This, to me, is the saddest moment of 1994 for a couple of reasons.
1) Jenny Dies: Forrest talks about Jenny throughout the ENTIRE 2 and a half hour film and when it comes to the end, when everything should be perfect, Jenny Dies…it sucks, but that’s life.
2) Tom Hanks performance: Just mind boggling. How does one like Forrest deal with such a monumental death in his life. Someone he’s thought of for soo long, someone he’s dreamed of. Every single thing Forrest has done was simply to get a little acknowledgement from the girl he loved. Sure, he got into random situations but the thought of Jenny never strayed from his mind and you can tell that in Hanks performance.
Everytime I see this scene, it hurts. I will preach this forever, proclaiming it as one of the saddest moments in film history. At least to me it is.