Forrest Gump: Love it or Hate it?

Optimus Prime said

When I first saw Forrest Gump I loved it, I thought that it was one of the best movies I'd seen in a long time.

Afterwards the movie seemed to get longer and longer each time I watched it.

It was on last night and I watched a good bit of it in the first time in years. I loved it all over and forgot how funny it was and how good Tom Hanks was in it.

I know alot of people hate it now, hated it then, hated Tom Hanks perfomance, hated the digital historical manipulation etc.

Your thoughts?

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I just read "The Conquest of Cool" by Thomas Frank, which was an alright view of the Creative Revolution via the counter culture. What stuck out most was his animosity towards Forest Gump and the south. He picked up many things I would have never thought about. I love the movie. It exposed me to a lot of American Culture that my generation missed out on. The movie is mostly about Alabama too, so being loyal to the Crimson Tide makes me a sucker for the movie. But I could see how it enrages people with the ultimate slur being when Forrest rears his *** at Lyndon Johnson.