Forrest Gump is a very average movie that touched an area of nostalgia and fantasy for the Boomer generation. And that would be all fine and good had it not robbed Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction of the Oscar for Best Picture.
FG beating Shawshank i totally get; VERY few people saw Shawshank in the theaters upon it’s release or even in 1994 at all.. i think i was like most people where i first saw it in like 1996 on VHS… but agreed, no way Forrest had any business beating Pulp Fiction, that was almost criminal .