The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Very best movie i ever watch

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is David Fincher's longest film (and it certainly feels like it), and shows his best skills as a director, but his weaknesses in adapting the screenplay. Like my previous issue with Fight Club, I loved the direction, but felt that the film was poorly adapted from the original novel/screenplay. The story of Benjamin Button's life is a great, intriguing concept for a film, and it definitely has its high points, but it also isn't quite enough to carry a nearly three-hour film. Where the film could have benefited from adding more depth to existing characters, some additional event or unnecessary character is introduced just to give viewers the impression that it feels more like a lifetime than a man's emotional and physical journey. Screenwriter Eric Roth basically transcribes the formula of his greatest work, Forrest Gump, and adapts it to Benjamin Button's curious case. It has many moments that feel inspired by Forrest Gump, and many moments that try too hard to be just like Forrest Gump. Your enjoyment of the film will depend on your enjoyment of certain parts of the story. While I enjoyed the serious, emotional moments of the characters and their emotional reactions to Benjamin's condition, other viewers may be more interested in the contrived events of his life, akin to Forrest Gump's successes, meant to prolong his journey.Another exceptional aspect of this film is the makeup and the performances. Brad Pitt may not be doing very much work, but the makeup artists have a hell of a job to do and they deliver flawlessly. Benjamin Button looks and feels complex as a result of the excellent makeup and body acting done on him. Cate Blanchett also does a great job portraying Daisy, Benjamin's lifelong love, and reacts to the situation she finds herself in realistically and emotionally. Depth is added in places you would expect, but it is lacking in places you would expect it to be. Also very pleasing and smart on Fincher's part was the ending which satisfyingly ties the film together and concludes many of the loose ends. If only the film tried less to be like Forrest Gump in reverse, the characters would have felt more realistic and the emotional payoff more earned. Even with the screenplay's faults, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has a better overall effect on the viewer than the individual scenes do. Great cinematography, direction, makeup, and performances elevate a unique, intriguing concept with a lacking screenplay to make it one of Fincher's more emotional works, but also one of his less memorable.3.5/5 stars

Brad Pitt's character was born with a congenital disorder, He struggled to be an ordinary person despite his adverse circumstances. Brad Pitt is adequate but not really outstanding. I'm not the biggest Brad Pitt fan but I thought he was dignified and showed his experience in this film, but it was not a breathtaking performance. The other main role (Rose) played by Cate Blanchett lacked emotion at times. This sadly resulted in the chemistry between her and Button to be minimal. I couldn't see the love between them. Overall, I thought it was a nice watch including some amazing and incredible visual, make-up effects, specially when Pitt was made to look about 10 years younger than he is now. But it won't be considered as an absolute classic. It is a beautiful film externally but fails to come up with a strong, evident message. I couldn't hate this film, because I enjoyed it, but I couldn't love it either, because this should have been much much more.

I've never seen this overwhelming story. I was intrigued by the setting of Benjamine Button who grows young. He gets through hardship which makes him strong and attractive, and falls love with a woman. As he gets young, his life is full of curious and unusual experiences which makes him educated and clever. I cannot expect what he is going to take next action and make a decision in hard situations, so this film hooked me until the ending and controlled my emotion. I think the filmmaker focuses on the point that most people are afraid of getting old. The younger he becomes, the older people around him become, and he sees death of his close friends. If I were him, I might not stand and accept myself because I'm scared of loneliness. This film makes me think about the beauty of getting old. Through his whole life in this film, we can see the greatness and beauty of life. This film is so amazing.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a well-acted, well-shot and well-scored film. David Fincher's direction, from shot composition to tone decisions echo his films Zodiac, Fight Club, etc. without carrying the same darkness. Pitt, Blanchett and Henson all do well in their roles with support from, among others, a pre-Oscar Mahershala Ali. A main knock against the film is a story line, although based on an original short story, that is a bit too derivative of other emotional dramas (think Forrest Gump in particular). Parts seems a bit too contrived, taking you out of an generally emotionally engaging plot; as an example see a shot so awkwardly set up during an emotive moment that can serve as a distraction. Overall, this is a thoroughly enjoyable movie that should induce some contemplation of the inevitability of time, but takes this potentially profound subject and, mostly, sticks to the familiar.