Forrest Gump, I first met you back in 1994 in the midst of the great American hype over you. I thought you were an OK guy but was let down and disappointed, I thought based on my unrealistic expectations.

Almost 30 years later I decided to pay you another visit and see how you've aged. You know what, I still think you seem like a nice enough guy but this time I found the writing, and story all a bit lazy and pandering. All those American events and touchstones of the last 20th century, along with the soundtrack, it was all so 'on-target' that you didn't really have to both with the story and unique character development to touch the viewers emotions. But those were super low hanging and obvious fruits. I can kind of see why some folks loved and still love this film, but for me it was mostly average.