Forrest Gump won 2 academy awards in 1994. Winning best picture and Tom Hanks winning best actor proved the movie was more than a simple man, cluelessly roaming the Earth. Although it seemed that way, I believe the message in Forrest Gump was much more.

Most people watch Forrest Gump and laugh continuously throughout the movie, because they either thought the way he said, "Jenny!" was funny, or the scenarios he got himself into were comical. What I believe, and what most might disagree with, is that there is extremely deep meaning to this movie. This not-so-smart, easy going man did everything in his life based off a simple question is it good or bad? If you noticed, in the movie he nearly does nothing bad (besides beating the man up who wouldn't leave Jenny alone). You can compare Forrest Gump to Jesus Christ even, although they lived in a drastically different time period and one was divine, they both acted upon morals. Forrest just did because he thought it was the right thing to do.

Even the times he didn't know he was doing a good thing, he was. He ran cross country (literally) while people raised funds and advertised Forrest. He went back into guerilla warfare to get Bubba and Lt. Dan. He went to the freedom speeches in D.C. and accidentally participated in rallies. Robert Zemeckis, the director, did an amazing job of incorporating Tom Hanks into actually footage of history. Another belief I hold is that this movie was to show a timeline of American history and peoples point of views while it was going on; and that Forrest Gump was to be an example of a simple man, who had the right opinion.
Even though the most recognizable quotes from this movie were, "Run Forrest, Run!" and, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." (an amazing quote) this movie has such a deep meaning, and could be a source of how to look at life.