This should be retitled "The Curious Case of Why Is This Movie So Damned Long"! It's based on a short story for god's sake! If it had run any longer I would have killed every one in the movie theater. Heartwarming and touching, but for nearly 3 hours, give my kidneys a break please Mr. Fincher. I walked out of the movie having aged as much as Brad Pitt regressed.
Not a bad film at all, and the story is interesting, but not worthy of a Best Picture nomination. It is the story Benjamin Button, a boy who is born as an old man. However rather than age, Benjamin grows younger with age, and so this provides an interesting context for a movie. So even though he appears old he is in fact a child and when he becomes older, though he looks young he is now an old man. Following me so far, cause it's really not all that confusing.
Benjamin is left orphaned on the steps of a retirement home and subsequently raised by his adopted mother Queenie, who raises him as her own. As his life progresses he goes through a series of different changes but eventually he meets the love of his life Daisy when she is a young girl visiting her grandmother. The film follows the relationship between Daisy and Benjamin and leads up to their adult life where Brad Pitt portrays Benjamin and Daisy is played by Cate Blanchett. Both leads do a wonderful job and the movie looks and feels wonderful. A great period piece and I have never seen Cate Blanchett look more beautiful. Great acting the story is good, it just takes too long to tell. If you queue this one watch it in two nights so you don't fall asleep. Still a good film so Just Queue It.
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