“‘Benjamin Button’ was great. I also enjoyed it 15 years ago when they called it ‘Forrest Gump,’ ” says Funny or Die. We think it was sort of like “Forrest Gump,” without AIDS, but not quite as funny (last we checked Katrina wasn’t that funny).
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Finally somebody made it! Thing is there tons more similarities too, it didn’t even cover half of them.
My dear lord, the whole time I watched this film I kept thinking, “This is Forrest Gump, only somehow more believable.” Haha. Great video.