Careercow Robert Chipman / Bob / Moviebob / "Movieblob" - Middle-Aged Consoomer, CWC with a Thesaurus, Ardent Male Feminist and Superior Futurist, the Twice-Fired, the Mario-Worshipper, publicly dismantled by Hot Dog Girl, now a diabetic

[Positron]

MovieBob should just change his name to Exploitation-Film Bob. It'd be more in line with his interests and his relationship to entertainment.

Exploitation fares have more heart and audacity than MCU.

Chris posted these:


(The whole series of monstrosities)

 

[MeltyTW]

Bob likes them unfeeling, broken by their enviornment and omnicidal I guess

 

[Rei is shit]

Forest Gump was really Jesus


DONT bring up a thing he did 6 years ago friendo

 

[MeltyTW]

Forest Gump was really Jesus
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the sheer hypocrisy of bob telling someone to let the past go is almost an enraging amount of hypocrisy

 

[King Dead]

the sheer hypocrisy of bob telling someone to let the past go is almost an enraging amount of hypocrisy

If you want an easy release for any rage you're feeling at Bob being a hypocrite (which I call "any day that ends in '-y'"), laugh at the fact that he seriously thinks that Mauler and the EFAP crew are trying to chase clout by targeting him. Like he seriously thinks he's a big enough name that people could attack him to raise their own standing. Hilarious.

 

[MeltyTW]

If you want an easy release for any rage you're feeling at Bob being a hypocrite (which I call "any day that ends in '-y'"), laugh at the fact that he seriously thinks that Mauler and the EFAP crew are trying to chase clout by targeting him. Like he seriously thinks he's a big enough name that people could attack him to raise their own standing. Hilarious.

lol i didnt even notice that, Bob gets less or about the same views as them on a good day on a video where he chases the hottest trend. that helps, there's just some things that are so boldface in their opposition to every facet of known reality that one cant help but respond with "im sorry what?"

 

[Bolo]

Forest Gump was really Jesus
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Forrest Gump as christ... oh boy, professional movie critic take everybody, pulled straight out of his ass.

And his reasoning is bad too, the whole "reborn ins the eyes of those around him", like who? In the movie, Forrest doesn't spend much time with anyone. His mother always thought the same of him, Jenny didn't seem to change her opinion on Forrest, she liked him but not loved, and her life just went separate ways from his for numerou reasons, his army friend at vietman was always nice to him from the start.

The only character that might have changed his views on Forrest was lieutenant Dan (the guy who got his legs blown off), but even so it wasn't something noteworthy on story, since his whole deal was about finding peace.

The whole deal about Forrest Gump was that he was a "innocent" man going throught turbulent moments of history, unchanging on his peculiar ways and showing that "wise fool" lessons on what seemed to be complicated affairs. It is sappy as fuck movie, and the only reason people remember it is because Tom Hanks sells the fuck out of it.

But no, it wasn't a fucking Jesus methaphor.

 

[Doctor Placebo]

Forrest Gump as christ... oh boy, professional movie critic take everybody, pulled straight out of his ass.

And his reasoning is bad too, the whole "reborn ins the eyes of those around him", like who? In the movie, Forest doesn't spend much time with anyone. His mother always thought the same of him, Jenny didn't seem to change her opinion on Forest, she liked him but not loved, and her life just went separate ways from his for numerou reasons, his army friend at vietman was always nice to him from the start.

The only character that might have changed his views on Forest was lieutenant Dan (the guy who got his legs blown off), but even so it wasn't something noteworthy on story, since his whole deal was about finding peace.

The whole deal about Forest Gump was that he was a "innocent" man going throught turbulent moments of history, unchanging on his peculiar ways and showing that "wise fool" lessons on what seemed to be complicated affairs. It is sappy as fuck movie, and the only reason people remember it is because Tom Hanks sells the fuck out of it.

But no, it wasn't a fucking Jesus methaphor.

Or maybe TheologyMasterBob who studied with the greatest Jesuit teachers of his age in the Vatican, probably being groomed for the Papacy itself, before realizing that technology is cool and becoming an enlightened atheist who worships Science(TM) comprehends Jesus on a level you never could, pleb.

 

[Godzilla@1989]

Forrest Gump as christ... oh boy, professional movie critic take everybody, pulled straight out of his ass.

And his reasoning is bad too, the whole "reborn ins the eyes of those around him", like who? In the movie, Forest doesn't spend much time with anyone. His mother always thought the same of him, Jenny didn't seem to change her opinion on Forest, she liked him but not loved, and her life just went separate ways from his for numerou reasons, his army friend at vietman was always nice to him from the start.

The only character that might have changed his views on Forest was lieutenant Dan (the guy who got his legs blown off), but even so it wasn't something noteworthy on story, since his whole deal was about finding peace.

The whole deal about Forest Gump was that he was a "innocent" man going throught turbulent moments of history, unchanging on his peculiar ways and showing that "wise fool" lessons on what seemed to be complicated affairs. It is sappy as fuck movie, and the only reason people remember it is because Tom Hanks sells the fuck out of it.

But no, it wasn't a fucking Jesus methaphor.

Another movie I would be surprised if Bob were to watch or look up just to have stupid hot takes is Rain Man.

 

[Judge Dredd]

The whole deal about Forest Gump was that he was a "innocent" man going throught turbulent moments of history, unchanging on his peculiar ways and showing that "wise fool" lessons on what seemed to be complicated affairs. It is sappy as fuck movie, and the only reason people remember it is because Tom Hanks sells the fuck out of it.

Null doesn't claim to be a film critic and he showed a better understanding of the film than Bob, a lifelong film buff and professional film critic.

And "X is a Jesus metaphor" is such shit tier basic bitch high school film criticism that I'm surprised Bob would reach for that unironically. What's next? "Man's inhumanity to man" or "It's a meditation on x"?

 

[Super Hans]

Forrest Gump as christ... oh boy, professional movie critic take everybody, pulled straight out of his ass.

And his reasoning is bad too, the whole "reborn ins the eyes of those around him", like who? In the movie, Forest doesn't spend much time with anyone. His mother always thought the same of him, Jenny didn't seem to change her opinion on Forest, she liked him but not loved, and her life just went separate ways from his for numerou reasons, his army friend at vietman was always nice to him from the start.

The only character that might have changed his views on Forest was lieutenant Dan (the guy who got his legs blown off), but even so it wasn't something noteworthy on story, since his whole deal was about finding peace.

The whole deal about Forest Gump was that he was a "innocent" man going throught turbulent moments of history, unchanging on his peculiar ways and showing that "wise fool" lessons on what seemed to be complicated affairs. It is sappy as fuck movie, and the only reason people remember it is because Tom Hanks sells the fuck out of it.

But no, it wasn't a fucking Jesus methaphor.

The books the movie is based off are even worse. After Jenny dies Forest becomes a real piece of shit. If I remember right, he becomes an alcoholic and starts beating the kid because he realized how poorly she treated him, and the kid is a constant reminder of her.

Not exactly Christ-like behavior.

 

[shoashuffle]

Did Bob ever even attend college?

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Did Bob ever even attend college?

Community college, for a "new media" degree. Even more useless than a BA in English. Don't know if he graduated though.

Apparently he also took a course on objective critique which he used to whip out any time someone pointed out his biased points.

 

[shoashuffle]

Community college, for a "new media" degree. Even more useless than a BA in English. Don't know if he graduated though.

Apparently he also took a course on objective critique which he used to whip out any time someone pointed out his biased points.

It's more depressing he spent money on that instead of thinking he was just a high school grad.

 

[Mola Ram]

But no, it wasn't a fucking Jesus methaphor.

I think the Christ metaphor is a relatively valid one. Let's not forget that Forrest Gump was often compared to Being There, and that's a movie that ends with a shot of the simpleton protagonist literally walking on water. It's a Jesus metaphor not for Forrest's own motivations or awareness, but for the hopes people project onto him (mostly during the "running across America" stuff) and for the incidental healing he brings along with him. Look, Jesus stuff shows up errverywhere in Western media because a) it's an almost universal touchstone and b) it's easy. It's not the be-all and end-all of Gump the way Bob seems to think, but it's there.

Where Bob's insufferable cuntery comes in is how he expresses this: implying he's got some special insight for perceiving incredibly obvious symbolism (don't you ghouls know about your fake-Savior and the fish? *sneer*), and in thinking all of this makes the movie shit. Just look at how condescending he's being about it (yes, condescending is Bob's mother tongue, but he's being especially bad here). It's very, very obvious he loathes this movie, partly because he hates any Christological imagery that's meant unironically, but mostly because it's a movie about a well meaning, very simple man from the South succeeding beyond your wildest dreams precisely because he is simple and well meaning. Just imagine how Bob must recoil from such a message, when he thinks success must be predicated on being an obnoxious, snide, Ivory Tower, coastal elite asshole.

 

[XtrmGamr719]

I think the Christ metaphor is a relatively valid one. Let's not forget that Forrest Gump was often compared to Being There, and that's a movie that ends with a shot of the simpleton protagonist literally walking on water. It's a Jesus metaphor not for Forrest's own motivations or awareness, but for the hopes people project onto him (mostly during the "running across America" stuff) and for the incidental healing he brings along with him. Look, Jesus stuff shows up errverywhere in Western media because a) it's an almost universal touchstone and b) it's easy. It's not the be-all and end-all of Gump the way Bob seems to think, but it's there.

Where Bob's insufferable cuntery comes in is how he expresses this: implying he's got some special insight for perceiving incredibly obvious symbolism (don't you ghouls know about your fake-Savior and the fish? *sneer*), and in thinking all of this makes the movie shit. Just look at how condescending he's being about it (yes, condescending is Bob's mother tongue, but he's being especially bad here). It's very, very obvious he loathes this movie, partly because he hates any Christological imagery that's meant unironically, but mostly because it's a movie about a well meaning, very simple man from the South succeeding beyond your wildest dreams precisely because he is simple and well meaning. Just imagine how Bob must recoil from such a message, when he thinks success must be predicated on being an obnoxious, snide, Ivory Tower, coastal elite asshole.

Christ Metaphors are good when you take a second and think "huh, he does have some traits like Jesus Christ" and are crocks of shit when they punch you in the nose with it (Zack Snyder Man of Steel anyone?)

Of course this isn't going into how accurate of why Bobert hates the movie, everything he hates being shown in a positive light? Well he may as well burn down the theater if he wasn't so fucking lazy.

 

[Mask_de_SMITH]

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Jesus, his comparison of Forrest Gump to Jesus is absolutely pretentious on a level I would never have thought possible. If I'm playing arm chair psychologist, call me out on it, but it just sounds like Bob is letting his emotions over the information on that article cloud what little sense he has, making his supposedly fact base analysis null and void.

Bob fails to realize that movie's can be interpreted in different ways by different people, especially under the influence of emotional investment. So like Last Jedi apologists, they'll start throwing interpretations of the film that aren't even there just to fill their momentary rush of emotion in order to justify it. Bob, Forrest Gump is a movie about a man who is a little less exceptional than you who happens to stumble upon critical points in history, and comparing him to Jesus just to masturbate to Tom Hanks is absurd and intellectually dishonest.

Bob needs to stop analyzing movies and go back to dehumanizing right wingers. That seems to be what he's good at.

 

[Red Hood]

Forrest Gump isn't Jesus. Forrest Gump is boomer comfort food.

 

[iafiv]

Forrest Gump isn't Jesus. Forrest Gump is boomer comfort food.

I always assumed Forrest Gump was mainly meant for Gen X as a lesson in how much better their lives were compared to their parents.The movie came out in 1994 a few years after the end of the Cold War and when Gen X was starting to get noticed and compared to Boomers and their struggles.While boomers might have enjoyed the movie i always assumed it was meant for Gen X as a 'history lesson'.Historical movies are almost never meant for the generation that lived through those events but for the generation just growing up or entering adulthood when it comes out.This is also why the movie seems like a 'Greatest hits' version of everything that happened through the era.Spielberg did not make Saving private Ryan for the guys who were on Omaha beach or their kids he made it for the young millenials who only ever heard of the war but had no direct connection.

 

[Red Hood]

I always assumed Forrest Gump was mainly meant for Gen X as a lesson in how much better their lives were compared to their parents.The movie came out in 1994 a few years after the end of the Cold War and when Gen X was starting to get noticed and compared to Boomers and their struggles.While boomers might have enjoyed the movie i always assumed it was meant for Gen X as a 'history lesson'.Historical movies are almost never meant for the generation that lived through those events but for the generation just growing up or entering adulthood when it comes out.This is also why the movie seems like a 'Greatest hits' version of everything that happened through the era.Spielberg did not make Saving private Ryan for the guys who were on Omaha beach or their kids he made it for the young millenials who only ever heard of the war but had no direct connection.

I thought Spielberg made Saving Private Ryan because he wanted more of them Oscars like he got with Schindler's List.