"Forrest Gump" (1994) Movie Reaction | First Time Watching

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[@theveryworstluck1894]

A lot of people try to give Jenny a pass because she had a bad childhood. There's plenty of people who had terrible childhoods who didn't grow up to be degenerates. Like, what if she was a murderer, or gave Forrest AIDS. At what point would you stop making excuses for Jenny's behavior because she had a terrible childhood?

[@talimpalim]

I can give you a small excerpt from my life. I’ve experienced similar things and made mistakes myself. Fortunately, I started training to become an educator. As part of the training, you’re required to confront yourself-it’s a bit like therapy. You learn to reflect on yourself, really reflect, and you MUST work through your past so that you can work with children with a clear conscience and not project your issues onto them. I was in therapy, but this training gave me more than any doctor ever could. I don’t think everyone has the opportunity to do this in order to move forward, and that has a big impact. This Jenny took a different path that pulled her even deeper than I ever was. Getting out of that is a lot of work. It also shows that she didn’t just have a terrible childhood, but that’s the reason many other awful things happened to her afterward. But she managed to overcome it, even though it took longer. AIDS was not well understood back then, I know the theory, but how can you judge someone for having and spreading a disease that no one knew about and that lies dormant before symptoms appear? Of course, you can decide for yourself, but I think many people who defend her, as you say, can only understand the experiences-this doesn’t necessarily mean they approve of it, just that they can grasp it. Those are just my two cents on the whole thing.

[@tomconstance2391]

She didn't die of AIDS. Per the screenwriter she died of hepatitis C. Makes sense in that they wouldn't have wanted her character to pass HIV onto Forrest or her son.

[@theveryworstluck1894]

@@tomconstance2391 Oh. I didn't know that. Thank you, seriously. I always assumed it was AIDS. Did doctors in the 80s or whatever it was not know what Hepatitus was?

[@carlr8061]

What do you think every single person reacts the same way to everything or something? You should know better than that. It's not an excuse. She obviously doesn't have any self worth & doesn't think she's worthy of anything good & unless you've been raped as a child you can't say how she's suppose to act. Besides I've never heard of anyone in my 59 years that ever get's over something like that. A lot of times people kill themselves their so tormented by it. Or sometimes they become a pedo.And also that was the mid 70's when she slept with him. There wasn't any aids back then. Don't think so shallow.

[@ErinRaeASMR]

everyone else has already said what needs to be said about Jenny and the way she felt about herself and Forrest, but there’s something else that reactors (especially those who didn’t necessarily live through this era) don’t really catch on to. Forrest got up and went for a cross country run after the night he and Jenny spent together, and he didn’t stop for almost four years. his son is almost four years old when they meet. there weren’t cell phones or email or instant messaging back in this time. Jenny points out that she followed his run to the detail, keeping a scrapbook about it the whole time, but he was essentially off the grid and she had no way to actually contact him to tell him about his son. she sent him a letter when she realized he’d made it back to Alabama. I think regardless of whether she knew she was dying, she was always trying to do the right thing to unite Forrest with his son ❤️ great reaction guys!

[@RogCBrand]

Great points. It can be hard for a lot of people, born in the 90s and especially later, to realize how we didn't used to be connected constantly. Telephone calls, only to your home and without answering machines, or else letters taking days to go through the mail, were the only way to stay in touch. If people moved apart, it took a good deal of effort to stay connected!

[@sunnyj210]

Thank U!!!!! My husband hates when I watch a Forrest reaction bc I scare the shit of him every time when, without fail, at some point I scream "HE WAS RUNNING!!!! HE WAS RUNNING!!! THERE WERE NOOOO CELL PHONES!!!" It drives me crazy!!

[@gk5891]

You can't believe how many reactors watch the Godfather and can't figure out why Michael finds out in a Newspaper when he was Christmas Shopping. I left out "what" to avoid a spoiler.

[@SyntheticCK]

I disagree. The timelines I've seen show Forrest being done with running in 79, but not receiving the letter until 81. Was Jenny's story tragic? Definitely. Doesn't give her the right to deny Forrest knowledge of his son.

[@gk5891]

@SyntheticCK The timeline in the movie isn't reliable. Apple IPO - December 12, 1980 HIV identified - May 12, 1983

[@tigerjonn]

Jenny telling Forrest to run away... is exactly how Jenny lives her life. Running away from everything. Even as a child, she wanted to run far far away from her dad. Jenny keeps saying Forrest doesnt know what love is, but ironically, its Jenny who doesnt know what love truly is... Not until she had her child.

[@ThorWildBoar]

I feel like an idiot not getting this until you mentioned it.

[@TheDivayenta]

Jenny had C-PTSD from incestual sexual abuse.

[@MrRavager420]

makes me wonder when she contracted HIV, before birth? via needle or sex? mustve been after she had sex with forrest and gave birth

[@OCRay1]

Definitely. Except her dads love was not love, that’s evil

[@kennedymontoya9962]

Perfect summary.

[@hughfuller8416]

“Is he smart or is he…..” Breaks me every single time!!

[@ryanaromero]

For me it's "He's so smart Jenny, you'd be so proud of him"...

[@hughfuller8416]

@@ryanaromero that hits hard also.

[@matthewryan2679]

Same!

[@MrMmitch32]

Yep those two moments are guarantee tear jerking times when I watch it. I also lose it when Bubba says he wants to go home after being fatally wounded but Forrest lets us know he died right there at the riverside.

[@hughfuller8416]

@@MrMmitch32 that still hurts, to this day.

[@JustinDZS]

Jenny did truly love him. That's why she pushes him away. She knows she's toxic and is terrified she will mess up the one pure and good thing in her life due to her trauma and mental state.

[@stangsswang8355]

Right??

[@biggreenblob]

This is it. Jenny felt like she wasn't good enough for Forest. She felt like she would screw him up 😢

[@RecoveringChristian]

dr drew pinsky talks about this on Love Line. people who have had that kind of trauma as children, who grow up and who never/unable to begin a healing process, are unable to form any kind of healthy relationships. If there are any relationships that are genuine and have the foundation for something meaningful, they push it away, they cant tolerate it.

[@RyneMurray23]

That's exactly it👍🏼

[@znk0r]

She doesn't push away (That's Will Hunting). She runs away that's why its the advice she always gave Forest, RUN FOREST!

[@3lz0r69]

"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." is what Forest says in his speach according to Tom Hanks.

[@killinglonliness88]

Speech*

[@Karamarika]

It's according to the book.

[@bebop_557]

Some fun facts: The Elvis singing in this movie is actually Kurt Russell. He's an uncredited role but it is him singing. All the Vietnam scenes were filmed in Florida. There are a few giveaways that it's Florida due to the indigenous plantlife. Gary Sinese (Lt Dan) said this movie changed his view of disaffected/homeless veterans so much that since doing this film, he's donated a substantial chunk of his pay and time to helping vets.

[@mikek9315]

Because of the abuse - Jenny’s compulsion is all about running / Flying away. This theme runs through the whole of the film. From the feather floating on the breeze at the start and end, praying in the field as a child wanting to be a bird and flying away, to the birds you can hear at her grave when forest is talking to her. Even the part where you think she might jump from the apartment window (Listen to the music! It is Lynyrd Skynyrd’s - “Free Bird”). I believe the specific lyrics for that part of the track are: “Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change Oh, oh, oh, oh And the bird you cannot change And this bird, you cannot change Lord knows, I can't change Lord help me, I can't change Lord, I can't change Won't you fly high, free bird, yeah”

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Excellent post. The minutia behind her actions has to be understood through _her_ mindset about life, not ours. The movie is ultra deep and complex, underneath a simple story of a simple man who fell in love with a girl on the bus.

[@NF40375]

Jenny was there for him as a child on the bus and with bullies. Jenny was there for him in high school and with bullies. Jenny provided him with his only son. Jenny was the love of his life. And he was hers. All the while, Jenny was being sexually, emotionally, mentally, psychologically, physically abused, abandoned and neglected. Even while trying to find herself in this world with replicas of her father manifesting over and over and over and over again. Self soothing, self hatred, an abuse victim/survivor who tried to numb and exist with alcohol and drugs from the never ending pain and endless abuse. No true mental health or addiction or abuse experts in place to help or anyone to recognize aside from moving her to her grandmas trailer. But that miracle child saved her in the end then the sickness got her. She fulfilled her role on this earth for forest, little forest and her self and returned to heaven. So as far as I’m concerned, Jenny was extremely brave, strong, determined, and a fighter. Because she could have easily jumped off that balcony or took enough drugs to overdose or became a cutter, or human trafficked or pregnant by an abuser or even her father. Remember Jenny wasn’t the only victim in that childhood home. She had sisters who went through the same thing at the hands of the father. Put some respect on that name Jenny. And place the blame where it 💯 belongings. On her father!

[@cliffwheeler7357]

Well said that man. I get sick and tired of the unjustified negativity thrown at Jenny. The world has become a hard place for people with mental or physical disabilities. A bit of love and understanding can go a long way.

[@barryscott8041]

Jenny was the only person who made Forrest happy. She came back and sought out Forrest for the sake of her son. Jenny always loved Forrest. She just never thought she was good enough for him, or anybody.....this was a good reaction, until the anti-Jenny diatribe at the end.

[@michaeldavidfigures9842]

Thank you for showing Jenny some respect and love.

[@wadeschalk4599]

Lt Dan sticking up for Forrest is my favorite part of this movie

[@Shellytrifle.]

Me too❤

[@miketrujillo3677]

To be fair She tasted like cigarettes

[@barryscott8041]

I saw this movie in the theater, and the moment that scene started (girl in her bra sitting on Lt. Dan's lap), the couple in front of us got up and walked out......their loss.

[@steven2640]

Obviously some serious self-loathing with Jenny. People like that hate themselves, don't feel worthy of happiness and make a lot of bad decisions.

[@christinegelabert1651]

People NEVER seem to catch it when Forrest Gump says AFTER 5 YEARS of college. THEY kept him an extra year I'm sure for that team because they pass kids IN FOUR who are players who don't have disabilities that play on their teams. THEY'VE done that for their athletes forever, but they held onto him for an extra year! They knew they could and it wouldn't be looked at sideways because of his disability. It's NOT like he has gone to any special Ed schools before that or they had anything setup for special Ed kids like they do now.

[@aliciasavage6801]

Many people dont realize just how much things that happen in childhood can effect your life, especially traumas as horrific as SA. It stays in the subconscious , it forms how people perceive the world and themselves, and even when a person may think they have gotten past it or that it didnt effect them it actually has and they haven't realized it yet, just suppressed it and it comes out other ways.

[@Karamarika]

That happened to me when my father died. I thought I didn't care that he was never there and never tried to have a relationship with me. Then he died and I found myself sobbing uncontrollably. I think it hit me that now there was no chance that he would ever care. It really shocked me that I felt that way.

[@Dalehenrickson]

Jenny knew she was messed up. That’s why she stayed away from forest in her dog years knowing that she would do bad things to forest if they got together. When she straighten yourself out is when she allowed herself to be with a good man.

[@757optim]

So many people don't seem to get this.

[@da40flyer]

"Is he smart or is he..." might be the most emotionally devastating line ever written for a movie. Total gut punch.

[@sharonrigsby5297]

I don't think you're human if you don't at least tear up during this movie. It has such heart. ❤

[@aliciasavage6801]

Jenny wasn't "teasing" forest, she was damaged and was scared and hated herself. And it didnt "break Forrest, the movie showed that he had an amazing and meaningful life. She also didnt "hide" the child from forrest - how was she suppose to contact him when he was running across the country for over three years. She got pregnant and got her life together for her child, and when Forrest was done running she wrote him to come. Some people are way too hard on Jenny like she is "the bad guy". No the "bad guys" are the ones who judge others without knowing what they've gone through or how they feel.

[@davidhuett3579]

Exactly! Jenny did love Forrest but probably thought she was not good enough for him, because of all the baggage she carried from a traumatic childhood.

[@stpatty3310]

It takes life experience or compassion beyond your years to get this. When this movie came out I was about 15 and I really disliked Jenny for the way she acted. Now that I've experienced some of the pains and hardships of life, uncovered some of my own traumas and how they've impacted me over the years, I think her story is the more compelling story, and every bit as sympathetic of a character as Forrest. I love how movies can be experienced completely differently depending on your life perspective.

[@davestang5454]

You could say that Jenny intentionally got pregnant with Forrest so she could at least have a piece of Forrest, the only person she ever truly loved and trusted, with her.

[@mumm-ratheeverliving2288]

I felt that Jenny always did love Forrest. She just knew that she had a lot of problems and didn't want to burden Forrest with her issues. The reason she kept going back to Forrest was because her love for him wouldn't let her stay away from him when she needed true love in her life. I don't think it was to intentionally hurt or tease Forrest.

[@bertdavis5482]

Jenny was molested by the one person that should have been her protector as a little girl, her dad, so not only did she not know what real love was, she probably felt dirty and undeserving of Forrest love and affection. Drugs, sex, and her wild life were a way for her to escape the depression and worthlessness she felt. We need more Forrest Gumps in the world because he demonstrated his love for her by not being judgement and not giving up on her.

[@MSgt_0699]

The theme is brilliant: *RUN.* While Forest grew up with love, he ran to get places and achieved. Jenny, on the other hand, grew up abused and ran to get away from everything. and getting nowhere.

[@martiwalsh2069]

Because of her childhood abuse, Jenny couldn't believe she ever deserved kindness.

[@pauliwog12]

Jenny loved Forrest. She thought he was too pure and innocent for her and she didn't want to bring her problems on him.

[@NapalmThunderbum]

This movie always makes me cry but when I see Ket cry it breaks my heart a second time. I am sensitive to these things too. I felt like we cried at all the same parts. I read through a good bit of the comments on here about Jenny and in a way a lot of people are right saying that she didn't think she was worthy of Forrest and still loved him but I have been through a lot of therapy myself and spent a lot of quality time with multiple people that have degrees in psychology, having in depth conversations with them and with survivors of abuse. From my understanding Jenny had such terrible abuse during her developmental years by the person that was supposed to be her protector as she grew. The abuse gets normalized in the child's brain as it is literally creating its neural pathways which is what influences our perception of the world and our decision making. In a way she wasn't so much trying to save Forrest from her, she has a deep seated pathway in her brain that when things become too intimate that danger lies ahead and there is no way that love is pure and without abuse or problems. That's why despite what the outsider sees as logical to stay with Forrest instead of going right back into the arms of the person that hit her, that behavior feels more familiar for her and eventually she jumps to another person because she is always trying to protect herself from the threat she grew up with but cant believe that true love exists at the same time. It isn't a very conscious behavior at all. In many ways she was helpless to make better decisions but ultimately over time Forrest and their son became the corrective experiences that allowed her to essentially rewire those pathways in her brain and let the old ones extinguish. I feel sorry for Jenny. 100 percent. She did the best she could with what she was given. "And that's all I have to say about that."

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Have to remember (or realize) that Jenny never left Forrest the whole movie, until after they slept together. He always followed her; to college, the stage, and then they ran into each other in DC. But you made a great point I haven't heard yet -- she never told him to stop. But here's the key part -- his love was always a blanket for her (and she surely loved him), but she was never strong enough or self-sufficient enough to believe intimate marriage was for her. And she sure didn't want to screw Forrest by dragging him down with her. It was the 60's too -- most kids gravitated towards drugs and the 'freedom' of getting high. She had to grow up first.

[@stevejoshua9536]

Jenny's refusal to marry Forrest kinda throws a wrench into your belief that she's after his money.

[@flarrfan]

No psychologist needed, Forrest said it best: "Sometimes you gotta put the past behind you before you can move on."

[@sharonhoyt2133]

Jenny was trying to save Forrest from her. His life was better without her and she knew it. Forrest kept going to Jenny and she pushed him away because she was damaged and knew it. They were both damaged and each of them ran in different ways. Jenny straightened up her life after she found out she was pregnant. Dealing with her trauma and the responsibility of a child helped her complete her transition to a healthier way of life. If she had been with Forrest during her destructive days she would have led him down the wrong path and he would have never had all the success he accomplished by doing what he did best...he did what he was told by people who led him to success. Jenny came back at the right time in his life and in hers. Jenny had hepatitis which many people who took heavy drugs got in those days and there was no cure from liver failure until recently. She didn't just go back to Forrest because he was a millionaire or she was sick. He was running for 3 1/2 years. She sent him the letter when he went back to his home. If Jenny and Forrest had married early on neither of them would have had to tools to have a successful marriage much less lived a successful life.

[@johnmonk66]

Jenny leaving the last time was not running, she knew she had to fix herself before she had a chance at a life with Forest.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Dan tells Forrest in the bar, u become a captain and I'm an astronaut! Later when he's walking, he tells Forrest his legs are made of Space Shuttle material! Then they both star in Apollo 13!!! Type in here Forrest Gump speech!!

[@KP-zi6jx]

Oh come on, Jenny ALWAYS loved Forrest, so much so she wanted better for him than herself...she felt she was too damaged, from her dad, and she saw her path in life always being destruction, she knew that inside, and she loved Forrest so much, SHE WANTED A BETTER LIFE FOR HIM! She wasn't teasing, she didn't come back for $...but it all turned for her, after their kid, of she found her moral compass, she finally felt good enough for Forrest, to not damage him, so she felt safe, to give Forrest what he always wanted, herself in marriage and them together...but knowing she would be leaving for good, of sick. Tragic, but beautiful...she always loved Forrest, and her always leaving was her protecting Forrest, and wanted better for him, than herself.

[@northbinolu7971]

She loved Forrest but was never in love with Forrest

[@KC-bv9kf]

Emotional vulnerability is the most precious and difficult gift we can give anyone. Jenny was hurt through out her childhood by the one person that was supposed to protect her. She learned not to be vulnerable by running and dulling her pain. Remember that this was the 60-80’s. No one even talked about this subject. The Catholic church was still moving priests around and parents still leave their boys with them. Judge not…

[@15YearsOldTalent]

well, my boy here in the reaction dose not have too much of an emotional intelligence :) Didn't got 80% about this movie, but the beautiful lady felt most of it, a kind soul.

[@danwood4171]

I never got any sense of maliciousness from her. It was simply what happens with someone that messed up. She finally got her life together, on her own, getting a job to support her child.

[@charles7836]

I could tell when it was first discovered that Jenny's dad was abusing her, that your girl was about to tear up. I'm assuming when Jenny starts throwing rocks at her house, it's going to trigger a similar response. I really enjoyed this reaction.

[@yerxiong123]

The great thing about forest is that he’s a great listener and does exactly what you tell him to do which makes him a quick learner too .

[@rebeccahanson6941]

Love the reaction but I can’t stand when people talk badly about Jenny. You have to remember she lost her mother very young, was sexually abused by her father, lived in poverty and it’s not like she ever got therapy for the horrific trauma she suffered. She loved Forrest and didn’t think she deserved him. Didn’t want to bring him down with her that’s why she always ran away from him and basically abused herself. We accept the love we think we deserve.

[@TheRepublican777]

Yes the bumper sticker and the smiley face are a real thing they were pretty popular when they came out

[@Borna909]

After seeing a few Forrest Gump reactions, I think it's safe to say that we have a case of the "woman completely gets it, man just wanders around in a macho-stupid haze" variety. Girl, if I were your age, I would immediately ask you if you wanted to marry me. The guy next to you... well... maybe he's still developing some kind of sensitivity.

[@eleegs]

Jenny and Forest represents two halves of one person. In the end they merged and the pain and hurtful part finakk disappeared with the birth of their son. The release was represented by the birds flying away at her gravesite from the tree they used to play on

[@FrancisXLord]

'We accept the love we think we deserve.' - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (reaction suggestion there) Jenny's problem, as is the problem with many people who have suffered abuse (whether physical, sexual or emotional), is that she doesn't believe herself worthy of the love of someone who will treat her with compassion and understanding. Her father defined 'love', and it was anything but. She doesn't have a clear concept of love, and fails to recognise the feeling in herself as it's always clouded by self-doubt, prompted by the actions of a father who should have loved her but didn't. I tear up watching Jenny every time she backs away from Forrest's advances, I think because I strongly empathise with her. Many reactors to Forrest Gump frustrate me with how they respond to her, but I have to remind myself that most (thankfully) are ignorant to her psychology, not having similar experiences as a child.

[@mrh3578]

One of the greatest stories ever portrayed in a movie. And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.

[@munchmandrifta]

It's interesting how times change... When I saw this movie in 1994, I was 9 or 10 and as soon as she said she had a virus and was dying I knew instantly, it was HIV/AIDS... It was the Virus/Disease of the time.

[@mykayho]

HERMOSA pelicula recorre la historia moderna de Estafos Unidos en los ojos de un chico especial, y un hombre maravilloso ❤😢❤❤

[@stevejoshua9536]

So many male reactors get to that part of the movie, when Forrest was mowing the grass & Jenny walked up to him, and then the reactor proceeds to completely misread Jenny's intentions, suggesting that she only came back because he was now rich, when in fact, Jenny never gave any indication that she cared anything about Forrest's money. Also, in Jenny's college dorm room, Jenny wasn't intentionally teasing Forrest to be mean, and when the idea of having sex with Forrest crossed her mind, she really had no idea, at that point, how Forrest was going to react, nor did she realize that he would become sexually overwhelmed by merely being that close to her half-naked body. Actually, despite Jenny's promiscuity & drug use, she was basically a pure soul that, unfortunately, had been broken, and yet, she also loved Forrest enough to protect him from her own brokenness, which she, unfortunately, often handled poorly.

[@willbiles6033]

I really enjoy the two of you and your reaction. You really seem to dive into the details of each characters. Had fun watching your emotions. This movie hits the feels in very different ways and situations. Looking forward to your next reaction.

[@BudhagRizzo]

I've always felt Jenny kept rejecting Forrest because she never felt worthy of the unconditional love he had to offer. Her story is a tragedy. Whenever I see that sweet little angel at the beginning of the movie, I want to un-alive her father!

[@woodedlane]

As others have stated - Jenny loved Forest with her whole heart - so much she could not allow herself to bring him into her broken world. He meant everything to her and thus little Forest was created - and he ran for years. I thank Jenny for her always protecting Forest and in the end, giving him the best thing she could so he had a part of her - his new best friend - for the rest of his life.

[@aliarobinson6617]

jenny did the most selfless thing she could have done for him, by keeping her trauma out of his life even though she loved him. she saved him more pain, and once she got herself together she came and found him. unfortunately it was almost too late. to me Jenny is a strong woman who put him first knowing she wouldn't be good for him.

[@Elixear]

8:59 Sur cette scène, ainsi que sur celles de Nixon, Johnson, Lennon, on a poussé les effets spéciaux jusqu'à refaire les labiales des personnages. L'ensemble des images d'archives est authentique. Il y eu un gros travail d'étalonnage pour le rendu du grain de l'image, notamment en dégradant informatiquement les images tournées de Tom Hanks. Ces trucages, avec beaucoup d'autres (not. la plume, le ping-pong, la guerre au Viêtnam, les oiseaux de la prière de Jenny, etc...) ont valu au film un des six Oscars qu'il a reçu, celui des meilleurs effets spéciaux. A l'époque, je l'ai vu sur grand écran en France et je n'en revenais pas, c'était du jamais vu au cinéma à ce niveau de qualité.

[@AdamLopez-x9i]

Thank you guys for watching this wonderful movie, you guys are the most adorable couple on KZbin, her tears let us know you understand what's going on, and when you console her, well,its why we love watching these reaction videos, you guys laugh at my favorite parts, and cry when you feel what we feel. I truly appreciate watching movies with you,it's like watching with good friends 😊

[@cliffwheeler7357]

That guy has a heart of stone. A total lack of empathy and understanding of the trauma Jenny had been put through. His negativity was off the scale. Thankfully his lady was the total opposite.

[@elanirinaarmand362]

Regarding Jenny, I don't think she's a "sex addict" or anything like that. It's just that she hates herself, because of what happened to her when she was little. She now thinks that she has no right to happiness and sinks into self-destruction. She runs away from Forrest because she thinks she doesn't deserve him and is afraid of making him suffer. By moving away from him, she thinks she will protect him from the darkness that inhabits her. Of course, she loves him.

[@Jjoker74]

Such a perfect movie. Forrest had a crazy life full of adventures but really this is a love story. Jenny was his whole life, all he ever wanted. It's a heartbreaking story bit it's so good.

[@MaryinColorado]

Jenny didn’t feel worthy of Forrest’s love. She saw herself as damaged beyond repair. When you grow up feeling like you’re nothing, kindness and love from people actually hurts because you don’t feel like you deserve it.

[@ronaldalagia9211]

jenny isn't teasing forest, i think because of her problems as a child she doesn't feel worthy of him.

[@msdarby515]

If you think Jenny is a bad person in this movie you've missed one of the primary themes . This is about destiny. At the grave site Forrest tells Jenny that he doesn't know if Mom is right in that you create your destiny, or if we are all feathers on the Wind. As it turns out, Jenny is trying to create her own destiny and running from her life, while Forest is the feather on the Wind and going towards his life he has these amazing experiences.

[@corralescoyote]

Beautiful reaction guys…. Lots of love from NM US❤

[@READY_OR_NOT]

I always loved that no matter what Lt Dan never talked down to Forrest.

[@READY_OR_NOT]

He sure did talk up at him alot though 🤣

[@metalTbag]

7:47 the simultaneous eyebrow raise made me laugh so hard!!! love you both! :)

[@ScribbleScrabbless]

Im crying too 12:26

[@jenessasantos3009]

I lot of people hate on Jenny and say that she was a horrible person. But I feel for her. She was SA as a child by her own Father and it left her very broken as an adult and that is understandable.

[@johng482]

6:28 I always heard about this event growing up. My uncle was at Alabama at the time working for the campus’s newspaper as a photographer and he was in the library right over Wallace taking pictures the whole time. My dad was in the Alabama ANG and was activated due to this; he spent 3 days marching in Birmingham learning how to stab bales of hay with a bayonet (he was a photog with a tactical recon unit so hadn’t even held a weapon since basic in the service). 10:00 this was likely before the Vietnam draft began in earnest, but there was still a draft in place, but there were a bunch of ways to avoid it. My dad, for example, went to a land grant college (Auburn) which required 2 years of ROTC but exempted the man from the peacetime draft. However, he failed out his freshman year, but wanted to go back as soon as he could, so he joined the ANG. He got grief from friends for signing an 8 year commitment instead of sticking with the two year Auburn required. 7 years later, these same guys were calling dad to see if he could pull some strings to get them into the ANG to avoid Vietnam. As a Tech sergeant, he had no strings to pull. Anyways, the commanding general was a big Alabama fan and saved all of his allowable boy camp slots for players Bear Bryant wanted to hide from the draft boards. 10:31 there was a great Malcolm in the Middle episode where a16 year old joined the army and wound up a success by turning his brain completely off. It (and this movie) are terribly inaccurate because the American military belief is that having privates who can think for themselves is an asset not a hindrance but they’re still hilarious, especially with the ridicule of people who don’t think highly of enlisted soldiers. 19:21 considering President Johnson has a habit of dropping his drawers in meetings to “prove his manhood”, I can’t imagine this shocked him too much.

[@user-dj4bw8jm9q]

Hello 👋 Pillow Hero...that shot of Forrest in the middle of Native American reservation is in area...where he said that he's tired and to go home now...yes that part was filmed in my area...awwww when you cry I intend to cry to...

[@davefranklyn7730]

Is it Monument Valley? I was there back in the 70s.

[@user-dj4bw8jm9q]

@@davefranklyn7730 Hello 👋.. yupyup it was, that scene is awesome.. What did you do there?,..back in the 70s..

[@pablovagnor]

She wouldn't & never lied to him.

[@timmyfoxworth6710]

Hey fella I loved you guys reaction. I have never cried at this movie but man when I saw your adorable wife or girlfriend sit there with tears rolling down her cheeks ,I lost it man ,I cried like a baby. .she is so special. ❤ I love y'all's channel so much I'm a big big fan.

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

Wow, thank you

[@timh3576]

"... we was sittin' next to a MIIILLLLIIIOOOOONARE...." Lol 🦐🚣Awesome reaction as always! :)

[@russellbrown1068]

Love Her reaction. I reacted the same way. I was a blubbering mess at the end of this Masterpiece.

[@RyneMurray23]

Forrest wasnt gonna leave that jungle without Bubba.

[@TheAlkochef]

broken ppl be broken. its complicated

[@bobbydigital8243]

its crazy how the audience did not like jenny's character but still hoped the best for her just because we all new jenny was very important to forrest character who the audience all loved in the film.

[@probablyaddictedtoyoutube]

Jenny isn't stupid or a sex-addict. She has ptsd and ptsd presents itself differently in every person. Edit: i feel really dissapointed by this reaction, i had hoped they would be more empathetic and understanding for Jenny

[@reboss44]

Wonderful reaction. I appreciated your genuine emotion. Well done! 👍🏻

[@mikefetterman6782]

The book writes that Jenny contracts Hepatitis C from shared needle use. The movie lets the viewer imagine their own. Jenny always told Forrest to run, when it was Jenny who ran most of her life.

[@christopherchadwick2659]

Usually, when the film end, people say, wow, that was amazing. Never heard anyone go straight into a five minute complaint about the movie. He even said Forrest now has nothing to live for. What a terrible final take on the movie.

[@kathrynkissane5144]

You 2 are the epitome of a beautiful-hearted woman weeping beside a male who is scared to feel.

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

If you think so, watch our reaction to Hacksaw Ridge or Green Mile

[@scottstewart5784]

Forrest's destiny is his son. Jenny, while broken, gave him that son, and in the end gave her relatively functioning self to him and made him happy. She had gotten her stuff together - job, apartment, childcare, and unfortunately she also had the HIV/AIDS. She wasn't a tease - think of the times, plus she may have intended to go further in the dorm room but he made a big mess on the first boobie-touch. Jenny was incapable of more earlier, but showed up in the end, and his love for her sustained him in war and in life.

[@davestang5454]

Jenny actually had Hepatitis-C from intravenous drug use.

[@drwhatson]

"I don't remember where Tex came from..." Take a wild guess. :-)

[@johnstewart2473]

The reason Jenny didn't tell him about their son is she couldn't a hold of him. He started running the morning after she left. I believe she always loved Forest. I just think that she experienced with her dad caused her to go down a destructive path. Everytime she let her guard down, she automatically got out of the situation

[@franzbeck7700]

The sound track is incredible!

[@shercahn]

Haven't had you guys pop up in my recommendations in a while but you look a lot more relaxed and comfortable doing reactions. I wanted to point out that a lot of sports programs do treasure their "student athletes" getting an education because not everyone can play sports professionally and you never know what will happen injury wise. So making sure they get an education gives them something to fall back on. Now that being said - look up John Urschel. He played football in High School, College, and professionally. He's also really smart and good at Math. After 1 too many concussions, he quit football in order to do Math full time. He is now a professor at MIT (an elite university).

[@judyhuurman1237]

I don't think Jenny knew he was a millionaire.

[@SusieAnderson-ds7dq]

Because of her father and the things that happened because of that, she didn't think she was good enough to be loved. She couldn't tell him about her son cause he was running for oover 3 years.

[@KorppiASMR]

I want to know someone like this girl (who's reacting this movie) so we could cry together while watching movies. I don't want to be the only one who's crying.

[@davidhutchinson5233]

When Jenny is in that high rise getting higher and higher.....man that rings home for so many of us who went through addiction.

[@GalactusDaDevourer]

This movie will forever be a masterpiece.

[@mandyfischer3133]

I loved how you had such care and concern when Katt was getting emotional and you reached over and squeezed her arm, that was so sweet & loving to see that. You two are such a cute couple first time reacting, made me subscribe. Usually not all teary eyed usually like movies with s*x and fun but really enjoy these reaction channels now days. Guess at 38 growing up more over last few years. Love your relationship at first glance. Thank you for sharing

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

Thank you for the kind words :)

[@00Spiral007]

For a lot of kids who grow up with abuse, when you grow up and move away, you become uncomfortable in peace. So to compensate, you create chaos to "recreate" the childhood since its the only existence you understand. Part of Jenny's story is learning to love and live a better, other way, but like in real life -- sometimes it takes too long.

[@SayNo2NoseBeers]

My mom always passed away on a Tuesday. She was 46 and I was 23... Always cry at that scene.

[@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac]

You got the Charlie reference.. I’m impressed!

[@Trucker231610]

Jenny didn't think she was good enough for Forest. Listen to your wife she was broken.

[@firebladetenn6633]

“Seats taken. “ “ can’t sit here” Mankind may grow old but we never grow up.

[@RoadDoug]

Jenny told Forrest if he was in trouble to run. Jenny’s life was full of trouble so she did most of the running. When she left him, it was because she had to get her life together to be with him.

[@misterb6416]

Jenny always left Forrest because she felt that she would bring him down, she didn't do it to be mean.

[@chermebrownsauce]

Thats a beautiful reaction. Not much talk, only emotions 'speaking'. God bless!!!!!

[@andrewmccormack4295]

Yes,I love this couple,such soft hearts,and I always tear up at the end of this movie.I always feel so sad for Forest at the end,sure he's got his son now but no woman/wife to share his life with.

[@jasonme3557]

Notice the birds in the tree when they span out. Jenny finally became a bird an flew away.

[@shanepye7078]

When your child has autism, this movie hits you hard.

[@hyicrotai9801]

42:55 No one can withstand this part clean 😂. That was funny seeing him hold back unexpected forming tears.

[@bigdaddyeb56]

Great Movie And Reaction !!! You all had Me Crying !!! Thank You

[@SlugCult718]

"I'll always be your girl Forrest. But now I gotta leave you to go be with this guy who just slapped me around like I owed him money".

[@Andreas-pj6np]

Jenny haters must have one brain cell... combined.

[@garethlawton5278]

Late to the party but what Jenny struggled with and why she kept leaving was probably inability to feel belonging or feel like she's "home" because of the trauma of her childhood home. Since a kid all she's done is run, she even tells Forest to do the same if he ever gets in trouble, just run. She flees danger only when it breaks her mind but allows it to abuse her body like all the boyfriends that hit her. It seems to me a sense of home scared her for a long time. I think Forest has a huge point to his life at the end, he has His and Jenny's love in the form of their son who he now has "to do the best he can" with and shape a man. Forest loved Jenny and was devoted to her, while little Forest is around she lives on with Forest.

[@Ni-boo]

Idk if that's what Jenny felt but it used to make me feel worse when people reached out to me and wanted to support me when I was at my lowest - "I don't deserve this kindness, you're wasting your time on me and I don't want you to, now I feel bad I'm taking what could be given to someone who is worthy of your time, I can't be what you want me to be, I don't know how to not be me...". Life can be hard with parents guiding you, it's probably harder without parents to guide you.