Thread by @timkmak

Should I livetweet Forrest Gump right now? #Gump2021

Matt just decided we would, so...

https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1383240191326920714?s=19

Greenbow, Alabama doesn't actually exist but the shoot for his childhood home occurred in Savannah, Ga

... now represented by Rep Buddy Carter

Is that scene a commentary on school vouchers #Gump2021

Forrest Gump is a great reminder of the prevalence of political violence in recent American history #Gump2021

Separately as we watch this movie I'm eating chips and guac with @MEPFuller and he thinks you should spread out your guac so you have enough guac for every single chip?

No I'm sorry I'm gonna load up and finish guac on my own schedule thanks #gump2021

You know, there aren't a lot of political messages in the early part of the movie. But Forrest IS running! #gump2021

I'm super appalled by just how much Jenny took advantage of Forrest through the movie and is still not considered a villain #Gump2021

Confederate Flag spotted on the truck that chased Forrest down in the famous 'run Forrest run' scene #gump2021

Gump wasn't that great of a kick returner. What we are really seeing is a breakdown in basic kick return coverage #gump2021

George Wallace did actually see the error of his ways in later life.

"Those were different days and we all in our own ways were different people. We have learned hard and important lessons in the 30 years that have passed," he told civil rights marchers 30 yes later #gump2021

In 2021 Gump wouldn't have waited for Jenny at her dorm. He would have realized she was cheating through a too-revealing Instagram story #gump2021

I have to say: I've never drank a Dr Pepper in my life. Is that a thing in the NE? #gump2021

I was gonna roast Gump for going enlisted but I realized I had a four year degree and went enlisted too for some god forsaken reason #gump2021

I got in real good shape before basic training but what I learned was that the Army isn't about physical fitness. It is about the sort of fluidity and chill that Gump through his personality just mastered #gump2021

I think the real wise point is that there are many different ways to being smart. Gump is actually very very smart. When it comes to hands-on, it's not IQ -- it's competency. And overthinking and intellect is NOT useful #gump2021

Okay we are entering the military section of this movie w a prominent shot of an M60 and Gump arriving in Vietnam. This is the only cheery depiction of the Vietnam War I've ever seen #gump2021

"You must be my FNGs," Lt Dan says

That's not a term still in current military lingo #gump2021

"Change your socks whenever we stop," Lt. Dan says. Some things, on the other hand, are timeless

There is a modern hack of wearing dress socks under your thick green socks however #gump2021

These Vietnam era patrols are done with no real formation it seems #gump2021

The fact that Gump was using an m16 40 years ago and the Army is still using it now is a testament to how reliable the weapon system is #gump2021

From what I can see, and obviously I'm just making a visual assessment, but all of the wounds in Gump's squad were survivable EXCEPT for Bubba's. What terrible luck #gump2021

So Bubba's wound is known as an evisceration. There really isn't even anything you can do from a medical standpoint when it comes to point of care #gump2021

Watching this movie you realize how little has changed in the US military in 2021. For e.g that flashlight Gump uses, and that is ok Bubba when he dies -- that's the same flashlight the Army still uses #gump2021

Lt Dan actually is more competent than the vast majority of lieutenants, or so I've been led to believe by r/Army #gump2021

Gump wouldn't have reunited with Jenny on the Washington mall in 2021. She would have heard him on a Chapo Trap House and reached out via dm #gump2021

In 2021 Gump would have taken Jenny throughout DC on a tandem Revel ride #gump2021

Jenny obviously went through some awful things but she still has agency. She is responsible for treating Forrest the way she did, which was awfully #gump2021

The best scene in the entire movie imho is when Forrest bulldozes Jenny's childhood home. "Sometimes I guess there aren't enough rocks."

Jenny came back because she had no other options. Forrest understood that, despite his limitations. But he didn't care -- he was happy. "It was the happiest time of my life." We could take a page from this tbh #gump2021

"I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is," Gump says. I think this really shows how smart Gump is. A less secure person would have never had the guts to walk out like that #gump2021