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I finally read the book and Forrest is not mentally deficient at all in the book.
In the book, he's a very aware, intelligent person who's good at focusing on and solving problems but has a speech impediment.
Maybe the movie tried to do that, but I don't think they tried to do that.
He also goes to space with a chimpanzee.
The book is pretty crazy.
Sounds like the movie made a change for the better.
It's been some time since I've read the book, but I always say, Forrest Gump is an example of the movie being better than the book.
I agree, usually this isn't the case. IMO the other example of this is with Jurassic Park.
I recently read Jurassic Park for the first time and I thought the same thing. The movie provided a more engaging plot, had more emotional punch, and developed stronger characterization. Going back and reading Chrichton's work has been a rewarding exercise to me as a budding writer. He had some great ideas but also surprisingly had a lot of flaws in his work.
The best part of the book was making Hammond the villain, that should have been kept.