Chapter 711 American Dream

The movie has ended, but the audience was reluctant to leave. They were still listening to the ending song "California Dreaming" and staring at the credits list in a daze.

This movie has no cool special effects, the war scenes are not very shocking, and there are not many exciting scenes.

Originally, everyone thought that since it was about the American Dream, it had to have a sense of greatness that could bear moral responsibility and turn the world around with both hands.

Unexpectedly, it was so ordinary.

But greatness often comes from the ordinary.

Isn’t the history and the protagonist’s experience shown in the movie the American dream that everyone expects?

Although Forrest Gump was born with a disability, he never complained, embraced life with the greatest enthusiasm, and embraced others with the greatest kindness.

He always seems to make the right choice at the right time, as if God favors him alone.

But in fact, these successes are all based on Forrest Gump's great character.

For such a kind, serious and persistent person, success is inevitable.

For the audience, this movie is not only a bowl of chicken soup from heaven, but also a signpost pointing the way to confused people.

Not everyone can have as much good luck and coincidences as Forrest Gump.

But they can be as serious and optimistic as Forrest Gump.

And this is the prerequisite for success, the prerequisite for achieving the American Dream.

Perhaps, this is what the director wants to tell everyone.

As the first wave of movies ended and people walked out of the cinema, the first thing they did was to tell everyone about Forrest Gump.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, "Forrest Gump" topped the trending list on Twitter with more than half a million entries. The comments that could be seen were basically positive, expressing what they gained from this movie. move.

The freshness index of Rotten Tomatoes has reached an extremely rare 100%!

There are no more than twenty movies with this rating on this long-standing movie rating website.

You know, even "Titanic" is only 99%!

This may not mean that "Forrest Gump" is really flawless, or that it is better than "Titanic", but at least in the eyes of those viewers who rated it, this movie is an undisputed masterpiece!

By eight o'clock in the morning, reports from major newspapers, professional film critics, and film review magazines came out one after another.

First up is the New York Times:

"This is the best film about America in a decade, recording the changes in the United States over the past few decades and recreating an era of freedom, struggle, and prosperity.

It’s hard to imagine that this was filmed by a foreign director. What’s even more rare is that she was completely objective and fair, without any partisan bias or discrimination against any group, including the description of war.

If you want to choose next year's Oscar for Best Picture, "Forrest Gump" will definitely take the cake! "

Time Magazine:

"Luo Quan understands the definition of the American Dream better than most Americans.

She uses real lenses to depict a fairy tale for adults.

Forrest Gump's success may be accidental, but who can say that if you work hard, you won't get the same result?

Luo Quan defined the way of hard work and even showed it in front of everyone.

And the final destination is called the American Dream! "

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Rarely does the media praise such a foreigner so unanimously.

Luo Quan did not rely on politics.

Or perhaps, what she presented is the ultimate political correctness.

No one dares to deny the value of the American Dream.

The American Internet, which has been gloomy for several months, finally has a glimmer of light.

Although there is a saying that when the light shines into the darkness filled with haze and filth, this light also becomes sinful.

However, if it is the light of the righteous kingly way that judges all sins, then that is a different matter.

Now "Forrest Gump" has such a trend, the entire Internet is praising it, and there are no naysayers at all.

Not only because of what this movie represents, but just from the perspective of the movie, it is indeed a flawless work.

No matter from a rational or emotional point of view, there is no point of criticism.

Therefore, it is not surprising that "Forrest Gump" has become the ultimate political correctness in American society.

However, in China, this movie still caused some controversy.

Of course, the main thing is not the plot of the movie.

When Luo Quan was filming, he made some modifications to some plots of the original film and achieved absolute objectivity.

Although it may not particularly cater to the U.S. government, at least from the public's perspective, this is nothing to be ashamed of.

Therefore, even if the Chinese people cannot empathize with the American dream, they can still feel the touch brought by this movie.

Putting aside the American dream, this is actually an inspirational movie set against the backdrop of historical trends.

And Forrest Gump's experience is actually quite consistent with the mainstream Chinese cultural thought, that is, where there is a will, there is a way, and God helps those who help themselves.

To put it simply, good people are rewarded.

With such a premise, it is not difficult to understand how touching the movie is and applauding Forrest Gump's good luck.

As for the controversy among netizens, it mainly revolves around the heroine Jenny.

The internet is abuzz with debate over whether she is a good girl or not.

One side believes that she can't be called a good girl because she has been so distant from Forrest Gump time and time again and her private life is so corrupt.

The other side believes that Jenny has never hurt anyone from beginning to end, and is very kind to Forrest. The main reason for her private life is because of her miserable childhood, not from her true heart.

Both sides have their own opinions, and no one can convince the other.

If it were placed in the United States, Jenny's problem would not actually be a problem.

Because it was not just her, but many young people at that time were like this.

Under the hippie movement, young people had almost no restraint in their indulgence in life, and they could do no outrageous behavior.

But in the eyes of the Chinese mainstream, Jenny's private life is indeed not that of a good girl.

Not to mention anything else, just being addicted to drugs can already be labeled.

Of course, evaluating a character cannot be separated from the background of his time, and one needs to consider the limitations of his environment.

Moreover, people cannot be defined by just good and bad. Sometimes the boundaries between the two are very blurred.

So, after the quarrel ultimately went nowhere, the eclectic side prevailed.

“Jenny was one of the many hippie youths of that era.

She had a miserable childhood, resented her family, hated herself and had extremely low self-esteem.

She loves music and wants to achieve success, but because of her limited ability, she can only appear on stage in this vulgar way.

In order to numb the pain in her heart, she indulged in pleasure, corrupted her private life, and eventually led to her own illness.

However, no matter how miserable Jenny was, she never harmed anyone.

She is still gentle and kind, qualified to love and be loved.

And her relationship with Forrest Gump is actually complicated and tangled.

Forrest Gump's two marriage proposals, the first time Jenny felt that Forrest Gump didn't understand love, so she refused.

The second time, it was out of inferiority. At that time, she felt that she was not worthy of Forrest Gump, so she chose to leave.

By the third time, she had become a strong mother who supported herself, got rid of drugs, and raised her son alone.

At this time, Jenny finally let go of all the pain in the past, said goodbye to her tragic childhood, and embraced a new future.

So, she agreed to A-Gump.

However, people always have to pay the price for their actions. No one can be safe if they are so indulgent in such an environment, so it is not surprising that they end up getting sick.

Although director Luo Quan did not say it explicitly, this strange disease is actually AIDS.

Jenny's life was tragic, but I think the last period of her life must have been happy.

Compared with Forrest Gump, the director's writing of Jenny is actually not bad at all. Both of them are the image of that era.

One is the American dream, and the other may be America itself. "

This conclusion analyzes Jenny quite clearly from a Chinese perspective.

People are all complicated, and not everyone can be as pure and simple as Forrest Gump.

As a heroine, Jenny is certainly not as in line with the preferences of the mainstream public as in ordinary movies.

But she has achieved "independence" and is not an accessory to the protagonist. She is a heroine in the true sense.

After the lead is washed away, people can appreciate her beauty and kindness.

The only pity is that Luo Quan, who claims to hate tragic endings, finally arranged such a tragic ending for Forrest Gump and Jenny, which is really disappointing.

Especially when he saw the beautiful Jenny lying haggardly on the bed, the scene was similar to when Forrest Gump said goodbye to his mother. I don't know how many viewers were moved to tears.

For this reason, after the movie was screened, many domestic female audiences asked Luo Quan why he broke his promise and did not give the two of them a good ending.

Soon, "Why did Luo Quan break his promise" became a hot search topic.

The comment area starts outputting directly:

"Luo Quan really likes to do this, and so does "Farewell My Concubine" and "Forrest Gump". The ending was so miserable that it made me cry so many times!"

"He says he likes happy reunions, but he doesn't know how many tragedies he can bring about with his own hands. He is really a great evil person in the world."

"Although I guessed that it would end like this, when Jenny really died, I couldn't help but want to send a blade to Luo Quan."

"She will definitely have a live broadcast tonight, let's see how I do the laning!"

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In this regard, Luo Quan was actually helpless.

Although she does like happy endings and happy endings, this situation does not apply to Forrest Gump.

The emotions and atmosphere had brewed to that point. If Jenny hadn't died, she would definitely not have achieved that unforgettable effect in the end.

And this is why the audience was dissatisfied, but none of them complained about the ending.

Everyone knows that this is a reasonable and good ending, but everyone just doesn't like to see the heroine die.

Seeing the outcry from the audience, Luo Quan also posted an explanation:

“I do like happy endings.

But not all movies are suitable for happy endings. Some characters are born to sacrifice their lives to bloom.

Although cruel, at least she left an indelible mark in everyone's heart, making you feel angry and shed tears for her.

As a character, she is successful, and she is also grateful for everyone's love and support.

However, I would like to emphasize here that I am not a literary youth, and I do not suffer from literary youth disease.

I will not be green simply for the sake of being green, nor will I die for the sake of dying. That kind of pretentiousness is definitely the enemy of art creators, as it completely ignores the audience’s self-pleasure!

If anyone is offended after hearing this, no doubt, I did it on purpose, please feel free to take your seat! "

Luo Quan has always hated creators with literary youth problems.

This time I also took the opportunity to express my thoughts, that is, you can say that I am ruthless and deliberately make the audience cry.

But you can’t say that I am a literary person, I am not that kind of person.

After these remarks were made, they also attracted ridicule from a group of netizens:

"Haha, it seems that Luo Quan was hurt by the work of a certain literary youth, and he actually fired the map cannon in a rare move."

"Previously, Luo Bao went live and said that he had read a fantasy novel. It turned out that the author of the novel was both a gift girl and an abusive master. Luo Bao almost suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.

From then on, I started to become a little confused. "

"There is indeed some cerebral palsy, and many young people like to do this, and they call it art."

"The protagonist Fugui in "Alive" is also miserable, but he didn't give his wife to anyone else. Anyone who can write that kind of plot has some psychological problems."

"I can understand it anyway."

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It can be seen that many netizens dislike Wen Qing.

But having said that, the fact that it can make people feel so uncomfortable also shows that the character is successfully created and the work is excellent.

If it's a bad movie or a bad novel, no one will care how disgusting you are.

However, if you can obviously give the public a good ending, but you have to torture the protagonist, you can only understand it as two situations.

Either there is something wrong with his brain, or he is a psychopath.

Of course, Luo Quan specifically mentioned it here because he was disgusted by a novel he read a while ago.

What a cool article, if it had to be done like this, she didn't know how to describe it except that it was outrageous.

However, through such a distraction, the voices about Jenny's tragic ending have become much quieter.

And as more and more people have watched "Forrest Gump", the popularity and praise have also begun to explode.

The box office on the first day of the movie's release is also available, with a global total of 459 million US dollars.

The United States alone has 320 million U.S. dollars, which is quite an exaggeration.

And with the unanimous support of the entire American network, I believe more people will go to the cinema to watch this American Dream movie with zero negative ratings.

It is worth mentioning that the day after "Forrest Gump" was released, the stock market received a lot of retail capital inflows.

The stock market, which was already in turmoil and stagnant, seemed to suddenly come to life again.

The confidence of investors has been restored and they have become bolder again.

The situation that was on the verge of collapse was miraculously reversed.

No one knows whether this is due to "Forrest Gump", but Apple has become the one with the highest rise among all stocks.