Happy New Year World!!! Welcome to 2009. I had a great time at Kristy’s house for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day. But I’ll get into that in another post. When my family got back from Kristy’s house, we watched the movie Forrest Gump. My cousin, Orion watched it and keep quoting back in Minnesota. So, I was really excited to watch it. I’ve heard quotes from it almost everywhere. Dad said it was one of the top 10 movies of all time. In his opinion, it’s better than Caddy Shack and Groundhog Day and he loves those movies. I saw Groundhog Day and it was great, but that’s another story.

So my review for Forrest Gump is:

Over-all movie: 10/10 

Acting Job: 5/5 (Very in character)

Plot: 5/5 (really touching)

It was a great movie. I think everyone should see it at some point. I found a site with some quotes from the movie, and I’ve posted my favorites.

Forrest Gump: Mama always said life was like a box a chocolates, never know what you’re gonna get. 

Forrest Gump: He was from a long great military tradition. Somebody from his family had fought and died in every single American war. I guess you could say he had a lot to live up to. 

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: Get down! Shut up! 

Forrest Gump: Oh, yes sir. Bit me right in the buttocks. They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that money ’cause I still haven’t seen a nickel of that million dollars. 

Forrest Gump: Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots. 

Bubba: Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it. 

Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company. So then I got a call from him, saying we don’t have to worry about money no more. And I said, that’s good! One less thing.

Forrest Gump: Sometimes, I guess there’s just not enough rocks. 

Forrest Gump: [running] I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. 

Forrest Gump: Yes. Well, I-I don’t know. Sometimes it would stop raining long enough for the stars to come out… and then it was nice. It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou. There was always a million sparkles on the water… like that mountain lake. It was so clear, Jenny, it looked like there were two skies one on top of the other. And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn’t tell where heaven stopped and the earth began. It’s so beautiful. 

Forrest Gump: There was Dallas, from Phoenix; Cleveland – he was from Detroit; and Tex… well, I don’t remember where Tex come from. 

Forrest Gump: Thought? 

Forrest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does. 

Jenny Curran: Run, Forrest! Run!

I got all of these quotes from Great Quotes.com

So yeah, great movie and everyone should defiantly watch it. I’ve started a new category for Movies, ‘cuz I review a lot of movies and I think my reviews are pretty good. So enjoy the New Year!