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Originally Posted by The Lone Ranger
That was one of the reasons why I could never understand the appeal of Forrest Gump. Gump was a "good person" for one reason only -- because he lacked the intellectual capacity to ever question whether or not what his mother taught him was right. Fortunately, she indoctrinated him with good values. But she could just as easily have turned him into a monster -- and he'd never have questioned that what she taught him was "right."
Cheers,
Michael
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I don't buy it. Gump was a good person because he liked people. I doubt that his open, loving nature had much to do with his mom's "values" or her homilies. It may, however, have been something he learned from his mother, because she loved him so unconditionally.
Besides, Gump is no different from the rest of us in lacking the intellectual capacity to believe other than as we believe.
Nonetheless, I think someone should make the "Forrest Gump's Evil Twin" movie. Johnny Depp instead of Tom Hanks.