Forrest Gump

Do you guys remember the feel-good movie, Forrest Gump?  Of course you do, it starred Tom Hanks as the "stupid is that stupid does" main character that goes on some crazy adventures.  Forrest plays football at Alabama, goes to Vietnam, saves some people, meets a couple of Presidents, plays ping-pong, starts a successful shrimping company, makes friends with a crippled Army vet, runs across the country a couple of times, teaches Elvis how to dance, and well, you get the idea, he does a bunch of stuff.  However, did you know that that movie was based on a book?  It's true.  And did you know that the movie adaptation left out most of the craziest stuff that Forrest accomplished?  Also true.  So, I thought I would tell you about the things they didn't put in the movie.  Enjoy:

• He played in a folk music band with Jenny.
• He actually flunked out of Alabama after only one semester (not a surprise).
• He went on a NASA mission to space with a female astronaut and a chimp named Sue.
• After crash landing on Earth, he is captured and lives with cannibals for four years.
• He becomes a chess champion (cough...bullshit...cough).
• He works as a stunt man in Hollywood and stars in a movie with a naked Raquel Welch.
• And finally, he becomes a professional wrestler named "The Dunce" (also, not surprising).

I would say that I think that the movie left out the best stuff, but then again, had they left that stuff in then it probably wouldn't have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.  However, if they did leave that stuff in then the Academy Awards would have rightfully given the Best Picture Award to The Shawshank Redemption like they should have in the first place that year.

"You have to admit that seeing Forrest go to space with a chimp named Sue would have been pretty awesome."