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Child 'Forrest Gump' actor leaving Army
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| 5/10/08
| By JOHN MILBURN
Posted on 05/10/2008 2:40:07 PM PDT by paltz
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posted on
05/10/2008 2:40:10 PM PDT
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paltz
To: paltz
He was great in that movie.
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posted on
05/10/2008 2:42:28 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: paltz
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posted on
05/10/2008 2:43:21 PM PDT
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paltz
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posted on
05/10/2008 2:43:54 PM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: paltz
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posted on
05/10/2008 2:44:58 PM PDT
by
paltz
To: paltz
We was like peas and carrots.....
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posted on
05/10/2008 2:47:02 PM PDT
by
TexasNative2000
(Is this tagline governed by McCain-Feingold?)
To: paltz
In the movie, Elvis stayed overnight with the Gumps, teaching the boy to dance.IIRC, Gump taught Elvis to dance...
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posted on
05/10/2008 2:52:58 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(Simple-minded conservative...)
To: Onelifetogive
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posted on
05/10/2008 2:55:46 PM PDT
by
krb
(If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
To: paltz
One of my all time favorite movies. Sounds like a good kid, too.
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posted on
05/10/2008 3:00:20 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Checkmate Cruiser")
To: paltz
Nice story. I love that movie. It always, always makes me cry.
“No doubt that being a soldier is something that you have to do. You have to force it,” Humphreys said. “No human is designed to do certain things. You have to make yourself be that person, it’s an engineered effect. The same thing as acting.”
As retired Army, I can say that there’s a lot of truth to that statement. But, we ALL “act” in our different roles in life. You don’t act like a “Mom” with your employees at work and I TRY not to bark orders at home.
(The latter doesn’t always work for me, LOL!)
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posted on
05/10/2008 3:06:06 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: paltz
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posted on
05/10/2008 3:11:09 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The GOP death march to the gravesite is underway.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
While I did enjoy Forrst Gump, I didn’t enjoy it without realizing that the left was more than happy to play around with the idea that our troops didn’t have to be fully functioning, to be members of the military.
That’s their view of the military more often than not. So it was with a bit of skepticism that I enjoyed Gump, and realized what the left was up to at least in part.
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posted on
05/10/2008 3:12:15 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Who opposes John McCain's leftist agenda? The RNC, Rep Congress members, the Democrats? Good luck!)
To: paltz
"There was definitely a lot of violence"
NS Sherlock. It's a WAR Forrest. WTF did you expect? Believe it or not, the real world does not mimic Hollywierd.
To: DoughtyOne
Yeah, I saw that, too. But, I also liked the fact that “Jenny” represented everything WRONG with the Lefties. And yet, Forrest still loved her and came to her rescue time after time. (As we on the Right do for the Left to this day; we DO pay their way in more ways than one; I’m not sure our Society could function without that friction. I’d like to find out, though, LOL!)
Her character captured all that was Bad about America through the years, and Forrest captured the Good. I never really saw him as a “doofus,” though.
I wouldn’t say it was Good vs. Evil, it was more that Jenny served as an example of how far off the tracks your life can go when you don’t have a basic Christian (or whatever) foundation under you from the start.
You could also look at her character as ‘Goodness Corrupted.’ A lot of her problems stemmed from an abusive father and a dirt-poor life. Forrest also did not have a father, and he was also dirt-poor, yet excelled beyond anyones expectations of him.
One rises above their beginnings, or one doesn’t. And sometimes you don’t even know it until you look back over it, as did Forrest in this story.
“And that’s all I have to say about that.”
I loved the book first, so I’ve read it several times, and have thought about it a lot, obviously. ;) The movie was a great history lesson and a conversation starter for me and my boys.
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posted on
05/10/2008 3:31:30 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: infantrywhooah
And he went. And learned from that experience.
Imagine, an actor with real combat experience. I can think of only one...Dennis Franz from NYPD Blue.
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posted on
05/10/2008 3:38:03 PM PDT
by
IGOTMINE
(1911s FOREVER!)
To: IGOTMINE
Dale Dye, R. Lee Ermey (both Vietnam), Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, Jimmy Stewart, Charles Durning (WWII) to name just eight and there are dozens more.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
A lot of her problems stemmed from an abusive father and a dirt-poor life. Forrest also did not have a father, and he was also dirt-poor, yet excelled beyond anyones expectations of him.
You and I agree with regard to some good lessons that can be had with this movie, so I'm not going to disagree there.
I will disagree that financial standing must result in, or is in any way an excuse for poor behavior.
There are many poor people in our nation who live decent, honest, hard working lives. They raise good children and those children go on to be highly successful. Even a man like George Washington Carver could overcome his meager beginnings and the hurdles that stood before him.
And I believe the upon reflection you would agree with this, and probably didn't mean to imply otherwise at all.
Your comments revealed that you understand this. I just wanted to point it out. Hope you don't take offense. None was intended.
I do believe this movie could be a great conversation opener with children.
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posted on
05/10/2008 3:48:00 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Who opposes John McCain's leftist agenda? The RNC, Rep Congress members, the Democrats? Good luck!)
To: infantrywhooah
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posted on
05/10/2008 3:53:24 PM PDT
by
stormer
To: stormer
Those days are long gone. Back when actors were patriots and actually saw a duty to serve their country instead of pissing on it.
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