Because I have such a bad impression on Groom's original book, I had the best time watching the film. The book review I wrote in the last entry is adequate to describe my negative thoughts about the book, I believe, so I will write mostly about the film in this entry.
The film had many improvements, the most conspicuous of which was the development of characters. Forrest, for one, was improved from the beginning-to-the-end idiot character to a character of emotional development. Dan, originially a strangely developed schizophrenic character, was re-illustrated as a lost lieutenenat who eventually finds himself. Jenny, an all-kind woman, somewhat became -- what people would call a female dog who takes advantage of Forrest, which was still fun because it was a much more exciting character.
The ramblings of the book was also shortened by the film, to give the story a much more consistent feel. That's all I have to say about that.
Nonetheless, the film could have been even speedier. That's because the film was too long, and, toward the end, gave the feeling of bore. Not too much bore, but certainly as much bore the book gave the reader.
But well, I guess boredom is a character of many critic-praised films.
