Jeanie and I watched "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" (Links: Official Site, Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes)last evening...
While I was truly amazed at the special effects, the acting was very good, and the structure of the film was interesting, somehow, when all was said and done, I didn't thoroughly enjoy it.
Maybe it was because it didn't fit into my preferred movie formula of "sweet, with a happy ending," but I think that it was more than that. I just don't think the story held together well enough.
As a potentially interesting aside, I did find an online version of the original short story by F Scott Fitzgerald here. Other than the concept, amazing how little of the original translated into the movie. I enjoyed the short story less than the movie. One other aside: I find it increasingly annoying that Blockbuster doesn't include the DVD Extras discs in their rentals. My guess is that I would have enjoyed watching the extras more than the movie.
The highlight of the movie for me probably was the following quotation: "For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." Sadly, as to those last two sentences, I'm afraid that I don't and I don't.
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Posted by David at June 15, 2009 06:06 PM | Categorized under: Commentary, Movies