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In this episode of Mr. Mendo’s Hack Attack, Mr. Mendo lists the 7 worst things about Forrest Gump, the tale of a simpleminded buffoon who somehow lucks into having the greatest life ever, while everyone around him suffers and dies horribly. But you probably know this movie best as the 1994 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, beating out Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption despite being mawkish, syrupy, and nauseatingly trite.
Join Mendo as he rights some wrongs, solves the Kennedy assassination, exposes the fascist ideology of Tom Hanks, reveals what’s in Marsellus Wallace’s briefcase, and takes a cue from the film itself by raping as many classic pop songs of the ‘60s and ‘70s as humanly possible.
2/24/2012 3:16:36 AM
My names Boringest, Boringest Chump.
10/24/2011 11:27:18 AM
Don't care for the minor political jabs, but whatever. I used to like Forrest Gump, 'til I realized I don't. After reading the novels after the film was released, I prefer the novels.I'm surprised Judge Doom and Doc Brown weren't around in this movie to allow Forrest to time travel. Oh, sorry, Forrest wasn't time traveling? Oh, I see, he was narrating the story. My bad.What irks me about this movie is people (losers that surround me at work) kept doing Forrest, or Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday, for FOUR TO SIX YEARS after 1994 came, gone, left, and was forgotten. Equally annoying is homages or parodies, or even uses, of Pulp Fiction. I LOVE Pulp Fiction. Hell, I can recite the movie word for word, tone for tone, and complete in proper time, but I'm tired of seeing references to it in the years after.Any chance of doing the same treatment to Mr. Holland's Opus? Or Class of 1984? (I state that, to me, Class of 1984 is a warm, fuzzy film, fun for the whole family.)
8/26/2011 4:36:28 PM
So a person wanting to make a coming-of-age movie set in the Vietnam era should commit suicide but a fat guy wearing shades indoors using recycled internet jargon while being awkward on camera should keep posting stuff? Ok.
9/5/2011 11:47:58 PM
Yup, that sounds about right...
1/15/2012 3:14:15 AM
Dont know whether to see that as pretentious, arrogant, douchebaggery or all three.
1/19/2012 2:52:52 AM
You're absolutely right! I should *never* stand behind my own opinions!It's bad manners, you know...
4/22/2012 12:25:28 AM
You shouldn't if they're bullshit.
4/22/2012 12:49:09 AM
I wouldn't say someone wanting to make a clichéd movie should kill himself, but I fail to see how a fat guy wearing shades indoors is evil.
7/29/2011 6:13:43 PM
"...I'd swear Forrest was the Angel of Death".LOL at that part. You forgot to mention also that Nixon is forced to resign after meeting Forrest (As a result of another historical event trivialized by the movie).Loved the recap. I liked this movie when I was younger, but, while it still certainly has virtues (The acting and the cinematography, as you mentioned), I've wised up to its politics since.
7/16/2011 3:31:54 PM
the movie was a bit much but it was still a good movie and yes if it haven 't came out the same time as pub fiction then pub fiction might had won best picture. it just one of the movie that you enter like for what it is or you hate it for what it is.
7/9/2011 2:05:47 AM
I agree with most of what you are saying, but regarding #1 "She was molested as a child, but the movie never makes anything of it." Her string of abusive relationships and self-destructive behaviors all tie back into it. I think if anything you could say the movie is more about where you come from (In terms of family and home environment) matters more than who you are. Which is why his Son will be ok. Also, the briefcase bit was very amusing.
6/30/2011 6:59:35 PM
"Oh, $hit!"-My thoughts exactly, pal.
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