There is something about Brad Pitt. He is the reason to see a movie, an actor who takes his work seriously, someone you enjoy watching perform. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is further proof. It is a love story full of emotion, tracking the life of one Benjamin Button (Pitt), a man who ages in reverse. At birth, Benjamin appears an old man in the body of a baby, but as the years pass he grows into a progressively younger looking body. Curious Case is about how Benjamin effects the lives of those he meets, and the effects those people have on him. David Fincher directs a beautiful film, from a great script by Eric Roth. This is a perfect example of expanding a short story (from F. Scott Fitzgerald) into an amazing film. But at its heart, Curious Case is a love story, one that spans generations, and like all great romantic tales it is powerfully sad. Running nearly three hours, the film focus in depth on Benjamin and his love Daisy (Cate Blanchett), but never drags. And after it's all over, Curious Case will stay with you, grow on you, until it is hard to shake the feeling it left with you.Genre - Drama (3.75)
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never drags? Had Tilda Swinton's character been omitted, I wouldn't have had to fight the urge to fall asleep.
ReplyDeleteYet Tilda Swinton was the woman who made Benjamin grow up. He was a child, or teenager, who was pretty naive for his age. She shaped him into the man he would become. It was a lesson in love for him, and he would never have loved Daisy quite like he did without Swinton's character.
ReplyDeleteI applaud it for being a film that courageously tackles death as well as life.
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