Asian Reacts to FORREST GUMP | Movie React | Life is a Box of Chocolates

[@tanaraeh]

YES! OMG!! Thank you!!! I get so tired of people seeing Jenny as a gold digger and nothing else. I am so glad to see someone acknowledge her struggles too and how that affected her life. So many see her as a villain, especially guys. I never did and I'm glad you didn't either. 😁

[@Lethgar_Smith]

"A million dollar wound" is a wound that causes no debilitation abut takes you off the front lines so you can relax in a hospital for a month.

[@paulcurlin2789]

A "Million Dollar wound" is one that will send you back to the US but doesn't have long term physical effect like loosing a limb or eyes etc.

[@rickardroach9075]

7:15 Bubba was drafted (compulsory service via lottery) whereas Forrest volunteered.

[@shevawn4927]

This movie shows you how to overcome the adversities life throws at you, and triumph.

[@Brooklyn_Bleek]

Yeah, it took Jenny having a child & choosing not to "run away", experiencing being loved & returning it, then realizing it & reaching out to forrest...unfortunately a bit too late. But, you're probably the best person I've seen that picked up on everything throughout the movie. Great Reactions tho! (Oh, an OCS is Officer Candidate School. People with high potential/College grads groomed for high ranking positions & jobs. Plus, my guess why Forrest didn't go pro-football was that the Army Recruiter got to him 1st. If a manager/agent wanted to represent him & got to him 1st, plus Forrest's very impulsive, he definitely would've gone that route)

[@henryellow]

I believe it was because she felt that she wasn't worth being loved. Or that no one would truly love her. I mean, she was treated badly by men (except Forrest) her whole life. Her father abused her. I imagine her boyfriend in college took that picture of her and submitted it to Playboy magazine, thus getting her kicked out of school. Wesley hit her. And whoever she got involved with after that, got her into drugs and also hit her. Forrest is the only one who showed her what a loving and proper life is. He was the only man who truly loved her. I'm glad she did realize that at the end. ... Yea, it's because the army recruiter got to him first 😂 He probably said, "OK" and joined the army right there and then.

[@mmsizzlak]

I can't lie...I shit on her for decades... Until not long ago (literally yesterday) when I realized she did it all for her son... When she realized she was dying, she instigated pretty much the main plotline to ensure he'd be taken care of... Also realized it played right into the theme of her not being able to love herself enough to do anything for herself... All the chances she had to REALLY take advantage of Forrest, like leeching off of him as soon as he hit some money, she didn't... She was a single mother for years yet never reached out to the father until she got the doomed diagnosis... But she did not reach out because she learned some humility, she reached out for her son. So, she could not love herself, possibly did not "love" Forrest in that romantic way, but she was "sick" and knew it was inevitable that there'd be a point where she would not be able to take care of Jr, and she ACTUALLY loved him, hands down and no argument there... Her friend had to help drive Jr back n forth to daycare, yet never before the diagnosis did she bother him for money...I think by that point she KNEW she could EASILY manipulate Forest much more than she had... All I'm saying is I shit on her for like 99% of all this time since the film came out and I saw it in theaters and I got it wrong... You can be angry she pushed him into a marriage, but the intent behind it wasn't what you may have thought

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Jenny constantly rejecting Forest. Then when she contracted every STD known to man, she sleeps with him... XD

[@barryscott8041]

A "Million Dollar Wound" means you get be in hospital for awhile, or maybe even go home

[@jeffking887]

Glad you liked it. It’s interesting to see how this movie is received in other cultures. It’s pretty much a synopsis of US history, post WWII. Forrest and Jenny are the Yin and Yang of baby boomers. The sound track is the music of my youth. To some of your questions: Million Dollar Wound. It doesn’t kill you, but it gets you out of combat. GI stands for Government Issue. It became a euphemism for enlisted personnel. Jenny had hepatitis C contracted from shared hypodermic needles.

[@henryellow]

"Forrest and Jenny are the Yin and Yang of baby boomers." You're absolutely right! I like the way you put it 😄 Thanks for answering the questions I was wondering about 😉

[@Brooklyn_Bleek]

Oh, ok. Hep-C is easier to explain. I always thought it was HIV since it was around the 80s when it was "introduced" and it could've been contracted through needles too. But, thinking about it now, it was too new as oppposed to now where you can bring a child full term into the world being HIV+.

[@calrowles9790]

Actually GI stands for General Infantry

[@tracyfrazier7440]

@@calrowles9790yes, that’s what I thought.

[@clownzzz4837]

There was a draft during VietNam, so unless you knew someone, if your number came up, you went. Although many chose to give up their citizenship (aka draft dodgers) and move to Canada. FYI, most of those who fled to Canada were allowed to move back after the war was over.

[@henryellow]

So for those who dodged the draft, their citizenship was revoked... For those allowed to move back after the war, was their citizenship restored?

[@ryanje8147]

Henry. I am a recent subscriber to your channel. Thank you for reacting to this movie. It is one of my favorites. I love how Bubba kept taking about shrimp. LOL. One other thing, I got distracted by that tiny piece of paper stuck on your neck. Anyway.....keep up the good work.

[@henryellow]

Welcome aboard! 😊 Glad you enjoyed my reaction. Oh, perhaps I didn't realize that 😂

[@flarrfan]

You got to put the past behind you before you can move on. True for Forrest but especially true for Jenny. Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks.

[@henryellow]

"Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks." That's so true. For Jenny, what she needed to do was let go and move on. Forrest helped her do that 😊

[@flarrfan]

@@henryellow Many reactors don't understand that last time she left the morning after they made love, she really wasn't running but going off to put her past behind her, to learn to love herself so she could truly love Forrest.

[@flarrfan]

@@henryellow BTW Blazing Saddles was the first time I've seen you react and I really liked the way you inserted the Wiki article and a couple of other things to show what you did to try to understand the film better!

[@henryellow]

Thanks 😊 I do try to research things I don't understand, but sometimes I miss out on some stuff. I appreciate the comments 😉

[@apatternedhorizon]

He actually had lines He said "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all."

[@montist1]

Watergate is one of the largest messes in American History. We all need the primer

[@barryscott8041]

I was a teenager then, and Watergate was on the TV News every night for over a year. Nixon fought like hell to not have his office tapes released, all the way up to the Supreme Court. He lost, and the tapes showed him paying blackmail, committing Obstruction etc. etc. from the Oval Office

[@barryscott8041]

I was a young teen in the late 1960s, and the Vietnam War was on the TV news, every. single. night, for years and years. Each year that went by, the war became more and more unpopular. Bobby Kennedy ran for President in '68 to try and end it

[@longfootbuddy]

i remember seeing the sillouettes of the doc and nurse, under the lamps as they cleaned me up when i was born

[@Alec_RTR]

I like the video, but in my opinion, you left out the best scene in the entire movie. When Forrest asks Jenny, "Is he smart, or is he like me...?" That scene is absolutely gut wrenching. It's the first time we realize that Forrest is WELL AWARE of how different he is from others and how others judge him. He finds out he has a son and missed the first 3 years of his life, and his immediate reaction is concern for his child. Just an amazing scene all around.

[@henryellow]

I do agree. That's why I knew he would be a great dad. I actually felt that he was well aware of many things, including his uniqueness. The scene that I can think of is when he thought, "I guess Lieutenant Dan figured there's some things you just can't change. He didn't want to be called crippled, just like I didn't want to be called stupid." He may be different, but that doesn't stop him from being a loving and caring friend / father.

[@andrewreynolds8100]

7:44 OCS is Officer Candidate School. Basically, USA military officers have university education. OCS allows for conscripts to skip the education part and eventually become officers.

[@henryellow]

Oh, I see. So one must have a university education to become a military officer. So OCS gives you the opportunity to become an officer even without going to university.

[@BTAColorado]

OCS stands for Officer Candidate School, where prospects are considered for an officer's commission. G.I. is short for Government Issue and was used as a term for soldiers during the war. In the Vietnam era there was a draft, Bubba may have been made to go.

[@henryellow]

Bubba did say that he was looking to buy a boat when he was drafted, so it's probably true that he was made to go.

[@tracyfrazier7440]

I thought it stood for General Infantry. Now I have to look it up.

[@akviperkitty6]

What I got from this is that Forrest is a clueless innocent who never let his fame and achievements go to his head.

[@henryellow]

Yup, I believe it's because he never pursued fame itself. He's just going with the flow, with lady luck by his side.

[@tracyfrazier7440]

@@henryellowI don’t know how lucky he was except for making money and being a father. Yes, he did go with the flow. Most importantly, he was honest and true to his word. Also had the advantage of not being depressive. Even when he was heartbroken, he chose action over wallowing in his despair. Jenny could have learned a lot from him. I guess she finally did. Sorry for the late comment, I’m just getting caught up with your reactions. It was great, but I wish you had talked a little more about what we can learn from Forrest. Then again, we really just needed to listen to his mother! Except why would she have ever let him join the Army!

[@henryellow]

@@tracyfrazier7440 He was also very lucky with his "million dollar wound". Yes, it's true he doesn't dwell on negativity. It was too late for Jenny, but at least he was able to save Lieutenant Dan from his depression. What we really need to learn from Forrest is... just keep running (moving forward)! 😆 Run, Forrest, run!

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

Gary Sinese (Lt. Dan) wore blue stockings and they used chroma key (blue screen) technology to make it look like he had no legs

[@henryellow]

Lt. Dan is my favorite character, I loved his story of turning his life around and finding peace within himself (with a big help from Forrest 😉)

[@michellelamar8965]

The actor is pretty cool too. Sincerely doing this very movie, he has gotten SUPER involved in helping veterans.

[@montist1]

Thanks for this one. I need more history in my life and this movie delivers

[@henryellow]

Same here! You should check out the comments, there's a lot to learn from the people here 😉

[@RyanNightTalks]

really enjoyed your analysis at the end!

[@henryellow]

Thank you 😄

[@rickardroach9075]

16:55 According to Tom Hanks he said, "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that."

[@henryellow]

Cool! Thanks for sharing that~ 😊

[@chirhoiota885]

Lolol. I'm enjoying this. I volunteer a lot at a veterans' club, and it's kind of adorable how little you knew about the US military when you recorded this. I'm not throwing shade. I'm just surrounded by retired combat veterans (mostly from the Vietnam era) allllll the time. They say things I don't understand alllll the time.

[@henryellow]

Cool 😯 I'm sure they have inside jokes and acronyms that outsiders wouldn't understand 😂

[@stevefoulston]

On April 15, 1967, more than 100,000 people demonstrated against the war with a march through New York City and a rally held at the United Nations. On October 21, 1967, a crowd estimated at 50,000 protesters marched from Washington, D.C. to the parking lots of the Pentagon. Peace out.

[@henryellow]

Wow, thanks for sharing, Steve 😊

[@calrowles9790]

Loved your reaction. Liked and subscribed

[@henryellow]

Thank you, Cal! 😊

[@tempsitch5632]

Extra hard LOL for me right now during the ode to your legs because I’ve got a new condition that makes it difficult to walk and when I do I have seisures and convulsions in my legs later, which are happening heavy right now, which is why I’m watching reactions - to cheer myself up. The irony isn’t lost on me.

[@tempsitch5632]

The reason the guy selling the boat asked if Forrest was stupid wasn’t about taking advantage of him financially. It was in reference to him being green at shrimping and spending all that money to try something that big that he had no experience with. Everyone else in the area has been shrimping since they were kids.

[@henryellow]

Sorry to hear that, Temp. I wish for your speedy recovery, or improvement of your condition 🤗 ... Ah, I see. Because everyone else in the area was like Bubba. They had shrimping experience before they even started. Thanks for sharing your thoughts 😉

[@tempsitch5632]

@@henryellow thanks for the well-wishes little bro

[@TangentOmega]

Dude, I'm paralyzed from the neck down and it's fine. Biggest difference is... I don't multitask. OCS is officer candidate school for enlisted to become officers. Cleaning the floor with a toothbrush is punishment, not janitorial duty. In the 60s it was common to ask strangers for rides or hitchhike. Which is worse? Losing your glasses or your contacts? Jenny had HIV/AIDS. In the early 80s it took them quick. For people familiar with it, it was foreshadowed when it showed her using needles with other people. It's a common way to pass it to others.

[@henryellow]

Tangent, was it an injury from the war? Contacts would be more costly compared to glasses, and I doubt anyone would have the convenience to wash / change their contacts in the army. So glasses win, in my opinion 😂

[@TangentOmega]

@@henryellow LOL...let's say yes. 🙂

[@henryellow]

Sorry, that question was phrased too generally 😂 What I meant to ask is, if you don't mind sharing, what happened?

[@TangentOmega]

@@henryellow I have Multiple Sclerosis. Took 18 years to get to this point.. Honestly, if you lost your legs, you'd adjust, just in a different way. I'm on here giving people a hard time, like I would be normally, except instead of typing with my hands, I use a mouth stick. There is strength in you. Don't undersell yourself.

[@henryellow]

Sorry to hear that. I respect you for your determination. You are living proof that, no matter what happens, there's always a way to adjust and make things happen. Thank you for sharing. You're an inspiration 😊

[@jimmoore2838]

I love this movie so much. You did great on this reaction

[@henryellow]

Thanks, Jim 😊 It's inspiring to me to watch Forrest's life that's like a box of chocolates. I hope you enjoyed my Movie React 😄

[@rickardroach9075]

29:58 They had about 11 months together before she died from (according to the book) Hepatitis C (although I suspect most viewers would assume it was from AIDS).

[@henryellow]

I thought it was only a couple of months. I'm glad they at least had 11 months of happiness together, though it's still not nearly enough at all 😔

[@lordwalker71]

There was going to be a sequel where Forrest was raising Forrest jr who had aids from Jenny but the script showed up the day before 9/11 and they decided not to make the movie. It’s pretty obvious she had aids because it was the early 80’s when she died and doctors didn’t know what it was at first.

[@michellelamar8965]

The BOOK may say Hep c but the movie (from what I understand) did NOT follow the book at ALL (thank god.. from what I’ve been told about yhe book i have no desire yo resd it.) anyway my point being, the book may say hep C but i 1000% believe the screenwriters and directors were absolutely trying to infer she gad HIV/AIDS, and i will die on that hill.

[@barryscott8041]

@@michellelamar8965 I saw this movie in the theater when it came out, and it blew us all away. Later I got the paperback and......well, it sucked. This is definitely one of those cases where the book is NOT better than the film

[@barryscott8041]

@@michellelamar8965 She said right out, "They don't know what it is, and they don't know what to do about it." That isn't Hep C. I agree. Jenny had AIDS

[@rickardroach9075]

8:53 Hitchhiking was more common back then. It was a simpler time when serial killers didn’t seem to be as prolific.

[@ManuelMartinez-fo1rp]

Tell that to all the victims of, zodiac killer, Ted Bundy, Gucci clown, btk, the son of Sam, William Bonny,Richard Bradford,Briley Brothers,Shelly Brooks, Carrol Cole, etc. Too many to mention🤣🤣🤣. There wasn't the internet and the explosion of available information. TV was more for entertainment and not crime focused programs. Serial killers had always been around-the-clock.

[@barryscott8041]

You are right. I was a hippie in the late 70s and we all hitchhiked, all the time. Didn't bother us

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

they had a group of a couple hundred extras and they filmed them over and over in sections around the reflecting pool

[@henryellow]

Ohhh, now that's a neat trick. Still a lot more time & effort compared to CGI nowadays

[@merchillio]

Yep you were close with the million dollars wound. It’s a wound that gets you away from the frontlines but has no long term consequences. It’s the luckiest you can get.

[@henryellow]

Luck has always been on his side, it seems. Though it was a million dollar wound, it was a pain in the butt when he got it 😂

[@merchillio]

@@henryellow ha ha! Nice one!

[@lordwalker71]

The older girl on the school bus wearing the red and white dress is Tom Hanks daughter Elizabeth. Tom said he based his speech pattern on the boy who played him as a kid because he was from that area of Alabama. There was going to be a sequel where Forrest was raising his son who contracted aids from Jenny and Forrest was going to meet Princess Diana and be near the Oklahoma bombing and other 90’s events but the script showed up the day before 9/11 and Tim Hanks and the director decided the movie had no meaning anymore. Most of the crowd at that anti war rally were not really there, they basically used computers to make the crowd look larger, they basically copied and pasted the people who were there. Jenny was so damaged by the abuse she suffered as a kid that she thought she didn’t deserve happiness and she probably thought she would hurt Forrest more if he stuck around.

[@henryellow]

Thanks for those interesting facts 😉 Yea, I got the crowd trick by now 😂 It looked realistic enough to me (for a show filmed during that time) Exactly, I'm glad she finally found herself after having Forrest Jr.

[@belletelaraboutique5141]

This movie was a huge break through in movie magic, and it pushed green screen technology to the limit and brought it to a new height. They put Tom Hanks into actual footage of the era and even interacting with them. I don't just mean talking to a stand-in, I mean they blended him in like never before, making it look like he shook their hand and they change the lip movement and sound cutting and made it look so real for the time. Now, the rally, you had it 50% right, they did use a green screen and only (I think) a few hundred people. They started with them up close in front of a screen, then they moved every one and the green screen back and re-shot the scene with the new position. They did this over and over until the had filled the rally area.

[@henryellow]

Imagine the amount of time and effort it took to make all this happen (with the technology they had at that time). I respect them for that

[@bionicoldsmobile]

The guy wearing a US flag shirt at about kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4SbdnyYftWZf80 is supposed to be Abbie Hoffman. Fun fact: Hoffman wrote a book titled "Steal This Book".

[@sharonjoan1970]

Just found your channel I loved your reaction, I liked and subscribed. Good luck with your channel l am looking forward to seeing what other movies you react to.

[@henryellow]

Thank you for subscribing, Sharon! Happy to have you on board 😊

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush was one of those punishments that is often talked about and threatened but you never actually see any one have to do it. It's a bit of a cliché

[@henryellow]

I wonder how long it would take to scrub the whole floor with a toothbrush 😂

[@superbooster2636]

4:08 I don't think he has slightly fast super-speed, just a penchant for remembering past events as a lot more fantastic than they maybe actually were 😂

[@HealhoeGaming]

this is my favorite movie, hope you liked it. When bubba says about going into the shrimping business after he gets out of the army and you say about is it mandatory, its not mandatory but in some parts of the us people are so poor that the military is the best option for them in terms of money and surviving

[@BTAColorado]

There was a draft during Vietnam. It was compulsory for many.

[@henryellow]

I see... So some people choose to join the army because they receive pay while on active duty. I've never thought about it that way before 🤔 Or it could be as Brian said. That it was a compulsory draft during the Vietnam war.

[@johnhoglund5580]

@@henryellow I think that's the last time we had a draft. We haven't had a draft since I believe. Basically just voluntary now but you can make a pretty good career out of it.

[@kikiwannabananawatermelonmango]

@@henryellow our last draft was for the Vietnam War. And Bubba even says on the bus that he was drafted before he had a chance to be a shrimp boat captain.

[@steven95N]

10:00 I wore glasses/goggles during my first deployment. Technically my eyesight disqualified me from the Army but I received an eyesight waiver due to various reasons. I had my eyesight corrected when I got home, just because of how inconvenient my glasses were. It's hard to lose them in an intense, even if I don't have a glasses strap on they degrade extremely fast, scratches, ect. If they let me with 20/500 vision enlist, I'm sure they'll let anyone.

[@henryellow]

If your glasses can survive a war, I'm sure they could've survived anything 😂 Were your glasses issued by the military? Or was it your personal one?

[@steven95N]

@@henryellow My issued glasses would usually last a few weeks before becoming un-usable. Not necessarily a testament to the harsh environment but the initial cheap government issued glasses are crap. Luckily, I had a wide range of my own glasses to choose from. Also, my insurance meant I could get more. The only time I was stuck wearing the government issued glasses was in Basic Combat Training. My drill sergeants called me "Eyes" and refused to ever let me take them off 🤣.

[@henryellow]

Only a few weeks?! That says a lot about it's quality 😂 Thanks for sharing about it, Steve

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

there is a deleted scene where he happens upon Dr. martin luther king

[@henryellow]

During the scene in the black panther party, I was wondering whether Forrest would eventually meet Martin Luther King 😆

[@FrancisXLord]

If Jenny did die of that certain sexually transmitted virus that we were just hearing about at the time, there would have been no treatment, it would have been a death sentence. The clock would be ticking the moment she was diagnosed. Not sure if that's the one they intended but I always read it that way because of where they were in history at the time.

[@henryellow]

I believe it was transmitted through the use of needles. And yes, I heard there was no treatment during that time

[@michellelamar8965]

First off, many will tell you that the virus was hepatitis C, which DOES fit, because the books sequel says it was. However, the book and tge movie are two separate things.. from what I understand, the book is very different, not something I am interested in reading. (Totally changes his personality) Anyway, despite the books, I firmly believe yhe screenwriters and director s, etc for the MOVIE were definitely trying to make us think AIDS . Ill die on that hill. That part of the movie takes place early 1980’s. At that time scientists were frantically trying yo figure out what the hell this new sickness was, there was absolutely no treatment, and people could die fairly quickly from it.

[@barryscott8041]

Jenny had AIDS, which was a death sentence in the 80s, and it killed you fast.

[@jtcash2005]

"Lonesome Dove"

[@vitowash3687]

I think those people didn't age to show that the world doesn't change. We change but the world stays the same. Maybe.

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

he’s well dressed but still conservative in style.

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

same school bus driver in beginning and end

[@henryellow]

That bus driver, Dorothy Harris, must've found the fountain of youth 😂

[@mmsizzlak]

As one Asian person to another.... I'd like you to polish up on your deductive reasoning lol..."compulsory" = mandatory military service = the military draft. Nearly every Asian country has mandatory military service or a neighbor who does, c'mon man! Back then, they instituted a draft of men over 18, with some getting deferments for this reason and that, but for the most part, few elected to go to war but Forrest did. The big student protests were over the youth of that era both disagreeing with the war overall morally and their vitriol for the draft... We in the states tend to not like to be forced into anything Oh and she's--meaning Jenny--most likely a drug addict and was in recovery when she just kept "sleeping"... In a sense you were correct that she felt "safe" but it was prolly just good ol' withdrawals... Coke and heroin were THE drugs of choice even back then (that was actually it's heyday in terms of it's emergence of widespread use)

[@henryellow]

Yes, it would make sense that her "sleep" was due to withdrawal. It didn't cross my mind because heroin withdrawal is usually accompanied with agitation, shaking, vomiting, etc. But if it was cocaine, then her fatigue and sleepiness makes more sense. Thanks for sharing, Sizzlak 😊

[@blacktronlego]

7:02 In some ways it's the perfect place, he is told exactly what to do. He couldn't be an officer and make decisions or give orders to others, but as a Private he is in exactly the right place. I don't think military service was compulsory, but he needed to earn money first, before he could go into shrimping. 25:54 I think Jenny thinks she's 'damaged goods' and that Forrest could do much better, she doesn't understand that he will never love anyone else, even while she stumbles around from one abusive relationship to another.

[@henryellow]

He fit in surprisingly well. He can't make decisions or give orders, but he sure is disciplined. So he proved me wrong there 😂 I agree with you, that's how she saw herself 😢 I'm glad she had Forrest Jr. He changed her world.

[@tempsitch5632]

What’s your shirt from ?

[@henryellow]

From a store in a shopping mall. Honestly, I can't remember where I got it 😂

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

he met JFK, LBJ and Nixon.

[@3rdlegbrigade258]

OCS……Officer Candidate School……

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

he wears those blue plaid shirts a. lot

[@brianplyter2225]

At the time of the movie all men could be drafted into the army unless you had a exemption. Forest was exempt because he was in college, after he graduated he was no longer exempt. That was why so many were against that Unpopular war. You could be made to go. The college exemption was removed I be leave about 1969 which made all men over18 subject for the draft. The man at the protest in the flag shirt is Abby Hofman a college professor

[@henryellow]

So after 1969, every man over 18 has to be drafted into the army even if they're still studying in college? 😯

[@brianplyter2225]

@@henryellow every male over 18 was electable for the draft unless you had a deferment. At 18 you were required to register for the draft by law and had to carry a draft card with your status on it . 1A being the most elegable, 4F was a medical deferment. Burning you draft card was a big thing at protests, punishable by arrest and jail. In 1971 when I was 18 and in college there were three of us living in a house , all of us up for the draft. In Washington DC they they would have 366 pieces of paper in big tub, and would draw out one at time . they would draw January 1 first, then January 2 ext. They were taking numbers 1 thru 10 that year for the draft my number when draw was 361, second roommate got 251, third roommate got 8. He had to report for a physical but did not get drafted he had a bad ankle. You could avoid the war if drafted by joining the National Guard.

[@DerOberfeldwebel]

Looking at the flyer he got, I always thought Forrest was led into volunteering (Hence why he thought he might have made a mistake = signing up).

[@henryellow]

@@brianplyter2225 Thanks for sharing, Brian. So were you sent to Vietnam when you were in the army?

[@barryscott8041]

My brother and I were in junior high school in 1975. All us guys were sweating. Nobody wanted to go there. We thought Nixon would wrap it up, but he got.....distracted

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

the ping pong balls were CG

[@henryellow]

I guessed as much 🤣

[@BriBryBriBry]

It’s a movie brotha.. ya, he should of could of done things differently.. but that’s not how the writer wrote it lol..

[@rickardroach9075]

31:25 Maybe it’s Dorothy Harris’s daughter? 🤷‍♂️

[@henryellow]

A family of bus drivers? Passing down the noble task of bus driving from generation to generation? Perhaps. Or perhaps she is Dorothy Harris, the immortal bus driver of Alabama. She drives the-bus-that-never-stops till the end of days 😎

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

Dallas’ (from Phoenix) glasses are government issue.

[@jeffking887]

“Birth control device” per USMC

[@LadyHeathen82]

Listen to GUMP by Weird AL.

[@tomlompa6598]

You should understand that you may not know how things are done in other countries. Also, a very different mindset between cultures!

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

OCS OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL

[@tomreichardt6044]

Psalm 15: of David. LORD, who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain? Whoever walks without blame, doing what is right, speaking truth from the heart; Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to a friend, never defames a neighbor; Who disdains the wicked, but honors those who fear the LORD; Who keeps an oath despite the cost, lends no money at interest, accepts no bribe against the innocent. Whoever acts like this shall never be shaken.

[@Sizzlik]

Why overthinking a movie an ask questions like "couldnt he get an athletes dehree after college?" ...well yeah. Gump went professional athlete for 8 years, retired because of back problems, end of movie. I hope you never watch terminator and realize the time travel is a paradox and question it aswell. Movies are to be watched..not questioned how it could end otherwise...arrgh..my pet peeve..sorry :)

[@henryellow]

If he had done any one thing differently, the ending would've been drastically different. Naturally, I'm glad it went the way it did 😊 I just tend to question and overthink things sometimes 😅😂