美国社会与文化论文
Present from god
----Film Review of Forrest Gump 管理学院 Title and director： 旅游管理 韦克骏 10375008
Title: Forrest Gump Director: Robert Zemeck
Theme of the Whatever present you receive in life, you should always keep a movie： grateful mind toward people and things around you. As time goes by, a brave and kind heart will never fade away. 1. Life was like a box of chocolate ,you never know what you're Classical gonna get.(人生就像一盒巧克力， 你永远不知道会尝到哪种滋 (Wonderful) 味.) movie dialogues/lines: 2. It's my time. It's just my time. Oh, now, don't you be afraid sweetheart. Death is just a part of life, something we're all destined to do. I didn't know it. But I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could.(别害怕,死亡是生命的一部分, 是我们注定要去做的一件事。 我不知道怎么回事,但我注定是 你的妈妈,并且我尽我的全力去做好) 3. you got to put the pace behind you before you can move on.(忘 记过去,勇往直前) An important In my opinion, the most impressive scene in this movie is the last /moving scene： part of it. When Forrest sent his son to schools, what he said and what he did was almost the same as what his mother had done to him. It recalls the very beginning of the movie, and suggested that as time goes by, Forrest has already got the present from god. And this scene show us the power of time, it can make true love shine forever. 1. American dream. What is American dream? It could change Cultural today, but many elements of it are the same as those in the 90s, elements in the movie： such as becoming rich, to be the hero of nation, to meet the president. In the movie Forrest Gump, the hero is the person who had and realized the American dream. 现在的美国梦虽然 已有些许变化，但却有几个个永不变化的元素：成为富人， 或成为体育英雄，或成为著名演员，或有参观白宫和得到美 国总统接见的机会 ，看过《阿甘正传》后你就能知道，有这 样一个人，他参与了几乎所有的美国大事，他很富有，参观 过白宫，还是一个体育英雄，他就是这个故事的主人。 2. Optimism. US is a country which regards future to be the destiny of it. So the American always has an optimistic attitude to life, and believes future to be brilliant, and never give up. All the people in the movie except Forrest’s mom and jenny call him
idiot., but he and his mom never lost their mind, and fight against the devil.美国是一个具有“未来取向”的国家，这也决 定了美国人的乐观向上、积极进取等价值观。阿甘虽然被所 有人鄙视，但是去从未放弃过希望。 3. Freedom. American respect the low, but they also love freedom. Forrest Gump always run, to break the limit of life. 自由，美国人崇尚自由。 My comments： This is a powerful charming movie; fun for its special effects and profound in how it keeps you
thinking long after it's over. One comment I've never heard is that Forrest's simplicity is almost zen-like. I should read the movie again to get the author's intention (I remember some people preferring the book and complaining that no one at the Academy Awards gave him any credit.) But rather than an implication that you should do what you're supposed to do and believe in God and you'll win in the end, I see it as zen-like, i.e., living in the moment and not having expectations or particular cravings (other than his loving Jenny.) So he ends up just stumbling into all the major historical events of the time. Granted, he achieves this only because he doesn't have the brains to think otherwise and actually have expectations, but so many of our problems are because we do have higher intellect and desires, which ironically makes us unhappy because we know what we are missing. We love our cats and dogs for the same simplicity and always being in the moment. This way you do not only have an enjoyable time when you watch this movie, you also have a view on your life through Forrest Gump’s life. Last but not least .In the novel