Forrest Gump (1994) / Glenmorangie Nectar D'or Single Malt Scotch [51:47-56:49]

Yeah! Fact number two, in all the scenes of forest, unloading his empty nets onto the deck of the Jenny, there is some sort of war paraphernalia contained in the net from a military helmet to military boots. Fact number three, Robert Zemeckis used the paintings of Norman Rockwell as the design inspiration for the town of Greenville, Alabama. The scene where forest sits in the hallway of his school where his, while his mother talks to the principal, is a direct recreation of Rockwell's painting, girl with a black eye. Hmm. All right, let me, let me make sure I understand number two. It was that there was some sort of military paraphernalia in, was it in every scene or in just that scene? It's because he, he drops an empty net like four or five times before, you know, they go into the storm and there's billions of shrimp. And each time he drops an empty net, there's some sort of war, you know, there's a helmet, there's boots, there's a few other things. Oh, I don't know. I think number one's true. Number two might be true, but like, to what end? Like why did they do that? Or is it just a cool little fact? Like, there's a boot there. Yeah, I mean, I think it kind of represents the idea that, that Gump's eventual fortune came out of war and, yeah, no, there's a meeting there. Sure. It's a mechus. The man is an enigma. Oh, man, these are good, Brad. Number three sounds right. That looked very Norman Rockwelley. I think you made up number three, but you did such a good job making it up that I'm going to say it's true and I'm going to say number two is the falsehood. Bob, you, I don't know if your gut is right or wrong here because you did choose the falsehood. Yeah, no bit. All right. Yeah, cool. Good job. Needle. Needle burrito. All right, man. Let's dive back into talking about the movie itself. We've touched on the performances a little bit. We've talked in depth about the conversation around it. Brad, there are, I mean, 1994 is a huge year in the history of movies and it's been a very big year in film and whiskey history as well. I mean, we've done just this season. We did Forest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank, and the Lion King. Like, I mean, what a year. Yeah. This is a heck of a year, man. Like, what was in the water in this year that directors were just knocking it out of the park with their films? Yeah. You know, oddly enough, I do kind of feel like of all the things that could be named best picture in 1994. I do kind of feel like Forest Gump is the best choice, not because it's the best movie, but because it really is like a time capsule of what we cared about as America in 1994. And I think what we cared about was like we Americans have really become jaded by arguing about things. And we don't want to talk about the causes of the Vietnam War anymore and we don't want to talk about how much of a crook Nixon was. And we don't want to talk about our sorted history with drugs and free sex and everything else. Let's just kind of try to come back to what we think are the principles of America and let's focus on that. And I see why people didn't like that. I see why people think that America was putting its own head in the sand. But regardless of where you think America was at the time, this movie captured it. It's a perfect encapsulation of however you interpret that part of history. And yes, I think pulp fiction is a better movie and probably would have been a better best picture winner. But I mean, that's just talking about the quality of the film. I think this movie really captures a moment in history and it lends through which to view the year. So you would say that this year is an example of the populist approach winning the Oscars. When does that ever happen? Yeah, the Academy didn't have its head up its own butt. Yeah, I know, man. Oh, look at that. I don't know, man, you've seen all four of those movies. Obviously, The Lion King not nominated for best picture. But Shawshank, I think, you know, if they redid it now, I almost feel like Shawshank would win. Because if they redid it now, force comes not winning. It's had 30 years of bad publicity because of that. I also don't know if pulp fiction is ever going to be palatable enough for a large chunk of the voting membership. Yes. And I think Shawshank's kind of like the middle ground there.