Me neither... Though I can't imagine seeing Forest Gump and then seeing the Straight Story and thinking that Forest Gump was more heavy-handed in a reactionary or moralistic sense... The straight story had some pretty obvious / intentional "morals" when you consider the runaway and the vietnam vet and even the story about him and his brother... not to mention his need turn down certain acts of charity by others on his path... and even still I didn't consider it heavy handed although if I had to pick one of the two that I thought was heavy handed in that sense it would be the Straight Story and not Forest Gump.
ike > Wow, did we see the same movie? Not once did I feel the > movie was > moralistic or reactionary. Heck, one classic part of the > film, where > Gump is asked for his feelings on Vietnam, is > intentionally left > neutral. How did you feel the movie was trying to be > moralistic? I have > to say I never read the book, so I can't compare, although > it's rare for > a movie to come even close to being as good as the book. > -rc >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:57 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Bad choice of movies this weekend >> >> >> I think the most unforgivable aspect of the movie is the >> contempt with >> which it treats its audience. There's nothing wrong with >> a >> simple plots >> or characters - films like "Babe" or "The Straight Story" >> are >> wonderful, >> with rich stories crafted around what are essentially >> one-sentence >> synopses. >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 > Subscription: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubsc > ribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up > with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 team macromedia volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team chief architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to onTap is open source http://www.turnkey.to/ontap ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
