It’s crazy how your preconceived notions of a film that you watch as a kid turn out to be something entirely different when you’re older. Like, I remember Forrest Gump being a boring, long-ass movie about a chocolate-loving retard when I was an 8 year old. Watching through it again before drawing this strip made me see it for the wonderful film that it is. I feel like I’ve finally matured…*sniff*
Anyway, I ran into a few snags when attempting to draw/write this comic. Here’s some Forrest Gump facts I learned:
1) The line in the movie is, “Life was like a box of chocalates,” instead of “is like a box of chocolates.”
2) Forrest Gump’s mother doesn’t have a name. She’s always referred to “Mrs. Gump” or “Momma” (by the way, I refuse to spell it “mama.” When I see that, my Mexican side wants to pronounce it the Spanish way: maw-MAW instead of MAW-muh).
3) The film never shows where Forrest’s mom is buried. I could have sworn she had a headstone next to Jenny at their house, but nope. After that scene where he talks to her on her death bed, she’s never seen or mentioned again. So I just kind of made up that she had a headstone on their land, somewhere near the house, but away from where Jenny’s would be.
