Since January, every film I've watched that's from my IMDb top 100 poster has been one that I've already seen before, and this one keeps the streak. Soon I'm getting into the top 10, which I hope will be interesting, since it has quite a lot of films that are completely new to me. For now: two last films from this row of the poster. Pushing on.

Forrest Gump has a very simple premise: there's this guy named Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) who's not the sharpest tool in the shed. Despite this fact, this man manages to go on all sorts of adventures, innocently passing through big historical events. Throughout his journeys, more than anything, he tries to come back to his one love, Jenny (Robin Wright), even if fate doesn't seem to allow it.

Let's start with some general stuff: the soundtrack, for starters, is pretty good. I love the classic rock dominance there, and the score itself carries this light, slightly wistful tone, and it complements the film well. The cast is solid, too. No mind-blowing performances here, in my opinion, but pretty good ones nonetheless. The movie also has a sense of humor that's not too bad, often revolving around Forrest not understanding a situation but still acting based on his instincts, explaining it later in an amusing, cute way, and yeah, it leads to moments that were pretty fun to watch.

The movie goes for this stream-of-consciousness structure plot-wise, which is rather linear here because this is Forrest we're talking about, after all, but it does feel just like him spilling everything regarding his story, innocently, truthfully, and to complete strangers. This structure allows us to go through a lot of fun anecdotes from Forrest's life, but it makes this movie feel rather messy and directionless from time to time. It can get a little exhausting, especially considering its 142-minute runtime.

The philosophy of this movie is a bit off, too. Like, it tries to discover fate and free will and all, but I feel like it doesn't really tackle those questions in any interesting way whatsoever, and when the movie tries to go a little deeper into them it's always a little cringeworthy. Not related to it being a very Christian movie, but just to how it's very surface level and self-contradictory, not in a way that works well.

There's also the Jenny thing that's going throughout the movie, and I honestly feel like something's missing here, too, both when it comes to their chemistry, the lacking true emotional connection, and when it comes to the way that things went plot-wise. They have their moments, but I can't help but feel like the movie wants to feel like it has solved some issues between those two when this is actually far from being the case. I don't know, it's just that something's a little weird about it. Lazily written.

The thing is, Forrest Gump is still working, overall. Mainly because of just how likeable Forrest is, always trying to be a good person and having goofy, fun little moments. He just lets his feelings out, like a child, and there's something really pure about that.

I feel like, at the end of day, this movie is a little bit like your average pizza - it doesn't have much value health-wise, and the taste won't blow your taste buds, but it's enough to fill you up if you're hungry and you'll still have a nice time eating. Pizza is, like, the most agreeable thing ever. So, yeah, just an accessible, easy-to-watch movie, that doesn't really do much special, but still works okay. Likeable main character, a plot that's a little messy, a little tiresome, but still a good time overall. I'm feeling a 6.4/10 on this one.