[AerostarMonk]

Really? I love the book so much more than the movie. It was just hilarious, and it actually made you question just how clever Forrest was. He was thought to be a simpleton but he would find solutions to things even the best minds couldn't figure out. The stories place him at many of the most monumental moments of the latter half of the 20th Century and one wonders if he's just telling an elaborate tall tale or if he somehow actually did all of these things. They seem incredulous but the earnest way he tells it coupled with his supposed uncomplicated simple mind made me think, "Just maybe."

The sequel Gump & Co. is just as funny. From inventing New Coke, only to botch the formula the second go-round, to capturing Saddam Hussein and being told to put him back for political and PR reasons, the tales are just as tall. This time they include his son. He even takes a run at Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks and crew for their biopic based on his life.

And jj, Jenny led a more placid life in the book. Forrest is more cynical than innocent and he doesn't understand why people complicate the easiest of matters. So he really isn't the gung-ho do what he's told guy from the film.

For me this isn't one of those "book is better" moments simply to sound smart. I've loved the movie for years, but when I read the books I just loved them so much more than the movies. If you're interested just go to your local library and pick up Forrest Gump and Gump and Co. by Winston Groom.