再聊奧斯卡金獎影片《阿甘正傳》-- To Melly

Thank you so much for the follow-up reply, Melly! The pleasure is always mine to exchange thoughts, opinions, ideas with friends. I have enjoyed reading your essay, the eloquence of your writing, the sparkling thoughts, etc. Have to thank you for the inspiration of more thinking. Sorry that I was not able to see your comments until now.

You seem to be a "thinking" person, constantly on a run searching for the meaning of life.......have to say that is one merit not everyone owns it, especially in an era characterized with information exploration, and people are tempted with all kinds of instant, pragmatist remedies of life philosophy, and yet oftentimes get lost when they are totally overwhelmed by routine life. Exactly in that sense is where the movie like Forrest Gump comes into play.

You can not be more right about Forrest Gump, as an epic of anti-hero, to say it’s kind of movie that compels people to contemplate, in seeking for the meaning underneath the surface. There are certain things in Forrest, naivete, persistence, sincereness, bravery, loyalty for both friendship & love, to name a few among many others, they are so pure, so pristine that they are almost utopian. These idealistic qualities, unattainable in a real world in their pure form, set up mirror, through which people see their own images on a higher level and herein are being inspired.

Just like you well put, Forrest’s mom is indeed one tough fighter for life, and she goes all-out trying to give the best she could to her son; and yet, on the other hand, she is sophisticated, witty, and knows how to make a compromise when she is being cornered  – Guess that is something Forrest did not inherit from her. In actuality, it is her sophistication that grants her all the life wisdom. What a wizard of life philosophy when she says,  "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."  It’s a teaching she passed onto her son summed up her own life experience.

Sympathetic as Forrest’s childhood, Jenny has to stand up to protect Forrest when he was bullied by other kids. "Run! Forrest, run!" It is really heart-wrenching to hear this little girl crying out loud at the top of her lungs, trying to help her boyfriend, chased by three menacing kids, to cast off that ominous predicament. For little Forrest, she is a guardian angle! I bet you every audience would feel relieved when Jenny's calling finally unleashed Forrest’s extraordinary aptitude to run. It was a magic, indeed. "Run! Forrest, run!", this line literally becomes a motto for Forrest throughout his life. It guides him to run in a football court to be a skillful player, to run saving lives of his comrades in a killing field in Vietnam, to run his shrimp business and succeeded, and to run across the country from coast to coast.

To me, the episode of running across the country is the most sentimental scene in the whole movie. Even he’s got everything with his life -- fame, wealth, friendship, success, and so forth; but none of these seems to be he wanted. What he really longs for is his true love, Jenny, that girl he loved ever since they were little. When Jenny, after being out of touch for so long, wandered back to Forrest, he was ecstatic because he thought he finally got what he wanted and he could hold onto it for lifetime. However, Jenny’s abrupt leaving, as impetuously as she came back, put him in the state of being lost. Forrest decided to run, first through the county, then the state, and then the whole country from coast to coast.........Even Forrest claims he is running for no reason, but he is really running for his lost love and trying to leave everything behind; he is running to protest his sad love story, in silence and in desperation. It’s bit ironic and sad that Forrest started running led by his guardian angle, and in the end he runs for the loss of the angle who is fallen........

Thank you for sharing the topic!

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回答: Good writing! Have to agree with you but a couple of things might 由 edrifter 於 2007-07-05 16:54:58 Edrifter, I really appreciate your comments. Apparently, you have a huge vocabulary pool and you know how to use those words, which I truly admire. I am a beginner in terms of English writing, still very Chinglish. Because of my limited vocabulary and limited knowledge of word usage, I am not sure if dignity is an accurate word to describe her. However, I did think she didn’t lose her dignity deep in her heart even if she had to give in the unfair exchange. Besides, remember when some old guys mocked Forrest’s ill-developed legs, she fought for him and told him that he was no difference from others. In my opinion, here was another example to show her dignity. Jenny, in my opinion, was his friend in the first place. She was a dream girl, who liked trying everything new. She kept looking for her own love, and might be social position as well, for a long time. I do not think she had fell in love with Forrest until she eventually realized what love was or what kind of life she really wanted to lead. She was definitely an example of that era, when most of youth lost their minds and became rebellious to the society in behavior for some reasons. It was like a nightmare to her, I guess. When she finally woke up and needed family support, she found her comfort harbor Forrest. Jenny’s love was very obscure. What impressed me most was Forrest’s unchangeable love to her. I agree with you that “the movie is an advocate of traditional value” and “Forrest Gump makes people laugh with tears”. Forrest was a simple man, who was supposed to be transitional and just did whatever he was good at without overthinking other things. Thank you so very much. I enjoy reading it and I learn a lot of good words and expressions there. I can’t resist copying it into my blog as a record without your permission.

　

[edrifter]

回複shoumain的評論:

謝謝你的電影分享！希望常來！;））

[shoumain]

Forest Gump是我最喜歡的電影之一。第一次看影片時還是單身，到現在結婚有孩子，每次看都會有不同的感受。也許同一顆巧克力在不同的時候吃會感覺味道不同。

我不知道因為什麽你認為Forest的母親sophisticated， 我同意她的母親witty, 她給了forest很多哲理。她對forest的愛是pure, persistence and bravery,真因為這樣她不讓forest去特殊的學校，而不惜犧牲自己的身體也要讓他和普通孩子一樣上學。這是一種執卓的愛。Forest繼承了這種性格，對Jenny執卓一生。

我以前也不認為Jenny愛Forest,直到有了孩子。我認為
Jenny離開是因為dignity和對愛的不信任。她叛逆了多年，經曆了太多的背叛，而不能很快適應這種平靜的愛。但她能夠勇敢得生下孩子，提供給孩子一個幹淨簡潔的家，還教育得孩子非常有禮貌。當媽媽的人才能相象這會是多麽難。隻有愛才能讓她有如此巨大的改變。影片通過很簡單的手法展現出這一切，可愛的小男孩會和人打招呼，會在看電視之前問媽媽可不可以。這個媽媽真的很稱職，也很愛小孩。

影片最讓我感動的就是愛，愛讓先天不足的人取得成功，愛讓放蕩的人成為良母，愛讓失去雙腿而自暴自棄的人安逸於生活。所有人都空手來世，也會空手而去，我們能留下的隻有愛。

[edrifter]

回複瘦盡燈花又一宵的評論:

再次謝謝又一宵朋友的感悟! 我同意你說的,世界真是很奇妙,距離可以把人們隔離,但卻永遠不能阻斷人們的思想溝通!

謝謝!

[edrifter]

回複randymon的評論:

Hello, Randymon:

Thank you so much for the visiting! And I am delighted to know you like the essay. You made my day, too, my friend.

Take care!

[瘦盡燈花又一宵]

從歐壇看了畫展追到了這裏,才發現你就是寫了這篇我讀了一遍又一遍觀後感的作者.

"an era characterized with information exploration, and people are tempted with all kinds of instant, pragmatist remedies of life philosophy, and yet oftentimes get lost when they are totally overwhelmed by routine life. "

太同意你對這個時代的總結了.好在我們還總是能夠在周而複始的生活中找到知音,跨越千裏也能感到的一思相通.

[randymon]

What a joy reading it with the music. It is the best article I have ever read in this forum. It made my day.

Thanks.