{"id":21366,"date":"2019-06-04T21:42:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T04:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=21366"},"modified":"2019-06-04T21:43:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T04:43:13","slug":"review-forrest-gump-25th-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/06\/review-forrest-gump-25th-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Forrest Gump: 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Forrest Gump<\/em><\/strong> is a wonderful and uplifting drama-comedy that lets viewers see the world through the eyes of an innocent and completely sincere man.<\/p>\n

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Forrest Gump
\n<\/span>\u2014 25th Anniversary \u2014<\/span>
\n(1994)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Comedy, Romance<\/span>
\nParamount | PG13 \u2013 141 min. \u2013 $14.99 | May 7, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/04\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Robert Zemeckis<\/span>
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Winston Groom (novel); Eric Roth (screenplay)<\/span>
\nCast: <\/strong>Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurettes, Trailers<\/span>
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes<\/span>
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes<\/span>
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<\/span>
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Atmos), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), German (Dolby Digital 5.1), Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)<\/span>
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35<\/span>
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish<\/span>
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>48.84 GB<\/span>
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>39.66 Mbps<\/span>
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<\/span>
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Paramount Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Slow-witted Forrest Gump (TOM HANKS) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (SALLY FIELD), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star, fighting in Vietnam or captaining a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires people with his childlike optimism. But one person Forrest cares about most may be the most difficult to save \u2013 his childhood love, the sweet but troubled Jenny (ROBIN WRIGHT).<\/p>\n

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Review: Forrest Gump<\/em><\/strong> is an oddly controversial film, some calling it a brilliant masterpiece and many others absolutely hating it, with few in the middle. I was part of the few upon my first viewing years ago but this subsequent one, for whatever reason, something clicked. This isn\u2019t a movie that works because of the screenplay, even though it did win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, but Tom Hanks\u2019 almost childlike innocence performance he brought to the role, juxtaposed opposite the dark times the country was going through from segregation to Vietnam and its aftermath, political turmoil with a presidential resignation and assassination and attempts. His simplistic viewpoint actually brought both tremendous weight yet also a certain charm, although from what I read those who disliked the movie, his Pollyanna viewpoint is a bone of contention, which I actually can see.<\/p>\n

What also excels beyond Tom Hanks is Gary Sinise who was brilliant as a strong-willed-turned-broken Vietnam veteran whose legs were lost after a strike, saved, against his orders, by Forrest. His scenes were some of the more moving ones of the film and really were great showing off a wide range of emotions. And not to be forgotten, Robin Wright also has some wonderfully strong scenes on her character\u2019s own journey from a brutal childhood through drug use, all the while Forrest loved her looking past, or likely oblivious, to her struggles.<\/p>\n

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Directed by Robert Zemeckis, based on the novel by Winston Groom and adapted by Eric Roth, Forrest Gump<\/em><\/strong> is just an all around well made, feel-good movie that I\u2019d guess might not play all that well in an ever-growing cynical society. For me, this viewing was better after many years when I originally was only \u2018fine\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 5.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a title-embossed slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a code for the Digital HD<\/u><\/strong> copy.<\/p>\n

Discs 1:
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