I haven't seen the film all the way through from the beginning to the end, and frankly, I wasn't as impressed as I was apparently supposed to be, but there was still a lot that was impressive in Forrest Gump. But for me, at least, once you get the hang of it, seeing the hero digitally superimposed into historic events becomes no more than simply a special effect (and to my mind Woody Allen did it better earlier). But upon seeing the opening of the film I was held breathless by that falling leaf. How, I wondered, did the photographic team do such a great job of tracking it on it's fall from the tree? And how, I wondered, did they do retakes if they needed them? I felt more than a bit foolish when I realized that this was a case of the zen archer drawing the target around wherever the arrow hits. And then the question becomes: is it less of an impressive achievement because it's made to order? Does it really matter which is the "true" reality? Do questions of this sort actually concern kids born into a digital age? Now that's an interesting subject for a future column.