Is Forrest Gump really stupid?

From my opinion, I got the message that Forrest is actually the smartest one. In one way the movie is like a well thought parody since how can someone who is so dumb succeed so much? He is a typical person who has courage, is sincere and honest. read more

But I think he’s missing the point when he describes the president as an “evil, really stupid Forrest Gump.” It’s the very absence of evil, in the form of loyalty, and truthfulness, and decency, that makes Gump who he is. read more

“It’s like Forrest Gump won the presidency,” said a Republican congressman in a conversation that Erick Erickson described last week on The Resurgent. The congressman went on, adding profanities, not reproduced here: “But it’s an evil, really stupid Forrest Gump. read more