Forrest Gump (1994) / Glenmorangie Nectar D'or Single Malt Scotch [25:34-30:34]

You know what I mean? Like, you can't really take that metaphor too hard because then what are you saying about America? And on the flip side, it's like, you know, is Jenny's only redemption when she becomes, quote unquote, conservative at the end of the movie? I think that there are a lot of thorny things that come up as a result of those metaphors being introduced. And I will say, I don't think the movie intends to go any farther than it does, but I think that's what a lot of people's problem with it is. Does that make sense? Yeah, yeah. It makes sense. I guess when I look at this film, I don't see it as a broad strokes representation of entire generations. For me, it's two individual characters who see the world in a certain way, who choose to act in a certain way because of how they see the world. And there's consequences based on those actions. Yeah. Like, for me, it's as simple as that. And, you know, to get back to the themes of human desire and what we would all want, I think Jenny represents the part of us that hopes that no matter what we do in this world, somebody will still love us. Like, to me, that's the entire character of Jenny is like, no matter what I do, I really deeply hope that there would be a forest-gump character to love me no matter the decisions I've made. And the moment where Robin Wright looks at him and they're at the house, and he asks her to marry him, and she says like, you would never want to marry me. Like, it's a heartbreaking moment, and it speaks once again to that deep fear that we all have is, man, if somebody really knew me, they would never want to be my friend, my lover, my spouse. Like, they would never want me to be their mother, father. Like, once again, it's an example of, I think Zamekis is diving deep into the human experience. I will say, and let's move out of that whole debate thing, because I want to get back to a thing you were saying about, the kind of one-on-one interactions, where this movie really succeeds, is when it kind of drops all of the stuff about America, and the pop culture references, and forest-gump weaving in and out of these random historic events, and when you just get like, forest and Sally field in a room together, or forest and Robin Wright in a room together, or forest and Bubba, like Bioriver in Vietnam for 10 seconds. The actual human relationships within the movie are incredibly well-acted, they're really well-written, for the most part, I would say. You know, like, Sally field gets nominated for an Oscar, for portraying Mama in this movie, and she's in the movie for like eight minutes. Like, I forgot how little she's in this movie, but that very last interaction, she just, dude, they leave the camera on her for a minute, and she kind of collects herself before saying this line, and you know, she starts kind of smiling, while tearing up, and it's this brilliant portrayal of like a mom comforting a son, wild also grieving, and she's, you know, she's talking about dying, and she brings back up, the life is like a box of chocolates, and then she just says, I will miss you, forest. And my God, dude, was I a puddle on the floor, in that moment. Like, when this movie goes for the waterworks, I do appreciate that it doesn't happen in the like broad strokes, talking about America stuff. It happens in the interpersonal relationships, and I think that's where it succeeds. Yeah, and, you know, you have things like the Vietnam War, which everyone has strong opinions on, and yet in the moments when forest is running back and forth, trying to save his squad members, it all of a sudden it doesn't matter what political affiliation you have, you understand the pain and the suffering and the desire to be helpful in an unwinnable situation that forest has. And as he's holding Bubba, it's that moment where the narration of the film works like a charm, that there's this counterpoint of forest in the memory, who doesn't know what's gonna happen, and forest narrating the memory who is diving into the regret that he has of like, yeah, if I had known that this was the last thing I'd ever say to my best good friend, I would have said something different. And it's just, dude, it's waterworks, it's incredible. Yeah, and it's again, I think that a lot of people, a lot of critics thought that this movie was really emotionally manipulative,