Forrest Gump

               The movie Forrest Gump took place from the 1950's through the 1980's. in each decade, it showed a popular event happening. For example, in the 1950's it showed Forrest Gump with Elvis Presley. in the 1960's, it showed the Vietnam war. in the 1970's it showed Ping Pong Diplomacy with China. Tom Hanks played Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump was portrayed as stupid, but was mainstream and it seemed like everything always was in his favor. Jenny, the other main character, was portrayed as the other 10% and nothing ever went her way. she was a poor drug addict who had AIDS and Forrest was a recipient of the Medal of Honor and the owner of a very successful shrimping business and became a millionaire.  for the most part, the history was correct. the war was accurate, and the other significant events of the time period were accurate as well. I liked this movie and I thought it was made well. I thought Tom Hanks did a good job playing the dynamic character of Forrest Gump. although, I think they should have put more of the 1950's time period in rather than so much of the 1960's and 1970's.