Forrest Gump

This one is tough to rate. Forrest Gump is a favorite movie of mine that has contributed a lot to pop culture for the past almost three decades. Pretty much everyone knows and has used quotes from this movie. Often the mantra is "read the book first" or "the book is better than the movie". But, with......more

I had heard so many fantastic things about the movie, but I didn’t know that it was based on a book. I was pleasantly surprised when I came across the book during one of my book hunts. The story is narrated by the eponymous protagonist of the book, who introduces himself as an idiot but also says tha......more

As I read the Forrest Gump novel, my biggest disappointment was that the voice I heard within my head was my own, not Tom Hanks. There's a fair amount difference between the book and movie, so if you have seen the movie, you won't feel like you're rehashing scenes you've already experienced. For exam......more

In a way it's a real shame that this book will forever be connected (and usurped in the minds of most) by the iconic Tom Hanks movie. I found this book on my father's shelf and the cover- featuring a mongoloid-looking face- grabbed me almost instantly. When I started to read, I wasn't disappointed.......more

Rarely do I go to a movie and say that the movie was definitely better than the book, but this was one time that was true. I really liked the movie with the great soundtrack setting the scenes throughout the 60's and 70's, and of course, Tom Hanks played a GREAT Forrest. I did enjoy how the book por......more