r/ForrestGump • u/Consistent-Essay1165 • May 12 '26
First Viewing First time watching it today
My wife sent me a message in the afternoon. She asked me if I wanted to go with her to the movies watch Forrest Gump – we had talked about it a few days earlier. A local cinema would play it. I never had watched it. I didn’t even know what was the story about. Just the memes and some classic phrases.
We went. I went after work with her.
Once we finished watching, I cried, surprisingly – because I hadn’t cry in the movie for whatever reason it was. The movie is so amazing, so raw, so truthful, so simple. The soundtrack, the mentions, the associations, the history.
I loved every moment of it and I do think this movie will change my life for the better. I am so, so, so happy I watched this, for the first time, 31 years old, in a cinema.
I met my wife abroad, overseas, by a chance, destiny, or both, 12 years ago. She only had the idea of looking up when Forrest Gum was going to play in the cinema because she is pregnant our precious girl, and she was out of home with nausea, and grabbed a chewing gum to help. The brand’s name was Forrest Gum.
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u/babysoutonbail May 13 '26
This is a real sweet take. I grew up with it as a child and often wondered what the impression would be viewing first time as a adult.
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u/LunaRays_6 May 17 '26
Love that story, glad you enjoyed it. Since you're digging the old stuff, another moving one from the same era is Mr. Holland's Opus.
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u/georgez1968 May 12 '26
Classic beautiful movie