Purple1829 OP t1_je7b6yr wrote on March 29, 2023 at 10:46 PM

Reply to comment by Dana07620 in Thoughts on Forrest Gump? by Purple1829

Hollywood Accounting is such bullshit.

Did you read the second one? I saw it was rated much lower so hadn’t planned on checking it out.

FireLucid t1_je7ep9r wrote on March 29, 2023 at 11:13 PM

I heard that he made it shit or crazy on purpose so it wouldn't become a movie.

TheChocolateMelted t1_je93a9s wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:06 AM

Gump & Co? Read it many years ago. The actual story itself seemed a bit subdued compared to the original. However, I'll immediately recommend it for the way novel Forrest refers to the Forrest Gump movie infiltrating and messing up his life, even meeting Tom Hanks at one point. Wonderful approach by Groom that I never would have expected.

You might also want to check out The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. Only read the first one (there's a sequel), but it's possibly even more satisfying than Forrest Gump. Lots of fun.

Dana07620 t1_je7bd8d wrote on March 29, 2023 at 10:48 PM

I wasn't crazy about the first one. So, no, I didn't read the second one. But since you liked the first one, I thought you might like the second one.