but always devote themselves wholeheartedly, and don't care about the destination but only enjoy the scenery during the journey. Those who can" always get the favor of God, which reminds me of another lucky person on the screen, that is, Xu Sanduo, the protagonist in a TV series "Soldier Assault" that was popular some time ago. Maybe this is what people often say "stupid people have stupid blessings". But when we marvel at their good luck, we often overlook the more important thing behind the good luck, that is their attitude towards life, an attitude of doing everything seriously and living every day with heart . It is this most common attitude that constitutes the soul of success. When you take life seriously, life will take you seriously. Unfortunately, sometimes we inadvertently lose some of the most basic things in order to fly higher or to go faster. When we are working hard for our ideals, we always remind ourselves whether we are still lacking a little "silly" energy. I think this is what Forrest Gump brought us, and of course it is also the most precious thing this film brings us.
Of course, Forrest Gump also has what he wants, and that is Jenny's love. The historical period described in this film is a special period in American history. Events such as the Vietnam War, the assassination of Kennedy, the Watergate Incident, and the height of the Cold War made the American society at that time full of turbulent factors. And it is the young people who are most easily hurt by social unrest, because young people are the most vulnerable, so there are drugs and guns rampant on campus, the sexual liberation movement, and the "beat generation" , Jenny is the representative of that generation. The saddest thing about that generation of young Americans is not the lack of ideals, nor the lack of passion to fight for them, but the fact that when they are walking on the road of self-destruction with passion, they still believe that they are moving forward on the road to Ideal on the avenue. The feathers fluttering in the wind, which appear twice at the beginning and end of the film, not only symbolize the erratic nature of life, but also symbolize that life is sometimes as fragile as a feather.
In fact, the content covered by "Forrest Gump" has gone far beyond the scope of an inspirational movie, but in this movie, we can see a special inspirational element. In most ordinary inspirational movies, the protagonist fights fiercely with fate under extremely unfavorable conditions, and finally succeeds in changing his fate, but Forrest Gump is even better. He not only changed his own destiny, but also changed the fate of others at the same time. . Captain Dan, who lost his legs on the battlefield in Vietnam, gradually moved from despair to a new life under the influence of Forrest Gump. In fact, life becomes rich and colorful precisely because people love each other and give each other a positive influence. Maybe this is what the Buddha called "the one who crosses people by himself".
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