Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is the perfect example for why a comedy is a meaningful art form. The story follows Forrest Gump, a cognitively impaired but well meaning and unceasingly optimistic man through the events of his life. The film repeatedly demonstrates the idea that life is truly a mystery, and that you shouldn't allow personal detractors stop you from accomplishing things. This is evident throughout the movie, for example, such as the time that Forrest, who had spent his life in leg braces, breaks them while running from bullies, only to learn that he can not only run fine, but that he can actually run incredibly fast, which later secures him a scholarship to the University of Alabama. 

He goes on to win a football game for this school. Furthermore, Forrest fights in Vietnam, as terrible situation for anyone, yet he manages to make a lifelong friend and business partner and, despite being injured, meets the president. Gump also wins medals, creates a famous shrimping fleet, meets the president multiple times, and even starts a jogging movement, all of which further the idea that while everyone has issues that could potentially restrain them from achieving great things, anyone can do anything. Nothing quite portrays this idea like the famous line from the film, "My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

This simple yet effective phrase embodies the recurring motif of the movie perfectly. It's meaning is simple; the outcomes of life are random. You cannot truly know what each one (or chocolate) will be until you try it, and as such there is no reason not to. This phrase, as it relates to the film as a whole, states that it is human nature to be afraid to choose from a variety of unknown possibilities, so you have to jump in with positivity, regardless of any outstanding circumstances (which won't really hold you back anyway).