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>massive demographic the studios could exploit the Hell out of

who? readers of a novel?



Baby Boomers! The film Forrest Gump was basically Baby Boomers: The Movie.

It was a Greatest Hits album of everything the stereotypical Boomer would consider great and memorable about their childhood and young adulthood.


My wife and I are 47 and love it. Our teenage kids enjoyed it when we watched it with them recently. My dad, a boomer, actually doesn’t care all that much for it. It happens to be a good story irrespective of when you were a child or young adult. Shrug.


Certainly doesn't hurt that Tom Hanks attracts all kinds


I'm not sure what you're trying to say here - there's nothing wrong with enjoying it, there's nothing wierd about younger people enjoying it and that still doesn't really change the fact that movie targets nostalgia of a certain demografic. Considering it's success, it does that very well.


I saw it in my teens and loved it. It was a film that could appeal to all.


Disturbing modern idea that everything has to appease only a certain group of people, others need not apply.


What in the world are you talking about?




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