What is the movie point?

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I took it more as stay close to your friends/family in life and don't try to stray away or give up on them. Also TC you should read the novel.

Green Goblin is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1L4ZuaVvaw

That Forrest Gump is Jesus-like. So many people think they can sacrifice his wisdom, mocking it as old fashioned Southern American values. He seemingly floats through life, seemingly accidentally inspiring and helping others, quietly performing kinds of miracles. Most people realise too late to be fair to anyone that they need him. The way that 'do anything liberalism' (in a cultural or capitalististic sense) collides with patriotism which is a high form of liberalism towards one's own country in 'libera'ting it from those who wish it harm. But those who 'do' are far more connected , even on opposing sides, than those who 'don't'. So Forrest, Jesus-like, isn't far off the values of hippies. Who helped Jenny? Not the 'don't' camp, that's for sure.

There seems to be a couple points to this film.
1. You can triumph over adversity.
2. The film makers made a nostalgic film about US history. Placing Forrest as accidentally being at many defining points in the history of the US.

Girls who are abused by their daddies grow up to be strippers, take drugs and end up with mildly retarded boyfriends

Or

Success in life knows no limits...don't let your physical and mental shortcomings stop you from achieving your dreams and goals. Greatness is in all of us if you just dig deep enough

I think retro was in at the time and director Robert Zemeckis had done Back to the Future as writer/director previously, so this was a movie I wanted to see. It was enjoyable in that sense and how something complex was made simple by Tom Hanks playing Forrest Gump. However, it did not deserve Best Picture at the Academy Awards. It was a film that was at the right place at the right time. You could not get me to go see this film again in a theater unless you held a gun to my head. I would go see the films that lost Best Picture in 1994 -- The Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction again in a heartbeat. I still can't decide which of those two films should've won, but seeing them again in a theater in full glory would help decide it for me.

the point of the movie is stsy close to your friends and family and never let go of your strengths and your heart as long as you put god in it. this movie deserved the Oscar over harsh society films like pulp fiction and Shawshank redemption. Forrest Gump is a simple man. He is the underdog. A person with learning disabilities and having the ability to stay with his intelligent iq, his wisdom in a mean spirited lawful world.

Roger Ebert in his review said that Forrest Gump represents the American people/psyche during the second half of the 20th century. Haplessly wondering through life, one national tragedy to the next. Somehow making it through, inspiring change and accomplishing greatness, despite the inability to intellectually and emotionally process the tragic events of our history.

It's an interesting theory/interpretation worth thinking about.