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Summary: Forrest hissef says....
Review: I believe the thrust of the author's desire was to show the frivolity of the aspects of our culture in a nice, humorous, palatable way. In order to make fun of 'prejudicial talk' he uses "himself" as a bad example. So if you are going to make fun of say the system or people it is good to make yourself in need of something to work on too. Forrest is doing a running commentary on life like we would talk to ourselves and maybe would be afraid to express openly making for that satirical bite of what we may think what really is involved in defining our lives especially in the evolution of Forrest's time period. For Forrest life changes be things beyond his control or even the little items of life like an ill-advised dumb pass changed his life dramatically all at once. We the reader's can take that amusing experience and apply it to our own lives. The book can almost be viewed as a satire on reading books in themselves as we think of writers being clever that have deep story lines and twisting plots. Here it starts out simply by saying I led an interesting life, and ending at least I didn't lead no humdrum life. Almost like we writing something in grammar school on the lines of what we did for our summer vacation. I get the impression that the writer was saying I am giving something that can grab your life and heart through an amusing way and have a lot of people enjoy versus people who write too deeply and dryly or too cleverly for us as customers to be wrapped up in. Also I think the bad language is a satire in itself as people really do talk like that and as a reader it made me think how prejudical and outlandish language affect how language evolves and forms us into the comfort zones in which we decide on speech patterns for ourselves. Oh by the way, my Forrest material as well as other material was sumbmitted back some eons ago. While putting a lot of people to work, I guess the authors and producers decided to turn their backs on the idea-maker and chief story teller who allowed them the material to pore over.
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Summary: my comments about the the book Forrest Gump
Review: I read the book and got as far as chapter 3 because I think the movie is much better! The beginning of the book is nice but the auther of the book makes the charather look like a troublemaker more then someone that is sweet, has a low IQ and cares about his mama and his friend jenny. The movie forrest gump is a excellent movie! but the book I noticed has some bad words in it too and the movie is much better!
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Summary: If you think it's like the movie.....
Review: This was a great book and was so completely different than the movie. Great use of poetic license used for the movie. The book involves Forrest in so many different acts: Vietnam, Space Exploration, Sue the Ape, Shrimping, love, Presidents, and professional wrestling. Very funny and very enjoyable!
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Summary: Forget the movie...
Review: I originally read this book when it was first released (my father worked for the publishing company and I got a uncorrected proof). I instantly fell in love with the book, which was even easy for me to read (I was in grade school at the time). I had high hopes for a movie version, but ended up being extremely dissapointed in the result Hollywood gave it. If you thought the best parts of the movie were the situations Gump got into, versus all the romance/character building stuff, then read this book! There are far more situations that Gump managed to be involved in than the movie let on. He goes into space, ends up in Africa, you name it. An outstanding book I would recommend to everyone, even those who hated the movie "version".
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Summary: Outlandish, unbelievable, but loveable
Review: This book is definately not like the movie, but both seem to have their high points. The movie is more philosophical, and the book is way more funny. At first, the amazing adventures of Forrest Gump seem unbelievable, like something put in a children's book. But after reading about so many adventures, you get to love this Gump for his own merits - even though he's a lot rougher character than the movie.The character of Gump in the book is still pretty good, even though he may be more crude. Gump's outstanding trust in everyone shines through all in the book, and it stands out as his one heroic trait. I guess you might say the book is also more cynical, which is probably why a lot of people who believe in the idealistic, hero Gump of the movie are dissapointed. The Gump here seems more realistic. He has lots more trials that are related to things he does, and the series of 'ups and downs' are almost like a roller coaster - from one extreme to another. The book is less philosophical. No cute little sayings like "mama always says...", "stupid is as stupid does ...", "life is like a box of chocolates". Gump is there, and he says things as he sees them. He seems to float from place to place, from adventure to adventure. I think it's a good book, but as you can see, there are a lot of people who disagree. It depends on what your mood is when you read it, I guess. It also depends on how much you hold up the "movie-book" similar story lines.
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Summary: "Not the same Forrest Gump as portrayed in the movie"
Review: Forrest Gump is one of my favorite movies, the strange thing about it is, I hated it the first time I saw it. I have probably watched the movie twenty-plus times. I read this book with an open mind, but just could not picture Tom Hanks as the character in this book. Forrest is portrayed as a clumsy, dopey, behemoth. He finishes school, joins the military, becomes a pro-wrestler/hustler, has wild sex with Jenny, etc., etc.. He doesn't meet a bunch of presidents. He isn't the loving son, he doesn't even have a son. He doesn't "feel like running", and so on. This book does contain a lot of humor and was worth reading (sort of). But I wasn't extremely impressed. The creator of the movie adapted a much superior model, and Tom Hanks played the part to a T.
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Summary: Very, very funny
Review: I am one of the handful of people on this earth not to have seen the movie, but after reading the book I have no desire to do so. The book is just so funny that the movie could only be a disappointment. My favourite favourite scene is the chess match in which Forrest and his opponent try to outwit one another by endless set moves, but I found a number of scenes funny enough to laugh out loud, which I hardly ever do when reading a book. I also liked the portrayal of Forrest as someone who realises that he is not normal, and who is bothered by being different. Certainly not the happy-go-lucky idiot of the movie (I have, inevitably, seen some snippets). Actually, I have a confession to make: My main reason for not wanting to see the movie is that I hate Tom Hanks. But I digress, read the book and try not to spoil it for yourself by picturing TH as Forrest.
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Summary: As Unusual - worse than the movie!
Review: Let me tell you one thing. The story about Forrest is great in general, but some details in this book just show that the author didn't want to write an "oscar-winning-story" at first. There are so many scenes which just don't fit together and make the plot seem to be unreal. Forrest as a Wrestler, Musician, Astronaut, Businessman and Sportsman is ridicolous! Especially the NASA story annoyed me, as this organisation was described so badly and incorrect. The movie does a better job in overall. My conclusion: Head over to the DVD store and buy the movie! It's for one time more intelligent to hang out in front of the TV than to read. Pack the chance!
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Summary: Very amujsing
Review: The novel is quite a bit different than the movie. There is a lot more in it, and it's much funnier. I wouldn't call it a great novel, but I smiled on nearly every page.
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Summary: A great book
Review: I read this book in 1988 for a reading class my junior year of high school. This was the first "adult" book I truly enjoyed and helped me like reading a little bit. Unfortunately, I haven't read ay other "adult" books that are nearly as good. I find most books to be either boring or disturbing. I like fun books, and this book fits the bill nicely. This is the only book to ever make me laugh out loud and was neither boring or disturbing. Unfortunately, several years after reading the book, I went and saw the movie. Everyone who had never heard of Forrest Gump would finally get to see the joys that I found in Forrest Gump. Ugh! The movie was awful! I bet if you've seen and loved the movie, but not yet read the book, you will hate the book. If you have read the book but have not seen the movie, you will hate the movie. It's weird how it works this way.
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